Resolve Magazine: Volume 2, 2020

Lehigh’s campus should have been buzzing with post-spring-break energy. Instead there was silence. Even research activities, the steady current that drives the university forward, had been forced to power down. At least on the surface. In the early days of the COVID-19 crisis — and continuing today — Lehigh engineers found creative ways to contribute to the community response by applying and advancing fundamental knowledge within their disciplines. They answered the call to help hospitals weather a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and are exploring new ways to make disinfectants more effective. They’re innovating as they pursue a better understanding of the virus and vaccines and other methods to curb its spread.