LOUISIANA RESEARCH,NATIONAL IMPACT

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

LSU conducted $94.7 million in federal research and $290 million in total research expenditures in FY2014. The top three federal funding agencies were:· $38.4 million from DHHS/National Institutes of Health· $19.9 million from National Science Foundation· $6.23 million from U.S. Department of Energy

As it relates to health and biomedical research, LSU has several areas of expertise: The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine (LSU SVM) conducted $7.3 million in federal research and development in FY2014, mostly from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), predominantly in infectious disease. The LSU SVM houses the National Hansen’s Disease Center, as well as the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab, which monitors animal-to-human disease transmission, such as Zika virus, West Nile virus, Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The LSU SVM also conducts research on diseases affecting the liver, joints, eyes, lungs and heart, and is host to an $18.5 million IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) grant.

The LSU Department of Biological Sciences is the largest National Science Foundation (NSF) awardee at LSU with $6.2 million in federal research and development in FY2015. LSU Biological Sciences is part of the international Human Genome Project, which examines human and non-human genetics to learn about the distribution of genetic variation among diverse populations. This research helps us understand genetic changes within the human population, contributing to the goal of individualized medical treatments that would improve human health, decrease hospitalization times and reduce the cost of health care.

The LSU Department of Chemistry had $3.2 million in federal expenditures in research and development FY2015, including a $1.26 million Superfund grant funded through the U.S. Department of Interior and National Institution of Environmental Health Safety. The projects center around the effects of combustion on the pulmonary system, which can include smoking or any inhalation of a carcinogenic material.

The LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy is the second-largest NSF awardee within the university having received $5.6 million in federal research and development expenditures in FY2015. The medical physics program is co-located with the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Baton Rouge

and fosters research to improve the accuracy of radiation therapy, which minimizes its application. The department also operates a synchrotron light source capable of microlithography at the nanoscale. This light beam makes it possible to create medical microdevices.

Many LSU Physics faculty are jointly working with the LSU Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) on LSU’s high-performance computing capabilities. LSU researchers administer the state’s centralized supercomputer and optical network, LONI. The new supercomputer was designed to specifically handle Big Data sets for health-related purposes. In FY2015, the CCT received $3.3 million in federal contracts for collaborative computational research across the university.

LSU’s research portfolio stretches well beyond health and biomedical fields:LSU is a sea-grant institution, with more than 200 researchers conducting millions of dollars on research in marine, coastal and fluvial fields, mostly from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the USDA. LSU researchers track real-time subsidence data from 120 GPS antennas from Texas to Florida, providing coastal planners, surveyors, engineers and farmers with accurate information about land elevation for a variety of purposes. LSU operates the state's large-scale, physical Mississippi River model to help plan for sediment placement, which will help rebuild the fragile coast line. LSU researchers are also using supercomputing power to improve inland flooding models in real-time that will assist in evacuation efforts.

LSU researchers are working to create cleaner energy, more sustainable types of energy and more efficient drilling techniques: With the aid of a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy grant, LSU Petroleum Engineering researchers are working on a strategy to provide low-cost, environmentally benign geothermal energy to remote coastal areas of the state, which could boost the region’s economy. The LSU Center for Atomic Level Catalyst Design develops advanced research tools to more efficiently convert resources—like natural gas, biomass or coal—into clean energy and higher value products. The Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage enhanced oil-recovery method developed by LSU can extract more oil at a lower cost than traditional methods.

LSU is the only university in North America where future petroleum engineers can get hands-on training in well control, thus reducing the severity of drilling accidents, at its Petroleum Engineering Research and Technology Laboratory.

LSU’s federal research portfolio also includes homeland security, cybersecurity, defense, transportation, agriculture and education:LSU Louisiana Business & Technology Center (LBTC) helps foster new businesses in Louisiana. In 2015, there were 62 total tenants at the LSU Innovation Park and the LBTC with total company revenues of $53.6 million. In addition to the traditional incubator, there is also a student incubator to foster students’ ideas, as well as a veterans outreach effort. Between 1999–2015, LBTC outreach and affiliate companies resulted in 573 new businesses, which created 9,800 jobs.

LSU Research Works for Louisiana. LSU is Louisiana’s flagship institution, and is the only university in the state with land-, sea- and space-grant status. LSU is conducting research that directly impacts the people of Louisiana and makes a difference in their everyday lives.

