The Midstream's Industry Advisory Board forced rank the strengths and interests of LU's faculty:
- Leak detection and monitoring
- Big data - AI and predictive maintenance
- Corrosion detection and monitoring
- Resilience and reliability

The Midstream Center supports LU faculty by funding applied research grants important to the midstream industry.

Since September 2019, CMMS has funded 29 faculty research projects totaling $898,000.

LU's Midstream Center awarded 11 Summer 2021 Student Research Grants totaling $98,000.