The building of innovation
Researchers needed tech that didn’t exist; with NSF support, they are bringing it to life in Lehigh University’s Center for Photonics and Nanoelectronics
Emeritus professor authors books on numerical algorithms
William E. Schiesser, emeritus professor at Lehigh University, recently authored several books on computer-based solutions to model real-life phenomena, such as the development of Parkinson’s disease.
Schiesser is the Emeritus McCann Professor in the chemical and biomolecular engineering department as well as a former professor in the mathematics department.
His recent books include the following four titles:
Kothare joins editorial board of IEEE journal
Mayuresh Kothare, the R. L. McCann Professor in the chemical and biomolecular engineering department at Lehigh University, has been appointed to the editorial board of an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) society journal.
Kothare will serve as an associate editor of Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC): Systems. The IEEE publication is one of five journals published by the IEEE SMC Society.
Mending materials
Kelly Schultz receives NSF CAREER award to study stem cell-mediated engineering of their microenvironments
Few creatures, aside from humans, have the ability to reshape the world in which they live.
The humble earthworm is one such example. As a "terrestrial engineer," it tunnels through and aerates the soil, incorporating organic matter along the way and benefiting nearby plants.
A summer of machine learning
NSF-funded grant to provide students with experience in scalable computer systems and algorithms
Your rideshare app says your driver will show up in 10 minutes. No, make that 20 minutes. There's a detour along her route and traffic is backing up.
While you wait, you upload some photos to Facebook, and the service recognizes your friends and suggests names for you to tag.
Still waiting, you surf over to Amazon and buy that slow cooker that's been sitting in your cart. How about a recipe book and some storage containers with that?
Lehigh-designed monoski helps Paralympian earn Olympic silver
It was a monumental day for American Paralympian Tyler Walker, who earned his first ever Olympic medal in PyeongChang, South Korea. The four-time olympian won the silver medal in the men's sitting giant slalom Wednesday at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
Banerjee joins editorial boards of ASME and Elsevier journals
Arindam Banerjee, associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh University, has been appointed to two editorial boards.
Lehigh joins BRAID initiative
Program aims to increase women and underrepresented minorities in computer science
Girls and women in the U.S. are avid tech users, yet are significantly underrepresented in its creation, according to the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT).
Finding patterns at the nanoscale
Research paper is the first to come out of Lehigh’s Nano/Human Interface Presidential Engineering Research Initiative
In materials research, the ability to analyze massive amounts of data—often generated at the nanoscale—in order to compare materials’ properties is key to discovery and to achieving industrial use. Jeffrey M. Rickman, professor of materials science and engineering and also of physics, likens this process to candy manufacturing.
Pearson elected to Society of Plastics Engineers board
Ray Pearson, professor in the materials science and engineering department at Lehigh University, has been elected to the executive board of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). His three year term as Vice President of Technology and Education begins in May 2018.
SPE, founded in 1942, is the largest, most well-known professional society in the world dedicated to plastics and polymers. The society has more than 22,500 members in 84 countries.