Grubor ’99 promoted to EVP, COO of Geodis
Industrial engineering alum John Grubor ’99 is the new executive vice president and chief operating officer for global supply chain operator Geodis.
ChemE alum’s $5M gift helps launch College of Health
Ellen and Vincent Forlenza ’75 Chair in Health Innovation and Technology Endowed Fund will assist in recruiting top talent for Lehigh’s newest college
Meader ’84 lands Luminex CEO post
Mechanical engineering alum Scott Meader ’84 was recently named CEO of Luminex Home Decor & Fragrance, the holding company of international candle and fragrance brands PartyLite and Candle-lite, according to a press release.
Meader served as the CEO of Ronnoco Coffee from 2013 to 2017 and previously held executive positions with bakery ingredient manufacturer AB Mauri Fleischmann’s and food company Milnot Holding Corp.
Eggert ’04 takes lead role in rehab of former PES refinery site
Chemical engineering alum Stephanie Eggert ’04 has been named senior vice president of operations for Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP), the firm remediating the former site of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) refinery.
Civil engineering alum to discuss path from South Mountain to 'the final frontier'
Lehigh University's chapter of National Society of Black Engineers is inviting the entire Lehigh campus community to learn what it takes to get from Fritz Lab to the stars.
On Thursday, September 24 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern, Lehigh alumnus Ted Johnson '87 will present his life and professional experiences during a virtual meeting of the campus chapter of National Society of Black Engineers.
Predicting—and preventing—PPE shortages
Healthcare Systems Engineering alum Leidy Guzman ’16 ’17 M.Eng. tackles process improvement in the era of COVID-19
When patients with COVID-19 began arriving at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, medical staff began burning through disposable face masks, goggles, and gowns.
The situation was so alarming that the hospital quickly tasked Lehigh University Healthcare Systems Engineering alumna Leidy Guzman with calculating how long Tufts’ supply of personal protective equipment, or PPE, would last.
Developing a faster, simplified COVID-19 test
Kathryn Kundrod ’15 was busy working on her PhD in bioengineering at Rice University when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020. She and her research partners began investigating what sort of coronavirus diagnostic testing was available and saw that it wasn’t increasing to the levels they thought it should.
Watch: “Engineering a More Sustainable Business World” with alum Ann Tracy
As chief sustainability officer of Colgate Palmolive, Ann Tracy '85 '86 '91G guides the company behind some of the most highly recognized consumer product brands toward practices that encourage
Georgios Tsampras ’16 PhD: ‘The only way to find out is to try’
Motorsports got him interested in engineering, and earthquakes gave him a focus. From there, structural engineer Georgios Tsampras found his way to SpaceX, where he played a role in the historic mission that’s now coming to a close. Today, he’s on to his next challenge—inspiring, motivating, and supporting his own students—just like Lehigh Engineering did for him.
Webinar: Jim Robinson '82 '84G on COVID-19 vaccine production
Chemical engineering alumnus James (Jim) Robinson ’82 ’84G is using his wealth of biopharma experience to assist in the development and production of a COVID-19 vaccine.