The office of stem engagement (ostem) seeks to: attract students to stem through unique learning opportunities that spark interest and provide connections to nasas mission and work engage students…

NASA's Shared Services Center awarded Louisiana Board of Regents a $750,000 cooperative agreement on October 1, 2025, under the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (CFDA 43.016) to attract students to STEM through unique learning opportunities that spark interest and provide connections to NASA's mission and engage students in authentic learning experiences with NASA's people. The award runs through September 30, 2028, with place of performance in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Louisiana Board of Regents, a state government entity that serves as fiscal agent for federal research funding directed to Louisiana universities, passes through funding to Louisiana State University to deliver two coordinated sub-awards. Louisiana State University executes a research project titled "Advancing Manufacturing of Sustainable Multi-Material Composite Structures for Space Applications Via Ultrasonic Welding" (sub-award 80NSSC25M0003-NASA/LEQSF(2025-28)-Phase3-19, awarded October 17, 2025) and provides scientific and technical management for the composite structures research initiative (sub-award 80NSSC25M0003-NASA(2025-28)-Research-MGT-19, awarded October 7, 2025).

The office of stem engagement (ostem) seeks to: attract students to stem through unique learning opportunities that spark interest and provide connections to nasas mission and work engage students in authentic learning experiences with nasas people