The work of RCEAS faculty, staff and students has been featured prominently lately in the media.

• The Engineering Times, a journal, carried an article about the work that scientists at the ATLSS (Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems) Research Center have done to measure how well the Walt Whitman Bridge is holding up under stress.

• The October issue of Discover Magazine contains an article about Rick Blum, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his use of image fusion to detect concealed weapons.

• Dig-It.com, a Canadian online journal, and Canadacomputes.com, a Canadian online journal and tabloid, quoted Jim Hwang, professor of electrical and computer engineering, in an article about Ultra WideBand (UWB), a wireless technology that can help see through walls and transmit high-definition video.

• The Kaplan/Newsweek college guide quoted Prakhar Prakash, Ph.D. candidate in environmental engineering at Lehigh, in a story about the increasing number of foreign students attracted to American universities. The article said Prakash "praised 'the open-minded policies of American universities' that allow foreigners to compete on equal terms with Americans for stipends."

• Articles about Wei-xian Zhang, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and his use of nanoparticles to decontaminate groundwater, appeared in BetterHumans.com, an e-journal for science and technology; the Mercury, a newspaper in Australia; the Journal of Nanoparticle Research; EE Times, a newspaper for the electronics industry; Environmental News Network, an online journal; and The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, Ohio. The National Science Foundation also posted a press release about Zhang's work on its website.

• Emory Zimmers, professor of industrial and systems engineering, co-wrote an article on warehouse management for Industrial Engineering magazine. "Warehouse management is frequently treated as an operational issue, its strategic importance largely overlooked," the article said. "But as price and quality become indistinguishable from one company to another and distribution cost becomes a significant part of a product's value, the invisible hand of logistics becomes a key competitive advantage, and warehouse optimization becomes critical to the logistics chain from supplier to customer."