Varsha Borkar portrait
July 2, 2025

Growing with Renewable Energy: In Her Second Year with STEM-SI at Lehigh University, Varsha Borkar Finds Renewed Perspective

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...
Students gather for orientation
June 3, 2025

STEM-SI, Now in Year 5, Kicks Off Summer Undergraduate Research at Lehigh University

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...