Education

LAIA, SWLA Women in Industry launch scholarship program for women

The Lake Area Industry Alliance and Southwest Louisiana Women in Industry are partnering to give scholarships to young women interested in STEM fields, reports...

Koura announces recipients of inaugural Orbia Empower Scholarship

Orbia Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura) awarded 13 students with Orbia Empower Scholarships during a “signing day” ceremony held in St. Gabriel, reports Plaquemine...

LSU grant to advance carbon capture and storage technologies in Louisiana

LSU petroleum engineering associate professor Mehdi Zeidouni has been awarded a $252,160 grant from the LSU Institute for Energy Innovation to support his work...

Shell announces 2024 cohort for enterprise development program

Last week, Shell USA named the 25 entrepreneurs comprising the 2024 Louisiana cohort of its flagship enterprise development program, Shell LiveWIRE. The global program, now...

LSU to drill carbon capture research well on campus

LSU’s College of Engineering will soon drill a new well on campus to research carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), reports Louisiana Illuminator. The well...

The Water Campus is a decade old. What has it accomplished?

It has been a decade since community leaders and local and state government officials gathered at the old municipal dock overlooking the Mississippi River...

Louisiana colleges aim to build nerve center for offshore wind energy

As the U.S. offshore wind industry expands to meet state and federal goals, colleges in and around New Orleans are establishing wind energy programs...

LSU faculty score a patent for managing oil spills with nanoparticles

Bhuvnesh Bharti, an LSU chemical engineering associate professor, and Jin Gyun Lee, his former graduate student, have been issued a patent for the oil...

Inside The Seed, the new interactive STEAM-focused gallery at LASM

Last weekend, the Louisiana Art & Science Museum unveiled the first glimpse of its four-part renovation with the opening of its STEAM-focused gallery, The Seed. In discussion since...

Students from UL Lafayette, Chile to research photovoltaic farms, green hydrogen

Student researchers from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the University of Magallanes in Chile will collaborate to study photovoltaic farms, green hydrogen...

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