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Earthquakes and tall buildings mix about as well as running and scissors. Engineers are working on ways to make the combination less destructive. But before they can develop viable, cost-effective methods to reduce the effects of earthquakes on tall buildings, they have to understand the methods currently used to improve them. Earthquakes, as you probably know, cause vibrations in the earth as two masses of the earth’s crust move against each other. This movement releases...

For more, read this story from the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science.

For more, read this story from the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Imagine you have 100 Popsicle sticks, a jar of glue, and a few teammates, and you need to build a bridge. You’ll have to make a lot of choices: what type of truss bridge configuration should you build to resist an increasing load? How can you allocate your time among the fundamental tasks of design, construction, and testing? Where and how do you use more sticks–or more glue–to create strength? How do you divide the...

Bringing together leaders from academia, government, and industry, the ACES symposium will examine the growth of AI data centers and the innovations required to build grid resiliency, enhance energy efficiency, and promote water conservation. For more information, including registration, click on this link.

Find out more by reading this story on Lehigh's Entrepreneurship page.

As the second-largest net provider of energy to other states and home to a number of top-level research universities, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is uniquely positioned to lead the economic transformation stimulated by the increase in data center use and construction, advances in artificial intelligence technology and adoption, and necessary energy innovation, says Team PA, the Commonwealth’s nonpartisan, nonprofit partner in economic development. To drive this home, Team PA has developed a strategic roadmap that...

On July 1, 2025, Alberto J. Lamadrid, Professor of Economics and Co-Associate Director of the Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure and Energy (I-CPIE), was appointed the Institute’s third director, taking over from Shalinee Kishore, Iacocca Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Rossin College of Engineering at Lehigh University. Kishore had been I-CPIE’s director since 2022. Carlos E. Romero, Director of the Energy Research Center and professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, will remain...

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