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Tech’s organicNANO pitches to NASA Oct. 15
Louisiana Tech PhD candidate Chris Miller will participate as a finalist in the 2020 NASA iTech Cycle II forum Oct. 15 online.
Louisiana Tech, Grambling sign concurrent Master of Accountancy memorandum of understanding
Louisiana Tech University and Grambling State University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today that provides GSU accounting undergraduates accelerated entry into Louisiana Tech’s Master of Accountancy (MAcc) program.
Mechanical Engineering senior designs prototype for U.S. Air Force
Kevin McKee, mechanical engineering senior at Louisiana Tech University, designed and built a prototype facility protection tool for the Air Force Global Strike Command at a Design Sprint aimed at solving a recurring problem that the command encounters.
COE researcher looks to help police officers’ health
Dr. Todd Castleberry, an assistant professor in the department of kinesiology in Louisiana Tech’s College of Education, is working with Tech’s nursing department, Tech Police and the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Department to compare blood pressure changes in officers while they wear a duty belt versus a load bearing vest.
COES receives $250,000 gift from Louisiana Contractor’s Licensing Board and Contractor’s Educational Trust Fund
Louisiana Tech University’s Construction Engineering Technology program in the College of Engineering and Science has received a $250,000 gift from the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors and the Contractor’s Educational Trust Fund (CETF).
Esteve appointed to national subcommittee of President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Louisiana Tech University alumna Savannah Esteve (biomedical engineering, ’20) has received a national, yearlong appointment to the United States President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Brain research is subject of published paper by Murray, Arumugam
The labs of Dr. Terri Murray, an Edmondson/Crump Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and director of Tech’s Integrated Neuroscience and Imagine Lab Center (INI), and Dr. Prabhu Arumugam, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, teamed with the Pati Lab, directed by Sandip Pati, MD/PhD, at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, to develop and present the research concerning a “novel microwire-based biosensor probe for simultaneous real-time measurement of glutamate and GABA dynamics in vitro.”
AEP student selected in Top 300 for national STEM competition
An A.E. Phillips Laboratory School student has received national recognition from a STEM competition for middle school students.
U.S. Department of Transportation awards grant to engineering professors
Dr. Andrew Peters, assistant professor of chemical engineering, and Dr. Nazimuddin “Wasi” Wasiuddin, professor of civil engineering, have been awarded a three-year, $460,000 Exploratory Advanced Research Program grant by the Federal Highway Administration of the United States Department of Transportation.
Tech’s new health communication center teams with LDH
Louisiana Tech students are involved in an ongoing project that will help the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) create different much-needed items for the state’s COVID-19 health outreach activities.