Lehigh’s Interdisciplinary Research Institutes provide fertile ground for nurturing impactful team science
Lehigh University / Evonik Visit
On November 5, 2024, 25 Lehigh faculty, graduate students, administration, and staff were welcomed to Evonik Corporation’s Allentown facilities and Innovation Hub in Trexlertown, PA.
Elsa Reichmanis Named Director of I-FMD
Elsa Reichmanis, Professor and Carl Robert Anderson Chair in Chemical Engineering in Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named director of Lehigh’s Institute for Functional Materials and Devices (I-FMD), effective July 1, 2024.
Himanshu Jain Appointed as an Expert Within the NSF Division of Graduate Education, Directorate of STEM Education (EDU)
Himanshu Jain steps down as director of the I-FMD to work with the National Science Foundation to improve the quality of graduate education. As the leader of the Pasteur PhD Partnership (P3) Program, a hybrid program which combines graduate research with practical work experience, he will be working with the NSF to improve graduate students' career-readiness.
Experts from industry, academia converge at Lehigh Materials Symposium
I-FMD hosted the annual Lehigh Materials Symposium and Open House event on May 6, 2024. Over 70 attendees gathered to hear invited talks from 10 materials experts from both academia and industry, as well as attend a poster session.
Elsa Reichmanis elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Elsa Reichmanis, a Professor and Carl Robert Anderson Chair in Chemical Engineering, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has been elected to this society based on her expertise in microlithography, photonics, and electronics. She is a thrust leader in the Complex Hierarchies for Active, Responsive & Intelligent Soft Matter Assembly (CHARISMA) group within the IFMD.
NSF Awards $6M to Lehigh to Speed Up Translation of Research Into Actual Use
Lehigh was among the first ever awardees of a $6M grant from the National Science Foundation to accelerate the translation of academic research into practical solutions for society's complex partners. The PI for the grant is I-FMD High performance material processing and additive manufacturing thrust leader and John Coulter. I-FMD Director Himanshu Jain is a Co-PI for the award.
