LU News: Research and Grants

Tyler Martin, mechanical engineering ’21, has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Lamar University’s Office of Undergraduate Research has announced 16 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships for summer 2021.

Lamar University professor contributes to patenting technology to enhance the early detection of diseases, such as cancer and COVID-19, with the potential to save lives.

The Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center – Southeast, a federally funded industrial service center housed at Lamar University, recently received $118,000 in funding from Natgasoline for developing a customized Lean Six Sigma program.

The Advisory Board of the Office of Undergraduate Research selected Dylan Palmer, a mechanical engineering major, to represent Lamar University at the biennial Texas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in Austin.

Iron Horse Terminals has awarded a significant research contract to Dr. Maryam Hamidi, assistant professor of industrial engineering, Co-PI Dr. Brian Craig, dean of the College of Engineering, along with Dr. Hamidi’s doctoral of engineering candidate, Mr. Masood Jafari King.

Dr. Hassan Zargarzadeh, Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering, has been awarded to enable LU’s Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems Lab to pioneer research in artificial intelligence.

Lamar University Office of Undergraduate Research announces winners of its third major conference this fall semester, the 7th Annual Humanities, Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Education and Business Conference.

The Center for Operator Performance has awarded Dr. James Henry, assistant professor of chemical engineering, $141,027 for research related to the workload of machine operators.

The Welch Foundation has awarded Lamar University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry a $200,000 grant.

Three Lamar University undergraduate students participated in the prestigious Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted by Rice University, Oct. 31.

The JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing has been awarded two grants for teaching equipment to enhance its simulation labs.

The Stevens Initiative announced the Texas International Education Consortium’s Virtual Exchange for Undergraduate Nursing in Texas, Egypt and Jordan is one of 18 programs funded as part of the Stevens Initiative Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Yi Liu, a doctoral student in industrial engineering, has been awarded the Council of Technical Groups Travel Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

The Office of Undergraduate Research recently hosted the Seventh Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Expo 2020.

Lamar University’s Special Collections has been awarded a $3,000 TexTreasures grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.