College of Engineering

The country's aging infrastructure has long been an issue and presents a number of problems, including accurately understanding its viability. Existing sensors and structural health monitoring (SHM) approaches have limitations, such as high costs, limited durability, compatibility issues, and frequent maintenance needs. However, LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Yen-Fang Su believes there is a promising alternative in the form of self-sensing cementitious composites (SSCCs) due to their sensing performance, compatibility with concrete structures, and relative lower costs.

LSU researchers have created a new, low-cost way to break down plastic, a potential breakthrough that could save billions of dollars and eliminate billions of tons of plastic pollution.

LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Louay Mohammad has been selected to serve as co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (JMCE), a publication of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).