The Louisiana State University Industrial Assessment Center (LS-IAC) provides free energy, productivity, and waste assessments to small and medium sized industrial facilities through funding provided by the US Department of Energy.
50 | Assessments |
306 | Recommendations |
0.71 | Tbtu Energy Saving* |
$5.65 | million Cost Savings* |
40 | Students Trained |



Related Papers & Publications
Mohammad Hassan, Ahmad Ebrahimi, Hyun Woo Jeon, Chao Wang,
"
Compressed air leakage detection and quantification through infrared thermography,",
Proceedings of the 2020 IISE Annual Conference,
Virtual Conference,
11/1 to 11/3,
Vansh Vyas, Hyun Woo Jeon,
"
Estimating Energy Costs by Simulating Dependence between Turning Parameters,",
Proceedings of the 2020 IISE Annual Conference,
Virtual Conference,
11/1 to 11/3,
Hyun Woo Jeon, Sung Hoon Chung, Kijung Park,
"
A nonparametric approach to modeling dependence among production parameters for energy cost estimation,",
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,
5/1,
Noteworthy Feedback
"I am so thankful to you and your team for getting this done for us, and I know it will go a long way in helping us move forward with our water and energy sustainability."
- Source: William David Motes, Management Systems Manager, New Orleans Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 02/01/2019
- Source: William David Motes, Management Systems Manager, New Orleans Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 02/01/2019
"Your recommendations are excellent and I thank you and your team for spending the time on this project. Come back any time!"
- Source: Jacob Talley, CEO, Tin Roof Brewing Co., 10/16/2018
- Source: Jacob Talley, CEO, Tin Roof Brewing Co., 10/16/2018
""We wanted to let you know how impressed we were with your team's knowledge, professionalism, and humility.""
- Source: Alexander Callahan, Senior Business Analyst, Targa Resources, 05/18/2018
- Source: Alexander Callahan, Senior Business Analyst, Targa Resources, 05/18/2018
Related Papers & Publications
2020
4 Papers / Publications
Mohammad Hassan, Ahmad Ebrahimi, Hyun Woo Jeon, Chao Wang,
"
Compressed air leakage detection and quantification through infrared thermography,",
Proceedings of the 2020 IISE Annual Conference,
Virtual Conference,
11/1 to 11/3,
Vansh Vyas, Hyun Woo Jeon,
"
Estimating Energy Costs by Simulating Dependence between Turning Parameters,",
Proceedings of the 2020 IISE Annual Conference,
Virtual Conference,
11/1 to 11/3,
Hyun Woo Jeon, Sung Hoon Chung, Kijung Park,
"
A nonparametric approach to modeling dependence among production parameters for energy cost estimation,",
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,
5/1,
Ahmad Ebrahimi, Hyun Woo Jeon, Seokgi Lee, Chao Wang,
"
Minimizing total energy cost and tardiness penalty for a scheduling-layout problem in a flexible job shop system: A comparison of four metaheuristic algorithms,",
Computers & Industrial Engineering,
March,
| doi:10.1016/j.cie.2020.106295
2019
2 Papers / Publications
Ahmad Ebrahimi, Hyun Woo Jeon,
"
A hybrid metaheuristic for minimizing total tardiness and electricity costs,",
Proceedings of the 2019 IISE Annual Conference,
Orlando, FL, USA,
5/20,
Hyun Woo Jeon, Seokgi Lee, Chao Wang,
"
Estimating manufacturing electricity costs by simulating dependence between production parameters,",
Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing 55 (2019) 129–140,
| doi:10.1016/j.rcim.2018.07.009
2018
1 Papers / Publications
Ahmad Ebrahimi, Hyun Woo Jeon,
"
Minimizing total tardiness and energy cost by considering layout and scheduling in a flexible job shop,",
Proceedings of the 2018 IISE Annual Conference,
2017
2 Papers / Publications
Hyun Woo Jeon, Seokgi Lee, Amin Kargarian, Yuncheol Kang,
"
Power demand risk models on milling machines,",
Journal of Cleaner Production 165 (2017),
| doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.101
Seokgi Lee, Byung Do Chung, Hyun Woo Jeon, Jaeyeon Chang,
"
A dynamic control approach for energy-efficient production scheduling on a single machine under time-varying electricity pricing,",
Journal of Cleaner Production 165 (2017),
| doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.102
Noteworthy Feedback
"I am so thankful to you and your team for getting this done for us, and I know it will go a long way in helping us move forward with our water and energy sustainability."
- Source: William David Motes, Management Systems Manager, New Orleans Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 02/01/2019
"Your recommendations are excellent and I thank you and your team for spending the time on this project. Come back any time!"
- Source: Jacob Talley, CEO, Tin Roof Brewing Co., 10/16/2018
""We wanted to let you know how impressed we were with your team's knowledge, professionalism, and humility.""
- Source: Alexander Callahan, Senior Business Analyst, Targa Resources, 05/18/2018
""Please let the entire team know that Blast Tech is very impressed and grateful for the quality of the data provided by the students. Because the data is so through it allows us to determine are areas of focus with very little additional input required.""
- Source: Andre Fontova, CEO, Blast Tech, 04/20/2017
Contact Center
Center Website
Center Director | Dr. Jonathan Shi |
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jshi@lsu.edu | |
Phone # | +12255781255 |
Fax # | n/a |
Mailing Address |
3316D Patrick F. Taylor Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 |
Assistant Director | Dr. Chao Wang |
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Assistant Director | Dr. Hyun Jeon |
Louisiana State University has trained 40 students
The following students have participated in IAC assessments with Louisiana State University since 2003, when student name tracking began.
The 16 students (in BOLD) have also been awarded IAC student certificates for exceptional participation.
The 16 students (in BOLD) have also been awarded IAC student certificates for exceptional participation.
Abigail Nix
Ahmad Ebrahimi
Amanda Cannella
Berk Mollaoglu
Bhavya Ramachandran
Cameron Torres
Carmen Calderon
Caroline Beeman
Carson Rigol
Casie Jones
Cole Lambert
Daril Nantchouang
David Quiring
Ella Blossman
Entai Xu
Jake Rovira
Jasmine Bekkaye
Joshua Nabatilan
Julie Reinecke
Keith Hunter
Kyle Dear
Laleh Ghanbari
Macy Delatte
Mohammad Hassan
Nicholas Hardy
Nicholas Kellner
Perry Rodrigue
Peter Kim
Rickiea Hill
Roshan Sojitra
Seth Ledet
Shelbie Schexnaydre
Solveig Refve
Srikanth Bangaru
Tarun Ayiluri
Tommy Nguyen
Travis Daly
Tyler Braud
Vansh Vyas
Weile Wei
Apply for an IAC Assessment
Specific Eligibility Requirements*:
- Must be a US Manufacturer
- Yearly Energy Bills:
- Greater than $100,000
- Less than $2,500,000
- Within 150 miles of an IAC
*For special cases, certain requirements may be waived.
Final client selection is left to the discretion of the individual IAC center.