Civil engineering alum Amit Varma '01 PhD is the 2021 recipient of the T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC). The award recognizes an outstanding lecturer and author whose technical writing has made a groundbreaking contribution to fabricated structural steel.
As CEO of pharmaceutical company SIGA Technologies, chemical engineering alum Phillip Gomez ’91G ’93 PhD is at the forefront of health security, an industry concerned with preventing major outbreaks of diseases like COVID or SARS.
Matt Bilsky is a Lehigh alum and an entrepreneur. Growing up, he was constantly building and inventing things, and that creator mindset helped him not only design his own PhD program, but start two companies focused on solving those “wouldn’t it be nice if” situations. Here’s the story of how a K’NEX kid became a problem-solving CEO—and what startup life sounds like in the era of COVID-19.
Industrial engineering and manufacturing systems engineering alum Laurence Sax ’86 ’87G was named chief operating officer for Gordon Brothers, a global advisory, restructuring, and investment firm, in April 2020, according to a press release.
Steve Boerner is co-founder of the HeliumIQ website.
On the second floor of the newly opened Busi
Newest Chamber members
Pratheek Palanethra, Richard Verma and Justin Jacobs at a farewell party for the form
John M. Thalheimer ’55, a beloved Lehigh alumnus, successful entrepreneur, business owner, and philanthropist, passed away on Dec. 19, 2016. John graduated from Lehigh in 1955 with a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering.
