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Resolve Magazine: Volume 1, 2021

The Science of Autonomy

Welcome to the Spring 2021 issue of Resolve—a magazine dedicated to research and educational innovation in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science at Lehigh University.

Given the sheer resilience and indomitable spirit exhibited by the Lehigh Engineering community over the past year, the name Resolve has never been more fitting. As we reflect upon the challenges of the pandemic and the hope that dawns with this particular spring, we take great pride in all members of our learning community who went to extraordinary lengths to keep our ship on course. This issue also celebrates the unveiling of Lehigh’s new Autonomous and Intelligent Robotics Laboratory (AIR Lab) -- a three-story glass cube, within Building C on the Mountaintop Campus -- made possible by gifts to the Rossin College Dean’s Strategic Initiatives Fund. It is a shining example of the importance of philanthropy in opening new vistas of discovery, creation, and innovation.

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The Science of Autonomy

The Science of Autonomy

In Building C on Lehigh’s Mountaintop Campus, a new facility has taken shape. With a high ceiling and transparent glass walls, it’s a hive of sorts, enclosed partly as a way to dampen the whir, hum, and drone of robots operating both on the ground and in the air. Welcome to the new, pulsing core of the Autonomous and Intelligent Robotics Laboratory (AIR Lab). Among those rubbing elbows in the lab will be groups from multiple engineering disciplines. Together, multiple researchers approaching from different angles will use the lab to attack some of the most vexing problems in a field that’s both inherently interdisciplinary and central to the future of robotics: the science of autonomy.

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Launching Hawk

Launching Hawk

New supercomputer widens access to data science tools and connects Lehigh to the global cyber infrastructure.

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On Solid Ground

On Solid Ground

Recently renewed by the NSF, Lehigh’s Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure Experimental Facility provides unique simulation capabilities for studying resilience

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Teaching in the time of coronavirus

Teaching in the time of coronavirus

As we close out another unusual but successful semester—and train our focus on returning to a more typical campus environment in the fall—we reflect on teaching in the time of coronavirus.

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Letter from the Dean

Letter from the Dean: “Determined, focused … and moving forward”

Research Briefs

Virus-cell interaction may explain COVID-19’s high infection rate
Shaping up: The future of fusion power
In sight: A paradigm shift in materials characterization
Lehigh signs student, faculty exchange pact with IIT Bombay
Jagota takes on College of Health role
Optimizing ammunition support
Patent propels PhD student into Army research post
Predictive design approach borrows from birds
Industry impact, scholarly leadership in materials science

Q&A

Elsa Reichmanis: Building Collaboration

Rising Star

Srinivas Rangarajan - "A ‘model’ teacher and researcher"
About Resolve Magazine: 

Resolve® magazine is devoted to Lehigh engineering research and educational innovation, highlighting exciting partnerships, projects and academic programs at our University.

Resolve® is published semiannually by the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Office of University Communications and Public Affairs at Lehigh University.

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