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Research at the University of New Orleans

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Research at the University of New Orleans

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Robotic Eel

Robotic Eel Project featured on Discovery Channel

The robotic eel project led by a faculty member in the University of New Orleans’ School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering was featured on the Discovery Channel Canada program Daily Planet. The project appeared in a Dec. 6 segment entitled “Robogeddon.” Read More >>

Biology

UNO Biologist Awarded $600K Grant

UNO professor Wendy Schluchter was awarded a 4-year $632,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study light harvesting proteins in bacteria. The project has a wide variety of applications including, including research into how diseases like cancer occur. 
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Recent Awards

According to the NSF Webcaspar database and our NSF Expenditure Survey for 2009 UNO has three programs in the sciences and social sciences in the top 100 of their discipline for federally-funded research:

  • Sociology (#58)
  • Chemistry (#59)
  • Earth & Environmental Science (#61)

 

UNO Gets $1.5 Million NASA Grant for Air Traffic Research

The University of New Orleans is the recipient of a 3-year $1.5 million NASA grant to make improvements to the nation's air traffic system. Read more >>