Dr. Somik Ghosh, Associate Professor in the Haskell and Irene Lemon Division of Construction Science, recently presented his research findings at the Oklahoma Building Summit & Expo in Oklahoma City. The summit was held on September 14th and 15th and was attended by over five hundred attendees and over seventy exhibitors. The summit promotes better building practices across the state of Oklahoma by offering educational opportunities and an expo of suppliers and vendors of building materials.
Dr. Ghosh presented the findings of his ongoing study on the cost-benefit analyses of FORTIFIED Homes. The FORTIFIED construction method is a voluntary construction standard that aims to protect homes against severe weather. The cost-benefit analysis is being conducted by Dr. Ghosh and Dr. Ben Bigelow with assistance from Construction Science graduate student Alex Smith.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Thinh "Henry" Duong, a master's student in the Division of Interior Design, for earning first place in the 2026 Robert Bruce Thompson Annual Student Light Fixture Design Competition.
Gibbs College of Architecture Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Director and Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) faculty member Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., recently published a new book, Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum.
In May, students from the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture's Architecture, Environmental Design, and Interior Design programs participated in an intensive five-day Studio in Residence at Taliesin West, the iconic winter home and desert laboratory of Frank Lloyd Wright.
