Companies can identify societal needs and challenges but don’t often have the time and resources to address them. Academics have the technical expertise, but lack exposure to the end users of their innovations.
“The global, humanity-wide importance of access to clean water is self-evident,” says clean-water champion and renowned researcher, educator, author, and inventor Arup SenGupta, “and it is not up to water scientists alone to address the issue. The world needs all of us—engineers of every stripe, businesspeople, educators, journalists, artists, and designers, among others—to learn about the challenges and engage in the search for sustainable global solutions.”
Lehigh’s Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association (ChEGA) will host its fifth annual Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Graduate Symposium on Friday, September 27, at Ben Franklin TechVentures on the Mountaintop Campus.
When Eric Krueger applied for an individual postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health in 2017, the success rate was about 28 percent. And when he got the award—which ends on September 15—he became Lehigh University’s first NIH National Research Service Award Fellow.
“It’s really been fantastic,” says Krueger, a postdoctoral fellow in chemical and biomolecular engineering. “It has allowed me to customize what I want to do, and what I want to learn.”
Lehigh has again been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation’s outstanding research universities.
In its just-released 2020 “Guide to America’s Best Colleges,” the news magazine ranks Lehigh 50th among 399 institutions across the United States that offer undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees.
It says a lot about a place when its employees stick around for decades. So much has to align—the challenge, the camaraderie, the purpose. All of the recently—or soon-to-be—retired members of the Rossin College team found joy and meaning in their long tenures here, primarily because of the connections they made with colleagues and students. They have all made their mark in many different ways, both big and subtle. And they will all be missed.
Robots are everywhere. In fact, every time you brake your car, a robot is interpreting that pressure signal from your foot while simultaneously assessing the conditions of the road. Based on those two inputs, the robot decides if the wheels will stop turning immediately, or if the antilock system needs to kick on so you don’t skid out on a slippery street.
Lehigh’s Summer Engineering Institute (SEI) has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the PPL Foundation. The funds will be used to expose high school juniors and seniors from underrepresented groups to STEM through hands-on collaborative projects, dynamic classroom discussion, and field trips to regional science and tech/businesses and research centers. The program, which is hosted by the P.C.
Campus life may be quieter in the summer, but there’s still plenty of enthusiasm for learning at the Rossin College.
In July, more than 250 middle and high school students participated in programs designed to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. These experiences include hands-on, lab-centric challenges, facility tours that showcase real-world applications, and mentorship from Lehigh faculty members and current students.
The workshop was over. Rows of brown bag lunches were lined up and ready to be taken from a conference table covered in a black tablecloth. A bus was waiting outside.
