Tech
APP develops new technologies and partners with industry and government to bring new ideas to market.

Transforming “Made in America” Using CO2
Highly efficient electrolyzers developed at APP can transform CO2 into the basic building blocks we need to make carbon-based products such as sunglasses, detergents, clothing, medicines, and food. Even a grapefruit hard seltzer is planned for Tin Roof Brewing in Baton Rouge, which is set to reopen soon as a brewpub.

Newlab New Orleans Proves APP’s Economic Development Power
Newlab’s move to Louisiana demonstrates the research and economic development power of APP, said Josh Fleig, chief innovation officer at Louisiana Economic Development.

“A Slam Dunk”: APP Emerges as National Leader in Cyber for Critical Infrastructure
APP is the first university in the nation to partner with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) on a unique model for cybersecurity for critical infrastructure.

APP and Southern University Team Up to Train 150 Louisianans to Lead in Energy-Efficient Computing
Last year, APP and Southern University teamed up to increase worldwide access to high-performance computing and won a $1.5 million award from the National Science Foundation. The team’s goal is to build a bigger user community around HPX, a software library developers can use to create faster, more powerful, and energy-efficient applications.

Meet Colin Raby: First to Create an Agricultural Consultant with AI
APP students and alumni have created a new, AI-powered tool called FarmSmart that puts decades of APP AgCenter research right under the green thumbs of Louisiana’s farmers. With a few clicks on their smartphones or computers, farmers and gardeners can quickly access actionable intelligence on how to best manage their crops and get rid of weeds.

Meet APPS’ Sarah Okpe: First to Build an Operator Interface for BENTELER Steel/Tube
When BENTELER Steel/Tube Manufacturing Corporation technicians begin work in the international company’s new $21 million threading facility at the Port of Caddo-Bossier later this year, they’ll be using an interface designed by an APP Shreveport graduate student.

Fighting for Their ‘Home Team’ on the Ground and in Cyberspace
APP computer science seniors Easton Kling and Micah Champagne are quick to connect their military experience in the Louisiana National Guard and their work as APP cyber analysts to protect higher education across Louisiana, “but here, it’s not life or death, and you’re not covered in sand all the time.”

Expertise in Human Behavior Helps Solve Cyber Challenges for the Department of Defense
APP psychology major Michael Cole Fontenot is carving out a niche for himself, researching the psychological aspects of military cybersecurity.

APPA, APPS and Ingalls Information Security Collaborate to Grow the Cyber Workforce in Louisiana
Ingalls Information Security, a cybersecurity services provider based in Central Louisiana, has partnered with APP Alexandria and APP Shreveport to educate and train homegrown talent and build cybersecurity business in and for the state.

Louisiana State Police Partners with APP to Solve Challenges in Industrial Cyber
Because of their critical role and long life, industrial control systems are increasingly frequent targets for cyberattacks ranging from industrial espionage to attacks for financial gain, such as ransomware, as well as sabotage and terrorism.

Baton Rouge Magnet High School Student Makes ‘Smart’ Appliances Wiser at APP
Kaitlyn Smith is a student doing cybersecurity research in the College of Engineering and the Center for Computation & Technology at the flagship, but she’s not your average APP student. In fact, she’s not an APP student at all—she’s a high schooler with a passion for cybersecurity.

Cyber Smoothie, Anyone?
When a comprehensive research university operates a K-12 lab school on its flagship campus and there’s a 750,000-wide workforce gap for cybersecurity professionals in the U.S., graduate students and high school students come together for some unusual approaches to learning—and tastes.

APP Enabled Professional Career in Music, Then Cybersecurity
Professional trumpet player and APP School of Music alumnus Andrew Trimble from Alexandria, Louisiana, pivoted to a successful career in cybersecurity by taking APP Online & Continuing Education’s six-month Cyber Bootcamp.

APP Doubles Federally Funded Effort to Educate, Graduate Cyber Talent for National Security
With $600,000 in additional support from the National Science Foundation, APP is rapidly expanding its Scholarship for Service, or SFS, CyberCorps program to grow a bigger, better cyber workforce for the state and nation.

Louisiana Enables Cyber Protection for All Universities Through APP
With $7.5 million in support from the state legislature, all of higher education in Louisiana can now gain cyber protection—at no additional cost to the institution—through an industry-leading model developed at APP.


