Chris Hemschot ’93: Generating Energy SolutionsHemschot, vice president of development at Tenaska, became involved with Lehigh’s Center for Advancing Community Electrification Solutions (ACES) in October 2025. His work, like his involvement with ACES, centers on creating practical, forward-thinking energy solutions that people and communities rely on.
Haley Bennett MS’26: Mapping the MindBennett, a master’s student in cognitive psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, employs eye-tracking and electroencephalography (EEG) methods to investigate how the brain prioritizes information amid distraction.
Daniel Laverty: Decoding Cancer’s Resistance to TreatmentLaverty, assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, is developing innovative tools to understand exactly how cancer cells exploit DNA repair and how to turn that knowledge into more precise cancer therapy.
Thomas McAndrew: Advancing Infectious Disease PredictionMcAndrew, associate professor in the department of biostatistics and health data science in the College of Education, is developing a plan to commercialize DECISIONCAST, a real-time forecasting platform that helps public health officials make faster, data-driven decisions during disease outbreaks.
Juan Zheng: Strategizing AI LiteracyZheng, assistant professor of the teaching, learning and technology program in the College of Education, is developing Meta-Partner, a computer program platform that aims to help students become strategic AI users.
Luis F. Zuluaga: Redefining the Limits of Problem-SolvingZuluaga, professor in the industrial and systems engineering department in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, is helping redefine the limits of problem-solving through his work on quantum and quantum-inspired optimization methods.