The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s College of Engineering will offer three new concentrations this fall to address workforce needs in evolving and burgeoning fields.
Registration is under way for the college’s construction management and manufacturing management concentrations for engineering and technology management majors. The college’s structural engineering and coastal hazards concentration is for civil engineering majors.
The new concentrations are designed to meet evolving workforce needs and to help students find career success and attain leadership roles in their fields, explained Dr. Ahmed Khattab, dean of the College of Engineering. The college has added 11 concentrations since 2020.
“Each is a strategic addition designed to empower our graduates, equipping them the knowledge and training – including specialized skills – needed to tackle industry challenges and address societal issues in fields that are growing faster than the national average,” Khattab explained.
The manufacturing management concentration is structured to provide graduates with the technical expertise and management skills to succeed in an evolving manufacturing industry, including in leadership roles.
The curriculum is designed to prepare graduates for a range of jobs, including manufacturing specialist, product manager, plant manager, production designer, production supervisor and industrial production manager. Its focus is on subjects that include applied mechatronics; robotics for advanced manufacturing; facility planning; supply chain management; manufacturing processes; programmable control systems technology; and industrial safety and operations.
The construction management concentration is structured to give students practical expertise and leadership skills across many phases of the construction process, providing a solid foundation for growth in their careers.
The curriculum is designed to prepare graduates for jobs that include construction project manager, scheduler, estimator, project controls specialist and construction safety specialist.
Its focus is on subjects such as construction materials and methods; building information modeling; cost estimating and budgeting; project management, planning, and control; construction and industrial safety; and professional communication and teamwork.
The structural engineering and coastal hazards concentration is structured to equip students with the skills to address hazards. Those include designing hurricane-resistant structures to protecting coastlines from erosion as part of a growing national focus on infrastructure resilience.
The curriculum is structured to position graduates for careers in civil and structural engineering, playing vital roles the economic and environmental resilience of coastal areas.
Its focus is on subjects such as structural analysis and mechanics; steel design, bridge design, reinforced concrete, resilient structures and structural engineering design; wind engineering and coastal hazards.
For more information about the construction management and manufacturing management concentrations, email Dr. Shelton Houston, head of the Department of Engineering Technology, at shelton.houston@louisiana.edu.
For more information about the structural engineering and coastal hazards concentration, email Dr. Jamal Khattak, interim head of the Department of Civil Engineering, at mohammad.khattak@louisiana.edu.
Caption: UL Lafayette’s College of Engineering will offer new concentrations this fall to address workforce needs – in manufacturing management, construction management and structural engineering and coastal hazards. Image credit: University of Louisiana at Lafayette