RESEARCH CENTERS

Undergraduate students often work closely with faculty on funded research projects. As you would expect, the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences is associated with a number of research centers.

Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development
Director - Dr. Billy Stokes

Center for Advanced Computer Studies
Director - Dr. Magdy Bayoumi

Center for Business and Information Technologies
Director - Dr. Ramesh Kolluru

Center for Ecology and Environmental Technology
Director - Dr. Susan Mopper

Energy Institute
Co-Directors - Dr. Ali Ghalambor and Dr. Carl Richter

Louisiana Center for Health Informatics
Director - Dr. Phil Caillouet

Institute of Cognitive Science
Director - Dr. Subrata Dasgupta

Louisiana Accelerator Center
Director - Dr. Gary Glass

Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise
Chief Executive Officer - Mr. Henry Florsheim

Microscopy Center
Director - Dr. Tom Pesacreta

National Incident Management System and Advanced Technologies (NIMSAT) Institute
Executive Director - Dr. Ramesh Kolluru

National Wetlands Research Center
Director - Dr. Janine Powell

NASA Regional Application Center
Director - Mr. Brent Yantis

New Iberia Research Center
Director - Dr. Jeff Rowell

X-Ray Center
Director - Dr. Victoria Hover