Stories about mountaintop

Lehigh aims to build on success of Mountaintop by expanding the program beyond the walls of the Mountaintop campus itself. 

Khanjan Mehta, currently of Penn State University, will assume his role at Lehigh on Dec. 30, 2016.

Students attempt to design a greenhouse to sustain future travelers.

Students reflect on the Mountaintop 2014 experience.

Michael Spear, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Lehigh, is one of the professors mentoring students on the various projects that fall under Smart Spaces. Here, he tells us why he got involved, what his students are learning and why BIG — is definitely better — at Mountaintop.

Student researchers aim to equip homes and offices with intelligence.

Elizabeth Fifer, professor of English, shares why she got involved with a student project at Mountaintop.

John Spletzer, associate professor of computer science and engineering, discusses how he combined his recent NSF grant award with the Mountaintop student research program to mentor two teams at Lehigh in Summer 2014.

Professor of biological sciences Murray Itzkowitz, led a group of students in understanding the environment that best promotes the endangered pupfish’s mating and thus, chances for survival.

Jumping into two Mountaintop projects this summer, Bryan Berger is hoping that the students he is mentoring will not only get the experience of working on diverse, cross-disciplinary teams, but that they will also find feasibility in their projects and continue their research into the academic year.