TE alum Briana Gardell '14 '15G (pictured, left) appeared on a recent episode of Buy It Now, a streaming business competition show hosted by JB Smoove, in which entrepreneurs compete for a $20,000 prize and try to land a spot for their product Amazon’s Buy It Now Store.
Civil engineering alum Karl H. Frank ’69G ’71 PhD is the recipent of the 2025 Geerhard Haaijer Award for Excellence in Education, presented by the American Institute of Steel Construction. This award—the AISC's highest honor for educators—has been given only nine times since its inception in 1999.
"I started down my own path of volunteerism with SASE because the organization's mission helped me become successful in my career journey," says Lehigh mechanical engineering alumnus Dustin Nguyen '18 in the pages of the 2024 SASE magazine, the annual journal of the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. "I felt it was only fitting that I pay it forward for the next generation in the SASE community."
While a senior in Lehigh’s Computer Science and Business program, Adrian Ross ’24 (who now works at Oracle) played a key role in developing Orb Wealth, an AI-assisted tool designed to optimize wealth advisors' workflows. Ross, described as a "wizard when it comes to coding" by his teammates, was instrumental in building the technical framework for the capstone project. His work, alongside a team of Lehigh Business students, offers the potential to significantly boost efficiency in the wealth management industry.
Computer science and engineering alumnus James Maida ’85 ’17P ’19P and his wife, Sharon, have established a $2 million endowment to increase access to study abroad for Lehigh students with high financial need. The Maida Education Abroad Grants will enable up to 16 students annually to study, intern, research, or engage in service abroad. This gift also moves Lehigh closer to unlocking additional funding from the Iacocca Family Foundation for global initiatives.
Lehigh Engineering alum Ann Tracy '85 '86 '91G, Colgate-Palmolive's chief sustainability officer, was recently featured in Dartmouth College's Tuck Today magazine for her leadership in sustainability. Tracy has been a driving force behind the company’s push to address the problem of plastic waste and make toothpaste tubes recyclable by using high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, a project that has spanned over a decade.
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Dan DePietro
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Farmingdale, New York (Long Island)
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Bonaire Berry
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New Oxford, PA
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Electrical engineering alum James Dailey ’01 ’09 PhD, an optical systems engineer at CACI International, has contributed to NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission and Artemis II moon mission by developing advanced laser communication systems. His work allows for high-bandwidth communications across solar system distances and involves collaborations with multiple engineering disciplines, showcasing the critical role of optics in space exploration.
