Recent MEM PhD graduates find success as tenure-track faculty
This fall, four recent mechanical engineering PhD graduates have started the next stage of their academic research careers as tenure-track faculty members.
Daskiran ’16G ’18 PhD joins Binghamton University as assistant professor
Mechanical engineering alum Cosan Daskiran ’16G ’18 PhD has joined the Binghamton University (SUNY) faculty as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
Previously, Daskiran was a postdoctoral research associate at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), working on modeling and experimental studies of oil spills, including underwater jet flows and the spreading of oil slicks near the water surface with waves.
IEEE honors Wong '88 PhD with Andrew S. Grove Award
Electrical engineering alumnus and Stanford University professor H.-S. Philip Wong '88 is the recipient of the 2023 IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award in recognition of his "contributions to novel and advanced semiconductor device concepts and their implementation."
Seymour '89 receives 2022 Van Antwerpen Award for service to AIChE
Christine B. Seymour ’89, Lehigh University ChBE alum has been named as recipient of the 2022 F.J. & Dorothy Van Antwerpen Award for service to AIChE. The award recognizes a chemical engineer for outstanding contributions to the chemical engineering profession through service to the Institute – in both the professional and technical areas of Institute activities. Seymour is to be receiving her honor at the 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting, November 13–18, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Johnson ’89 named president, CEO of Lumen
Electrical engineering alum Kate Johnson ’89 has been named president and CEO of technology company Lumen, effective November 2022, according to a press release.
Johnson, who will also serve on the company’s board of directors, is a highly successful technology executive leader. She has led various Fortune 100 companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, and General Electric in digital and business transformation to drive growth.
Combating cancer with cell therapy
Emily Whitehead made history when she became the first pediatric patient enrolled in a clinical trial investigating chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2012. Whitehead, who was six years old at the time, was battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer. Ten years later, Emily remains in remission and is an active, healthy teenager.
Pressburger ’05 lands healthcare consulting honor
Industrial and systems engineering alum Ray Pressburger ’05 has been named to a list of the Top 50 Healthcare Leaders in Consulting of 2022 published by the Consulting Report.
Pressburger is a managing director at Accenture Strategy working with the company’s life sciences clients on product commercialization. He joined the firm in 2005.
Keisha Antoine ’01 ’04G ’07 PhD: A lifelong learner
At its core, engineering is the art of problem solving.
But to practice that art—and practice it well—requires mastery of a more modest skill, says engineer, entrepreneur, professor, and Lehigh alum Keisha Antoine ’01 ’04G ’07 PhD.
“The most important thing I learned as a graduate student at Lehigh was how to discern a question to be answered,” says Antoine, who earned her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and her master’s and PhD in materials science and engineering in the Rossin College.
ISE master’s alum spotlight: Sunny Misser ’89G
“Lehigh was my first bona fide introduction to America,” says Lehigh alum Sunil (Sunny) A. Misser ’89G. “I came to the U.S. to get the best possible education from a well-established American university and to build a successful career as a business leader. At that point in my life, I was chasing a version of the proverbial American dream, and Lehigh gave me that possibility.”
ECE alumni spotlight: Jeff Karper ’06 ’08G
Jeff Karper ’06 ’08G believes it is important to support the success of others.
The Lehigh electrical engineering alum is a sensor hardware engineering manager for Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems. In this role, he leads an organization of electrical and computer engineers in product and technology development for multifunction sensors supporting ground, air, and sea-based systems.