2019 ASCE Convention Highlights
The American Society of Civil Engineers presented numerous awards, including three to Lehigh civil and environmental engineers, during the 2019 ASCE Convention, held October 10-13 in Miami.
Finally, the answer to a ‘burning’ 40-year-old question
We’ve known for decades that catalysts speed up the reaction that reduces harmful industrial emissions. And now, we know exactly how they do it.
A recent paper by Israel Wachs, the G. Whitney Snyder Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, describes the mechanism, and was the inside back cover story of the September 2, 2019, issue of Angewandte Chemie, a journal of the German Chemical Society.
Energy Systems Engineering alum takes on mentoring, teaching role
PPL Corp. supervising engineer Scott Richard Thomas ’10G ’15 MBA knows the power of connections.
His nine-years-and-counting career at a major U.S. energy company took off following a research project he did with the utility—a key part of his graduate studies in Lehigh University’s Energy Systems Engineering (ESE) professional master’s program.
Balasubramanian among first to employ HPC power of Frontera
Ganesh Balasubramanian, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, is one of the first users of Frontera, the fifth most powerful supercomputer in the world.
Dr. Schultz secures new NSF funding through their GOALI program for joint work with Procter & Gamble
Dr. Kelly Schultz, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received a new grant from NSF entitled "GOALI: Determination of the structure and properties of microfibrillated cellulose during dynamic phase transitions" as part of their GOALI (Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry) program.
Dr. Schultz secures renewal of NIH funding through their R15 (Academic Research Enhancement Award) program
Dr. Kelly Schultz, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received a renewal of NIH funding entitled "Determining the Response of hMSCs to Cytokines in Synthetic Wound Healing Materials" as part of their R15 (Academic Research Enhancement Award) program. This funding will support research that enhances the biomedical environment at Lehigh.
Biocomputational Engineering program to launch in Fall 2020
Working with big data doesn’t require wearing a lab coat, but it still can be messy.
Take it from bioengineer Jeanna Kwon ’17, a consultant at Prognos, a health care AI company based in New York City that’s focused on improving the prediction of disease—and our power to prevail over it—by analyzing patient laboratory diagnostic data.
Predicting the impact of climate change on bridge safety
Climate change will ultimately affect our bridges. But to what extent?
That is the essential question addressed by researchers David Yang and Dan M. Frangopol in a paper recently published in the ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering.
Watanabe elected to inaugural class of Microanalysis Society Fellows
Masashi Watanabe, an associate professor of materials science and engineering and a former president of the Microanalysis Society (MAS) has been recognized by the professional association as a member of its inaugural class of Fellows.
Global recognition for civil engineering
The Rossin College’s civil engineering program has been ranked among the top five in the world, according to the 2019 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU); it was also the highest ranked U.S. program on this year’s list.