The Gallogly College of Engineering congratulates Hunter Helvey, a senior Biology major and undergraduate researcher in Dr. John Clegg’s Biomedical Engineering lab, on being named the overall Grand Prize winner at the 2026 Research Day at the Capitol, held April 28 at the Oklahoma State Capitol.
The Gallogly College of Engineering is strengthening its commitment to faculty excellence through the FAST Program (Faculty, Advise, Support, Thrive), a new initiative designed to accelerate the success of early-career faculty and enhance the college’s research and educational impact.
Sooners Without Borders (SWB), a student organization in the Gallogly College of Engineering, recently took a group of 11 University of Oklahoma students to Ecuador for an international service-learning experience. The group spent winter break, January 7–18, 2026, at the Regeneration Field Institute, a 70-acre regenerative agroforestry farm focused on sustainable land management and community collaboration.
In a study published in the journal Communications Engineering, Chongle Pan, an OU professor of computer science and biomedical engineering, and Penghua Wang, a doctoral student in data science and analytics, detail a machine learning model that dramatically accelerates the manufacturing timeline of monoclonal antibodies.
The demand for engineers continues to grow across Oklahoma and the nation. OU Engineering is responding by investing early in future talent through Engineering Days, a summer program that helps students see engineering as accessible, practical, and impactful.
