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About FYRE
The First-Year Rossin Experience (FYRE) is redefining how new engineers begin their journey.
Rooted in the time-tested rigor of a Lehigh engineering education, FYRE builds around it something new—an experience that connects technical excellence to human impact from the moment you step foot on campus. Through hands-on exploration, mentorship, and collaboration, first-year students learn not just how to engineer, but why.
The future starts now:
ENGINEERING 095
ENGR 095 is a 3-credit pilot course that serves as the core of FYRE's innovative model of educating first-year engineering students.
The course's academic modules are helping inaugural student teams understand the connections among various engineering disciplines as they learn to solve problems and design solutions in a collaborative setting.
In their first seven weeks as Lehigh engineers, the inaugural cohort designed and built functional machines as part of the Maker Foundations module. And the proof is in the projects—check out the student teams' impressive creations on display at the recent Engr 095 expo.
And be sure to follow FYRE on Instagram or LinkedIn to see these projects and skills coming together, from the perspective of the students living it!
Leading the way:
FYRE Faculty Boot Camp 2025
Senior Rossin faculty recently engaged in a FYRE Boot Camp to gain a real up-close-and-personal appreciation for the experience awaiting future Lehigh Engineers:
LET'S GET FYRE'D UP!
Support the next generation of engineers by donating to the First-Year Rossin Experience (FYRE) at Lehigh University. Your gift helps provide hands-on projects, mentorship, and early exposure to real-world engineering challenges—empowering students to innovate from day one. Every contribution sparks curiosity, builds confidence, and fuels future breakthroughs.
Give to the Rossin College Experiential Learning Fund and help bring this vision to every Lehigh Engineer!