Graduate Degrees in Education

Lehigh's College of Education offers only graduate degree programs. Students enrolled in the College of Education should check with their advisers for a list of regulations and requirements governing degree programs.

Financial assistance. Graduate assistantships and research assistantships are available in the college and in various administrative offices on campus. In addition, graduate students may be recommended for a limited number of fellowships and endowed scholarships, which are awarded by the college.

Lehigh's Centennial School, a laboratory school for children with emotional/behavior disorders, provides employment for some Lehigh education students. Graduate students may apply for teaching internships, which pay tuition plus salaries.

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

This degree is offered in the following professional specializations: elementary education, secondary education, special education, educational leadership, counseling and human services, global educational leadership, international counseling, and elementary and secondary school counseling. Degree requirements vary from program to program.

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The master of arts degree offered in the field of secondary education provides a major in education with an academic specialty. The student must take graduate work in education plus 12 credits of graduate work in an academic field. The academic fields that cooperate with the College of Education in offering this program include, among others: modern languages and literature, English, mathematics, political science, sociology, and physical and natural sciences.

Master of Science (M.S.)

The master of science degree is awarded in instructional technology (IT). The IT masters focuses on enhancing the use of technology in teaching and learning in schools. Masters students work on projects throughout their program and maintain and enhance their skills outside the class setting.

Master in Business Administration/Master of Education (MBA/M.Ed.)

The MBA and Master's of Education joint degree program offers students the opportunity to acquire a solid foundation in both business and education. Designed to increase the administrative skill required in today's educational systems, the MBA/M.Ed. provides a framework where excellent education and sound business practices can flourish. The MBA/M.Ed. will provide an additional option for students for business and students of educational leadership. The program will enhance the student's marketability in private and public sector education while providing students with an understanding of the cultures of both business and education.

Educational Specialist (Ed.S.)

Specialized post-master’s degree programs for practitioners are available in school psychology.

Certification Programs and Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

The college offers state certifications in various professional specialties and also offers post-baccalaureate certificate programs in, English as a Second Language, International Counseling, Teacher Leadership, Special Education, Technology Use in the School, Educational Technology, Project Management Certificate Program (jointly offered through the College of Business and Economics and the College of Education). These programs are 12 credits, focused concentrations taken by students enrolled in the international education program. In a joint program with the College of Business and Economics, students can complete a post-baccalaureate certificate in Project Management.

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)

The doctor of education degree program provides specialized study in educational leadership. Successful professional experience is required for admission to candidacy for this degree in most programs. The requirements for the Ed.D. degree parallel those already stated for the Ph.D. degree with the following exceptions: language examinations are not required.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

The College of Education also offers the Ph.D. degree to students enrolled in the fields of counseling psychology, learning sciences and technology, school psychology, and special education. The requirements for this degree are the same as those for the Ph.D. in the other colleges and as described in previous sections.

Graduate Studies Organizations

The Graduate and Research Committee

The graduate and research committee consists of twelve members representing the faculties of Lehigh's colleges: four from the College of Arts and Sciences; two from the College of Business and Economics; four from the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science; and two from the College of Education; plus the college deans, the registrar, the vice provost for research, the director of the office of research, two non-voting graduate student members, and a member of the student senate.

The committee formulates policies and regulations on graduate education, and it recommends policies and procedures for research-related activities. The committee interprets and applies faculty rules governing graduate students and degrees, including questions concerning student petitions and appeals.

Graduate Student Council

The graduate student council, comprised of one graduate student from each academic department, represents the graduate student community regarding graduate programs and graduate student life at Lehigh. It provides a forum for discussion with university officials and committees. Graduate students selected by the graduate student council are non-voting members of the graduate and research committee and the educational policy committee.

Besides functioning as a forum for discussion, the graduate student council maintains a graduate student center. The council plans social events and disseminates information in order to facilitate communication among graduate students.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Study and Research

In addition to offering graduate degrees within academic departments, Lehigh University offers interdisciplinary graduate degrees in the fields of American Studies, clinical chemistry, manufacturing systems engineering, pharmaceutical chemistry, photonics, polymer science and engineering, business administration and engineering, and business administration and educational leadership, and analytical finance.

Lehigh University also offers graduate certificate programs in certain specialized fields of study. Graduate certificates consist of a minimum of twelve credits, six of which must be at the 400-level. Students are admitted to certificate programs in the same way as to degree programs. More specific information on admission criteria and completion requirements are available from certificate program administrators.

In addition, Lehigh's interdisciplinary research centers and institutes address the research needs of government, industry, and society. Organized to recognize research efforts in interdisciplinary problem areas, they supplement the university's academic departments. Graduate students pursuing M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in academic departments as well as students enrolled in interdisciplinary degree programs may pursue research opportunities in the various centers.

A complete listing of research centers, institutes, and other research organizations appears following the section on interdisciplinary graduate programs.

Financial Assistance. Teaching assistantships and fellowships are provided by individual academic departments, while research assistantships are available through both academic departments and research centers. Students interested in research are encouraged to seek appointments with members of the faculty working in their areas of special interest, with department chairpersons, or with center or institute directors.

Graduate Certificates in Arts and Sciences

Certificate in Cognitive Science

(For details see "Cognitive Science" in Section V)

Certificate in Stereotypes, Prejudice, Discrimination, and Intergroup Relation

(For details see "Psychology" in Section V)

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

Several interdisciplinary programs are offered to the Lehigh graduate student.

American Studies

A Master of Arts degree in American Studies is offered jointly by English, History, and other departments in the humanities and social sciences. Candidates for the master's degree must complete at least 30 credit hours. In addition to the Theory and Method course, students must choose two courses in American history and two courses in American literature and film from those offered by the history department and the English department. Students must also take one special topics seminar. The other four courses for the master's degree will be divided between thesis or "thesis paper" credits and American Studies courses not in history or literature/film. To fulfill the thesis requirement, students will write one longer thesis or two thesis papers that are aimed at conference presentation and/or publication.

Analytical Finance

This program provides students with a strong education in advanced finance and quantitative financial analysis tools to develop graduates who can create innovative solutions for real financial problems, using state of the art analytical techniques and computing technology. Students with undergraduate degrees in computer science, economics, engineering, finance, mathematics and the hard sciences should have the quantitative background needed for success in this field.

Prerequisites

Applicants must show basic competency in the following areas: finance, corporate finance, investments, financial accounting, economics, money and banking, statistics, linear algebra, and calculus. These courses will not count toward the masters degree.

Required Courses

The 33 credit hour program is a joint venture of the College of Business and Economics, the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science and the College of Arts & Sciences. Required courses are as follows:

Admissions. Students may apply through the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, the Graduate Programs Office in the College of Business & Economics, or the Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts & Sciences. Students must take the GRE or GMAT. International students must have 16 years of schooling with four years at the University level to be considered for admission. Applicants whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Since the first course, GBUS 422-Derivatives and Risk Management, is offered during the first summer session, students are encouraged to apply to the program by May 1.

Clinical Chemistry

The M.S. program in clinical chemistry is offered by the Department of Chemistry in cooperation with local hospitals. It is directed toward training clinical laboratory scientists to be active in hospital-based and industrial laboratories in both patient sample service and new product development. The program requires fulfillment of a clinical laboratory practicum as well as a research project at the M.S. level. The core requirements for the degree are:

Electives or courses that may be substituted, upon an approved petition, for core requirements in clinical chemistry can be drawn from those listed in the Ph.D. programs in molecular biology or pharmaceutical chemistry (see below).

Students may be admitted into this program from undergraduate majors in chemistry, biology, medical technology, or other areas of the biochemical life sciences. One semester of undergraduate physical chemistry is required for the M.S. in clinical chemistry although in some cases this course may be taken while enrolled as a graduate student but for no graduate credit. Graduates of the program are encouraged to continue their education toward the doctorate in any one of the several biological chemistry programs offered at Lehigh.

Master of Business Administration and Engineering

In today's business environment expertise is required over a broad spectrum of skills in order to maximize performance. To meet this challenge, Lehigh has developed an interdisciplinary graduate program that provides a solid foundation in both business and engineering. The joint Master of Business Administration and Engineering (MBA&E) degree has been developed through the co-operative efforts of the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science and the College of Business & Economics. This program is part of Lehigh's commitment to developing the industrial leaders needed to enhance our competitiveness in the new global marketplace, and is aimed at students with an engineering or science background.

The basic 45 credit hour course sequence consists of:

Students can choose an appropriate engineering curriculum from any of the following programs - chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, industrial and systems engineering, manufacturing systems engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering and mechanics.

MBA Core Courses

Engineering Core Courses

Each engineering program has its own set of core courses. Course choices are intended to be as flexible as possible, and are tailored to meet the needs of individual students. Further information can be obtained from the appropriate departmental graduate coordinator, or from the Office of Graduate Studies (610-758-6310) in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Electives. Engineering electives are chosen from courses in the appropriate RCEAS engineering program, and the business electives are selected from course offerings in CBE. Electives can also be chosen from joint courses that are being developed by RCEAS & CBE.

Project. A short interdisciplinary project is required of all students. Project topics, based on the specific interests of each student, will be developed by CBE and RCEAS faculty.

