Announcements

Grant Kick-Off 

Dr. Marquez and Dr. Zaloom were invited to the kickoff of a $13.6 million RAISE grant for the Port of Port Arthur from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Dr. Marquez and Dr. Zaloom worked on the economic analysis for the project. A great example of LUCOE faculty working on industry relevant projects and improving the local community. The picture is of Dr. Marquez, Dr. Zaloom and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg at the kickoff event. 2/10/2023

Funding Granted

November was a historic month for the IE department for research funding. In the past 5 weeks, 8 of 9 IE faculty members have received research funding including Dr. Craig, Dr. Curry, Dr. Zaloom, Dr. Marquez, Dr. Liu, Dr. Tokgoz, Dr. Hamidi and Dr. Bradley.

Dr. Craig and Dr. Curry received funding to conduct a safety culture assessment. 11/21/2022

LU I.E. Ranked the #9 Best School

Lamar University Industrial Engineering was ranked the #9 best school for Bachelor’s Students to Study Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region by www.collegefactual.com. Lamar Engineering also was ranked 17 for Online Engineering. 6/23/2022

Engineering Ranked #10

Lamar Engineering was ranked #10 for online undergraduate engineering programs by accreditedschoolsonline. 1/6/2022