News Briefs

On September 9, the National Science Foundation announced it will fund a new endeavor to bring atomic-level precision to the devices and technologies that underpin much of modern life, and will transform fields like information technology in the decades to come. The five-year, $25 million Science and Technology Center grant will found the Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand—or IMOD—a collaboration of scientists and engineers that spans 11 universities and a range of academic disciplines.

Y.C. Ethan Yang, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, leads a group of students researching stormwater and flood mitigation strategies on Lehigh University's campus as part of the Campus Sustainable Impact Fellowship Program.

As our beautiful campus springs back to life and Fall semester kicks into gear, we are especially thrilled to welcome the Lehigh Engineering community back home, a new university president to our campus, and the Class of 2025 to their alma mater.

Lehigh is part of one of five new U.S. National Science Foundation I-Corps Hubs announced today to provide experiential entrepreneurial training to academic researchers across all fields of science and engineering and accelerate the transformation of scientific discoveries into technologies that improve everyday lives.

When you’re new to a place, perhaps the greatest gift is a familiar face. 

Cristian-Ioan Vasile, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, and electrical engineering student Declan Coster '23 discuss their latest research regarding self-driving in urban environments and the challenges with artificial intelligence and transportation in a recent episode of WDIY's Teen Scientist podcast, hosted by Rayna Malhotra.

Rudy Shankar, director of Lehigh University's Energy Systems Engineering program, shares his thoughts on "why nuclear energy needs to be embraced to play an increasing role in the fight against the climate crisis" in a new episode of the Energy Central Power Perspectives podcast.

Speaker: Dr. Jorge Nocedal, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University

Title: Constrained Optimization in the Presence of Noise

Date: September 14, 2021, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Mohler Laboratory Room 453, 200 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015

Innovative, energy-saving, and potentially carbon-negative HIX-Desal process, developed by Lehigh University researchers, will be deployed in a research project funded by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Turning cities’ wastewater into usable freshwater is an environmental win.

Engineering the system to be more energy efficient makes a good idea even better.

Using a greenhouse gas—carbon dioxide—to power the process?