the expo gives our students the opportunity to network with industry professionals.” During LAGCOE, students invited company representatives to attend UL Lafayette’s 2012 Engineering and Technology Expo Day, which was held on campus on March 28. “We want give our students the best education possible, while keeping pace with technology, testing and best practices that are being used in the industry today. We want to keep the conversation going,” Boukadi said.
Photo courtesy of UL Lafayette
The Louisiana Cajundome
A 5 a.m.
Day in the Life
6 a.m.
Wake up. Check Get ready for work. overnight email messages and news. Get on the bike for a ride around the block.
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7:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Drop kids at school Meet with graduate and arrive at and undergraduate Abdalla Hall. students enrolled in my Computer Science Special Projects course to discuss their work with the staff from the Center for Business & Information Technologies. Students were involved with the development a software system that provides reports, forecasts and simulations of Louisiana’s workforce supply and demand, to help the State of Louisiana with strategic and policy decisions related to education, workforce development and economic development.
9:15 a.m.
Receive the Deputy Commissioner of the Louisiana Division of Administration who arrives at Abdalla Hall for demonstration of a software tool developed by the NIMSAT Institute. The software system collects data and provides analytics that will assist the State of Louisiana on claims related to the Gulf Oil Spill.
Dr. Ramesh Kolluru, 10:15 a.m.
Leave for Wharton Hall to attend an interview/meeting with one of the candidates for the position of the university provost.
Noon
Return to Abdalla Hall to join the Louisiana Workforce Commission team and finalize details for transfer of Workforce Supply and Demand Forecast Simulator for use in their offices. Join graduate students enrolled in my Advanced Topics in Computer Information Systems course for lunch and a conversation on the progress of their projects.
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