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LSU Computer Science's Baggili Working to Address Artificial Intelligence Investigations

September 25, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely used on a daily basis, whether it's asking Alexa or nighttime with Netflix. But what happens if there are failures within the AI, and how are they investigated properly? For instance, if a hospital created an AI model that could detect a medical diagnosis and it led to an unnecessary treatment, that model would need to be investigated for how it was trained, who trained it, and on what machine it was trained.

LSU and Our Lady of the Lake Health: Collaboration in Action on Athletes’ Health, Cancer, Obesity and More

LSU and Our Lady of the Lake Health, LSU’s Championship Health Partner, are working together to fight heart disease, cancer, accidents and chronic respiratory diseases, all leading causes of death in Louisiana that impact its citizens disproportionately.“This first investment demonstrates how top-notch university research combined with strong and strategic hospital partnerships bring better health to the people of Louisiana and beyond,” said Robert Twilley, vice president of research and economic development at LSU. “Our shared commitment to building and supporting winning research teams will translate to many new discoveries and solutions in years to come.”In an inaugural round of research funding—part of Our Lady of the Lake Health’s $170 million investment in LSU announced in 2022—the partners’ Collaboration in Action research program is investing a total of $1.2 million in five collaborative LSU research teams who will advance basic, clinical and translational science in five critical areas: cardiovascular disease and care; comprehensive cancer care; trauma and neuroscience; chronic respiratory disease; and sports medicine and performance.

LSU Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor Studying Funding Models for Wildfire Prevention

September 23, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - Much like hurricane season in Louisiana, California deals with its own annual period of climate catastrophe during wildfire season, which typically runs from May or June until October or November. Restoration efforts can reduce the risk of wildfires, but restoration costs are high and often prohibit the landscape-scale restoration efforts needed for risk reduction.

LSU Researchers Awarded $1.5 Million to Advance Worldwide Access to High-Performance Computing

September 13, 2024data center The LSU researchers’ goal is to make high-performance computing more accessible across all computational platforms to a broader range of researchers and organizations—all to accelerate scientific research to solve global challenges.LSU researchers have been awarded a $1.5 million Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems, or POSE, grant from the National Science Foundation to advance the ecosystem surrounding HPX, a software library developed at LSU. Their goal is a fast and energy-efficient solution to increase worldwide access to high-performance computing. Lack of access and performance currently limits the success and usefulness of emerging technologies, such as AI and machine learning, and computational modeling in almost every field.

LSU Electrical, Computer Engineering Professor Designs Intelligent Drone for Rescue Operations

September 18, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - The National Fire Protection Association estimates that one home fire-related death occurs in the U.S. every three hours and 14 minutes, and one home fire-related injury occurs every 53 minutes. These are numbers LSU Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Xiangyu Meng hopes to change for the better through his design of an intelligent drone that will use thermal technology during rescue operations, particularly for firefighters.

LSU, Integer Partner to Optimize U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Operations

September 9, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - A team of LSU researchers has been tasked with helping the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps make the transformation to Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO), which would allow the two military branches to move beyond traditional reliance on a few large vessels and instead emphasize a distributed network of smaller naval platforms that enhance presence and awareness in vital maritime regions.

LSU Computer Science PhD Student Wins Pair of Best Paper Awards

September 3, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - Prior to this summer, LSU Computer Science Ph.D. student Taha Gharaibeh had never won a Best Paper award, which is typically given in recognition of the quality and impact of the published work.

LSU Engineering, LSUHSC School of Dentistry Collaboration Illustrates Benefit to Industry

August 30, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - Each year, 9 million people in the U.S. get braces. Whether it's to fix a bad bite or simply gain a more attractive smile, braces have almost become a rite of passage in Western culture. In an attempt to improve the effectiveness of bonding material used in braces, LSU Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) School of Dentistry-Prosthodontics is collaborating with LSU's College of Engineering on three projects led by LSUHSC Digital Fabrication Center Director and LSU Petroleum Engineering Assistant Professor of Research Charles Taylor.

