Innovating outdoor wear at Patagonia, for the sake of the environment

When Matt Dwyer ’06 first arrived at Patagonia as materials innovator, the popular outdoor clothing company strove to “build the best products, cause no unnecessary harm and use business to inspire solutions to the environmental crisis.” About five years later, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard simplified the mission statement: “We’re in business to save our home planet,” Dwyer recalls Chouinard saying.

As head of materials innovation and development at Patagonia, Dwyer’s main responsibility is to help execute that goal.

Hanemann ’86 named president of PSE&G

Mechanical engineering alum Kim Hanemann ’86 has been named president of Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G), New Jersey’s largest electric and gas utility, effective June 30, 2021, according to a Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) news release.

Cleaning up plastic pollution in the ocean—one skateboard at a time

It's common knowledge that our oceans have a plastics problem, in the form of water and soda bottles, drinking straws, single-use plastic bags, and the like. But not as well known—and perhaps the most egregious ocean pollutant—are discarded plastic commercial fishing nets lurking just below the water's surface, destroying marine life.

Matt Kampner ’05 ’07G: Driven by fundamentals

With solid basics—and a Lehigh mentor in his corner—this materials science and mechanical engineering graduate tackles high-tech challenges in the aerospace, robotics, and autonomous vehicle industries

It’s rare for a college student to do unassigned homework just for kicks, and it’s even more unlikely that anything significant will come from it.

But that improbable crossroads is where Lehigh Engineering alum Matt Kampner ’05 ’07G had his lightbulb moment.

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