ExxonMobil’s virtual reality training takes off
It has been under development for some time, so chalk up ExxonMobil’s virtual reality training initiative to serendipity. The effort is coming to full...
Register for LAGCO’s 2021 Energy Leadership Program
Emerging and experienced energy leaders alike are invited to register for the LAGCO 2021 Energy Leadership Program.
The intensive series offers sessions designed to inform,...
LSU professor lands NSF award to study ultrasonic processing for manufacturing
The National Science Foundation has awarded LSU mechanical engineering professor Genevieve Palardy with a five-year, $585,950 CAREER Award to study the use of polymer...
SLCC breaks ground on workforce training facility at Port of West St. Mary
South Louisiana Community College and St. Mary Parish officials have broken ground on the new SLCC workforce training facility in the parish.
The Training Facility...
UL Lafayette gets grant to design aircraft fuel cells
An energy storage and power generation system currently being designed at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette could make flying less harmful to the...
BASF awards $10,000 in scholarships to LSU engineering students
BASF recently awarded $10,000 in scholarships to four students who are currently studying at Louisiana State University’s College of Engineering. The annual scholarship program...
Is carbon storage the Gulf Coast’s next big thing?
Plans are underway for nearly a dozen commercial-scale carbon repositories along the Gulf Coast, the Houston Chronicle reports.
If completed, the facilities would begin putting...
Haas Automation, Louisiana launch manufacturing training partnership
Haas Automation Inc. and Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced a partnership in which Louisiana will become the first state to install Haas 5-axis...
Louisiana companies, colleges partner to create earn-while-you-learn mechatronics program
Three Louisiana companies and three two-year colleges are partnering to develop a pilot mechatronics apprenticeship program to address a shortage of such workers in...
Venture Global, Delgado kick off ‘Will to Skill’ program
Venture Global LNG Inc. launched its Will to Skill program in Plaquemines Parish this month, providing students the opportunity to earn a national certification...
