AME Professor Receives International Design Engineering Award

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Farrokh Mistree, Ph.D., L.A. Comp Chair in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has received an ICONNN Award from the International Conference series on Research into Design (ICoRD’23) organizing committee. 

Mistree is one of two recipients globally selected for making outstanding contributions to the advancement of research and/or education in design. In January 2023, he will deliver a keynote titled “From Make to DESIGN and Make” at the ninth International Conference on Research Into Design at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India.

“Design, in its ubiquitous and inter-disciplinary sense, is one of the fastest growing areas of research, education and practice. However, while there are numerous awards for design practitioners, there are very few awards to acknowledge and honor outstanding researchers and educators of design. These awards are a small step to addressing this gap,” said Amaresh Chakrabarti, conference and program chair.  

ICoRD was established in 2015. The award acronym, ICONNN (pronounced ‘icon’) stands for ICoRD Outstanding Contribution to desigN scieNce and educatioN. 

In 2009, Mistree joined the University of Oklahoma. He has co-authored two textbooks, five monographs and more than 500 technical papers dealing with the co-design of materials, products and associated manufacturing processes, the design of mechanical, thermal, and structural systems; ships and aircraft; engineered networks. He has co-mentored 35 doctoral students and 65 master’s students; 19 of his mentees are pursuing careers in higher education. He is an American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Associate Fellow. He was named the ASME Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Engineering Design Educator. He has been recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He also has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Agile Manufacturing. 

Mistree co-directs the Systems Realization Laboratory at OU with Janet K. Allen, Ph.D., professor and John and Mary Moore Chair in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Their current research focus is titled “Public Policy as an Evolving Cyber-Physical Social System.” 

By Lorene A. Roberson, OU Gallogly College of Engineering


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