BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU and Louisiana Tech University established the Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance (CISIA), the first Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC ...

A single component failure can bring an entire system to a halt, leading to costly downtime, safety risks and compromised performance. For mechanical engineers, designing critical components isn’t ...

The probable cause of the American Airlines Flight 587 crash on Nov. 12, 2001, was "in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by ...

The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...

In 2021, the east building of the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida, collapsed due to excessive deterioration that was left in disrepair for many years, claiming the lives of nearly 100 people.