LSU College of Engineering

09/03/2026

Don't miss this Friday's Coast & Environment Seminar, featuring Dr. Sewoon Kim of LSU College of Engineering

📆 Friday, September 4th
⏰ 11:30 a.m.
📍 Dalton J Woods Auditorium, ECE Building

09/03/2026

🎉 Celebrating 25 years of service!

On Monday, we had the opportunity to recognize Dr. Bijaya Karki for an incredible 25 years of service to LSU and the Division of Computer Science & Engineering. 💜💛

For more than two decades, Dr. Karki has been an important part of our division and its story. From serving as our Division Chair for 13 years to advancing research in high-performance computing and computational materials science, his contributions have helped shape our division while making an impact well beyond LSU.

Over the years, Dr. Karki’s work has earned both national and university recognition, including an National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award and the LSU Rainmaker Award. His research has also received support from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other federal agencies.

A 25-year milestone is a special one, and we are grateful for the years Dr. Karki has dedicated to our students, faculty, research, and the continued growth of our division.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Karki on 25 years of service and this well-deserved recognition! 🎉

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09/02/2026

🌊 Turning ocean waves into reliable electricity takes more than capturing their energy. It requires making that power predictable, controllable and ready for the grid.

LSU ECE Associate Chair Mehdi Farasat has received a $445,503 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop advanced control and energy-management technologies aimed at making wave energy a more dependable resource, particularly for coastal, islanded and remote communities.

The project combines physics-based modeling, machine learning, reinforcement learning, energy storage and power electronics to help wave energy systems respond intelligently to changing ocean conditions.

🔗 Read more: https://www.lsu.edu/eng/news-stories/2026/09/farasat-nsf-grant-advance-wave-energy-integration.php

09/01/2026

PLEASE NOTE time and room change, new time is 4:30 - 6:00 P.M. in room 1340 of Patrick F. Taylor Hall.

Thinking about a career in medicine? Discover how an engineering background can help prepare you for medical school and open doors to unique healthcare career paths. Join us Thursday, Sept. 3, from 4:30–6:00 p.m. in Patrick F. Taylor Hall room 1340. Pizza and beverages provided!

08/26/2026

Another win for safer, more reliable digital systems. 💻

Assistant Professors Umar Farooq and Phani Vadrevu have received a combined $771,822 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research tackling two increasingly important challenges in computing: building more reliable software and defending online services against sophisticated malicious bot campaigns.

Farooq’s $300,000 NSF FutureCore project will explore new ways to turn complex software framework documentation into rules that can help developers identify errors, security issues and other problems in their code.

Vadrevu’s $471,822 project will study the human-operated bot farms behind large-scale attacks on ticketing platforms, government services, retailers, travel sites and other online systems—and develop better ways to detect and disrupt them.

Both LSU Division of Computer Science & Engineering researchers are also recent NSF CAREER Award recipients, adding to the division’s growing research momentum.

As Chair Abe Baggili puts it: “This is exactly where a great computer science program should be: working on difficult problems before they become even bigger ones.”

🔗 Read the full story: https://www.lsu.edu/eng/news-stories/2026/08/lsu-cse-professors-receive-nsf-funding-8-26.php

08/25/2026

As hurricane season moves into one of its most active stretches, research into how our buildings and communities withstand major storms is especially timely.

LSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Sabarethinam Kameshwar has received a $586,625 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to study how hurricane-induced building damage can change storm-surge flooding and the forces experienced by structures that remain standing.

“Understanding how damage to one structure changes the conditions experienced by neighboring structures is essential for improving the way we assess hurricane risk,” Kameshwar said.

His research will combine large-scale physical experiments and computational modeling to create a more realistic picture of what happens in coastal communities as buildings fail during extreme storms. The findings could ultimately help improve hurricane-damage simulations, engineering standards and coastal resilience planning.

The project will also help prepare the next generation of natural hazards engineers through a new undergraduate course, community college partnerships, teacher workshops and STEM outreach.

Read more about the research and its potential impact on coastal communities: https://www.lsu.edu/eng/news-stories/2026/08/kameshwar-nsf-career-award.php

08/25/2026

Louisiana has the resources, expertise, and industrial experience to help shape the future of carbon management, and LSU Engineering is working to make sure the state also has the research, technology, and workforce to lead it.

On Sept. 9–10, the LSU Petroleum Engineering department will bring energy leaders to Baton Rouge for its second annual Carbon Management Symposium. The event will connect industry, academia, and government around emerging technologies, infrastructure, workforce needs, and opportunities across Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.

The symposium is just one part of LSU Petroleum Engineering’s growing leadership in this area, from launching the nation’s first undergraduate concentration in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage to developing a first-of-its-kind CO₂ research well on LSU’s campus at the LSU PERTT lab.

🔗 Read more about LSU’s work in carbon management and the symposium:
https://www.lsu.edu/eng/news-stories/2026/08/petroleum-engineering-takes-the-lead-in-carbon-management.php

🔗 Learn more about the symposium and register:
https://www.lsu.edu/eng/pete/co2symposium2026.php

08/24/2026

Welcome back, Tigers! 💜💛

As classes begin, Dean Vicki Colvin welcomes our students back to LSU Engineering and encourages them to learn, connect, get involved and make the most of the semester ahead.

Have a great first day! 🐯

08/22/2026

That's a wrap on Geaux Engineering! 🐯⚙️

Before their first LSU class even begins, 300 incoming engineering students spent the past few days designing, building, problem-solving and getting to know the community they'll be part of for the next several years.

During our multi-day signature Welcome Week program, students tackled five different engineering project challenges, explored engineering disciplines and worked alongside 80 upperclassman members of the Society of Peer Mentors at LSU, who helped guide them through the experience.

They also had the opportunity to connect with more than 60 industry guests at Friday's industry lunch, many of them LSU alumni and former Society of Peer Mentors members who returned to share their experiences and advice.

The projects may have been the challenge, but Geaux Engineering is also about something bigger: helping our newest Tigers make connections, find their place and discover what it means to be an LSU Engineer.

A huge thank you to our peer mentors, industry guests, faculty and staff who made it happen, and welcome to the LSU College of Engineering, Class of 2030! 💜💛

08/19/2026

Congratulations to Clint Willson on being named LSU’s new associate vice chancellor of water and coast!

Clint has a long history with the LSU College of Engineering, including more than two decades as a faculty member in the LSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His work on the Mississippi River, sediment transport, water resources, and coastal systems is a great example of how engineering research can directly address some of Louisiana’s most complex challenges.

Congratulations again on this well earned role. Geaux Clint and Geaux Tigers!

LSU’s Clint Willson has been selected for a new leadership role to help coordinate the university’s research related to water and coast, which heavily impacts life in Louisiana and other research areas, including energy.

“The questions that come to us from agencies, industry, and communities down the bayou or along the river don’t arrive sorted by discipline. Our answers must come from a combination of experts who know whether a channel will silt in, whether a marsh will hold, or whether an intake will go salty. It often takes a modeler, a sedimentologist, a wetland scientist, a designer, and a Sea Grant agent who knows the parish and the people to provide the best answers, and we have all of them at LSU. My job is to bring them together.”

Learn more through the link in comments.

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