Alumni Updates

Chemical engineering alum is chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and president of Balchem Corporation

BioE Alumni Spotlight: Julianne Kerwood '17

Name:
Julianne Kerwood

Where are you from/where is your hometown?
Norristown, PA

Internationally recognized expert receives the positioning, navigation, and timing professional society’s highest honor

Members of Lehigh's Class of 2024 and their families and guests heard keynote addresses from two prominent Lehigh Engineering alums during the university's 156th Commencement.

Materials science and engineering alum Ji-Cheng ‘JC’ Zhao ’95 PhD has been named dean of UConn's College of Engineering, effective August 12, 2024, according to a news release.

Zhao is currently the department chair of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Clark Distinguished Chair Professor of the University of Maryland, College Park. 

Two distinguished Lehigh Engineering alums will address graduates during the university’s 156th Spring Commencement Weekend, May 18-19. 

BioE 2024 Industry & Alumni Mixer

Thank you to everyone who came out for our first ever Industry & Alumni Mixer on Friday, March 1st at Maggiano's Little Italy in King of Prussia. With over 60 guests our team was able to facilitate a unique event, bringing together current students and faculty with past alumni and industry partners. Connections were made, friends were reunited, and relationships were strengthened. We look forward to continuing to engage with our alumni and are excited for future mixer events!

Electrical engineering alum Scott Willoughby '89 has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in recognition of “engineering leadership enabling the deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope,” according to a press release. 

Willoughby is Vice President of Program Excellence serving Northrop Grumman's Space Systems sector and former Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Program Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope Program. 

Chemical engineering alum Jill Seebergh '89 has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in recognition of her “contributions to materials and coating processes that enable efficient and sustainable aircraft production, performance, and safety,” according to a press release. 

Seebergh is Principal Senior Technical Fellow for Boeing Research & Technology, having reached the highest level of Boeing’s technical workforce over her more than 25-year career with the company. 

Materials science and engineering alum Evan Musterman '21G '23 PhD recently became a postdoctoral researcher at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a Department of Energy Office of Science user facility within Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. His journey from Lehigh PhD student to postdoc at the Submicron Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy (SRX) beamline is the subject of a feature story, "Imparting Glass with New Properties," published by Brookhaven.