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

LSU conducted $94.7 million in federal research and $290 million in total research expenditures in FY2014. The top three federal funding agencies were:· $38.4 million from DHHS/National Institutes of Health· $19.9 million from National Science Foundation· $6.23 million from U.S. Department of Energy

As it relates to health and biomedical research, LSU has several areas of expertise: The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine (LSU SVM) conducted $7.3 million in federal research and development in FY2014, mostly from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), predominantly in infectious disease. The LSU SVM houses the National Hansen’s Disease Center, as well as the Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab, which monitors animal-to-human disease transmission, such as Zika virus, West Nile virus, Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The LSU SVM also conducts research on diseases affecting the liver, joints, eyes, lungs and heart, and is host to an $18.5 million IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) grant.

The LSU Department of Biological Sciences is the largest National Science Foundation (NSF) awardee at LSU with $6.2 million in federal research and development in FY2015. LSU Biological Sciences is part of the international Human Genome Project, which examines human and non-human genetics to learn about the distribution of genetic variation among diverse populations. This research helps us understand genetic changes within the human population, contributing to the goal of individualized medical treatments that would improve human health, decrease hospitalization times and reduce the cost of health care.

The LSU Department of Chemistry had $3.2 million in federal expenditures in research and development FY2015, including a $1.26 million Superfund grant funded through the U.S. Department of Interior and National Institution of Environmental Health Safety. The projects center around the effects of combustion on the pulmonary system, which can include smoking or any inhalation of a carcinogenic material.

The LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy is the second-largest NSF awardee within the university having received $5.6 million in federal research and development expenditures in FY2015. The medical physics program is co-located with the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Baton Rouge

and fosters research to improve the accuracy of radiation therapy, which minimizes its application. The department also operates a synchrotron light source capable of microlithography at the nanoscale. This light beam makes it possible to create medical microdevices.

Many LSU Physics faculty are jointly working with the LSU Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) on LSU’s high-performance computing capabilities. LSU researchers administer the state’s centralized supercomputer and optical network, LONI. The new supercomputer was designed to specifically handle Big Data sets for health-related purposes. In FY2015, the CCT received $3.3 million in federal contracts for collaborative computational research across the university.

LSU’s research portfolio stretches well beyond health and biomedical fields:LSU is a sea-grant institution, with more than 200 researchers conducting millions of dollars on research in marine, coastal and fluvial fields, mostly from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the USDA. LSU researchers track real-time subsidence data from 120 GPS antennas from Texas to Florida, providing coastal planners, surveyors, engineers and farmers with accurate information about land elevation for a variety of purposes. LSU operates the state's large-scale, physical Mississippi River model to help plan for sediment placement, which will help rebuild the fragile coast line. LSU researchers are also using supercomputing power to improve inland flooding models in real-time that will assist in evacuation efforts.

LSU researchers are working to create cleaner energy, more sustainable types of energy and more efficient drilling techniques: With the aid of a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy grant, LSU Petroleum Engineering researchers are working on a strategy to provide low-cost, environmentally benign geothermal energy to remote coastal areas of the state, which could boost the region’s economy. The LSU Center for Atomic Level Catalyst Design develops advanced research tools to more efficiently convert resources—like natural gas, biomass or coal—into clean energy and higher value products. The Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage enhanced oil-recovery method developed by LSU can extract more oil at a lower cost than traditional methods.

LSU is the only university in North America where future petroleum engineers can get hands-on training in well control, thus reducing the severity of drilling accidents, at its Petroleum Engineering Research and Technology Laboratory.

LSU’s federal research portfolio also includes homeland security, cybersecurity, defense, transportation, agriculture and education:LSU Louisiana Business & Technology Center (LBTC) helps foster new businesses in Louisiana. In 2015, there were 62 total tenants at the LSU Innovation Park and the LBTC with total company revenues of $53.6 million. In addition to the traditional incubator, there is also a student incubator to foster students’ ideas, as well as a veterans outreach effort. Between 1999–2015, LBTC outreach and affiliate companies resulted in 573 new businesses, which created 9,800 jobs.

LSU Research Works for Louisiana. LSU is Louisiana’s flagship institution, and is the only university in the state with land-, sea- and space-grant status. LSU is conducting research that directly impacts the people of Louisiana and makes a difference in their everyday lives.