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Trenchless Technology professor to lead engineering project with Facebook
Dr. M. Amin Azimi, research scientist with the Louisiana Tech University Trenchless Technology Center and adjunct civil engineering professor, has earned a grant to help Facebook increase the amount of fiber optic cable around the world. Azimi...

Goodfellow to lead Louisiana Tech Research Institute
Brigadier General Gerald Goodfellow (Ret.), a 30-year Air Force veteran, has been named Executive Director for the Louisiana Tech Research Institute (LTRI) in Bossier City and Director of Technology Innovation for Louisiana Tech University....

Online MBA receives top national accolades
Louisiana Tech University’s Professional Master of Business Administration continues to be recognized as a top program in the nation. The College of Business was ranked No. 3 on College Consensus’ list of “25 Best Value Online MBA Programs”...

Gastons endow scholarships, fellowships with $2.5 million gift
The estate of Harry and Rubye Gaston recently made a $2,500,000 legacy gift to benefit both Louisiana Tech University’s College of Education and College of Engineering and Science. The endowments will fund undergraduate scholarships, graduate...

Physics student receives prestigious doctoral Jefferson Sciences fellowship
Louisiana Tech University Physics doctoral student Devika B. Pathak has been awarded a fellowship from the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) for the 2019-20 academic year. Pathak is one of only nine students...

NCTQ names Tech as having one of nation’s top programs for undergraduate elementary education
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has recognized Louisiana Tech University’s undergraduate elementary teacher preparation program as one of the nation’s top programs, excelling in preparing teacher candidates to be highly...

Nanosystems Engineering grad helps develop cutting-edge green technology
Louisiana Tech University alumnae Kylene Pickett (Nanosystems Engineering, 2019) has published a paper in the prestigious ACS Applied Materials and Interface journal. Pickett, who was an undergraduate in the Louisiana Tech Nanosystems...

Dean presents talk at University of Oxford
Dr. Donald P. Kaczvinsky, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the George E. Pankey Eminent Scholar in English at Louisiana Tech University, presented a talk at “The Place of Memory and Memory of Place” International Conference June 22 at...

GIS students to attend URISA GIS-Pro 2019
Several Louisiana Tech University students and faculty in the School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry are attending Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-Pro 2019 Sept. 28 through...

Cazenavette earns $8,500 Phi Kappa Phi fellowship
George Cazenavette of Mandeville, a National Merit Scholar who made a 36 on his ACT and graduated from Louisiana Tech in May as a triple major in cyber engineering, mathematics, and computer science, has received an $8,500 fellowship from Phi...