Admissions. Applications must be accepted by the MBA program and by the relevant department in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. When required by the engineering program, students must take the GRE. If this is not required, then the GMAT examination must be taken. Students will not be required to take both tests.

Further information can be obtained from:

Office of Graduate Studies
P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science
610-758-6310
www.lehigh.edu/engineering

or

The Graduate Programs Office
College of Business & Economics
610-758-5280
www.lehigh.edu/mba

Master of Business Administration and Educational Leadership

The MBA & Master of Education joint degree program offers students the opportunity to acquire a solid foundation in both business and education. Designed to develop the administrative skills required in today's educational systems, the MBA/M.Ed. provides a framework where excellent education and sound business practices can flourish. The MBA/M.Ed. will provide an additional option for business students in educational leadership. The program will enhance the students' marketability in private and public sector education while providing students with an understanding of the cultures of both business and education. Core courses from both colleges will ensure that recipients of the joint degree will bring to their future positions an extraordinary medley of skills to manage human and financial resources efficiently while employing expertise in instructional supervision and training in both education and corporate settings. This program of study will enhance training and skills for those currently in the area of business and financial management in the field of education.

The Lehigh MBA/Ed. Leadership is a 45-credit joint degree program. Students earning an MBA/Ed. Leadership will be prepared for positions such as: School Superintendent, Principal, and School District Administration

Educational Leadership Core Courses

MBA Core Courses

Electives. Educational electives are chosen from courses in the College of Education and the business electives are selected from course offerings in the College of Business and Economics.

Admission Requirements. Applications need to be approved through both the MBA Program and the Educational Leadership program. Students are required to take the GMAT. Students must have at least 2 years of professional post graduate work experience to apply for this joint degree program.

Further information about the program may be obtained by contacting Dr. George White, Professor, College of Education, 610-758-3262 or gpw1@lehigh.edu.

Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Lehigh's award-winning graduate program leading to the master of science degree in manufacturing systems engineering (MSE) is sponsored by all the departments in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science and is administered by the Center for Manufacturing Systems Engineering. In addition, the College of Business and Economics participates in teaching accounting, business, finance, management, and marketing aspects affecting manufacturing systems.

This graduate curriculum aims to develop engineers who can design, develop, install, operate and modify manufacturing systems involving materials, processes, equipment, facilities, logistics, and people using leading edge technologies. A systems perspective is integrated by means of interdisciplinary course offerings.

Distance Education

It is possible for distance students to earn the MS in MSE degree remotely.

Major Requirements

The degree requires completion of 30 credits of graduate level work, including:

four (4) core MSE courses.

and

Elective courses (12 or 15 credits). At least one elective must be an MSE-numbered course.

Elective courses are selected in consultation with the MSE academic adviser from technical and business areas related to manufacturing.

These areas include:

• design
• materials, manufacturing processes and quality control
• automation, control systems, and computer integration
• computer and information systems
• business, management, organization, and operations research

Admission requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or an appropriate science is required.
• Candidates enroll in this program through one of the university’s engineering departments, depending on individual backgrounds and interests.
• All candidates must have at least six months work experience in industry.
• All candidates must follow admission procedures and standards established by Lehigh University.

For further information contact: Carolyn Jones, MSE Program Coordinator, 200 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015 (610) 758-5157, FAX (610) 758-6527, Email ccj1@Lehigh.edu or visit the MSE web site at www.lehigh.edu/~inmse/gradprogram/

Photonics

The Master of Science Degree in Photonics is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with a broad training in the various aspects of photonics, including topics in physics, electrical engineering and materials science. Admission to the program requires a B.S. or M.S. in either the physical sciences or engineering.

Applications should be directed to one of the three sponsoring departments (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, or Physics). Procedures and admission criteria are the same as those followed by the home department. International students must satisfy minimum university language requirements. The admissions process is under the supervision of the individual department to which you apply.

Required Courses*(15 credits):

Selected pre-requisites for the required courses may be waived by the program director for students with equivalent background.

A minimum of three courses must be selected from the following list:

In order to complete the MS degree requirements of the University, candidates must submit either a Master’s thesis or a report based on a research course of up to 6 credit hours. Research courses should be at the 400 level.

Polymer Science and Engineering

Lehigh has a diverse group of faculty members with strong, primary interest in polymer science and engineering. In order to provide better opportunities for courses and research in this interdisciplinary field, activities are coordinated through the Center for Polymer Science and Engineering (CPSE), and its academic Polymer Education Committee. Polymer faculty from traditional departments of chemical engineering, chemistry, materials science and engineering, physics, and mechanical engineering and mechanics, are participants of the CPSE.

There are two ways in which qualified graduate students, with degrees in the above or related fields, may participate. Students may pursue graduate studies within an appropriate department. Departmental procedures must be followed for the degree sought. The student's adviser may be in that department, or in another department, or research center, in which case, the student receives a normal departmental degree, with emphasis in polymer courses and research.

Alternatively, students may elect to pursue studies toward an interdisciplinary M.S., M.E., or Ph.D. degree in polymer science and engineering. The procedures for this latter case are summarized as follows.

Students enter through the departments and must meet each entering department's criteria. When the student is ready (must have taken/be taking at least one polymer course and be in good standing in the department), the student petitions to transfer to the Center for Polymer Science and Engineering. After entering the center degree program, his/her degree program becomes Polymer Science and Engineering, but the student remains in the home department.

Master of Science Degree in Polymer Science & Engineering requires a total of 24 credits in course work and six credits in research based on a pre-approved library program. The research report is directed and signed by a faculty member of the Center for Polymer Science and Engineering and co-signed by the chairman of the Polymer Education Committee or the director of the CPSE.

Required courses:

Three 400-level polymer courses to be selected from the following list (list may vary slightly from year to year, check with Professor Pearson or Professor Roberts for more details):

Courses in the admitting department must include one of the following:

plus one other 300- or 400-level non-polymer related course from the admitting department.

Master of Engineering Degree in Polymer Science & Engineering requires a total of 30 credits of course work. This option is intended for those students who do not work in a laboratory setting, or for whom thesis research is not practical, but who wish to obtain an advanced education in polymer science and engineering.

The additional six hours of coursework must include two additional 300 or 400 level polymer courses, or one polymer and one non-polymer home department course. For full-time graduate students electing the M.E. degree option, the polymer course program must include Chem. Eng. (CHM.; MAT) 388, Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, a laboratory course.

Part-time and Distance Education M.S. and M.E. degree students in Polymer Science and Engineering may substitute another polymer course for Chem. Eng. (CHM; Mat) 388.

Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering. For the Ph.D., the student must satisfactorily complete a qualifying examination administered by the Polymer Education Committee; satisfactorily complete graduate course work determined in consultation with the doctoral committee; pass a general examination administered by the Polymer Education Committee; and defend to the satisfaction of the doctoral committee, a dissertation in the field of polymer science and engineering. Students deficient in polymer science or related topics may be required by their committee to take remedial course work.

The doctoral committee consists of the research adviser, at least two other members of the center for polymer science and engineering, and at least one outside person. The committee's composition is subject to approval by the Polymer Education Committee and the Graduate and Research Committee of the university.

For more information, write to Dr. Raymond A. Pearson, Director, Center for Polymer Science and Engineering, Whitaker Laboratory, 5 E. Packer Avenue, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, or Dr. James E. Roberts, Chairman, Polymer Education Committee, Seeley G. Mudd Building, Lehigh University, 6 E. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015. Please address applications to one of the participating departments.

Certificate Programs

Cognitive Science

Stereotypes, Prejudice, Discrimination, and Intergroup Relations

Business College Certificates

Education College Certificates

Research Centers and Institutes

Lehigh has developed a number of centers and institutes to provide greater research and academic opportunities for primarily graduate students and faculty. Centers and institutes are generally interdisciplinary and complement the scholarly activities of academic departments and represent scholarship and research based on the expertise and capabilities of a group of faculty members. Frequently, centers relate to the broad-based research needs of government, industry, and the social community.

Center for Polymer Science and Engineering

The Center for Polymer Science and Engineering (CPSE) was formally established at Lehigh University in July 1988. The center provides a unique opportunity for faculty and students from the traditional departments of chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering and mechanics, and physics to perform interdisciplinary research in polymers. The center is an umbrella organization encompassing polymers research and graduate studies at Lehigh University. The center's primary missions are preparation of first rate scientists and engineers with proficiency in polymers, fostering cross-disciplinary polymer research, organizing and teaching continuing education short courses in areas of interest to the polymer industry; and organizing campus wide seminars.

The center's Polymer Education Committee graduate studies through the academic departments leads to the Master of Science, Master of Engineering, and Doctor of Philosophy in Polymer Science and Engineering. Students may also elect to pursue studies towards a classical degree in their respective departments with an emphasis in polymer courses and research. Both advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in polymer science and engineering are offered through the participating departments. Current course offerings include polymer synthesis and characterization laboratory, physical polymer science, organic polymer science, engineering behavior of polymers, rheology, polymer processing, emulsion polymers, polymer blends and composites, fatigue and fracture of engineering materials, colloid science, and polymer interfaces.

