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Research Day, held during the afternoon of Thursday, July 31, at Lehigh University’s Mountaintop Campus, Building C, brought together students from various summer research groups across campus for a day of poster presentations, prize judging, and networking. Students in various undergraduate programs, including STEM-SI, the Marcon Institute, Natural Hazards Research Infrastructure (NHERI), Research Translation AcceLUrator, and Mountaintop Summer Experience programs prepared posters and presented short talks about their research during the 10-week programs: reading relevant...

Ty’Lin Mitchell came to Lehigh University from New Iberia, Louisiana–that’s a 1,400-mile journey. And Louisiana has not sent many students to Lehigh in the past: In the fall semester of 2024, 71.5% of Lehigh students were from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. So how did the electrical engineering major hear about the university? It comes down to the power of teachers—and networking. Ty’Lin had the same math teacher throughout his high school years...

On July 15, Carnegie Mellon University hosted the inaugural Energy and Innovation Summit, organized by Senator Dave McCormick. Participants included President Donald Trump and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, as well as industry leaders and global investors–plus a contingent from Lehigh University. Lehigh’s contingent included University President Joseph Helble, Energy Research Center ( ERC) research scientist Zheng Yao, Institute for Cyber Physical Energy and Infrastructure ( I-CPIE) Director and Professor of Economics Alberto J. Lamadrid, Associate...

Varsha Borkar ’27 is no stranger to the STEM-SI (STEM Summer Institutes at Lehigh University) program: she’s now in her second summer working in Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Javad Khazaei’s INTEGrated, Resilient, and IntelligenT energY systems (INTEGRITY) Laboratory. But she’s not bored. Rather, she feels she’s deepening and expanding her knowledge and understanding of electrical engineering. The Lehigh Valley native has long been interested in circuits and energy–she was fascinated by the...

At Lehigh University, you know summer has arrived when you see two things: confetti from graduation celebrations glittering on the sidewalks and STEM-SI students gathering for the summer research experience’s orientation. This year, both were out in full force just after Memorial Day. On the morning of May 28, students and the STEM-SI leadership team gathered in HST to kick off the program’s fifth year. The 2025 cohort includes 38 STEM-SI students, with 29 more...

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