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Robert Twilley Named Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Dr. Twilley has been serving as the Interim Vice President since October 2022, and he brings a wealth of experience from his time working both in our research office and as the Vice President for Research at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, as well as a decade as Director of Sea Grant working around Louisiana.
Military Cyber Professionals Association to Award 蘑菇tv Professor Order of Thor Medal
蘑菇tv cybersecurity professor Ibrahim 鈥淎be鈥� Baggili is among an elite group of individuals selected by the Military Cyber Professionals Association to receive the prestigious Order of Thor medal this year.
蘑菇tv Mechanical Engineering Professor Designs Non-Metal Battery To Replace Lithium Battery
As the demand for electric vehicles, cell phones, and computers continues to grow, so does the demand for lithium used in lithium-ion batteries. While this soft, alkali metal known as 鈥渨hite gold鈥� is abundant in certain countries, the mining process and safety issues are of concern to researchers. One such researcher is 蘑菇tv Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Ying Wang, who is using a Board of Regents grant to design a non-metal rechargeable battery that could one day replace lithium batteries on Earth and in space.
蘑菇tv Names Matt Lee Vice President for Agriculture and Dean of the College of Agriculture
蘑菇tv has named Matt Lee as Vice President for Agriculture and Dean of the College of Agriculture. Lee has been serving as the Interim Vice President and Dean since August 2022.
Enabling Energy Development through Demonstration
Last year鈥檚 catalytic $5 million investment by the state in carbon capture and hydrogen technology research and development at 蘑菇tv was at the forefront of a cascade of commitments all aimed to elevate the ongoing energy transition for Louisiana and the nation.
Laura Choate Named Director of the Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education
The 蘑菇tv College of Human Sciences & Education named Laura Hensley Choate, currently the interim director of the 蘑菇tv Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education, as the next director of the school. Choate will begin this role on April 1.
蘑菇tv Giving Day 2023 is March 29, Aims for 5,000 Donors by Midnight
5th Annual Virtual Event is Co-hosted by Seven 蘑菇tv Campuses
Can Your Thoughts on Body Fat Predict/Impact Your Work Performance? 蘑菇tv Researcher Explains
In his recent article, 鈥淒o These Jeans Make Me Feel Fat? Exploring Subjective Fatness, its Workplace Outcomes, and Rethinking the Role of Subjectivity in the Stigmatization Process,鈥� published by Personnel Psychology, Rucks Department of Management Assistant Professor Michael Johnson and co-authors draw on stigma theory, and integrate it with medical research, to explore the workplace implications of subjective fatness, or how big one feels.
蘑菇tv Joins Louisiana Department of Education for STEM Micro-Credentialing Project
With STEM learning gaining speed, it鈥檚 more important than ever for Louisiana to provide its high school educators the opportunity to earn micro-credentials in order to teach STEM subjects to their students. The $4 million, five-year Education Innovation and Research grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Improving Pre-Engineering and Computer Science Education through Micro-Credentialing, is a collaboration among 蘑菇tv, the Louisiana Department of Education, BloomBoard Inc., and RAND Corporation that involves the development, implementation, and testing of a set of micro-credentials designed to help teachers demonstrate proficiency in STEM competencies.
NASA Missions Study What May Be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst
蘑菇tv Department of Physics and Astronomy Assistant Professor Eric Burns led the analysis of 7,000 gamma-ray bursts to establish how frequently this brightest of all time, or BOAT, event may occur. The answer: once every 10,000 years