Research

Polymerization Reaction/Separation System is used to study advanced control strategies. It is interfaced to an Emerson Process Management Delta V System.

The LSU Department of Chemical Engineering has consistently been among the top departments in the nation in this measure of research activity.

Chemical Engineering is part of an interdisciplinary NSF IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education, Research and Training) program in Polymer Science, called "Teaching Craft for Macromolecular Creativity." This is a 5 year, $3.2 million program to provide a unique university/ industrial educational experience for qualified (U.S. citizens or permanent residents) Ph.D. students in all areas of polymer science. Faculty are now offering IGERT projects. When a student participates in IGERT, he or she benefits as follows:

• Since project funding is guaranteed by the NSF, there is greater opportunity to exercise creativity.
• In return for IGERT funding, the advisor agrees to work in a hands-on fashion with the student for the first year of the project.
• IGERT projects are interdisciplinary and include an industrial component.
• Special travel opportunities to national or international sites to perform special experiments are available

Polymer Injection Molding

For general information on LSU's interdisciplinary polymer science program, see: http://macro.lsu.edu/.

The Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded LSU $5 million to continue to host the Hazardous Substance Research Center-South/Southwest for the next five years. One of five such centers in the country, the South/Southwest facility focuses its research efforts on contaminated sediments found in aquatic environments. The HSRC was first established in 1992 as a consortium that includes LSU, Rice University, and Georgia Tech; Texas A&M recently joined this group. This $1.5 million per year Center is directed by Dr. Danny Reible and most of the LSU research support is within Chemical Engineering. This Center complements the LSU Hazardous Waste Research Center, an EPA Center of Excellence that is currently directed by an Affiliate Member of the chemical engineering faculty. The LSU Hazardous Waste Research Center also serves to support the remediation of an abandoned hazardous waste site through a unique expert witness relationship with the U.S. Federal Court. Many of the activities in this effort are conducted by members and affiliate members of the department.

We recently received $1 million from the State to work with architects designing a new stand-alone ChE facility. We are currently on the state capital outlay program for a new 75,000 gross ft² facility with a total cost of $23+ million.

This page was last modified on January 12, 2004