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Donald Rockwell’s research team has developed imaging techniques to study flow patterns and vortices in shallow bodies of water....cont.

Vince Crossley "One-man improve band rocks in Detroit"
One of the marks of a good engineer is the ability to improvise on the spot and fashion a solution in the face of adversity.  Vince Crossley, a senior mechanical engineering major, ...cont.

Tiny new control device improves lateral stability of airplane
Engineers at Lehigh University have designed and successfully flight-tested a new control device that a pilot can use to tailor the lateral stability of aircraft...(cont.)

Bioengineering student takes aim at the middle ear infection
David Bell has more pressing reasons than most undergraduate students to seek new treatments for middle ear infections...(cont.)

RCEAS media exposure on the rise
Faculty and students in the RCEAS have drawn significant media attention recently...(cont.)

Prof. Voloshin named to executive board of Society for Experimental Mechanics
Arkady Voloshin, professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, has been named a member-at-large of the executive board of the Society for Experimental Mechanics ...(cont.)

In memory of J. David Walker.
David Walker, professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics, who earned a reputation as a devoted teacher and accomplished researcher in 25 years at Lehigh, died March 21, after a 12-year battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was 58 years old.  ...(cont.)

Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering receives top graduate award from NSF.
Hannah Dailey, who earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Lehigh in 2002, has become one of 900 students nationwide to receive the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship...(cont.)

Seeking a biomechanical solution to a major medical problem.
It will come as no surprise to parents that the most common illness among small children in America today is the middle-ear infection. ...(cont.)

NSF grant helps Prof. Grenestedt spread composites gospel
He owns an airplane made entirely of lightweight composite materials, and he recently helped build the world’s largest carbon-fiber structure – a 236-foot-long Swedish Navy stealth ship called the Visby.
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