December 3, 2024

Applications Are Open for the 2025 STEM-SI Summer Program

If you are an undergraduate student studying in a STEM field and you’re interested in doing research (or you know someone who fits that description), this is the summer program for you. Lehigh University’s STEM-SI summer session pairs undergraduate students with research-active faculty members, giving students the opportunity to develop research skills during the 10-week summer program. Students also attend faculty seminars, learn about lab safety and ethics, and hone their writing and presentation skills...
November 21, 2024

Zheng Yao and His Team at Lehigh University Use Cutting-Edge Tools to Improve Semiconductor Manufacturing

An average human hair is, on average, about 100 microns in diameter. A semiconductor chip, such as those manufactured by Broadcom, in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, measures about 25 microns–that’s pretty small and difficult to see. Every day, Broadcom makes tens of thousands of these tiny discs, which are used in electrical or photonic devices and circuits. And these infinitesimal items have a complex manufacturing procedure–they are built up in several layers via a sequential process. This...
October 30, 2024

Doctoral Student Saskia Putri Optimizes Interconnected Water and Power Systems

While it’s easy to recognize how infrastructures from roadways to cell towers support our lives, it’s just as easy to overlook how interconnected they are. Take water and energy, for example: while each system has its own requirements and benefits, they also work together to deliver services to our homes and offices—water pumps need power to work, for example. That interdependence offers engineers some opportunities—and some challenges. One engineer looking at these interconnected systems is...
Professor Himanshu Jain, right, works with a student on research. Jain was founding director of I-FMD. Photo by ShotByAsgar
October 9, 2024

Get RE@L: A Research Mentor Opportunity

If you’re a Lehigh University STEM professor interested in mentoring a Lehigh Valley student during the spring semester, we have the program for you: The Research Experience at Lehigh (RE@L) Scholars Program. Inspired by an initiative led by Lehigh chemistry graduate student Dane Santa as part of his National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship award, the program’s goal is to help Lehigh County Community College (LCC) honors students experience research in a lab with...
August 8, 2024

Research Day: Students Present Their Summer Research Projects

On August 1, 2024, students from a variety of undergraduate research programs at Lehigh University, including STEM-SI, presented their research posters to an audience of supporters, including parents, visitors, fellow students and Lehigh faculty and administrators, as well as a group of judges. Winners in four categories–Research, Poster Video Design, Oral Presentation, and a category new this year, Audience Choice–received gift cards. The 95 posters/presentations showcased a rich variety of subjects, including animals ranging from...