Like it or not, social media has become the new mall for kids. It’s where they want to be, and it’s a place they can easily go—often with no guidance, no oversight, and no guardrails. And when the content gets ugly or confusing or weird, it can be tough for them to know what to do.
Two faculty members have been appointed to undergraduate program leadership positions in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (MEM), effective January 1, 2024.
Teaching Associate Professor Christina V. Haden will serve as MEM Associate Chair, succeeding Teaching Associate Professor Murat Ozturk, who will take on the newly created role of Director of Undergraduate Advising in MEM.
Professor Svetlana Tatic-Lucic, an expert in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) in cell biology and neuroscience applications, has been named Chandler Weaver Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, effective January 1, 2024.
She succeeds Chengshan Xiao, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, who concludes his term as chair after leading the department for the past six years.
As researchers around the world work to develop viable alternatives to fossil fuels, the prospect of nuclear fusion—harnessing the same energy-generating reactions that power the sun—has grown increasingly attractive to private equity firms.
In 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a partnership with investors in the private sector to accelerate the development of fusion energy, in part through the development of a fusion pilot plant, or FPP, in the United States.
CSE, College of Health professor Vinod Namboodiri leads team developing app to help persons with disabilities navigate indoor environments
Lehigh is one of 18 institutions sharing in the first-ever Accelerating Research Translation (ART) investment; John Coulter, Rossin College senior associate dean for research, will lead diverse group focused on enhancing societal impact of research
Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez, an assistant professor of bioengineering, discussed his path from PhD student to tenure-track professor on episode 15 of the Tissue Engineering Career Conversations podcast.
Jonas Baltrusaitis, an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been named as the inaugural editor in chief of Sustainability Science and Technology, “a new interdisciplinary, open access journal dedicated to advancing sustainability through cutting-edge research in science, technology, and engineering.”
It is our great pleasure to report that Lehigh ISE George N. and Soteria Kledaras '87 Endowed Chair Professor Tamás Terlaky is delivering talks in Asia and the US, in the prestigious forms of plenary lectures at conferences and academic distinguished endowed lectures.
