Rui Yang, Ph.D., professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is leading pioneering work on mid-infrared interband cascade lasers (ICLs) — compact, energy-efficient light sources with wide-ranging real-world applications.
A $19.9 million award from the U.S. National Science Foundation will fund the development of two groundbreaking KaRVIR systems (Dual-Doppler 3D Mobile Ka-band Rapid-Scanning Volume Imaging Radars for Earth System Science), state-of-the-art radars that will provide unique capabilities to close critical observational gaps in the atmospheric science community.
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has announced its 2026 Awards and Honors recipients, recognizing outstanding contributions to the weather, water and climate community. Several individuals connected with the National Weather Center (NWC) at the University of Oklahoma were named as award winners.
The University of Oklahoma’s Sooner Competitive Robotics bested 28 teams from seven countries to win the auto-nav category at the 32nd annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, their third consecutive win and fourth in five years.
The Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships recognized faculty recipients of the awards for excellence in campus-wide research and creative activities, as well as eight recipients of active early career awards, 25 project teams that earned $1 million or more in extramural funding and nine recipients of patents at a ceremony on May 16.
Four students in OU’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering led a comprehensive redesign of the festival’s beloved Christmas tree, a focal point of the display.
Alisa Javadi, Ph.D., professor at the University of Oklahoma School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Program for research that offers the potential for advancing quantum technology development.
From Sooner Magazine: Binbin Weng and an interdisciplinary cadre of researchers are leading the way to reducing methane emissions from oil and gas fields in Oklahoma, across the nation and around the world.
U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Oklahoma 106th among the best schools for engineering graduate programs, climbing four spots from 110th last year.
Sangpil Yoon, Ph.D., in the OU School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His project focuses on creating protein-based nanostructures that can be activated by ultrasound.
Binbin Weng, Ph.D., was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award presented to early-career faculty with the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education. The $497,370 grant will fund his project “Enabling New States of Light in Mid-Wave Infrared Photonics for Gas Sensing Applications.”
Jay W. McDaniel, assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, will receive the 2023 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society Outstanding Young Engineer Award during the society’s 2024 conference in Glasgow, Scotland. McDaniel is the first American scientist to have received the award since 2016 and only the second U.S. recipient within the past decade.
Nathan A. Goodman, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of Research for the Advanced Radar Research Center, has been selected for elevation to Fellow of the IEEE for his “contributions to cognitive and distributed radar signal processing.“
Optica, an international association in optics and photonics, recently announced the election of University of Oklahoma engineering professor Javier Jo, Ph.D., as a Fellow member.
The Strategic Equipment Investment Program, provided by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships, has funded five proposals to purchase equipment expected to advance research and creative activities at the University of Oklahoma.
OU Engineering has welcomed 14 new faculty members for the 2023-24 academic year. This marks a milestone in the college's growth journey, with faculty numbers increasing from just over 100 in 2017 to 175 in 2023. OU Engineering is committed to expanding its faculty ranks, aiming for over 200 faculty members by the 2025-26 academic year, says OU Engineering Dean John Klier. To achieve this goal, the college has initiated more than 20 faculty searches.
Two University of Oklahoma engineering students, Hamilton Young and Lucia Torres, have been recognized by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation as part of the Astronaut Scholars program during Innovators Week and Gala held from Aug. 16-19 in Orlando, Florida.
Eight students hailing from the Gallogly College of Engineering have been chosen as recipients of the summer 2023 Engineering Dissertation Award. The $5,000 award, designed to foster excellence among doctoral students, supports scholars in the final stages of their Ph.D. studies.
University of Oklahoma engineering professor David Ebert, Ph.D., has secured a grant from the Department of Defense-supported System of Systems Consortium to spearhead a project titled “Intelligent Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Industry Study.”
The University of Oklahoma has received funding from the Department of Energy to improve the prediction, sensing, monitoring and reduction of methane and natural gas emissions. This comprehensive research effort aims to advance technology to enhance monitoring and quantify natural gas emissions and support an essential industry need for carbon accounting – how organizations track greenhouse gas emissions to limit climate change.
Hundreds of OU Engineering seniors presented their innovative, high-tech projects at the Gallogly College of Engineering’s Capstone Design Showcase this month. Teams of students, in some cases interdisciplinary teams, worked throughout the academic year to solve real-world challenges faced by industry partners of all sizes. Project sponsors included companies such as Arcosa, Belcan, Federal Aviation Administration, Hitachi, Raven Space Systems, Spiers New Technologies, Textron and Tinker Air Force Base.
Ten students from the Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma were selected to receive this semester’s Engineering Dissertation Award, a $5,000 award created to encourage doctoral students to graduate with excellence. The award helps scholars who are near completion of their Ph.D., says Zahed Siddique, the college’s associate dean for research who heads the committee.
The Wall Street Journal's inaugural ranking of "Best Colleges for Your Dream Career" in Engineering was released May 4. The University of Oklahoma, the only university in the state to make the Top 20 list, ranked #12 amidst a list that includes UCLA, UT Austin and Colorado School of Mines.
There’s no doubt that the Sooner State’s investment in the next generation of innovative technology inspires University of Oklahoma scientist Thirumalai “Venky” Venkatesan. As OU’s director for the Center for Quantum Research and Technology, he praises Oklahoma for making a commitment to new technology that advances the state’s competitiveness.
