Louisiana Tech Construction Engineering Technology (CET) students have been awarded a $11,500
grant from the North American Society for Trenchless Technology to attend the 2026
No-Dig Show in Palm Springs, California.
Mr. Reginald Jeter, program chair of CET, congratulated the coed officers of Louisiana
Tech’s joint Associated General Contractors (AGC)/NASTT Student Chapter for his or her
management and initiative in securing this funding.
“We’re extremely happy with our chapter officers: President Jackson McKinney, Vice
President Colby Staffier, Treasurer Jacob Murray, Secretary Kate Hudson, and Philanthropy
Chair Ethan Robertson for his or her arduous work and dedication to advancing pupil engagement
within the trenchless expertise trade,” Jeter stated.
NASTT’s Student Chapter Grant Program helps actions that construct schooling, abilities,
and trade connections via job website visits, coaching, and partnerships with
trenchless expertise corporations. This 12 months introduced a document variety of funding requests
that exceeded the funds by greater than $50,000, so reviewers evaluated proposals, journey
prices, previous attendance, and pupil conduct fastidiously. Louisiana Tech’s robust historical past
and pupil professionalism helped safe this 12 months’s award, which is able to help pupil
participation within the 2026 No-Dig Show, an occasion that brings collectively trade leaders,
researchers, and students from throughout North America to discover the newest improvements
in underground infrastructure and pipeline techniques.
“This funding helps our students achieve hands-on publicity to the newest improvements
driving the way forward for underground infrastructure,” stated Dr. John Matthews, professor
of Civil Engineering and director of Louisiana Tech’s Trenchless Technology Center.
“Our students should not solely studying from main professionals within the discipline however are
additionally contributing to the following era of analysis and innovation in trenchless
expertise.”
About Louisiana Tech’s College of Engineering and Science
The College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University integrates engineering
and scientific analysis with schooling to arrange students to unravel complicated, real-world
issues. The faculty is nationally acknowledged for its collaborative, interdisciplinary
method and dedication to innovation in engineering, science, and expertise.