Research Activities. The center has a wide range of research activities covering the field of polymers. The following are the major research themes: emulsion polymerization and latex characterization, surface/interfacial aspects of polymer colloids, adhesion, polymer blends and composites, polymerization mechanisms and kinetics, polymerization reactors modeling and control, structure/property relationships of interpenetrating polymer networks, macromolecular chemistry of biopolymers and coal, polymer coatings for corrosion protection, and microelectronic packaging.

Research Facilities. The following research instrumentation is available for the Center for Polymer Science and Engineering: X-Ray Photoelectric Spectroscopy (ESCA), Scanning Auger Electron Spectroscopy, Laser Raman Spectroscopy, Mossbauer Spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of both solids and solutions (NMR) (3 instruments; 90 MHz, 300 MHz and 500 MHz), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) (both conventional and photo-acoustic), a variety of advanced transmission and scanning electron microscopes, modulated differential scanning calorimetry, hi-res-thermogravimetric analysis, instruments for rheological studies (including a Rheometrics RDA2 and Bohlin Rheometer), particle sizing instruments (Coulter N4M, Joyce-Loebl Disc Centrifuge, Capillary Hydrodynamic Fractionation, and Hydrodynamic Chromatrography), Gel Permeation and Gas Chromatography units, Electrophoretic Mobility apparatus, mechanical testing devices such as the Rheovibron Dynamic Mechanical Spectroscopy, Instron Tensile Test equipment, several computer-controlled servohydraulic fatigue test machines, and Polymerization Reactors, including Bottle Polymerizer, Tubular Reactor, Stirred Tank Reactors with on-line sample analysis for residual monomer and interfaced with computer for control operations.

Educational Opportunities. Programs of study for individual students are designed to meet the student's interests, the requirements of the academic department, and the student's dissertation committee. Considerable flexibility is permitted in the selection of courses and a research topic. Lehigh University has been awarding interdisciplinary M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Polymer Science and Engineering since 1975. Graduate students conducting polymer research may also earn the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the classical fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, physics, or mechanical engineering and mechanics. For further information please refer to the Polymer Science and Engineering Program in the section: Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs.

For more information about the center activities, admission to graduate school, or financial aid, contact; Dr. Mohamed S. El-Aasser, Director, Center for Polymer Science and Engineering, Iacocca Hall, Room D330, Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015; (610) 758-3590 or Dr. L. H. Sperling, Chairman, Polymer Education Committee, Lehigh University, 5 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015; (610) 758-3845. Please address applications to one of the participating departments. Please visit the web site: http://www.lehigh.edu/~esd0/cpse/home.html or e-mail mse0@lehigh.edu or lhs0@lehigh.edu.

Center for Promoting Research to Practice - Schools, Families, Communities

The Center for Promoting Research to Practice intends to develop practical solutions to real problems for those individuals at-risk or who have disabilities. All too often research that is created for these individuals remains at the development level and is not disseminated into best practices. Using an interdisciplinary approach and establishing a living laboratory through partnerships with schools, parent and families, and community service and support providers, the Center aspires to distinguish itself as a leader at state, regional, and national levels in addressing the need for the production of research to reach the users and consumers of research. The mission of the Center for Promoting Research to Practice (CPRP) is to generate new knowledge that will favorably impact the lives of individuals with or at risk for disabilities and promote the use of evidence-based best practices by schools, families, and community service providers. The Center emphasizes the conducting of applied research, partnership, and dissemination.

Applied Research Opportunities

The CPRP focuses on securing research projects that emphasize bringing research findings from the field and moving them into effective practice with evaluation of outcomes. The projects secured by the CPRP faculty focus on individuals who have identified areas of disability or are considered at-risk for developing disabilities. Currently, the Center has research projects examining the most effective intervention strategies for improving behavioral and academic outcomes for students with behavior disorders. One project focuses on understanding effective, scientifically-based interventions in educating students who present severe challenges to the schools. Another project is focused on examining those factors within schools that enhance or diminish the use of positive behavioral support for students with disabilities and to examine the quality-of-life outcomes of functional assessment-based support plans. Other current projects in the Center include work designed to enhance the professional development of first grade teachers in teaching reading to students at-risk for developing reading problems, a project focused on the evaluation of the Early Reading First initiative to improve early literacy in Head Start preschool children, and a project designed to facilitate the implementation of a multi-tiered model of prevention and intervention in progress monitoring and a response-to-intervention model of identification for students in need of special education.

Partnership

The Center forms and maintains partnerships at national, regional, and local levels. Several objectives are established to accomplish this goal. The CPRP assists with the development and implementation of research projects designed in local school districts and intermediate units. Many school districts, particularly small and rural districts, do not have the capacity to engage in wide-scale research efforts. Yet, these districts often have very significant needs for empirically-based decision making. The CPRP will provide a cost-effective vehicle for these districts to engage in such research efforts.

Another level of partnership for the CPRP is interdisciplinary research within the University community. This objective will be met through facilitating cross-college and cross-program proposals. Continuous efforts will be made to invite colleagues from across departments and colleges in the University to join with faculty in the College of Education in pursuing research interests that are within the mission of the Center. Efforts will also continue to conduct research with colleagues across institutions. Currently, four of five active projects in the Center are linked to partner institutions including University of California - Riverside, University of Oregon, University of Pittsburgh, and the Instructional Research Group in Long Beach, California, and Pacific Institutes for Research in Eugene, Oregon, both private research institutes, as well as the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network.

Dissemination

The CPRP is a resource for distilling and bringing research findings to the field. Investigators conducting research have already begun to publish the outcomes of findings in professional journals and outlets. In addition, the CPRP plans to initiate dissemination to parents, teachers, and other practitioners in a format that more easily affects practice.

The Center's mission, goals, current accomplishments, as well as its future initiatives will be disseminated to groups both on- and off campus. Included in its objectives are the development of publicity about the Center itself and outcomes of Center projects through varied forms of communication across campus as well as institutions of higher education, local/state educational agencies, community agencies, and parent groups.

For more information, contact Dr. Ed Shapiro, Director, Center for Promoting Research to Practice, Lehigh University, Room L111 Iacocca Hall, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015; (610-758-3258) or email ed.shapiro@lehigh.edu; Web site: www.lehigh.edu/collegeofeducation/cprp

Center for Value Chain Research

The Center for Value Chain Research (CVCR) is committed to promoting and conducting research and information exchange through the integration of emerging theory and best practices. The center's research focuses primarily on value chain planning and development activities, which connects corporate strategy with value chain execution.

Interdisciplinary Research. The CVCR is a joint venture between Lehigh University's P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the College of Business and Economics. A core group of over 25 faculty members from both colleges is affiliated with the center. The center provides a unique, multidisciplinary approach to research, offering exciting new opportunities for innovation by integrating analytical and quantitative engineering approaches with process-driven and field-based business research.

Research Activities. CVCR faculty perform research in a variety of topics, including logistics and operations, network organization and technology, and value network strategy. The research uses a wide range of tools and methodologies, including network design and analysis, financial engineering, mathematical programming and optimization, advanced planning and scheduling (APS), stochastic processes, auction and bidding algorithms, game theory and economic analysis, parallel and distributed computing, field studies, surveys, case studies, artificial intelligence, and data mining.

What the Center Does

• Provides a unique, multidisciplinary approach to research, offering exciting new opportunities for innovation by integrating analytical and quantitative engineering approaches with process-driven and field-based business research.
• Brings together scholars and practitioners to establish a multi-disciplinary research agenda for information-enabled inter- and intra-organizational networks.
• Conducts annual symposiums and members-only roundtables, and develops customized on-site seminars
• Disseminates research findings through professional conferences, scholarly publications, and curriculum development.

For more information, contact Prof. Michael Santoro, Co-Director, Prof. Larry Snyder, Co-Director, or Joel Sutherland, Managing Director, Center for Value Chain Research, Lehigh University, Rauch Business Center, 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015; (610) 758-6428; email: joel.sutherland@lehigh.edu; Web site: www.lehigh.edu/~inchain

Lehigh University Center for Optical Technologies [COT]:

Launched in 2001, the Center for Optical Technologies (COT) is a multi-institutional initiative based at Lehigh University with a charter to advance research, applications, and regional economic development opportunities for optical and optoelectronic technologies. (See www.lehigh.edu/optics). Lehigh partners with Pennsylvania State University in research and education, with Northampton Community College and Lehigh Carbon Community College in education and outreach programs, and with Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania in business development. The COT has joint research and business development activities with a growing list of local and national companies administered through the Center's industrial liaison program, as well as growing federally-funded research administered by the Offices of Sponsored Research at both Lehigh and Penn State. Additionally, Lehigh has developed significant joint research activities with the US Department of Defense in collaboration with the Army Research Laboratories.

Pennsylvania, and the Lehigh Valley in particular, has an enviable infrastructure in optical and optoelectronic technologies, advanced optical, electronic and optoelectronic materials, and a host of related advanced nanocharacterization and nanotechnologies. The COT vision and goal is to provide a sustainable university hub and partnership to accelerate the innovative and economic development potential of these resources, to transform the economic trajectory of the region, and develop the next generation optics technology and applications. COT has structured its research thrusts and industrial partnerships to maximize our success on these key elements. The COT mission statement is: "To generate advances in the science and application of optical technologies, and to forge partnerships that drive growth and diversity in the industry." In addition to the initial vision of advancing optical communications technologies, COT has expanded its research and application studies into new fertile high-value areas in life sciences, sensors, and displays, with significant interest from large and small corporate partners, from all corners of the globe.

