LSU Ehrlich Award Winner Elected to Prestigious Fellowship (A Learn and Serve America Grantee)

Biological Engineer Professor Marybeth Lima, 2007 Thomas Ehrlich Award winner, was recently elected Fellow of the prestigious American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, joining more than 900 international engineers and scientists, among them Nobel Prize winners. Lima and her students work with East Baton Rouge Parish public school students, teachers, parents, and administrators to design, implement and raise funds for "dream playgrounds" created by elementary school students. Her service-learning project goal is to design and build a safe playground for every parish public school, all of which will be accessible to children with disabilities and will incorporate the children's own creativity. To date, Lima and her students have designed and/or constructed 13 playgrounds with the assistance of numerous community groups and funding agencies.