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Research and Resources

Lehigh has one of, if not the, top academic microscopy centers in the world. This provides our students and researchers a virtually unmatched capability in determining the characteristics of materials at the very smallest scale — a tremendous resource for students interested in nanoengineering. Lehigh's Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (CAMN) boasts some of the most powerful electron microscopes available — so advanced that we can examine a material's structure atom by atom, and then take what we've learned and produce wires, "islands" on a substrate, or tiny particles with specific properties. Other facilities include labs for microelectronics research, optical materials and technologies, and microelectro-mechanics.

Some of the projects that represent Lehigh's significant endeavors in this area include the following:

  • A team of faculty and student researchers is working to find ways that specially-engineered biocompatible glass can be used to help heal broken bones
  • Nanoparticles made at Lehigh have reduced contaminant levels in sites in New Jersey and Florida by 96% over a four week period
  • Lehigh engineers are working with NASA to design and test the microshutter system that forms the heart of the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble.


List of Research Centers, Laboratories, & Institutes:

  • Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
  • Center for Optical Technologies
  • Center for Polymer Science and Engineering
  • Chemical Process Modeling and Control Research Center
  • Emulsion Polymers Institute
  • Energy Research Center
  • Institute for Metal Forming
  • International Materials Institute
  • Sherman Fairchild Center for Solid-State Studies