Student Success

Three alumnae of ISE’s Ph.D. program are entering the academic field in prestigious positions at several high-profile universities.

Ali Mohammad Nezhad, Ph.D. ‘18, will be part of the faculty at Purdue University as the Golomb Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics.

Mark (Miao) Bai, Ph.D. ‘17, spent a year performing postdoctoral research at the Mayo Clinic and has now started an Assistant Professor position at the University of Connecticut’s Operations and Info Management Department.

While at Lehigh, rising seniors and student athletes Ashleigh Crawford (bioengineering; cross country/track), Diana Hammerstone (materials science and engineering; cross country/track), and Sarah Boyer (materials science and engineering; rowing) have been empowered to succeed in the engineering field.

There’s a colorful interlude for passersby on Fourth Street in Bethlehem—a pop-up parklet outside Roasted restaurant built by Lehigh’s Engineers Without Borders outreach committee and Professor of Practice Karen Beck Pooley’s Lehigh Valley Parklets team.

The colorful parklet, a sidewalk extension that fits within two city parking spaces and strives to improve pedestrian and customer experiences, will be in place until Oct. 31.

He had lined up a job at an engineering company, paid a security deposit on an apartment, and was weeks away from making his post-graduation, cross-country move to Seattle when he called his parents.

“I was driving to my grandparents on Mother’s Day, and my parents were, too, so it was a good time to talk,” says Peter Schwarzenberg ’16. “I was like, ‘I think I’m going to go to grad school.’ And there was just...silence.”

Right now, more than 240 children and teens are being mentored through Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley (BBBSLV), a local chapter of the national nonprofit.

In the Doctoral Degree Hooding Ceremony Sunday at Baker Hall, more than 100 doctoral candidates from Lehigh’s four colleges were honored for having earned the highest degree in academics. Lehigh President John D. Simon congratulated them for “a job well done.”

Soon-to-be Lehigh graduates, their friends and family, faculty, staff and fellow students gathered May 13 in Iacocca Hall’s Wood Dining Room for the annual Donning of the Kente celebration.

The pre-commencement event, presented by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of undergraduate and graduate students of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds through heartfelt words and the vibrant colors of the traditional kente cloth.

Lehigh engineers were well-represented among those honored at the Baker Institute’s Innovate, Celebrate Awards Dinner held April 23. 

More than 20 Lehigh students shared their startup ideas to a crowd of faculty, staff, alumni, and Lehigh Valley entrepreneurs as they vied for two top prizes. The annual event recognizes student, faculty, and alumni innovation and celebrates those who support student entrepreneurship.

Work by computer science doctoral student Youshan Zhang was recognized with a best student paper award at the 2019 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC).

Participants from academia and industry gathered at the global conference, held March 14-15 in San Francisco, to present research involving information and communication technologies and their real-world applications.