Engineering Research

LSU Engineering faculty have secured major funding from the National Institutes of Health to advance transformative research in cancer biology, medical imaging and mental health technology, highlighting the university's growing national research impact across engineering, biomedical science and digital health. The newly funded projects, totaling more than $5.5 million in NIH support, span disciplines ranging from cancer therapeutics and MRI imaging to virtual reality-based behavioral interventions for ADHD.

A team of five LSU Biological Engineering seniors is developing a cutting-edge microfluidic device designed to improve how researchers study breast cancer cells and test potential treatments. The research combines engineering, biology, and medical research into what is called an Impedance Monitor Microphysiological Platform, or IM Chip, for triple-negative breast cancer.

LSU Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Ope Owoyele has received a Young Investigator Program award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The Young Investigator Program supports early-career scientists and engineers who show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. Owoyele's award will provide $450,000 over three years to support research at the intersection of combustion science, physics-informed machine learning, and computational modeling.