The Center was initiated with a July 2000 Phase I grant of $1M from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (PDCED), beginning actual operations with funding availability in April 2001. This was followed in July 2001 with a major PDCED Phase II commitment of $15M through a Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority Contract, with matching financial commitments by Lehigh University and goals for major leveraged funding from federal, industry, and private sources. COT programs have successfully focused on federal Department of Defense needs, and joint activities with the Army Research Laboratory have alone already yielded over $12M of research funding. With additional generous private donations, growing competitively-awarded research grants and industrial participation, COT is progressing well towards the targeted vision discussed above.

COT Facilities & Research Activities:

In addition to the existing COT expertise at the program launch, there have been 12 faculty added in COT-related research areas at Lehigh alone leading to over 25 participants, with 20 more at Penn State. The additions include 7 new professors in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3 new professors in Physics, and two professors in Mechanical Engineering and Biology, respectively, participating in the new Bioengineering activity. These additions have also led to a significant expansion of course offerings in optical technologies at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, a new Masters in Photonics degree, and significant growth in funded graduate Ph.D. research programs.

COT has provided for dramatic enhancements of the existing individual faculty laboratories at both Lehigh and Penn State, including a wide assortment of specialized optical testing and evaluation equipment. These include ultra-high-speed femtosecond pulse laser systems for advanced materials and device analysis, unique 50 GHz microwave characterization apparatus with adjustable terminations for highly accurate, unmounted, pulsed device prototype evaluations, 12.5 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s optical communications oscilloscopes and BER test apparatus, extensive optical amplification, tunable and fiber mode-locked lasers, and optical spectrum analyzers for WDM and nonlinear fiber test and evaluation systems. Unique capabilities have been installed for confocal microscopy and spectroscopy, both for advanced optoelectronic and electro-optic materials analysis as well as for biological sample evaluation. These include a new near-field scanning optical microscope with operation extending into the UV for high-spatial-resolution imaging of photoluminescence from new GaN-based materials. Optics labs and incubator partner labs at Lehigh have been enhanced with over 30 specialized vibration-isolation tables for research or product development. COT also benefits from the extensive optical programs in the Sherman Fairchild Center for Solid-State Studies, which include a flexible electronics lab pursuing flexible OLED displays on metal film substrates, and CMOS processing capabilities currently contributing to research in silicon photonics.

Several major facilities investments have also been made, including new building wings. The new Smith Family Laboratory for Optical Technologies, made possible in large part due to a private donation from the family of Lehigh alumnus Daniel E. Smith, Jr., has provided infrastructure to pursue multidisciplinary research targeting new optical and optoelectronic materials and device structures. This facility houses two new epitaxial growth systems for GaN-based high bandgap UV materials, and GaAs-based and InP-based optoelectronic and electronic materials, and a full clean room with lithography, wet and dry processing capability for fabricating research devices. Complementing existing facilities at Lehigh and Penn State, this provides for a critically-needed capability to bring faculty together from Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, and other disciplines including Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, to pursue as a coordinated team new device and materials functionality. Lehigh has also invested in a new fiber draw tower, making it one of the few universities with the capability to make its own optical fibers for research. Current focus is on new materials such as tellurite fibers and possibly future chalcogenide glass fibers, as well as new photonic crystal fibers with micro- and nanopatterned internal structure for unique dispersive and nonlinear optical properties.

The key areas of continuing COT research focus and activity are:

1. Advanced Optical Functionality in Glasses, Dielectrics, and Ferroelectrics Leaders: Dr. Jean Toulouse & Dr. Himanshu Jain
2. Semiconductor and Organic Optoelectronic Devices and Materials Leaders: Dr. Jim Hwang & Dr. Volkmar Dierolf
3. Biophotonics Leaders: Dr. Daniel Ou-Yang & Dr. Ahmed Heikal (PSU)

For more information, contact Thomas L. Koch, Director, Center for Optical Technologies, 205 Sinclair, Lehigh University, 7 Asa Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015.

Chemical Process Modeling and Control Research Center

The mission of the Chemical Process Modeling and Control Research Center at Lehigh University is to collaborate with industrial partners for their benefit through the application and advancement of research in the areas of control, design, synthesis, optimization and automation of a broad range of processing systems. A key execution strategy includes incorporation of a strong graduate education program at the M.S. and incorporation of a strong graduate education program at the M.S. and Ph.D. levels grounded in work defined with industrial partners. Our commitment is the delivery of Center technologies and services that will meet or exceed the expectations of economic return while advancing the knowledge in the field of process automation.

The Chemical Process Modeling and Control Research Center was established in January 1985 through the efforts of faculty members of the chemical engineering department at Lehigh University, leading industrial processing companies, the Ben Franklin Partnership Program of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, coupled with the organizational and financial support of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Many of the original industrial member companies have been continuous supporters of the center.

The center provides a unique atmosphere for fundamental research, development of specific techniques, application to real industrial processes, and opportunities for advanced education in chemical process modeling and control for academics and industrial practitioners. Facilities are available for real-time testing of new algorithms in experimental process units, development of dynamic simulations of real processes, and the close collaboration with researchers in several other fields of chemical processing.

Interdisciplinary collaboration is encouraged with other research groups, centers, or institutes engaged in biotechnology, polymer processing, environmental science, applied statistics, signal processing, chemical reaction engineering, and process design.

Direct industrial benefit is realized by participation in the center by a number of companies through an industrial consortium and its advisory committee. This committee actively participates in setting the research areas; collaborates with the center faculty, students, and staff in program assessment and implementation and provides a portion of the funding for the operation of the center.

Education. An integral part of the center is the commitment to conduct an outstanding program dedicated to the education of undergraduate and graduate students. The center has and continues to attract top quality students from a large group of well-recognized international universities. In addition to these gifted students, each year several industrial companies send employees to receive advanced training and engage in research efforts for particular company technical requirements. Because of the recognition of the value of the program and the quality of the students, the center has established a worldwide reputation as an outstanding educational and research unit in this critical area of technology development and implementation. More than a dozen graduate students are engaged in the center's research efforts and are candidates for Ph.D and masters degrees in this area of specialization.

Faculty. The center brings together six faculty members and research staff from different engineering disciplines in the university engaged in the research and educational efforts of the center. Visiting faculty from other well-recognized universities supplement these researchers and provide opportunities for diversity of thinking and innovative research. All of the associated faculty members are recognized around the world as leaders in their respective fields of specialization. They are invited very frequently to present plenary lectures in international conferences, industrial company meetings, and various universities. They organize and chair national and international conferences and symposia. They also serve as consultants to a variety of industries seeking their advice on leading technological developments in process modeling and control.

Facilities. The Center is located in Iacocca Hall on the Mountaintop Campus of Lehigh University. This building represents a unique facility available to the center as well as the chemical engineering department and the Emulsion Polymers and Bioprocessing Institutes. The center has the use of several dedicated computer facilities with more than 50 PC or workstation computers continuously available to the students, faculty, and staff. In addition to the local computing network, the center's researchers have access to the Lehigh University central computing facilities and its outside links to other worldwide computing systems and data networks. The center has several laboratories with sophisticated equipment dedicated to process control research work.

Areas of Research. The research activities of the Center span a wide spectrum of problems in large complex chemical process design, dynamical analysis and control, as well micro and nanoscale complex process development, evaluation, dynamical analysis and control. The research themes emphasize a combination of new theoretical developments, new applications and translation of new theoretical developments to practical problems. The focal areas of research in the Center as summarized below:

1. Synthesis and Plant-Wide Control

   During the last decade Center faculty have done pioneering work in the area of plantwide control, which has resulted in the only textbook that covers this important area. There continue to be a number of projects in this area.

1. On-Demand Control of Processes with Multiple Products: This project studies the design and control of processes in which consecutive reversible reactions produce multiple products. The demand for these products can vary, so the process and its control system must be able to produce exactly the desired amount of each individual product. An ideal system has been studied first in which the effect of equilibrium constants and volatilities can be explored. A real chemical system is also being studied (the production of methyl amines).
2. Design and Control of Tubular Reactors Systems: Adiabatic gas-phase exothermic reactions are often carried out in tubular reactors. There are several types of systems: a single adiabatic reactor, multiple adiabatic reactors in series with either intermediate cooling or "cold shot" cooling (mixing some cold feed with the hot reactor effluent) and a cooled tubular reactor. These alternatives are being studied in terms of both steady-state design (which has the lowest total annual cost) and dynamic controllability (which provides the tightest temperature control in the face of disturbances)
2. Dynamics and Control of Distillation

   Reactive distillation is an emerging area in chemical engineering because it offers potential savings in capital and energy costs in some systems, particularly for reversible reactions. A recent project explored several reactive distillation systems: ETBE, methyl acetate, TAME, ethylene glycol and metathesis of pentene. The steady-state economic designs of these systems were studied. Then their dynamics and control were explored. Different types of chemical systems require types of control structures. These columns are sometimes operated using of an excess of one of the reactants and sometimes using exact stoichiometric amounts of the two fresh reactant feeds. Both the process design and the control scheme are different with these two scenarios.

