LSU Faculty Experts Available to Discuss Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Two LSU engineering professors and one LSU law professor are available to give insight on the tragic bridge collapse in Baltimore.
BATON ROUGE - Two LSU engineering professors and one LSU law professor are available to give insight on the tragic bridge collapse in Baltimore.
- Ayman Okeil, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, LSU College of Engineering
- Areas of Expertise: Bridge engineering; structural reliability; nondestructive testing and evaluation of structures; structural rehabilitation and strengthening; nonlinear behavior of concrete structures.
- Sabarethinam Kameshwar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, LSU College
of Engineering
- Areas of Expertise: Infrastructure and community resilience; multi-hazard and extreme event performance of structures (bridges, buildings, oil storage tanks) and infrastructure systems (roads, water, power); surrogate modeling and machine learning for natural hazards research; decision support for resilience considering deep uncertainties; lifecycle analysis and sustainability of infrastructure.
- Tom Galligan, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center
- Areas of Expertise: admiralty, or cases concerning ships or the sea, navigable waters, maritime law.
Latest LSU News
- LSU Announces the Tiger Twelve Senior Recognition Class of 2024LSU proudly announces the Tiger Twelve Senior Recognition Class of 2024. Class members were recognized at a ceremony on Saturday, April 27 held in the Capstone Gallery at Patrick F. Taylor Hall on the LSU campus.
- LSU Librarian Nicollette Davis Drives Change as 2024 Mover & ShakerIn her short time at LSU, Librarian Nicollette Davis has made an indelible mark on LSU Libraries and the library world writ large. This year, she was named a 2024 Mover & Shaker by Library Journal for her dedication to equal opportunity initiatives. Library Journal is a premier American trade publication for librarians that was founded in 1876. It has awarded more than 20,000 recipients since the award's inception in 2002. Davis is one of 50 in her cohort and brings a wealth of experience and a passion for fostering a more inclusive environment within the library community.
- LSU Launches Bachelor of Music Therapy Degree ProgramLSU is now accepting students for a new Bachelor of Music Therapy degree program, the first of its kind at a public university in Louisiana, the LSU College of Music & Dramatic Arts announced last Wednesday.
- International Team Including Two Pennington Biomedical Faculty Awarded $25 Million for Cancer ResearchSteven B. Heymsfield, M.D., and Justin C. Brown, Ph.D., of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center are part of a team that secured $25 million to take on cachexia, a debilitating condition responsible for up to 30 percent of cancer deaths.
- Pennington, LSU Health New Orleans Part of National Study to Create Personalized-Nutrition AlgorithmPennington Biomedical, in partnership with LSU Health New Orleans, is taking part in a study using machine learning to predict how an individual responds to a given diet, allowing physicians to offer patients personalized nutrition prescriptions.
- LSU Seeks Volunteers for Love the Boot Week Litter CleanupAs a Keep Louisiana Beautiful Affiliate, LSU will be participating in a litter cleanup event in celebration of Love the Boot Week. Love the Boot Week is Louisiana's largest cleanup and beautification event, hosted by Keep Louisiana Beautiful and held in conjunction with Earth Day activities across the planet.