Faculty & Programs

Interdisciplinary team, including professors Paolo Bocchini (CEE) and Brian Davison (CSE), leverages probabilistic modeling experience in study of a discipline traditionally not explored in academia

CEE professor works with team of researchers incorporating data on human behavior into climate-risk modeling framework to improve resilience of critical water, food, and energy systems

Can human beings and the natural environment find a way to coexist? Deteriorating U.S. infrastructure coupled with extreme weather events―and other effects of climate change―have heightened the stakes involved in achieving such harmony. While technological advances may help mitigate negative impacts, peaceful coexistence may depend on what actions humans are willing to take.

With disinformation rapidly on the rise, a group of researchers are working to fight back against this online threat. 

The multidisciplinary research team, consisting of experts from Lehigh, the University at Buffalo, Clemson University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Northeastern University, are developing digital literacy tools that aim to prevent the spread of harmful disinformation. Additionally, the project will share advanced techniques and timely materials to increase disinformation awareness and improve user resilience. 

Sibel Pamukcu is an expert in the field of electroremediation of soils and groundwater, and her pioneering research spans more than three decades of work. But Sibel is a pioneer of another sort as well. She was the first woman faculty member of the department of civil and environmental engineering (back then, it was simply the department of civil engineering).

Justin Jaworski, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, was a guest on a recent episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast to discuss the "silence of owls" from an engineering perspective.

According to the episode description: