Every year, nearly 10 million Americans experience a broken bone. A quarter of patients with lower leg fractures face delayed healing, and one in 10 patients will develop a nonunion, a break that requires additional major surgery to heal.
The consequences of nonunions are serious and exact a significant physical, mental, and financial toll on patients’ quality of life.
Students in Structural Analysis I (CEE 159) applied engineering concepts in a hands-on truss bridge project guided by Assistant Professor Cláudia Reis, who holds a joint appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Lehigh's Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure and Energy (I-CPIE).
Lehigh’s Department of Bioengineering recently welcomed Assistant Professor Amirtahà Taebi, whose lab focuses on analyzing vibrations generated by the cardiovascular system to diagnose health conditions noninvasively. Originally from Iran, Taebi brings a rich research background from institutions in Europe and the U.S., and he encourages his students — graduate and undergraduate alike — to take ownership of their projects, treating them as collaborators, not just mentees. In his lab, undergraduates begin with a one-month trial period before officially joining, and they participate in weekly presentations, gaining hands-on experience early. Read more in The Brown and White.
Lehigh University’s resident NASA astronaut, Professor Terry Hart, was recently featured on two celestial-themed podcasts, This Week in Space and Space Minds.
This article was written by Rida M., a Bioengineering undergraduate student and student office worker in the Department of Bioengineering.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics has recently welcomed a new faculty member, Jianxing Sun, who joined the department in Fall 2025 as a tenure-track assistant professor.
When we pump shampoo from the dispenser into our hands, we expect just the right consistency—not so runny that it slips through our fingers, yet not so thick that it feels like massaging mayonnaise into our scalp.
The polymers behind this pleasant texture are called viscosifiers. They’re used in consumer products like shampoos, detergents, and cosmetics, keeping ingredients suspended and stable in solution. But what happens when those same polymers wash down the drain is less well understood.
This article was written by Rida M., a Bioengineering undergraduate student and student office worker in the Department of Bioengineering.
