With great pleasure I welcome you to the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University. Your visit is very important to us; therefore I would like to use the opportunity to tell you about our College. We have attempted to accomplish this through the web sites of the College and individual Departments, Research Centers, and Operating Units. Please, take the time to look over the pages and discover who we are.

We are a College of eight academic departments. We offer degree programs that lead to the B.S., M.S., and the Ph.D. We are the flagship engineering college in the State of Louisiana and among the largest engineering colleges in the United States. Our students come from all over the world and from several other states in the Nation. The features that attract them to our program are the quality of education we provide, a solid research base, diverse students population, dynamic social and cultural setting, and the opportunity for involvement in extra curricular activities in one of the most beautiful university campuses in the U.S. The evidence of the quality of our research and educational programs is clearly seen in the number of our alumni that hold key positions in industry, including CEOs of major corporations and the quality publications contributed by the faculty to archival journals. The College has a large alumni base and these alumni work for a variety of industries, that includes construction, energy, petrochemical, manufacturing, transportation, telecommunication, information, semiconductor, agriculture, environment, pharmaceutical, education, logistics, software, government, and consulting to name only a few. The successes enjoyed by the alumni have also benefited the college in several ways through gifts and endowments that benefit the students, the faculty, and the academic programs.

The faculty is engaged in a host of research that ranges from the macro world to the micro world and from the technical to biological and socio-economic systems. The range of research areas is as diverse as the College faculty themselves are. Research projects conducted by the faculty are funded by a host of government agencies and companies. Many of our faculty members are leaders in their disciplines and are internationally known for their innovations and contributions to the field of engineering. As a student, this provides the opportunity to work with eminent scholars and other well-qualified fellow students that have been attracted to the College because of our name recognition. As a company with an engineering problem to solve, this provides a powerful storehouse of engineering knowledge and expertise for problem solving.

The quality of our laboratory and physical facilities for education and research is consistent with our rating as a Research I Extensive University, the highest rating accorded to any university in the nation. Whether your interest is in the field of computing, power systems, civil infrastructure or the design of intelligent systems, you will find state-of-the-art laboratory facilities in the College and other units of the University to satisfy your need and curiosity. We are a College on the move. To us, the 21st century provides a lot of opportunities to alter how we relate to the physical world around us. For us, this means investment in nontraditional and emerging areas of engineering such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, intelligent materials, biomedical system, environment, infrastructure, and hazard engineering. It is a great time to be an engineer. But more importantly, it is a great time to be part of a growing college with a history of accomplishments such as the LSU College of Engineering.

So, if your visit with us today is for the purpose of identifying a quality engineering program to continue your education or seeking for a group of faculty to collaborate with on a unique research project, you are definitely in the right place. We invite you to contact us if we can be of further help in your search. We look forward to hearing from you if you consider such a contact necessary for your needs.

Sincerely,

Pius J. Egbelu, Ph.D.
Dean of Engineering
& Bert Turner Distinguished Professor