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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.
Student engagement at Tech recognized in WSJ/THE rankings
Louisiana Tech University has again been named one of Louisiana’s top universities in the Wall Street Journal-Times Higher Education 2021 College Rankings.
Doctoral civil engineering student earns internationally renowned fellowship
Louisiana Tech University Civil Engineering doctoral student Debojit Sarker has earned 1 of only 10 fellowships awarded to scholars worldwide by the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) for the 2020-21 academic year.
Communication professor publishes research on boundary work, boundary objects
Louisiana Tech Communication and Media Studies Professor Dr. Jessica Houf published her latest article “Boundary Work and Boundary Objects: Synthesizing Two Concepts for Moments of Controversy” in the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. In it, she focuses on how patients and doctors discuss controversial treatments, like the use of fecal microbiota transplants (FMT).
COE certificate program highlighted in DoE briefing
Louisiana Tech University’s Cyber Education Certificate was showcased during a recent U.S. Department of Education STEM briefing.