3. Convex Optimization Techniques in Linear and Nonlinear Process Control

   The last few years have seen the emergence of a new class of optimization problems that have been variously referred to as a Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs), semi-definite programming (SDP) problems and convex problems. We were one of the first groups to explicitly show the applicability of LMIs in process control by reformulating the model-based predictive control (MPC) algorithms as LMI problems. There are several classes of problems involving control of systems subject to constraints that are amenable to LMI formulation. These include efficient off-line MPC for fast sampling time processes, observer-based nonlinear, MPC, multi-model transition control using MPC, anti-windup, moving horizon estimation and evaluation of robustness, i.e, the impact of model uncertainty on controller performance. These new control algorithms are being tested on numerous application platforms, including continuous stirred tank reactors, continuous polymerization processes and reactive distillation.

4. Multi-Model and Hybrid Systems Analysis and Control

   Hybrid and multi-model systems are a class of systems in which there is interaction between continuous dynamical behavior of systems with discrete switching behavior. For example, systems described by piecewise linear multiple models are continuous and linear within a prescribed region and switch to a different linear model description in a different prescribed region of the state-space. Other examples include switches and overrides that switch one of a family of controllers into the closed-loop, based on the operating space and control objective.

   Our research in this area has focused on two broad problems (1) control of systems described by multiple piecewise linear models; (2) formulation of saturated systems as switched/piecewise linear models and subsequent anti-windup controller design using piecewise quadratic functions. We demonstrated, through a case study, the control of a highly nonlinear solution copolymerization reactor using multi-model switching MPC. The algorithm was successful in reducing off-specification product to less than a third, when compared with a open-loop transition. We have also shown how an appropriate anti-windup controller synthesis problem can be formulated using piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions.

5. Dynamics and Control of Micro and Nanochemical Systems

   Microchemical systems are a new generation of miniature chemical systems that carry out chemical reactions and separations in precisely fabricated three dimensional microreactor configurations in the size range of a few microns to a few hundred microns. Typical microchemical systems combine fluid handling and reaction capabilities with electronic sensing and actuation, are fabricated using integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing techniques and use silicon and related IC industry materials, polymers, ceramics, glass or quartz as their material of construction.

The goal of this integrated research and education program is to study the unique dynamical properties of such integrated microchemical systems and to develop a framework for designing implementable feedback control techniques for this class of microsystems. Concepts for distributed and boundary control theory will be employed to study the model-based feedback control formulation of microchemical systems and to develop a technical framework for microsystem controller design. The Integrated Microchemical Systems Laboratory (under the direction of Professor M.V. Kothare) conducts this research as part of the Center.

For more information, contract Mayuresh V. Kothare (co-Director) or William L. Luyben (co-Director), Center for Chemical Process Modeling and Control, Iacocca Hall, Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015-4791, (610) 758 6654, fax (610) 758 5297, e-mail: mayuresh.kothare@lehigh.edu, wll0@lehigh.edu.

Emulsion Polymers Institute

The Emulsion Polymers Institute, established in 1975, provides a focus for graduate education and research in polymer colloids. Formation of the institute constituted formal recognition of an activity that had grown steadily since the late 1960s.

The institute has close ties with polymer and surface scientists in the Center for Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymer Interfaces Center, Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Center for Chemical Process Modeling and Control, and the departments of chemical engineering, chemistry, physics, and materials science and engineering.

Polymer colloids or polymer latexes, as they are more commonly called, are finely divided polymer particles that are usually dispersed in an aqueous medium. Important products produced and utilized in latex form include synthetic rubber, latex paint, adhesives and paper coatings. The small particle size of typical latexes makes their colloidal properties as important as the polymer properties in a number of applications. Hence, the study of emulsion polymers is an interdisciplinary activity.

Research Activities. Emulsion polymers research includes a broad range of problems in the areas of preparation, modification, characterization, and application of polymer latexes. Most commercial polymer latexes contain a number of important ingredients, some in only small quantities.

Research programs at Lehigh are aimed at understanding the function of recipe components during the preparation and application of the latexes. The research projects are a blend of fundamental and applied efforts as well as a mixture of theoretical and experimental problems: emulsion polymerization kinetics, mechanisms, and morphology of core/shell latexes; colloidal, surface, and bulk properties of polymer colloids; dispersion polymerization; miniemulsion polymerization; film formation and properties; NMR studies of polymer colloids; and particle size characterization via capillary chromatography.

Significant research support for institute activities is obtained from industrial organizations through their membership in the Emulsion Polymers Industrial Liaison Program. Hence some considerable effort is made to relate the research results to industrial needs. Consequently, graduates can find excellent opportunities for employment.

Educational Opportunities. Graduate students in the Institute undertake dissertation research leading to the master of science or doctor of philosophy degree in existing science and engineering curricula or in the Center for Polymer Science and Engineering.

Programs of study for individual students are designed to meet the student's interests, the requirements of the appropriate academic department, and the student's dissertation committee. Considerable flexibility is permitted in the selection of courses and a research topic.

Faculty members of the institute are involved in teaching normal university courses and continuing education courses for industrial personnel. The annual one-week short course, Advances in Emulsion Polymerization and Latex Technology, typically attracts about 70 industrial participants and 15 Lehigh students. This course is an important mechanism for developing meaningful interactions between institute staff and students and industrial scientists and engineers. Educational and research opportunities exist for postdoctoral scholars and visiting scientists as well as resident graduate students.

For more information, write to Mohamed S. El-Aasser, Emulsion Polymers Institute, Iacocca Hall, Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015. Please visit our web site at http://fp1.cc.lehigh.edu/inemuls/epi/epi_home_page.htm for further details.

Energy Research Center

117 ATLSS Drive; 758-4090

Edward K. Levy, Sc.D., director; Russell Glenn Bateman, Ph.D.; Arlan O. Benscoter; Harun Bilirgen, Ph.D.; Derek Brown, Ph.D.; Hugo S. Caram, Ph.D.; Terry J. Delph, Ph.D.; Vladimir Dobric, Ph.D.; John N. DuPont, Ph.D.; Sharon Friedman, M.A.; Christopher Kiely, Ph.D.; Kamil Klier, Ph.D.; Mayuresh Kothare, Ph.D.; Arnold H. Kritz, Ph.D.; Gerard P. Lennon, Ph.D.; Ursla S. Levy, M.B.A., C.M.A.; Charles E. Lyman, Ph.D.; Sudhakar Neti, Ph.D.; Herman F. Nied, Ph.D.; Sibel Pamukcu, Ph.D.; Donald O. Rockwell, Ph.D.; Carlos E. Romero, Ph.D.; John W. Sale, M.S., P.E.; Nenad Sarunac, Ph.D.; Eugenio Schuster, Ph.D.; Arup Sengupta, Ph.D.; Shivaji Sircar, Ph.D.; Charles R. Smith, Ph.D.; Arkady Voloshin, Ph.D.; Zheng Yao, M.S.

Energy research at Lehigh involves faculty and students from a wide range of disciplines. The Energy Research Center coordinates the Universitys energy research, helping the faculty respond to research opportunities and developments in energy and providing the main point of contact between the university, industry and government for matters dealing with energy research. Originally founded in 1972 as the Task Force for Energy Research, the Center was organized into its present form in 1978.

Energy Research. Research within the Center falls into five major categories. Projects of interest include:

Energy Conversion/Power Generation. This research program area has several components. The largest focuses on the equipment and processes used in large fossil-fired electric power plants, with research on methods of improving power plant conversion efficiency, of reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and of other gaseous pollutants, and of reducing the cost of generating electricity. A second group of projects deals with fusion energy, with an emphasis on the physics of magnetic plasma containment in fusion reactors. Other projects deal with topics such as fuel cell conversion systems, hydrogen production, capture of carbon dioxide, and reduction of fresh water requirements for power plant cooling.

Energy-Related Environmental Research. The Centers environmental research program deals with air pollution, solid waste, and ground water contamination issues resulting from power generation and energy conversion activities.

Energy-Related Materials Research. This focus area considers materials issues in the energy field. Examples include high temperature coatings for boiler tubes, welding processes for new alloys, containment vessels for nuclear waste materials, component life prediction, and development of catalysts for pollution control.

Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy. The Centers research program in energy conservation deals with reducing energy use in manufacturing. Renewable energy research focuses on utilization of biomass materials as fuels.

Basic Energy Sciences. Faculty and students in engineering and science also carry out research to improve our understanding of the basic phenomena that underlie the knowledge base required for developing new and improved energy technologies.

Educational Opportunities. The Centers research programs provide opportunities for graduate students interested in working in the energy area. Most of the departments in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, as well as several departments within the College of Arts and Sciences, are active in energy research and offer both masters and doctoral degree programs suitable for studies of energy-related topics.

All degrees are granted by the academic departments and graduate students interested in energy enroll in traditional graduate degree programs in departments of their choice. These students specialize in energy by complementing their programs with a selection of energy-related courses. They pursue their graduate research in energy areas under the supervision of faculty from the Energy Research Center or from other research centers or academic departments.

Financial support for graduate students is available through fellowships and research assistantships.

