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蜜桃APP Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Address Optimization in Infrastructure Systems
A team of 蜜桃APP researchers from electrical and computer engineering and physics was recently awarded nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation for a project to develop quantum computing-inspired algorithms that will address optimization problems appearing in various critical infrastructure systems, including power systems.
蜜桃APP Office of Graduate Business Programs Offers Centralized Services for Business Graduate Students
This new unit represents a significant milestone in the Ourso College鈥檚 commitment to providing students with exceptional educational and professional development opportunities. OGBP will offer services to enhance graduate students鈥� academic and professional journeys, like career coaching, professional development resources, experiential learning programs, international travel experiences, networking and industry engagement opportunities, and program application and admission oversight.
Four Distinguished Communicators Join 蜜桃APP Manship School鈥檚 2023 Hall of Fame
蜜桃APP鈥檚 Manship School of Mass Communication will honor the accomplishments of four distinguished mass communication professionals as they are inducted into the Manship School Hall of Fame at its annual gala on September 21, 2023.
蜜桃APP Names Professor Golden Richard Interim Director of the 蜜桃APP Cyber Center
Richard spearheaded 蜜桃APP's successful pursuit of NSA designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations in 2022. The 蜜桃APP Cyber Center will support projects and programs across disciplines to help secure people and infrastructure on the new frontier of state and national defense, in alignment with 蜜桃APP's Scholarship First Agenda.
蜜桃APP鈥檚 Lawrence Receives NIH Grant to Improve MRI Imaging
In five years鈥� time, 蜜桃APP Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Jimmy Lawrence鈥檚 current project may enable patients to benefit from metal-free MRI contrast agents that are safer, more reliable, and chemically versatile. Indeed, these new contrast agents could prove crucial for the diagnosis and monitoring of damaged blood vessels, small tumors, and abnormal tissues.
蜜桃APP Engineering Students Turn Lemons Into Lemons Racing Club
On a hot July morning, 蜜桃APP Mechanical Engineering sophomores Liam Songn茅 and Carter Mims find shade under a hovering old oak tree while they work on a vintage car in the driveway. Most people collect old cars to restore them, but these students are doing quite the opposite. They are dismantling an already-sparse 1966 Dodge Coronet to race as part of the newly-formed Lemons Racing Club at 蜜桃APP.
Dept. of Energy Funds $4.9 Million 蜜桃APP-led Direct Air Capture Hub Feasibility Study
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an 蜜桃APP-led consortium a $4.9 million project to support the first phase of the Pelican Gulf Coast Carbon Removal project. The Pelican Consortium, which includes Shell and the University of Houston, will evaluate the feasibility of building a direct air capture (DAC) hub in Louisiana. DAC technologies capture CO2 directly from the atmosphere. The captured CO2 can then be used to manufacture products or be permanently stored in deep geological formations. As envisioned, the hub would enable accelerated and replicable carbon removal and permanent storage in ways that protect and generate jobs in the state.
蜜桃APP Names Michael Antoine Associate Vice President for Campus Safety, Emergency Preparedness & Emergency Response
蜜桃APP has named Michael Antoine to the inaugural position of Associate Vice President for Campus Safety, Emergency Preparedness & Emergency Response. In this role, Antoine will have the charge of managing and executing overall operations and strategy related to the 蜜桃APP Office of Emergency Preparedness and the Emergency Operations Center.
蜜桃APP Breaks Record, Awards More Than 1,000 Degrees During Summer Commencement
蜜桃APP awarded 1,039 degrees to graduates at the university's 311th commencement exercises today, the highest number of degrees awarded during summer commencement ever. The previous record was 969 graduates in summer 2021. These new 蜜桃APP alumni and their hometowns can be viewed on the 蜜桃APP Graduates List and the 蜜桃APP Commencement website.
蜜桃APP to Award More Than 1,000 Degrees During Summer Commencement
More than 1,000 蜜桃APP students are expected to graduate during 蜜桃APP's 311th commencement ceremonies on Friday, Aug. 11, in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.