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Lehigh professor featured by PEOPLE, KHOU 11, Space Boffins Podcast, and more

Jack Riffle ’26 spent the summer at JPL helping design and test a key component of the mission’s Sample Retrieval Lander

Managing risk as we reach for the stars

In a pair of recent podcast interviews, Lehigh professor and former NASA astronaut reflects on lessons from spaceflight and introduces the university’s new master’s program in Aerospace and Space Systems Engineering

The new graduate program’s World Space Week 2025 announcement continues Professor Terry Hart's mission to make spaceflight safer and more efficient by training the next generation of aerospace and space systems engineers

Lehigh IDEAS alum Yash Patel '24 developed a multifaceted skill set and has spun that with his Lehigh education into an aerospace career as a manufacturing engineer at Blue Origin.

Their exciting careers span NASA missions, planetary defense, and next-generation aircraft

The Lehigh Engineering community is deeply saddened by the tragic passing of alumnus and visiting lecturer Geoffrey Andrews ’15, who died in a plane crash on June 19, 2025, at age 30.

Lehigh Racing celebrates a best-ever finish at Formula SAE Michigan—thanks to a fuel-efficient design and strong teamwork

Mechanical engineer Harrison Jenkins ’25 earns highly competitive national award to pursue his interests in space robotics and clean energy technologies at Georgia Tech