Research
Curiosity Meets Consequence
We thrive on diversity of thought and experience, on unbridled imagination, relentless effort and extraordinary care. We recognize, in the very real perils and possibilities of the world, difficult questions requiring intense and extended study. This is research at Lehigh.
Community of Scholars
At Lehigh, our purpose is to enable the next generation to thrive beyond the imagination of the current. As an international community of scholars, we approach the world with curiosity, seek answers to the most challenging questions, and work to inform and empower others. We listen. We learn. We imagine. We share.
Curiosity
We ask questions that others might not—questions that perplex, questions that inspire and questions that matter.
Collaboration
We create venues for challenging, informing and inspiring each other, working side by side to do exceptional and consequential work.
Consequence
We keep eyes and ears open to the concerns and aspirations of those who look to us for insight.
Student Research Experience
At Lehigh, we foster inquisitive minds through hands-on, real-world experience. Our students work with faculty, with peers and independently to ask important questions and seek answers in thoughtful and unique ways. Lehigh invites students to immerse themselves in a dynamic research environment both on campus and around the world. Learn more >
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Undergraduate Research
Mapping Human History in the Hebrides
Lehigh students and faculty took part in an excavation on Orasay, a tiny, uninhabited island connected by a sandbar to the much larger island of South Uist, Scotland.
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Graduate Research
Streamlining Hospital OR Scheduling
Doctoral student Miao Bai and his colleagues in Lehigh’s ISE department developed a proactive algorithm for operating room scheduling that could cut costs by almost 10 percent.
Sponsored Programs
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs works closely with faculty and staff to support research, education and service, as well as meet commitments to sponsors.
Technology Transfer
The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) supports the shepherding of research results into practice.
Graduate Student Life
The Graduate Life Office is dedicated to enhancing the academic, personal and professional development of our graduate students.
Centers & Institutes
A Dynamic, Collaborative Environment
Growing research programs that benefit from shared resources, collective effort, and the insight, support and imaginations of colleagues and constituents
Lehigh Research Review
Scholarship, discovery and thought leadership are the hallmarks of our work, within and across all of our colleges. Read the Research Review >
Public-Health Prognosticators: Forecasting Public Health Events
Biostatistician Thomas McAndrew combines computational models and models of human judgment to build more accurate forecasts.
Modeling Catastrophes
Paolo Bocchini, Daniel Conus, Brian Davison and their colleagues leverage their collaborative experience in probabilistic modeling to sharpen their focus on catastrophe modeling, a discipline not traditionally explored in academia.
Accidental Tourists
Andreea Kiss examines the cognitive underpinnings of firm international opportunity recognition.
Deportation Nation
Historian Emily Pope-Obeda explores U.S. deportation practices and their impacts, focusing on the 1920s when deportation “came of age.”
The Other Side of Censorship
Chen explores how 30 years of censorship of Chinese literature and film related to the Tiananmen Square Massacre have shaped public discourse.