Lehigh University
Lehigh University, (LU) was established in 1865 in the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania area as a private technical school. Today, LU is a multi-college institution noted for the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Economics, and the esteemed College of Business and Economics as well as Arts & Science and Education. The LU student body is comprised of nearly 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students. LU is highly selective in the application process.
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27 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA. 18015
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610-758-6080.
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"Lehigh University" in the news:
Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Lehigh University's Energy Research Center (ERC) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop methods of recovering and reusing the heat that would be generated by the carbon-dioxide (CO2) compressio ...
This smart wheelchair has laser vision
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability, John Spletzer believes, should no longer pose any obstacle to mobility. A blind person may not be able to see or a paraplegic to walk, but each can access the technology available ...
Imaging a catalyst one atom at a time
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The catalytic processes that facilitate the production of many chemicals and fuels could become much more environmentally friendly thanks to a breakthrough achieved by researchers from Lehigh ...
Paleoecologists offer new insight into how climate change will affect organisms
Nov 04, 2009 |
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An article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science written by a team of ecologists, including Robert Booth, assistant professor of earth and environmental science at Lehigh University, examines some of the po ...
With help of DNA, nanotubes may become a bigger force
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 04, 2009 |
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In his neatly ordered lab at DuPont, chemist Ming Zheng slides open a glass cabinet and removes a flask of soot that could have been swept from someone's fireplace.
Researchers discover breakthrough method for chemical separations
Aug 03, 2009 |
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A team of researchers, led by chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis in the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology, have developed a more energy-efficient method of chemical separations ...
Membrane breaks through performance barrier
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers have developed a new method for creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves called zeolites; the method could increase the energy efficiency of chemical separations up ...
Ozone, nitrogen change the way rising CO2 affects Earth's water
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Through a recent modeling experiment, a team of NASA-funded researchers have found that future concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere and of nitrogen in the soil are likely to have an ...
Researchers enlist DNA to bring carbon nanotubes' promise closer to reality
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 08, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from DuPont and Lehigh University has reported a breakthrough in the quest to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that are suitable for use in electronics, medicine and other applications.
New gadgets demystify metabolism; Find out how many calories your body burns
Jul 01, 2009 |
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And when she doesn't gain a pound -- ever -- there's only one thing to blame: her metabolism.
New radiation therapy promises relief for overheating laptops
Apr 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Our modern age has become accustomed to regular improvements in information technology, says Slava Rotkin, but these advances do not come without a cost.
New organic material may speed Internet access
Mar 15, 2009 |
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The next time an overnight snow begins to fall, take two bricks and place them side by side a few inches apart in your yard.
Gold-palladium nanoparticles achieve greener, smarter production of hydrogen peroxide
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Hydrogen peroxide is one of the world's most versatile and widely used chemicals. A powerful oxidizing agent, H2O2 is commonly used as a bleach, an antiseptic and a disinfectant.
Earthquake engineering research aims to save lives, billions of dollars
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 17, 2009 |
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The 6.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the Los Angeles community of Northridge at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, killed 57 people, injured more than 5,000, and caused an estimated $20 billion in damage, making it the costliest ...
Engineers tune a nanoscale grating structure to trap and release a variety of light waves
Feb 17, 2009 |
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People debating politics are well-advised to shed more light than heat. Engineers working in optical technologies have the same aspiration.
