Civil engineering alum John Knecht’s 5-year-old son Jack loves Hot Wheels. When he asked his dad how long of a track they could make to run the cars, Knecht ’08 checked the Guinness Record, which had been set at 1,838 feet. The two decided to try to beat it.
Choosing the direction for a capstone project was a no-brainer for Vince Sheehan ’18 ’19G, a recent graduate of Lehigh University’s Energy Systems Engineering (ESE) program.
Electrical engineering alum Peifen Zhu ’15 PhD, an assistant professor of physics and engineering physics at the University of Tulsa, is a recipient of a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation.
She remembers really wanting to be an astronaut.
Industrial engineering alum Karen LaRochelle '88 has been appointed senior vice president of corporate and business development for WindMIL Therapeutics, a clinical-stage company, based in Baltimore and Philadelphia, that is developing marrow-infiltrating lymphocytes (MILs™) for cancer immunotherapy.
Computer science and engineering alum Andy Livadariu '93 has joined investment bank and wealth manager Oppenheimer & Co. as a managing director in the firm's Global Technology Investment Banking Group. He will provide strategic and capital raising advisory services in the enterprise application software (EAS) sector.
Mechanical engineering alum Denis Aslangil ’19 PhD received the first place prize for “best theoretical approach” during the National Science Foundation (NSF) Student Poster Competition at the 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition.
Industrial engineering alum Dennis Singleton ’66 and his wife, Charlot, are supporting Lehigh's New Residential Houses project with a $5 million gift to help strengthen and enhance the on-campus living community. Long-standing advocates of education, the Singletons are furthering Lehigh’s Path to Prominence plan to expand the student body and bring new dynamism to campus.
Electrical engineering alum Joseph Capes ’88 has been named head of Allied Control Limited, a subsidiary of the Bitfury Group, according to a press release.
Allied Control provides high-performance computing and liquid cooling technologies that are used in data centers globally, including Bitfury’s high-performance transaction processing centers. Its proprietary two-phase immersion cooling solution is covered by multiple patents globally and significantly reduces data center size and environmental footprint while delivering increased computing capabilities.
Chemical engineering alum Steve Pacicco '84 has been named president and CEO of MatrixCare, a healthcare software company specializing in skilled nursing care services and senior living providers.
MatrixCare is the largest long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) technology provider in the country; its software solutions used in more than 13,000 facility-based care settings and 2,500 home care/home health and hospice organizations.
