Students from Lehigh’s Summer Engineering Institute tour Solar Atmospheres

Solar Atmospheres hosted more than 40 high school students enrolled in the Summer Engineering Institute (SEI) at Lehigh University on July 6. The SEI program, under the guidance of Director Dr. Laura Moyer, is a two-week residential program, running two sessions back-to-back. Students are nominated by faculty of local high schools, and the program specifically targets under-represented groups including girls, first-generation students, and students who might otherwise have limited opportunities to study in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Solar Atmospheres provided a tour of the campus, exhibiting materials and processes for intriguing applications in a variety of markets. The students experienced a manufacturing setting encompassing related topics from their curriculum, gaining a better understanding of heat treating and manufacturing, and how cutting-edge technology reshapes centuries-old processes.