Dr. Boyun Guo is an endowed professor in petroleum engineering and serves as the director of the Center for Optimization of Petroleum Systems. His research interests focus on oil and gas well construction, production systems, and well testing. He is internationally recognized for his pioneering work on product recovery using both primary and enhanced recovery methods.
Vaughan is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research includes a variety of controls and robotics-related work, including vibration control, input shaping, crane control, human-machine interfaces, autonomous vehicles, and the design and control of robots for inspection, rescue, and manufacturing.
Stauffer is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology. She studies how coastal phytoplankton (microscopic plant-like organisms) contribute to and are affected by environmental changes such as harmful algal blooms and depletion of oxygen in coastal waters. She also explores the relationship between human activities and coastal health, and the sustainability of aquatic ecosystems in general.
Smith is an associate professor in the Department of Biology. Her research focuses on how genes orchestrate brain development before and after birth, and how developmental events affect neuropsychiatric disorders.
Sandoz is the Emma Louise LeBlanc Burguieres/BORSF Endowed Professor of Social Sciences and serves as the graduate coordinator for the psychology M.S. degree program.
Latiolais is an associate professor in the School of Architecture and Design, and serves as the graduate coordinator for the master of architecture program.
Huang-Davie joined UL Lafayette in 1999 as a piano instructor. She also serves as the coordinator of collaborative piano, a musical production coach for the UL Lafayette Opera Theater, and a chamber music coach.
Environmental and Evolutionary Biology Ph.D. candidate Ivan Moberly has been named the 2021 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant by the Graduate School.
Francophone Studies Ph.D. candidate Sarah Smith is the recipient of the 2021 Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award.
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