College of Engineering

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s first Bachelor of Science degree in artificial intelligence will be offered to Louisiana State University students this fall at the Baton Rouge campus. Backed by the Louisiana Board of Regents on March 24, the new undergraduate degree is aimed at preparing the next generation of AI leaders by giving students a broad and deep understanding of how to design, analyze, and deploy modern AI systems. With AI transforming work in every sector, Interim Provost Troy Blanchard said it’s essential that the state’s land grant institution offer a rigorous and comprehensive academic program in these emerging technologies.

LSU has swept the 2026 Construction Management Competition, a national student-led competition testing undergraduates’ ability to manage a major construction project and meet the highest standards for safety, quality, and efficiency.

In mid-March, 22 members of the LSU Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) spent their spring break traveling more than five hours to Tuscaloosa, Ala., while hauling a 250-lb., 17-ft.-long canoe behind them on the interstate. This team of LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering students used what knowledge they gained in their CEE classes to construct a canoe made of concrete to compete in the ASCE Gulf Coast Student Symposium Concrete Canoe Competition, an annual event that could be considered a rite of passage for LSU Civil Engineering students.