In the past year, LSU and Louisiana Tech University teamed up and received a 5-year grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents (BoR) to perform research and to set up a "secure cyber center". La Tech is the prime contractor, and LSU is the subcontractor. The funding level from BoR is about $3.6 million dollars. Adding the matching funds from both universities, the total is about $8 million dollars. The project will focus on sensor networks and cyber security.

At LSU, Dr. Iyengar and Dr. Peter Chen (together with Dr. Gabrielle Allen and Dr. Tevfik Kosar) are the faculty members heavily involved in this project. This project will work closely with the cyber command at Barksdale AFB and the cyber innovation center to be set up near Barksdale AFB. Since Dr.Peter Chen a member of the AF Scientific Advisory Board, and he has already visited the Barksdale AFB several times to discuss cooperation opportunities.