OU will expand its role as a national asset for defense-relevant research, workforce development, and rapid innovation.
Aerospace and Defense Systems: advanced flight systems, autonomy, and guidance
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing: aerospace materials, composites, coatings, metals for additive manufacturing, rapid qualification, and in-situ property prediction
Embedded Software & Cybersecurity: secure embedded systems, cyber-physical resilience, and trusted computing
Quantum Sensing and Advanced Sensing: Radio frequency/optical, quantum-enabled intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and sensing platforms
AI for Defense Applications: mission-driven AI, perception, decision support, and multi-modal data fusion
Defense Policy and Strategy: policy faculty bridging technology, security, and national readiness
Sarah Sharif, a researcher with the University of Oklahoma, has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to create innovative light detectors that pick up mid-wave and long-wave infrared signals at higher temperatures than previously considered achievable.
Song Fang, a professor in the School of Computer Science, has been awarded funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation to create training-free detection methods and novel countermeasures to protect sensitive information from emerging wireless eavesdropping techniques.
The University of Oklahoma and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Department of Energy’s largest multi-program science and energy laboratory, have entered a strategic collaboration to establish a cutting-edge additive manufacturing center based in Norman, OK.
