Lehigh Engineers

Wearable tech to advance women’s health

Bioengineering Prof Dhruv Seshadri talks Ultrahuman #wearabletech to improve patient outcomes, how his dad knew his career path even before he did, & the power of knowing your personal why: engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article...

#lehighengineers #lehighu #bioengineering #sportsmedicine

Lehigh graduate students shine at Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York Annual Spring 2025 Symposium The Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York Annual Spring 2025 Symposium was held March 12 on the Lehigh University campus. This is an annual northeastern spring symposium that focuses on the funda...

Congrats to presentation winners for the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York Annual Spring 2025 Symposium.
🥇Erin Sobchinsky, Dr. Israel E. Wachs
🥈Eli M. Ream, Joseph Thompson, Dr. Srinivas Rangarajan, Dr. Israel E. Wachs
🥉Josh Miller (Princeton)

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Fantastic #LehighBIOE seminar by @chasecornelison.bsky.social today! Really enjoyed learning about your lab’s latest work towards neuronal regeneration. Thanks so much for visiting! @umassamherst.bsky.social @lehighengineers.bsky.social @tomasgf.bsky.social @pashucklab.bsky.social

Slated to fly tonight at 7:03pm EST, #SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Crew-10 mission for #NASA, transporting a crew to the #ISS for six months. Lehigh researchers will send samples on the mission, focused on #thermophoresis in a microgravity environment. Watch the launch on Space.com!

Virtual degrees, global campuses, and career pivots – Dr Sabrina Jedlicka, Lehigh University on global trends and career pathways - ET Education Professionals are now taking strategic career breaks for higher education. This trend is supported by the rise of global educational collaborations and flexible programmes. Dr Sabrina Jedlicka of Lehi...

Dr. Sabrina Jedlicka, Deputy Provost of Graduate Education for @lehighu.bsky.social & Associate Prof for MSE and BioE, sat down with #EconomicTimes to discuss the growing trend of career breaks for #highered: shorturl.at/jEvDZ

#lehighu #lehighengineers #graddegree #masters #phd #engineering

What's up, NS-BEan? Stop by Grad Recruitment Manager Angelo at booth #3053! Meet current students & learn how our programs can support your #engineering career. Grab some cool swag like airplanes, tape measures, & phone stands. #NSBE2025 #NSBEAnnualConvention #lehighengineers #gradschool

Field & professional engineers gathered at the #LehighValley Engineers Week Banquet at #lehighu to celebrate Engineer & Young Engineer of the Year. Becky Bradley, AICP, the Exec Director of the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission, was the keynote speaker. Congrats to the honorees!

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Congrats to National Academy of Inventors' 2025 class of Senior Members, featuring four of our faculty members. They will be celebrated during a ceremony at NAI’s 14th Annual Conference: shorturl.at/0sU0o

#lehighengineers #engineering #bioengineering #chemicalengineering #mechanicalengineering

Lehigh students are Pioneering the Next Generation of Data Storage Purple Drop Project Advances DNA Computing for Unmatched Data Density and Durability.

#LehighEngineers are makin' it rain. 💧🧬 Did you know water droplets are paving the way for groundbreaking #DNA computing and storage?⁠ A team of 5 Lehigh students are making this futuristic concept a reality through their project, Purple Drop: shorturl.at/GKP1Z

#labonachip #dnastorage #dnacomputing

SEED EF: Powering advanced innovation in renewable energy and decarbonization He’d never really considered getting his PhD. Not too long ago, proud Lehigh alumnus Dawson Berger ’22 was loving the variety of his day job with H.T. Lyons, a mechanical contractor based in Allentown...

From industry engineer to full-time mechanical engineering PhD student, Dawson Berger '22 is among the first in Lehigh's SEED EF program. #NSFSBIR provides opportunities for students to develop #sustainable technologies to improve #energyefficiency: engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article...

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Thread 🧵 Meet @thechowlab.bsky.social's Christie from BioE! Swipe to learn more about Christie & chat with her now: shorturl.at/VwL0A
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#nationalengineersweek #lehighengineers #lehighu #mastersdegree #bioengineering #tissueengineering #biomaterials #biotechnology #regenmed #biotech

Prof. Dan Frangopol elected to National Academy of Engineering Professor Dan M. Frangopol, the inaugural Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of Structural Engineering and Architecture, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for his contributions t...

Prof Dan M. Frangopol, the inaugural Fazlur R. Khan Endowed Chair of #StructuralEngineering & Architecture, elected to the #NAE2025 National Academy of Engineering for contributions to life-cycle #civilengineering and leadership in its global development & adoption: shorturl.at/LLGBF

Thread 🧵 Celebrating #NationalEngineersWeek by introducing our Grad Ambassadors: Meet Andy! Chat now: shorturl.at/PZKxl

#lehighengineers #lehighu #energysystemsengineering #energysystem #lehighvalley #climatechange #mastersdegree #sustainableenergy #electricvehicles #evs #ev #energyefficiency

@popsci.com geeks out with our #materialsscience Prof. Ricardo Castro about how one could recreate Captain America's shield using #engineering principles: www.popsci.com/science/capt...

#marvel #captainamerica #captainamericabravenewworld #materialsengineering #materialsscienceengineering #lehighu

Hana Hussain ’26: A passion for aerospace takes flight through undergraduate research The development of metamaterials—composite materials that have desirable or unusual properties related to their physical structure—is opening up possibilities for innovation in a wide range of fields....

Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science by sharing the story of #mechanicalengineeringmajor Hana Hussain ’26! Hussain is gaining valuable experience in the #aerospace industry, specifically #aerostructures: shorturl.at/y4QPT
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#womeninscience #womeninscienceday #womeninstem

The AWIS Career Re-entry Scholarship gave Aurelia Valente the means to pursue her graduate degree in biology. Interested in returning to a STEM career? We are now accepting applications for our 2025 scholarships. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4aJ2lsh #WomenInSTEM

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It’s been nearly 5 years since the WHO declared the #COVID19 outbreak a pandemic. As we get close to the anniversary, C&EN is looking for stories of how the pandemic has affected your education or career. If you have a story, we’d love to hear from you! forms.office.com/r/QML2sDtSiL

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#MechanicalEngineering Prof. Hannah Dailey ’02 ’06G ’09 PhD receives the 2024 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (#PECASE) by the Biden admin, the highest such honor given by the U.S. gov: engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article...
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#NSFfunded #orthopaedics #biomechanics

Diana Hammerstone ’20 earns prestigious graduate research fellowship It was an honor when she first learned that her advisor was nominating her for the Koerner Family Foundation (KFF) Fellows program, but Diana Hammerstone ’20 is a busy fifth-year materials science and...

Congrats to Diana Hammerstone ’20 for being elected the Koerner Family Foundation's Fellow. Nom'd by @thechowlab.bsky.social, the award supports her research- #polymer based scaffold development used for #tissueengineering w/ potential to aid in #cartilageregeneration: shorturl.at/ZE5j4

Landau–Levich Scaling for Optimization of Quantum Dot Layer Morphology and Thickness in Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Quantum dot (QD) light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) are promising candidates for next-generation displays because of their high efficiency, brightness, broad color gamut, and solution-processability. Large-scale solution-processing of electroluminescent QLEDs poses significant challenges, particularly concerning the precise control of the active layer’s thickness and uniformity. These obstacles directly impact charge transport, leading to current leakage and reduced overall efficiency. Blade-coating is a prevalent and scalable solution processing technique known for its speed and minimal waste. Additionally, it allows for continuous “roll-to-roll” processing, making it highly adaptable in various applications. In this study, we demonstrate the precise control of blade speed in the Landau–Levich regime to create a uniform QD emission layer, using a commercial CdSe/ZnS QD as a representative example. QDs assemble into different morphologies on glass and the underlying layers of the QLED device due to variations in interaction energy. The QD film thickness can be modified from monolayer to multilayer by adjusting blade speed, which can be predicted by fitting the Landau–Levich–Derjaguin theory. The optimal speed at 7 mm/s results in a QD film with a surface coverage of around 163% and low roughness (1.57 nm mean square height). The QLED external quantum efficiency (EQE) of approximately 1.5% was achieved using commercially available CdSe/ZnS QDs with low photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), and an EQE of around 7% has been obtained using lab-made InP/ZnSe/ZnS QDs having a solution PLQY of 74%. All-blade-coated CdSe-QLEDs are further demonstrated by adopting the optimized speed for the QD layer. This method demonstrates significant potential for developing low-cost, reproducible, and scalable QLED technologies with uniform emission characteristics and low-waste production.

Proud of my minor part of a nice collaboration with the Reichmanis Group @lehighengineers.bsky.social on how to optimize QD-LEDs from potential roll-to-roll processes.

Congrats to graduate student Yiman Xu for leading the effort and engaging me on this cool project!

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Smarter shipboard power Traditionally, the scheduling and control of large-scale systems, such as power grids, microgrids, and naval shipboard power systems, have been managed independently. Enhanced coordination between the...

#ElectricalEngineering Prof Wenxin Liu recently received an $800,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to develop a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based #algorithm that enhances coordination between vessels’ energy scheduling & #powercontrolsystems: engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article...

New leadership at OPAC group: Zümbül Atan succeeds Ivo Adan Zümbül Atan succeeds Ivo Adan as chair of the OPAC group

Congrats to former #Lehigh #ISE PhD grad Zümbül Atan on becoming the new chair of the Operations, Planning, Accounting and Control (OPAC) research group at Eindhoven U of Technology! www.tue.nl/en/news-and-...

CEE Prof. Frangopol and alum Kim ’11 PhD co-author third book on structural performance System Reliability, Risk, Longevity, Sustainability and Optimal Decision-Making—the latest collaboration by the distinguished structural engineering professor and his former doctoral student, now a pr...

Prof Dan M. Frangopol has co-authored a book w/ #CivilEngineering alum Sunyong Kim ’11 PhD. "System Reliability, Risk, Longevity, Sustainability and Optimal Decision-Making: Emphasis on #MarineStructures," is their 3rd collaboration. Available April 11, 2025: engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article...

Integrating CRISPR and biomaterials engineering: Paving the way for safer gene therapies CRISPR is a powerful gene-editing tool that holds enormous potential for treating genetic diseases by allowing scientists to cut, replace, or delete mutations in DNA. It can also modify gene expressio...

Lehigh Bioengineering's Prof. Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez receives prestigious #NSF CAREER award & secures funding to further research that utilizes #hydrogels and other #biomaterials to enhance #geneediting tool #CRISPR for #geneticdiseases like #cancer: engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article...

Engineering 🤝 art. Thank you ArtsQuest for the opportunity to see materials science in action!

#lehighengineers #lehighuniversity #lehighvalley #materialscience #materials #glassblowing #glassart #glass #engineering #stem #steam #sciart

Department swag dropped. 👍

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#BioE / #MSE prof Xuanhong Cheng is a member of a global team currently investigating changes in muscle tissue to discover links to disease, potentially leading to breakthroughs in treating conditions such as #ChronicFatigueSyndrome & #LongCOVID: engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article...