Louisiana Tech University College of Engineering and Science

Louisiana Tech University holds Engineering and Science Week each year during the spring quarter to honor innovation and dedication in the engineering field. The week-long activities feature an award ceremony for outstanding engineering students for the school year, a competition between the different COES departments, presentations and exhibits targeted to prospective engineering students, and the Engineering & Science Ball.

The first celebration by Louisiana Tech to honor the university's engineering students was held in 1924 with a banquet. The first official Engineers' Day was held in 1934 as a way to introduce prospective students. Through the years, the events grew into a week-long celebration called Engineers' Week. After a brief hiatus in the 1990s, Engineers' Week was brought back in 1998 with large support from the student body.[15]

The Engineers' Week activities became Engineering and Science Week in order to include students majoring in science degrees after the College of Engineering and the School of Science merged. In recent years, the Louisiana Tech Engineering & Science Association has expanded Engineering and Science Week to include new events like E&S Day, the Spring Release Crawfish Boil, the E&S Ball, and the E&S Major Competition.[16]

The Gumbo Fest is held every September by the Engineering and Science Association to provide a way for returning engineering and science students to reconnect after the summer and introduce the incoming freshmen to their peers and professors. Incoming students are introduced to the organizations within the college during the event. The first Gumbo Fest took place in 2001 and has continued every year since. The event was originally held around Bogard Hall, but has recently been moved to Argent Pavilion on the Louisiana Tech Football Complex.[17]

In the first few years of Gumbo Fest, former COES Dean, Dr. Les Guice, would cook a batch of gumbo with his special recipe. When the event became too big for him to tackle, a caterer was brought in to prepare the food.[18]

The Louisiana Tech chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) competes in the Deep South Regional Conference's Concrete Canoe Competition every year. Known as "the America's Cup of Civil Engineering," the Concrete Canoe Competition requires the students to apply lessons and information learned in the classroom toward designing and constructing a water-worthy concrete canoe while developing time management, leadership, and dedication skills.[19] The Louisiana Tech ASCE chapter won the Deep South Regional Conference competition seven times in the school's history and six times in the last eight years (1998, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015). The members of the Deep South Conference are ASCE chapters from universities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

The Louisiana Tech chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) competes in the Deep South Regional Conference's Steel Bridge Competition every year. Known as "the America's Cup of Civil Engineering," the Steel Bridge Competition requires the students to apply lessons and information learned in the classroom toward designing and constructing a steel bridge while developing time management, leadership, and dedication skills.[19] The Louisiana Tech ASCE chapter won the Deep South Regional Conference competition seven times in the school's history and six times in the last eight years (1998, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015). The members of the Deep South Conference are ASCE chapters from universities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

The Louisiana Tech eco-car team was first organized during the 2007-08 academic year. The student team designs innovative fuel-efficient vehicles to compete in the Shell Eco-marathon Americas annual competition in Houston. In 2010, the Louisiana Tech eco-car team won the Urban Concept Design competition and the Urban Concept Team Spirit Award. In 2011, the eco-car team won the Urban Concept Design competition and the Urban Concept Safety Award. In addition, the Louisiana Tech eco-car team set the Urban Concept Gasoline United States record at 646.7 miles per gallon. In 2012, Tech won the Urban Concept Gasoline Design competition and the Urban Concept Team Spirit Award. Also, the Louisiana Tech eco-car team set the Urban Concept Diesel United States record at 488 miles per gallon. In 2013, the team won the Urban Concept Diesel competition.[20] In 2014, La Tech eco-car won the Vehicle Design Award.

The E&S Magazine is the semiannual publication of the Louisiana Tech University College of Engineering and Science. This publication chronicles the activities of the engineering and science students at Louisiana Tech, provides updates on the growth of the College of Engineering and Science, and publishes technical and engineering articles. The two editions of the magazine are usually published in the spring quarter (March–April) and the fall/winter quarter (November–December).

The publication started in September 1939 as The Engineer. The Engineer was published from 1939 until budget cuts led to the magazine's folding in 1991. After a 12-year hiatus, The Engineer resumed biannual publication in 2003. The magazine was renamed The E&S Magazine in 2005 to incorporate the science students within the COES.[21]

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• Alpha Eta Mu Beta (Biomedical Engineering)
• Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering)
• Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering)
• Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering)
• Omega Chi Epsilon (Chemical Engineering)
• Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics)
• Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering)
• Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics)
• Tau Beta Pi (Engineering)
• Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Computer Science)

• Amateur Radio Club (W5HGT)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)[24]
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)[25]
• Association of Cyber Engineers (ACE)[26]
• Association of General Contractors (AGC)
• Astronomy Club
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
• Bulldog Entrepreneurs
• Eco-Car Marathon Team
• Engineering and Science Association (ESA)[27]
• Engineers Without Borders
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nanotechnology Council
• Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)[28]
• Society of Physics Students (SPS)[29]
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)