LSU-Southern Cyber Project to Protect Nation’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, Build Workforce

August 22, 2024A collaborative team at LSU and Southern University has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to address critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities in electric vehicle charging stations. Discovered by LSU cybersecurity expert Elias Bou-Harb and his team, these vulnerabilities pose significant risks, including the potential for hackers to access and exploit tens of thousands of EV charging stations connected to the power grid. This project not only aims to secure these systems but also to educate and train a more diverse cybersecurity workforce, leveraging the strengths of both universities.

Lin Receives NSF CAREER Award

August 21, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - Where some people see an eyesore that needs to be destroyed, LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Hai "Thomas" Lin sees inspiration for the future.Lin's latest research project, funded by a nearly $630,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, is taking characteristics from mud dauber nests and the root systems of fungi to design 3D-printed soil for sustainable, durable, and cost-effective earthen buildings. More than three billion people around the world live in earthen buildings, which are gaining popularity in Europe, Western Australia, Canada, and California because of their eco-friendly and cost-effective credentials.

LSU Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor, Team Studying Impacts of Offshore Wind Technology

August 15, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - In October of last year, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced it had finalized four Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico that could support offshore wind projects with the potential to produce enough clean, renewable energy to power more than 3 million homes.

Schechter Named New Petroleum Engineering Chair

August 14, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - The College of Engineering has named David Schechter as the new chair of the Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering. He brings to the role more than 30 years of dedication to academic petroleum engineering and research in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR).

Baggili Named New Computer Science Chair

August 13, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - The College of Engineering has named Ibrahim "Abe" Baggili as the new chair of the Division of Computer Science and Engineering. He joined LSU in 2022 and has served as a professor of computer science and cybersecurity.

LSU EE Professor Acquires Self-Driving Car Studio for Students, Faculty

BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU Electrical Engineering Assistant Professor Xiangyu Meng has acquired a new Self-Driving Car Studio (SDCS) that will be used by faculty and students. Meng says the new SDCS will encourage synergistic research between multiple groups across campus working on intelligent transportation, including those in electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and construction management.

LSU Civil Engineering Researchers Publish Paper on CAV Impact on Road Networks

August 7, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU Civil Engineering researchers have examined the effects of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) on traffic operation and safety at full-cloverleaf interchanges. What they've found is that the more CAVs present on this type of interchange, the greater the reduction in travel time, improved traffic flow, and enhanced safety.

Khonsari Honored by ASME, Enjoying Summer of Accolades

July 23, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - It has been quite a summer for LSU Mechanical Engineering Professor Michael Khonsari, as he has garnered one honor after another over the last few months, including his most recent, being named an Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The distinction recognizes individuals for "lifetime service to mechanical engineering research and education, particularly through technical books, and trendsetting research papers."

LSU Mechanical Engineering Professor Seeks to Better Understand Fuel Droplet Dynamics in Propulsion Systems

July 8, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Shyam Menon is part of a collaborative project with Missouri University of Science & Technology (MST) that will develop strategies to facilitate a better understanding of the physics of high-speed propulsion systems. Such systems have application in the defense sector and civilian sector, including supersonic commercial transport and commercial rocketry for space access.

ECE's Wu Honored With Best Paper at IEEE Symposium

July 3, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Hsiao-Chun Wu was recently honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Broadcast Technology Society with the 2024 Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting in Toronto, Canada.

LSU Mechanical Engineering Professor Researching 3D Printing of Bridge Structures Via Robotic SystemsPage Title

July 1, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Genevieve Palardy recently received funding for her research on "free-standing polymer composites for robotic-driven bridge construction." The $30,000 grant was awarded by the Louisiana Transportation Research Center. LSU ME Assistant Professor Corina Barbalata is working with Palardy on the project.

LSU Electrical, Computer Engineering Professor Researches Hybrid Circuit Breaker

June 24, 2024BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Shahab Mehraeen is working on a bipolar hybrid direct current circuit breaker (DCCB) that generates a current zero crossing (i.e., point at which there is no voltage present) that reverses and re-routes the current, causing current decay with minimal arc.