ChBE faculty recipients of Rossin Awards

The annual Rossin College Awards ceremony was held on Monday, May 6, 2024, in the Iacocca Wood Dining Hall to celebrate the achievements and dedication of the College faculty and staff who support research and educational excellence across Lehigh's engineering community. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) had two faculty award recipients this year from their department. 

Lehigh CatModeling team earns University Research Center designation

The Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience—an interdisciplinary team led by CEE professor Paolo Bocchini—is the first of three new centers aimed at achieving national and international prominence and doubling Lehigh's research over the next 10 years. Rossin College faculty members Brian Davison, Maryam Rahnemoonfar, and Y. C. Ethan Yang are among the collaborators. 

NSF grant funds exploration of enzyme-polymer interactions

Imagine you’re deep in the backcountry on a hiking trip, and you fall and rip a deep gash in your lower leg. You’re a two-day walk away from proper treatment. After you stop the bleeding, your concern becomes keeping the wound clean.

Now, imagine you had just the thing in your first aid kit—a spray-on bandage embedded with a mild painkiller and a disinfectant. A bandage meant to deliver relief, and degrade within 48 hours, giving you time to make it to the hospital.

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