Additional Information. For more information, write to Edward K. Levy, Director, Energy Research Center, Lehigh University, 117 ATLSS Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, or e-mail at ekl0@lehigh.edu. Please visit our website at www.lehigh.edu/energy.

Enterprise Systems Center (ESC)

The Enterprise Systems Center (ESC), an affiliate of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, was established in 1995. This multidisciplinary center is committed to fusing student experiential learning with industry value creation. The center also seeks to advance interdisciplinary research and scholarship relating to information technology, new process development, and integrated enterprise systems. Additional research initiatives focus on discovering new methods for collaboration among education, industry and government partners through the use of advanced technology. Emphasis is given to an entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving. Started as the Computer-Aided Manufacturing Laboratory in the mid-seventies, the CAM Lab transformed into the Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory when it became clear that improvements in plant operational efficiency would require computer-based integration of the manufacturing processes involved. Driven by industry and research needs to seek performance improvements beyond the traditional manufacturing domain, the CIM Lab expanded its mission to encompass the entire enterprise, becoming the Enterprise Systems Center. Housed in Mohler Laboratory, the ESC provides undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of university disciplines including engineering, business, education, and the arts and sciences with the opportunity to work on teams with faculty and professional engineers to solve a variety of real world industry problems. Participation in these work teams provides students with a level of work experience representative of what they will encounter following graduation. Since its inception, the ESC has completed more than 100 projects with industry and government partners that have provided more than 500 students with an integrated learning experience that develops leadership skills and sharpens entrepreneurial thinking.

Research Activities. The ESC conducts research into the development and implementation of effective strategies to put information technology to work adding value to engineering education and enterprise applications. In its applied research efforts, the Center focuses on operational improvements, enterprise resource integration, and product development and enhancement. Operational improvement research with partner companies has explored strategies for manufacturing support, the development of decision support systems, processes for work-flow analysis and facility reorganization, analysis of constraints and throughput improvement, and new solutions to supply chain management. Work in enterprise resource integration has included methodologies for business process re-engineering and for the analysis and selection of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Applied research in product development and enhancement has included the use of computer modeling and simulation to support integrated product development along with analysis and evaluation of existing products, and design for manufacturability and assembly support.

Involvement in these applied research activities with industry partners provides Lehigh students with hands-on learning experiences built on progressive responsibility and contribution to real-world company projects. From these activities, students gain leadership skills and valuable industry experience.

The creation of technology-enabled educational resources augments traditional learning models. Coupled with knowledge management technology, these resources create integrated learning experiences and materials to support engineering courses. The ultimate objective is to identify key components of entrepreneurial behavior and develop the educational methods necessary to transfer to students the skills and experiences that will prepare them for leadership roles in society.

Within the ESC is the Learning Collaboratory, an innovative educational environment designed to promote inquiry-based and competency-driven experiential learning that enriches the classroom lectures with practical experience through corporate partner interactions. The Collaboratory supports small-group learning, action learning, and the application of technology to augment educational resources. Collaboratory participants, including students, professors, and industry partners, can take advantage of such powerful communication methods as broadband exchanges, internet conferences, digital real-time linkages, and electronic management of information.

Educational Opportunities. The ESC provides support for courses in the analysis and design of manufacturing systems and decision support systems, computer graphics, computer-integrated manufacturing, industrial engineering techniques, and experimental projects in industrial engineering. The ISE senior project class utilizes ESC facilities and a video teleconferencing system to step beyond the traditional classroom experience in the preparation and presentation of its culminating project. These courses are offered through the Industrial and Systems Engineering department. Graduate studies leading to both masters and doctoral degrees are also available through the Industrial and Systems Engineering department.

Participation in industry partner projects is open to all Lehigh students, both undergraduate and graduate, regardless of academic major, based on an interview process. This emphasis on interdisciplinary cooperation provides the opportunity to learn and work in an environment analogous to the cross-functional teamwork structure employed in many businesses. Applied research and project work is conducted with both industry and government partners.

For more information, contact Dr. Emory W. Zimmers, Jr., Director, Enterprise Systems Center, Lehigh University, Mohler Lab, 200 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA, 18015 (ewz0@lehigh.edu)

Iacocca Institute

111 Research Drive; 758-6723

Dr. Mohamed S. El-Aasser, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs; Richard Brandt, Director, Iacocca Institute; Sherry L. Buss, Curriculum Director, Global Village; Mary Frances Schurtz-Leon, Candidate Manager, Global Village; Elizabeth Simmons, Manager, Professional Education; Trisha Alexy, Program Administrator, Pennsylvania Governor's School for Global Entrepreneurship. Iacocca Professors: S. David Wu, professor of industrial and systems engineering; Vincent G. Munley, professor, department of economics, Lee Kern, professor, special education, Peter Zeitler, professor, environmental sciences.

Over the years, Lehigh University has developed an impressive ability to forge university-industry-government partnerships. These partnerships are critical not only to the future of universities, but, also to improve U.S. competitiveness. It is primarily through partnerships - with companies, schools, government agencies and other universities - that the Iacocca Institute pursues its mission of preparing current and future leaders for a globally competitive marketplace. One of these partnering activities is the Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry®.

The Global Village provides young adults from around the world the chance to experience the type of total-immersion leadership program usually reserved for top executives. Its purpose is to provide personal and organizational change needed to thrive in the emerging global economy. During the GV these interns who share the dream of a leadership career in business and industry, focus on leadership and entrepreneurial skills, global networking relationships, and business and industry knowledge. To date over 847 interns representing 101 countries have graduated from the program and are now part of the growing list of Iacocca Institute Interns. The Global Village interns represent undergraduate students, MBA and graduate students, and managers from global corporations and family-owned businesses.

The Global Village on the Move was established through a growing interest among our partner institutions to deliver the Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry. program concept in their own countries, regions and territories. While the Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry is not a mobile program, the Iacocca Institute determined that shorter and themed versions could be delivered in collaboration with strong and existing Global Village program partners outside of North America. Qualified partners will have visited the Global Village flagship program and will have provided program attendees or 'interns.' The opportunity to provide a collaborative emersion learning experience, cultural experience, and similar curriculum pattern in other countries has allowed us to work with partners in Peru 2000, Spain 2003, Australia 2005 and United Arab Emirates 2006. Future programs are scheduled for Hong Kong for 2008.

The Iacocca Institute also fulfills its mission for leadership development in two other program areas, Post Graduate Education and High School Programs. The Institute establishes and maintains the infrastructure necessary for Lehigh University to continue and grow an active program of professional training, serving managers and leaders in business. The Institute works with Lehigh instructors to identify appropriate post graduation courses to serve the markets in the tri-state area with seminars, customized training, and leadership programs.

The Iacocca Institute has the privilege of hosting the Pennsylvania Governor's School for Global Entrepreneurship. This program is a unique learning program to educate top high school students from Pennsylvania and from around the world on global entrepreneurship. The 5-week residential program focuses on challenging students as they learn about cultural and business practices with other students, faculty, and entrepreneurs.

The Iacocca Institute was established in 1987 with the support of Lee A. Iacocca, former chairman and chief executive officer, Chrysler Corporation, and a member of Lehigh's Class of 1945.

For more information, contact Richard M. Brandt, Director, Global Lehigh and Iacocca Institute, Iacocca Hall, Lehigh University, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015.

Institute for Metal Forming

The Institute for Metal Forming was established in 1970 to teach the principles and applications of metal forming technology to graduate and undergraduate students, to provide instructions and equipment for graduate research in metal forming processes, and to assist industry with solutions to problems in metal forming.

The main objective of the institute's research is to conduct cross-disciplinary process engineering studies to better understand and control manufacturing processes and their impact on the microstructural response of a material. Recently, classical metal forming research has been expanded to include projects in powder processing, microstructure analysis, and forming of polymers.

The study of metal forming encompasses visioplacticity (physical modeling of a forming process); simulation of microstructure response to process parameters (via reproduction of the thermo-mechanical conditions that a material experiences during deformation); and computational numerical modeling. Computer enhanced analysis of material flow also allows us to optimize tooling design in many manufacturing processes. The combined quantitative results of these techniques may then be compared with experimental data obtained from instrumented metal forming laboratories (such as those maintained at the institute), or from our research partners in industry.

Research Activities. Current research areas include: extrusion of metals, powders and polymers, sheet material formability, rolling, wire drawing, forging, semi-solid forming, light-optical and electron-optical micro-texture analysis, coatings of powders, tooling design and tooling materials, thermo-mechanical processing of metals, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, and machinability of sintered powder materials.

Educational Opportunities. Students interested in metal forming should refer to course offerings in the departments of materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering and mechanics, and industrial and manufacturing systems engineering.

For more information contact Wojciech Z. Misiolek, Director, Institute for Metal Forming, 242 Whitaker Laboratory, Lehigh University, 5 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015.

International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass

Lehigh's International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass (IMI-NFG) is founded on a program by the same name and sponsored by the National Science Foundation under a recent initiative to advance materials research globally by enhancing coordinated international collaboration between U.S. researchers and educators and their counterparts worldwide. The Institute's long term goal is the creation of a worldwide network in glass research for new applications, and the development of a new generation of scientists and engineers with enhanced international leadership capabilities. Among the six IMI's established in the country, IMI-NFG is the only one dedicated to a single class of materials. Specifically on campus, it promotes new activities in glass research through international and national collaborations, and the development of new approaches to the education of glasses. Faculty and students from various Departments of Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, and College of Arts and Sciences participate in its activities listed below.

