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Fourteen CCT Faculty Honored Among LSU's 2009 Rainmakers

BATON ROUGE -- The LSU Office of Research and Economic Development has selected 100 University Rainmakers , honoring research and creative faculty who are nationally and internationally recognized for innovative research and creative scholarship, who compete for external funding at the highest levels and who attract and mentor exceptional graduate students.

Included on this year's list of Rainmakers are 14 faculty members with the LSU Center for Computation & Technology , or CCT, who were honored for their work in their respective departments across campus.

CCT's faculty Rainmakers are:

Department of Computer Science
Gabrielle Allen
Sitharama Iyengar
Tevfik Kosar
Thomas Sterling
Brygg Ullmer

School of Music
Stephen David Beck

Department of Mathematics
Susanne Brenner
Robert Lipton

Department of Information Systems & Decision Sciences
Rudy Hirschheim

Department of Physics & Astronomy
Mark Jarrell

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Jagganathan "Ram" Ramanujam

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
 Q. Jim Chen

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sumanta Acharya

Department of Petroleum Engineering
Chris White

This is the second year the Office of Research & Economic Development has selected LSU Rainmakers, and they plan to continue this process annually. Last year, 10 CCT faculty members were selected among the inaugural group of Rainmakers.

The University honored this year's Rainmakers with a special reception on campus in October.

For more information on LSU's Rainmakers or to see a complete list of 2009 winners, please visit http://www.research.lsu.edu/rainmakers.shtml.