The following positions are available for Summer 2023 within the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Lehigh University to all current ChBE undergraduate students.
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Professor Gilchrist will be leading a group of 5 students (2 Fellows who work full time and are paid through the MTSE program for the summer and 3 Associates who participate part-time) to explore experiments and applications of granular microrollers developed in his laboratory. Specific goals and broad training in experimental design, image analysis, creative approaches to research, and communication will be fostered through the program. Fellows will have a STEM major and the Associates can be any major. Diversity of the team both in training and their background is encouraged. Students interested in being either "Fellows" or "Associates" should email Professor Gilchrist for details and apply through the 2023 MTSE website
To inquire: contact Professor Gilchrist
This MTSE experience project is about developing interactive visualization-based python modules to explain engineering concepts; such modules will then be deployed as in-class activities in existing courses at Lehigh (and made available to anyone through the web). Students will work with Profs. Menicucci and Rangarajan and external advisor Dr. Thiagarajan to develop these modules two full-time (fellows) and three part-time students (associates) for this project. Interested students should email Professor Rangarajan for details and apply through the 2023 MTSE website
To inquire: contact Professor Rangarajan
This project aims to create a lab-on-a-chip system for DNA manipulation using open source software and hardware. The system, called ”Purple Drop,” will sequence the movement, heating, and cooling of droplets containing DNA for precise control and information processing. The project will impact the field of computing and contribute to communities in biomolecular engineering, automation, computer arithmetic, and hardware integration. Students in computer science, engineering, chemistry, biology, or bioengineering majors are encouraged to apply. Interested students should email Professor Kothare for details and apply through the 2023 MTSE website
To inquire: contact Professor Kothare
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is looking for two students interested in setting up, designing, and running experiments in support of the department's teaching laboratories.
ChBE major interested in learning and contributing to topics related to design, operation of oxygen concentrators in an experimental setup and through simulations using gPROMS. The project will involve learning how to operate a cyclic pressure swing adsorption system using machine learning methods, conducting either experimental studies or simulation studies with gPROMS to optimize the performance and demonstrate high medical grade oxygen production in a test setup.
To inquire: contact Professor Kothare
Green Electrocatalytic Upgrading of Bio-Derived Feedstocks: The McIntosh and Snyder labs are looking for motivated undergraduate students (up to two) to work on a novel approach to electrocatalysis . The goal is to use renewable energy to upgrade plant-derived molecules into useful chemicals that can, for example, be used as replacements for fossil fuel derived plastics.
To inquire: contact Professor McIntosh