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Engineering and science doctoral student earns selective NIMS fellowship
Yusuf Darrat, doctoral student in molecular science and nanotechnology at Louisiana Tech University, has earned a National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Internship Program Fellowship. Admission to the summer research program is highly...
First-year engineering students to demonstrate prototypes
Students in the Louisiana Tech University College of Engineering and Science Living with the Lab and Living with Cyber programs will present prototypes at the Freshman Design Expo on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Over the course of three quarters,...
TOP DOG New Venture Championship winners announced
A total of $12,500 in cash and prizes was awarded during the TOP DOG New Venture Championship at Louisiana Tech University. Awards were given to the top three finishers as well as for entrepreneurial spirit. This past October, teams developed...
Engineering student earns scholarship from LES
Louisiana Tech University Civil Engineering student Chris Willis was recently awarded the 2018 Women’s Auxiliary Scholarship by the Alexandria Chapter of the Louisiana Engineering Society (LES). The Women’s Auxiliary Scholarship is open to...
Tech aviation student attempts to circumnavigate the Earth
On a trip to Europe in 2013, Mason Andrews enjoyed a tandem paragliding experience that changed his young life. “I got to take the controls and…it really was just amazing,” said Andrews, a Louisiana Tech freshman in the University’s...
Poet to Read at Tech on May 8
The Louisiana Tech English Department will present a poetry reading by visiting poet Allison Joseph at 6 p.m. May 8 in the G. T. Madison Hall Auditorium 105. The reading of her new work will be followed by a question-and-answer period and book...
Business students present at Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Economic Scholars Program Conference
Nine Louisiana Tech University College of Business students recently attended the 12th annual undergraduate research conference for the Economic Scholars Program (ESP) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. With more than 90 submissions from...
Mhire to serve as visiting professor at Columbia
Dr. Jeremy J. Mhire, Joe D. Waggonner Professor of Political Science and Director of the Waggonner Center for Civic Engagement and Public Policy, has been named the inaugural Visiting Professor in the Core Curriculum at Columbia University for...
History students bring home honors
The end of the school year brings a shower of awards and recognitions to some high-achieving history students at Louisiana Tech University. Students in the undergraduate and graduate programs earned the following distinctions this spring:...
Tech professor to lead state history association
Louisiana Tech University associate professor of history V. Elaine Thompson was elected the organization’s vice president at the Louisiana Historical Association's (LHA) annual meeting held recently in New Orleans. Under the LHA charter, after...