More than half of the engineering marvels of the 20th century that made the greatest impact on the quality of life have relied on the exceptional properties and fabrication methods available with inorganic glasses. Glass shall remain partner in many advanced technologies of the future, if it continues to develop with new functionality that other types of material cannot provide. Indeed, glass will continue to remain a high-tech material if we can exploit recently discovered phenomena in new applications, and take advantage of new preparation methods that are uniquely suitable for fabricating glassy meta-materials. Unfortunately, in recent decades glass education has fragmented with the result that a larger number of students is exposed to glassy materials, but with relatively shallow, cursory knowledge that does not prepare them to become a professional glass scientist or engineer. To meet these challenges IMI-NFG is pooling together resources of educational institutions, leading glass companies, national laboratories and professional organizations from across the globe, and promoting research through synergistic collaborations and international exchange of researchers at undergraduate to faculty level.

The programs of IMI-NFG are carried out with the guidance of a US Board of 8 Advisers from as many US institutions, and an International Board of 10 Advisers from as many countries, who also act as ambassadors of the Institute to various technical communities and geographical regions. To keep the scope of its activities focused, currently IMI-NFG is supporting collaborative research within six thrust areas, viz. glassy meta-materials and nanocomposites, functional coatings, and glasses engineered for strength, ionic functionality, optical functionality, and biofunctionality. To avoid duplication, the various activities are coordinated with existing glass organizations such as the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council, International Commission on Glass, and Center for Glass Research.

To promote international research collaborations for new uses of glass, and to make glass education available without geographical boundaries, IMI-NFG sponsors and provides support for several programs as summarized below:

International Research Exchange Program, which is available to the faculty, postdocs, graduate students or industry researchers from any institution in the world to establish collaborations with colleagues in USA. This opportunity can be catalytic to building new international teams of complimentary expertise. It has supported numerous short and long term visitors to Lehigh campus, including sabbatical stay of professors from abroad who have taught courses and lectured at Lehigh, and developed new multi-national research teams.

Development of Educational Material such as video DVDs and hands-on demonstrations by the leading international glass experts to promote the understanding of glass at all levels. A variety of video tutorial lectures and overviews of the latest progress are being produced and made available via Internet to interested students without charge. For example, a full semester course on Optical and Photonic Glasses consisting of 39 lectures is accessible from IMI-NFG's web site. The teachers at Lehigh and other universities and colleges will find this collection a useful resource for their lectures. Professionals in industry can learn the subject by studying these lectures.

Research Experience for Undergraduates. This program provides support for the involvement at an early stage of US undergraduates in active glass research during summer at Lehigh / Penn State University or at an overseas institution. Stipends are available for the Lehigh students to participate in glass research during the regular semester as well.

International Conference Travel Scholarship for undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral researchers at US universities to present their work on new functionality in glass at an international meeting. Through this program IMI-NFG hopes to give the new generation of researchers a perspective of current challenges from international point of view, simultaneously encouraging discussions and collaborations among glass scientists from different parts of the world.

For more information, contact Dr. Himanshu Jain, Director, International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass, Lehigh University, 120 Sinclair Lab, 7 Asa Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015; (610-758-4217) or Ms. Florevel Fusin-Wischusen (610-758-1112). Web site: www.lehigh.edu/imi or email imi@lehigh.edu.

Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies

The Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies was established in 1971, to honor one of America's most distinguished scholars, who served as a long-time member of the faculty at Lehigh. Gipson's monumental life work, The British Empire Before the American Revolution (15 volumes) was written between 1936 and 1970. Gipson received the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1962 for Volume 10, subtitled, The Great War For Empire. When he died in 1971, Professor Gipson left his entire estate to Lehigh and provided the original endowment for the institute.

Research Activities. The income from the endowment of the institute is used to encourage faculty and student research in the eighteenth century by providing small grants to defray travel costs, copying, and other expenses to permit scholars to visit necessary libraries and depositories. The Gipson Institute normally awards one fellowship annually to a Ph.D. candidate enrolled at Lehigh University for dissertation research and writing in any field of eighteenth-century studies. The institute also helps provide additional resources to build the university library's research collections in eighteenth-century studies.

Educational Opportunities. The institute invites leading scholars to give occasional lectures and supports relevant programs such as interdisciplinary seminars and visiting scholars interested in the eighteenth century. Annual symposia honor Professor Gipson by bringing to campus distinguished scholars to lecture and discuss various topics. The essays generated at the symposia have been published and the institute maintains a continuing close relationship with Lehigh University Press for publishing original manuscripts on the eighteenth century.

For more information, write to either of the co-directors, Monica Najar, Department of History, Maginnes Hall, 9 W. Packer Ave., or Scott Paul Gordon, Department of English, Drown Hall, Lehigh University, 35 Sayre Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015.

Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies

The Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies, established in 1984, develops, administers, and coordinates a comprehensive program in Jewish studies at Lehigh University. The center is directed by Laurence J. Silberstein, Philip and Muriel Berman professor of Jewish Studies.

Besides teaching on their home campuses, Berman faculty offer Jewish studies courses at DeSales University, Lafayette College, and Moravian College. In 2001, as the result of a gift from Susan Ballenzweig Beckerman, the center established the position of Writer-in-Residence in cooperation with the department of English. The center also coordinates the Richard and Susan Master Visiting Professorship in Jewish Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, a program initiated by Philip and Muriel Berman of Allentown, Pa.

Other activities of the center include designing and implementing new courses and seminars, an annual lecture series, scholarly colloquia, and academic conferences. Conditions permitting, the center organizes the "Lehigh in Israel" summer program taught by Lehigh faculty and provides financial awards to Lehigh undergraduates for study in Israel through the Howard Ballenzweig Memorial Fund. In addition, the center publishes a book series with New York University Press titled New Perspectives on Jewish Studies.

For more information on the Berman Center and its programs, write to Dr. Laurence J. Silberstein, Director, Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies, Lehigh University, 9 W. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, or call 610 758-4869 (inber@lehigh.edu).

Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise

The Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise, part of the College of Business and Economics, was established in 1980 by a gift from Harry and Elizabeth Martindale. The primary purpose of the center is to contribute through scholarship to the advancement of public understanding of the structure and performance of our economic system.

Attention is focused on the private sector of the economy and on public policies as they influence the private sector. To achieve this end, the center activities include the sponsorship of lectures and conferences, support of faculty research and case studies, and administration of the visiting scholar and executive-in-residence programs. The center sponsors and administers the Martindale Students Association Program (for undergraduates) and the publication of their journal, Perspectives on Business and Economics. The center has established the Canadian Studies Institute which encourages scholarship dealing with the business and economic environment of Canada and with U.S./Canadian business and economic relations; and Institute for the Study of Regional Political Economy which focuses attention on the business and economic environment of the Lehigh Valley and other regions throughout the U.S. The Center also is building a program in Microfinance and along with the Department of International Relations is partnering with the U.S. Department of State and running a lecture series on Global Political Economy.

For more information, write to Dr. J. Richard Aronson, Director, Martindale Center for the Study of Private Enterprise, Rauch Business Center, Lehigh University, 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015.

Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (CAMN)

The CAMN, which evolved from the Materials Research Center established over 40 years ago, was formed in 2003 to demonstrate Lehigh University's commitment to promote the emerging field of nanotechnology and to expand established strengths in advanced materials. The mission of the CAMN is to identify, promote, and engage in strategic areas of research and education in advanced materials and nanotechnology that meet the needs of industry, government and students through:

Innovative Interdisciplinary Research Programs with State and Federal Government. The CAMN is currently engaged in a wide variety of research activities with government in advanced materials and nanotechnology. Some examples of current government interactions include a current 5 year, $4.5 million contract through the Pennsylvania Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority in support of collaboration with Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. This award has provided the CAMN with the support of many initiatives including the development of the Materials Pennsylvania Coalition (MatPAC), a web-based professional education program in materials science and nanotechnology; the purchase of world class instrumentation to enhance an already superior array of user facilities; support of research interactions with Pennsylvania industries; and leveraging for additional research projects in the Center. In 2005, Lehigh was awarded a $4 million congressional appropriation from NASA-Goddard. The Lehigh University-Mid Atlantic Partnership for NASA Nanomaterials Program will focus on development, fabrication and characterization of innovative nanomaterials and devices to meet NASA nanotechnology objectives. The research program will lead to nanomaterial applications to enable NASA to enhance safety, reliability, efficiency, miniaturization, and automation. These advances are critical for NASA's next generation of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Also in 2005, a cross-disciplinary group of Lehigh faculty teamed up with their peers from Harvard, Rice, Georgia Tech, UCLA and the Illinois Institute of Technology to win a five-year, $1.7 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center funding grant from the National Science Foundation. Together, the schools will develop databases of information concerning the implications, economic impact, and environmental impact of nanotechnology.

