Founded: 1998
Full Time: 14
Part Time: 4
Budget: 1,000,000
Director:
M. Sam Rindskopf
5220 Hollywood Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71109
Telephone: 318-635-7800 FAX: 318-635-7871 E-Mail:gm@lacenter.org
Website: http://www.lacenter.org
Research Areas:
The Louisiana Center for Manufacturing Sciences is a not-for-profit, independent, 501(c)(3) research institute with members including General Motors Power Train, Raytheon Consulting Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, ExtrudeHone, Aerojet, and the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana. This consortium brings a wide spectrum of industrial experience to programs supported by the Louisiana Center. The Louisiana Center is headquartered in Shreveport, Louisiana. The mission of the Louisiana Center is (1) to encourage collaboration between manufacturing, research and educational institutions involved in manufacturing sciences, (2) to develop, demonstrate and implement technological innovations to improve manufacturing processes, (3) to obtain and commercialize intellectual property rights consistent with the interests of it Active Members and Affiliate Members and in accordance with its status as a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation, (4) to acquire and manage development programs consistent with the expertise resident in its Members, (5) to conduct the activities of the corporation, including research, development, manufacturing and training.
Areas of Expertise: Information technology, manufacturing enterprise systems engineering, telecommunications; integrated manufacturing systems; manufacturing information systems; open modular architecture controls; robotics; micro-manufacturing; electronic miniaturization; precision machining
Special Capabilities and Facilities: Integration of manufacturing enterprise systems that provide real-time response to product, process, and engineering changes
Research Equipment: Kearney & Tracker Milwaukee-Matic 600 4-Axis Horizontal Mill; Zeiss WMM 850 Coordinate Measuring Machine; Denford 3-Axis CNC Micromill; Cincinnati Milacron Acramatic 850 Lathe Cinturn 12C Chucking Machine; 3D Laser Digitizer, and multi-media collaborative communications centers.
Keywords:
0735000 Instruments/instrumentation/Devices
1004030 Computer Architecture
0607067 Circuits Theory/Architecture
0607004 Control Systems (Electronic)
0901068 Industrial Robotics
0607019 Robotics
1016004 Technology Transfer