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MIT in Louisiana

241

MIT students from Louisiana since 2020

282

MIT alumni in Louisiana

6,168

MITx learners in Louisiana

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Clusters of thin green plastic blades mimicking marsh grass stand upright in rows on a perforated white surface in a lab setting.

How marsh grass protects shorelines

MIT civil engineer Heidi Nepf, who studies how marsh grass protects coastlines, is working to apply her findings to Louisiana's coastal restoration and planning.

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Exploring education from all angles

At MIT, Louisiana native David Spicer ’23 deployed his passion for education policy to explore innovative solutions to educational challenges.

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New catalog more than doubles the number of gravitational-wave detections made by LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA observatories

MIT researchers have played a leading role in detecting hundreds of possible gravitational-wave events at observatories including one in Livingston, Louisiana.

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View from the Louisiana State Capitol grounds in Baton Rouge, with a bronze statue amid formal gardens and government buildings stretching to the horizon.

MIT works with Louisiana employers 

MIT is engaged with these employers that have a significant presence in Louisiana:

  • Amazon
  • Eni
  • Entergy
  • ExxonMobil
  • Lumen Technologies
  • Shell
  • Tulane University
  • US Air Force
  • US Army
  • US Coast Guard
  • US Marine Corps
  • US Navy
  • Walmart
     
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MIT alumni make a difference in Louisiana

Louisiana organizations where MIT alumni hold key positions include City of New Orleans; Xavier University of Louisiana; Caulfield Consulting Group; Camelback Ventures; QDS Systems; Outlier; Mezzo Technology; Arcadis; Lineage North America; Louisiana State University; and Tulane University.