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.
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.
Electrical engineering alum Jiankang Bu '01 PhD has been named vice president of engineering for Ideal Power, developer of B-TRAN bi-directional power switches, according to a press release.
Chemical engineering alum and former Lehigh volleyball star Rochelle Healea Sheridan '03 works in the oil and gas industry.
As a staff engineer for Energy Transfer, based at the company's Marcus Hook Terminal in Pennsylvania, she hopes to be a source of inspiration for young women looking to take a similar path.
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.
Electrical engineering alum James F. “Hondo” Geurts ’87 has been designated as Performing the Duties of (PTDO) Under Secretary of the Navy by Thomas Harker, Acting Secretary of the Navy, according to a February 2021 press release.
Computer science and engineering alum Cody Eddings ’15 discusses his career path—from Rossin College graduate to CEO/co-founder of a start-up and Android engineer at a large ecommerce company—in a “How I Got Here” feature by Technical.ly.
Eddings credits his major program at Lehigh with giving him the opportunity to learn how to code, as well as teaching aspects of computer science and hardware and serving as a good introduction to the basics of software.
Additive manufacturing company Desktop Metal, co-founded by mechanical engineering alumnus Jonah Myerberg ’98, began trading on the NYSE (ticker symbol “DM”) in December 2020, after a business combination with Trine Acquisition Corp.
Chemical engineering alum Theresa Yuraszeck ’03 has joined Applied Biomath as director of pharmacometrics and clinical pharmacology, according to a press release.
The company applies systems pharmacology and mechanistic modeling, simulation, and analysis to de-risk drug research and development.
Civil engineering alum Matthew Yarnold ’03 ’05G, an assistant professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University, has received two awards that reflect his valuable contributions to steel construction research.
