Mechanical

Dr. Suren Dwivedi, Mechanical Engineering Faculty Member, Coordinates Program to Support Ekal Vidyalaya, a movement whose aim is to eradicate illiteracy from rural and tribal India.

Kelly Guiberteau, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, recently completed the second semester of a two semester co-op with United Space Alliance in Houston, Texas.

On May 14, the Cajun Crawler was featured on the Discovery Channel's "Daily Planet" series. Watch the video.

UL's Mechanical Engineering department competed in the 2009 Baja SAE Oregon competition May 8-10th. Each team designed and built a off-road vehicle prototype. The UL team finished 29th out of 99.

In February 2009, ultoday.com broke the story of the Cajun Crawler. Since that time, the weird little machine has been picked up across Geekdom. Follows are a few of the websites that have picked up the 'Crawler story across the www.

The Cajun Crawler moves next onto 'Daily Planet' on the Discovery Channel in Canada, the week of May 11.

The International Society of Agile Manufacturing (ISAM) presented a daylong seminar entitled "Inter-Disciplinary Seminar Series on Application of Lean Six-Sigma in Product Development, Industries and Healthcare" on March 20 at the University of Louisiana.

The Cajun Crawler is a remarkable application of what was previously simply an esthetic design, Theo Jansen's fascinating articulated walking leg. What makes it even more remarkable is that this first-known practical application for the celebrated device was designed and built by UL Engineering students. ultoday.com shows the demonstration video and speaks with Engineering's Dr. Terrence Chambers, and Don Tamosaitis, the student who led the design & construction team.

The Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette can now claim ownership of two micro turbine generator sets thanks to Chevron.

ultoday.com interviews Corrine Dupuy, Engineer and Director of MEPoL, UL's manufacturing extension service for the state of Louisiana.