LSU PROF DEVELOPING 'SOFT' ROBOT
Hunter Gilbert, an assistant mechanical engineering professor at LSU is developing a "soft" robot made of carbon fiber for NASA through a grant from the Board of Regents and the Louisiana Space Consortium. Gilbert and his students will spend a year constructing a soft robot in an LSU lab. Initially, the project will focus on modeling, simulation and design. The final six months will focus on experimental evaluation. Soft robots are also being investigated for surgical use, as well as for industry inspection and maintenance.
NOLA HARBOR CHIEF
Melanie Montroll has been named as chief of the Harbor Police Department at the Port of New Orleans. Montroll is a 21-year veteran of the harbor police department, spending the past five years as assistant chief. She succeeds Chief Robert Hecker, who will retire after 26 years. Montroll is a graduate of the FBI Leeda Leadership Trilogy program; has an undergraduate degree in business administration from SUNO and a master's in business administration from the University of New Orleans. (Source: NOLA.com 03/27/22)
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