Snails secrete a mucus that acts like superglue, allowing them to adhere to rough surfaces like rocks.
Inspired by this aspect of snail biology, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, Lehigh University and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have created a superglue-like material that is “intrinsically reversible.” In other words, it can easily come unglued.
George W. Houser is widely considered the father of seismic engineering, which ushered in safer, more cost-effective construction in earthquake-prone areas.
So it’s fitting that a medal bearing his name would be bestowed on a researcher who’s played a similarly foundational role in ensuring the reliability of modern civil infrastructure systems.
Arindam Banerjee, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, and his students developed the Rotating Wheel Rayleigh Taylor Instability Experiment, which studies two-fluid mixing to mimic inertial confinement fusion. The lab, known as the Turbulent Mixing Laboratory, took Lehigh students five years to build from scratch. Watch the video in the Lehigh University News Center.
Civil and environmental engineering professor Sibel Pamukcu has been inducted into the Hall of Distinction of Louisiana State University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE).
The Lehigh Microscopy School has been running for nearly half a century.
Lehigh University recognized several Rossin College faculty members with university-level awards during the 2019 Lehigh Faculty and Staff Appreciation Dinner held April 30 at Stabler Arena.
The Inmate Assignment Decision Support System (IADSS) developed by graduate students and faculty members in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering was featured on the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) Podcast highlighting transformative innovation.
Arindam Banerjee, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, studies the dynamics of materials in extreme environments. He and his team have built several devices to effectively investigate the dynamics of fluids and other materials under the influence of high acceleration and centrifugal force.
One area of interest is Rayleigh-Taylor instability, which occurs between materials of different densities when the density and pressure gradients are in opposite directions, creating an unstable stratification.
ISE Assistant Professor Martin Takáč was named the recipient of the PC Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science’s 2019 Richard P. Vinci Award for Educational Excellence. This award recognizes a Rossin College faculty member who has demonstrated effective teaching and/or enhanced the student learning experience by introducing innovative teaching methods into the classroom and shows an outstanding commitment to the success of their students. The award is named for the late Richard P. Vinci, professor of Materials Science and Engineering.
He was “a surprisingly normal person for being so smart.”
The quote was one of many memories shared by friends and loved ones of professor Richard P. Vinci that drew laughter and knowing nods from those who came to celebrate his life.
