LSU College of Engineering and Communication across the Curriculum introduce the University's first-ever Engineering Communication Studio

November 9, 2005

The College of Engineering and the Communication across the Curriculum Program (CxC), in a collaborative attempt to enhance students’ written, oral, visual, and technological communication skills, opened its Engineering Communication Studio on Monday, Oct. 24 th.

The studio, planned by CxC, represents a collaborative effort of the College of Engineering, the Student Technology Fee Committee, and the CxC staff, which proposed this approach to the University Provost and Dean of Engineering. Using this studio as a model, we hope to open more studios in other colleges where students can learn communication skills using state-of-the-art technology, as well as seek expert advice about their projects,” said Lillian Bridwell-Bowles, Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) Director.

Located in Room 2302 of the Center for Engineering and Business Administration (CEBA), the studio provides students with a high-tech applications center with 17 computer work stations and an internet café atmosphere. The studio houses a conference room and a SMART Board™, which is a touch-sensitive display permitting control of computer applications directly from the display including writing notes in digital ink to be saved or shared via email. It also contains a three-dimensional printer that enables students’ designs to “come to life” through the creation of a function ABS plastic model directly from design files. The Communication Studio is staffed with both communication and engineering instructors ready to provide group and/or individual instruction.

Through the creation of the Engineering Communication Studio, students will have valuable tools readily available to them for enhancing their communications skills during their tenure here at LSU.  As the inaugural studio of its kind on campus, we have an obligation to develop this unique resource into a recognizable leader not only at LSU, but also for a nationally recognized role model," said Warren Hull, Communication across the Curriculum Coordinator.