Projects, Programs and Relationships with Industry through the Industrial Liaison Program and the Lehigh Nanotech Network. The CAMN Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) at Lehigh University has been an integral part of Lehigh University for over 40 years, supporting industry and enhancing government funding opportunities. Through active relationships with many Lehigh departments and centers, the ILP facilitates interactions with industry to provide relevant, effective, and timely results. The ILP connects with a range of regional technology companies in need of technical expertise or laboratories, and provides a vehicle to conduct research with Lehigh. It also provides linkages to faculty, funding opportunities, and to related businesses that can help smaller companies form new ideas and stay competitive.

The Lehigh Nanotech Network (LNN), initiated at Lehigh University in 2004 and administered by CAMN, is a forum for nanotechnology researchers, providers, and users in business, education, and government that facilitates the commercial application of nanotechnology through exchanging ideas, creating research partnerships, and connecting value chains within the LNN and related networks. The LNN currently includes over 50 organizations from industry, government, and academia, as well as regional economic drivers such as Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeast PA and the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation. The mission of the LNN is to maintain a strong, connected nanotechnology cluster in an opportunity-rich networking environment to advance nanotechnology business, partnerships, and workforce development; connect academic research with business drivers for commercialization; promote visibility and alignment of the network with government initiatives and policies; facilitate inclusion of socioeconomics, arts, and education in nanotechnology pursuits; and establish a nanotechnology identity for the membership.

Multi-User State-of-the-Art Facilities. The Nanocharacterization Laboratory within CAMN enjoys the reputation of being one of the leading centers for electron microscopy in the country. The Laboratory houses the largest collection electron microscopes of any university in the United States and is operated by a small team of highly skilled research engineers who keep the instruments running at peak performance. The facility currently has 3 transmission electron microscopes (TEM's), 5 scanning electron microscopes (SEM's), 2 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopes (STEM's), 1 FIB, 1 electron microprobe, a Scienta ESCA and several SPM systems. Lehigh is the only university in the world that contains two aberration corrected electron microscopes, and it trains the largest number of scientists and engineers in electron microscopy through its annual Microscopy Summer School.

Innovative Educational Courses and Programs. The CAMN facilitates programs of study and research that cross the traditional boundaries of science and engineering curricula, providing a fundamental, broad approach to the field of materials science and nanotechnology. The CAMN coordinates a state wide graduate course cooperative program called the Materials Pennsylvania Coalition (MatPAC) in which specialized courses are taught live via videoconferencing over internet2. In addition to Lehigh University, the coalition includes Carnegie Mellon University, Penn State University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, and Drexel University.

Graduate students participating in the center's program usually receive master of science or doctor of philosophy degrees in the academic discipline of their choice, i.e., chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, etc.; or in an interdisciplinary program such as polymer science and engineering. Financial support for graduate students is available through the CAMN by means of research assistantships in association with sponsored research programs.

Recently, a graduate certificate program in Nanomaterials was added to the curriculum. This four course certificate program enables students to gain a working knowledge of a broad range of instrumentation for solving nanotechnology problems. Credits earned towards this certificate may be accepted as part of a master's or Ph.D. degree program in materials science and engineering, or the master's degree in nanomaterials currently being developed. Another option now available to undergraduate students is a Minor in Nanotechnology which can be attained in connection with most engineering and science degrees.

Current nanotechnology courses offered include Materials for Nanotechnology, Strategies for Nanocharacterization, Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis, Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy, Advanced Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Nanotechnology and Environment: Applications and Implications.

For more information, write to Martin P. Harmer, Director, CAMN, Lehigh University, 5 E. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3194.

The Murray H. Goodman Center for Real Estate Studies

The Murray H. Goodman Center for Real Estate Studies was established in 1988 through a major gift from Murray H. Goodman, '48. The center is a self-supporting, interdisciplinary unit of the College of Business and Economics. The center provides financial support and other assistance for undergraduate courses in real estate and real estate finance, supports scholarly research in real estate, and sponsors joint activities with practitioners in the real estate field.

Educational Opportunities. The center provides resources for the teaching of undergraduate courses in real estate and real estate finance. Sponsored courses include FIN 336 - Real Estate Finance, FIN 395 - Starting, Managing and Growing a Business Enterprise, and FIN 396/397 - Senior Practicum in Real Estate. In addition, the center sponsors a continuing series of seminars and presentations by real estate executives and practitioners. The center also serves as a clearinghouse for students seeking internships with real estate firms and related companies.

Research Activities. Consistent with the university's encouragement of scholarly research, the center provides funding for faculty research in the real estate area. Funding possibilities include: summer faculty research grants; travel, telephone and administrative support; and grants for part-time graduate assistants. The center also maintains a file of sponsored research opportunities available through private foundations, government agencies and practitioner organizations and provides administrative support to faculty applying for such funding.

Practitioner Interaction. The third aspect of the center's activities is its interaction with practitioners in the real estate field. The increased emphasis on continuing education and research among real estate practitioner organizations, as well as Lehigh's proximity to major real estate markets, enable the center to engage the practitioner community in a variety of joint projects. These joint projects include: 1) sponsored research projects; 2) continuing education programs and short courses; 3) special conferences and events of national and/or regional interest; and, 4) center-sponsored databases and continuing activities of interest to the practitioner community.

For more information, write to Dr. Stephen F. Thode, Director, Murray H. Goodman Center for Real Estate Studies, Rauch Business Center, Lehigh University, 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015, or call (610) 758-4788 or email sft0@lehigh.edu.

Sherman Fairchild Center for Solid-State Studies

The Sherman Fairchild Laboratory was established by a major grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and opened in the fall of 1976. The laboratory houses an interdisciplinary staff consisting of faculty and students from the departments of physics, materials science and engineering, and electrical engineering and computer engineering. While work on various aspects of solid-state science is carried out at many locations on the Lehigh campus, the Sherman Fairchild Center provides the focal point for studies of electronic materials and devices.

Research Activities. The Sherman Fairchild Center's faculty and students have a wide range of interests that include experimental and theoretical studies of the physics of defects in non-metallic solids and of disordered materials; advanced semiconductor processing technology; and semiconductor device design, fabrication, and characterization. The materials systems of interest are equally diverse and include silicon, silicon dioxide, compound semiconductors, wide bandgap semiconductors (SiC, ZnSe, and GaN), ferroelectrics and glasses.

The Sherman Fairchild Center houses several experimental laboratories. The Nanoelectronics Research Laboratory provides processing facilities for the fabrication of CMOS, SONOS Nonvolatile memory devices, sensors, MEMS devices and integrated circuits. Available technology includes low-pressure chemical vapor deposition, RF and electron beam metallization, plasma chemistry, e-beam nanolithography, photolithography, oxidation, diffusion. and Deep Reactive Ion Etching. The Display Research Laboratory provides research on polysilicon thin-film transistors and thin-film materials for large flat panel displays. The Compound Semiconductor Research Laboratory has facilities for characterizing high speed devices and microwave integrated circuits.

Individual laboratories provide instrumentation for optical excitation and luminescence, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) for the study of defects in semiconductors. There are also facilities for the study of Raman spectroscopy ultrasonic attenuation. Theoretical work is facilitated by the university's extensive network of workstations.

Current research programs include work on 1) Nanoelectronics, a study of the characterization of small-geometry solid-state devices with emphasis on high k dielectrics for CMOS transistors; 2) SONOS nonvolatile semiconductor memories for a "semiconductor disk;" 3) SiC materials for application in high temperature power electronics; 4) the fundamental properties of impurities and simple lattice defects in silicon and wide bandgap compound semiconductors; a variety of methods (crystal growth, diffusion, electron irradiation) are used to introduce defects which can then be studied by spectroscopic techniques that include electron paramagnetic resonance (both conventional and optically detected), deep-level transient spectroscopy, and infrared absorption spectroscopy; 5) the oxidation of Si1-xGex alloys and SiC with emphasis on the very early stages of oxidation and impurity enhanced oxidation; 6) quantum mechanical calculations of the structural, vibrational, and electronic properties of defects in SiO2 and wide bandgap semiconductors like GaN; 7) the fabrication of prototype active matrix displays; 8) the fabrication and characterization of high speed, compound semiconductor integrated circuits; and 9) the collective dynamics of partially ordered and disordered ferroelectrics and glasses.

Educational Opportunities. Graduate students associated with the Sherman Fairchild Center usually enroll for the master of science or doctor of philosophy degree in the traditional discipline of their choice, such as physics, materials science and engineering, electrical engineering, etc., with specific course requirements and research participation coordinated through the appropriate department chairperson. Students are financially supported by graduate fellowships provided by the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and/or by university resources. In addition, teaching assistantships are available through the departments and a number of research assistant positions are supported by research grants and contract awards obtained by the laboratory staff. All of these arrangements typically permit graduate students in the solid-state studies to take 2-3 courses per semester in addition to their teaching or research activities. There are numerous opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in the research activities of the center with the possibility of support during summer through the Fairchild Summer Scholar Program.

For more information write to Marvin H. White, Director of the Sherman Fairchild Center for Solid State Studies, Lehigh University, 16A Memorial Drive E, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3184.

Biopharmaceutical Technology Institute

The Biopharmaceutical Technology Institute coordinates the education and research activity in the biopharmaceutical area of the chemistry and chemical engineering departments at Lehigh University. The main focus of this institute is to contribute to the creation and to the dissemination of engineering and scientific knowledge required to develop, improve and regulate biotechnology and pharmace