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CLECO Buys 1st Electric Car, Touts UL Partnership  Town Talk 
UL Engineers Say Alligator Fat Matches Diesel  WorldCrops.com 
Put Gator in Tank, Not Tiger  The Vancouver Province 
Alum Fontenot Runs for President of St. Landry Parish  Daily World 
UL, Louisiana Universities Miss out on Coastal $2B Restoration  Times-Picayune 
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Leia Kagawa, Volunteer Extraordinaire

Sam Stokes on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 15:33

After growing up in four different countries and dedicating her life to helping others, it's clear that Leia Kagawa is not your average twenty-something UL student.

Alum, Former Prof Movassaghi Wins National Award

Submitted Article on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 15:59

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) selected the President of Fenstermaker, Dr. Kam Movassaghi, PhD, P.E., as the 2011 recipient of the Francis C. Turner Award.

Columbia Engineering Students Visit UL

Submitted Article on Wed, 02/02/2011 - 12:08

Dr. Emad Habib and Dr. Ehab Meselhe, faculty of the UL Department of Civil Engineering, recently hosted a group of undergraduate civil engineering students from Columbia University.

UL, Cleco Create $2.3M Alternative Energy Center

Louisiana.edu on Tue, 12/14/2010 - 10:21

The University of Louisiana's College of Engineering and Cleco Power have announced a partnership to build the Cleco Alternative Energy Center at the Industrial Park in Crowley LA. The center will be used to study and develop alternative energy technologies using renewable energy sources, which benefit the environment.

Science Channel Debuts UL Engineering Prof's Shows

ultoday.com Staff on Fri, 12/03/2010 - 11:24

Watch the video: UL Engineering Prof Chris Carroll worked for several months to create two shows for the Science Channel's 'Engineering the Impossible', on the building techniques of the ancient Egyptians and Romans. The two shows both debut this month.

UL Team Launches Virtual Hydrologic Tool

CILAT on Thu, 09/23/2010 - 11:13

With $150,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation, a UL team has created HydroViz, an educational virtual hydrologic observatory based on the integration of field data, remote sensing observations and computer simulations of hydrologic variables and processes designed to be used in junior/senior/graduate level courses on hydrology, water resources engineering or related subjects.

Civil Engineering's Dr. Habib receives Professionalism Award

Submitted Article on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 12:15

On Friday, January 29, 2010, Dr. Emad Habib, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at UL, was awarded the 2010 Louisiana Engineering Foundation Faculty Professionalism Award.

Civil Engineering's Chris Carroll

ultoday.com Staff on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 07:35

Chris Carroll comes to UL from Virginia Tech and the University of Tennessee, where he was highly regarded for his teaching abilities and for an innovative high school outreach program he created. He was also featured as a technical expert on the Lost Worlds series for The History Channel, and currently he and his students are building models of ancient structures for an upcoming series for The Discovery Channel, part of which will be filmed on the UL campus next month.

Jasmine Dufreche, Civil Engineering

ultoday.com Staff on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 15:22

Jasmine Dufreche grew up in rural Ponchatoula, attended UL, earned her Master's at the University of Texas, and is now back home as a Civil Engineering instructor.

Inland Water Studies Director Attends Hurricane Leadership Forum

Submitted Article on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 15:35

Dr. Ehab Meselhe, P.E., Director of the Center for Louisiana Inland Water Studies and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Louisiana was invited to attend and participate in the Hurricane Science for Safety Leadership Forum held from Wednesday, December 3 – Friday, December 4, 2008 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.