On Thursday, August 3, 2023, more than 270 students and faculty assembled at the Mountaintop campus to showcase their innovative research from signature programs such as the Mountaintop Summer Experience, STEM-SI, the Marcon Institute summer intensive, and NSF REUs.
The Expo offered the campus community the opportunity to engage with presenters who shared their research and answered questions in an open forum, poster-style demonstration. Many projects featured real-world, theory-to-practice work that will continue into the Fall semester and beyond.
In This Image: Breathe Almaty: Students Kaliana Odonnell and Allen Wilson present their Global Social Impact Fellowship, working to mitigate the health effects of air pollution in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
In This Image: Community Mapping for Environmental Justice: Amy Zimmerman discusses her team’s work to identify pressing environmental concerns in South Side Bethlehem, aimed at ultimately improving the health and well-being of the community.
In This Image: NeuroSalon: Areesha Ahmed, Mo Chen, Emma Camp, and Zelalem Ayalew present their research on the brain’s capacity for growth, plasticity, and creativity, offering ideal brain conditions for encouraging plasticity.
In This Image: Equity through Electric: Will Filipovits discusses his research with student Haley Griner, detailing electric deregulation in Pennsylvania and his efforts to find ways to eliminate the financial burden for households.
In This Image: Innovation keeps moving forward through the summer as the Lehigh community assembles to see the innovative research and praxis that is advancing the world forward in creative ways.
In This Image: Multi-Factor Investing: With the help of partner Regina Amel Christy (not shown), Asim Turk explains an investment tool that assists individuals and institutions in managing their portfolios according to their risk tolerance.
In This Image: Making Mountaintop Campus a Destination: Josh Lewis, Ahmed Noureldaem, and Suken Sheth (not shown) outline designs proposed to make Lehigh’s Mountaintop campus a fully-activated community, studying all aspects of what it takes to transform the campus.
In This Image: Circuit to Sustainability: Gabriela Ramirez details her team’s research on sustainability in and applications of metals recycling.
In This Image: Expo judge Jose Arencibia '74 '80G '90G '03P discusses the research on display at the 2023 Summer Research Day Expo at Mountaintop campus.
In This Image: Roles of Surfactant in Some Daily Life Examples: Otis Opoku explains how surfactants (surface-active agents) play a role in common household examples, such as dishwashing, the emulsification of oil in vinegar, and shaving foam.
In This Image: Developing Vasopressin Antagonists as a Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury: Isabella Faasaumalie and Mary-Evelina Cordova present on their research findings, which will help select a lead candidate compound for further study.