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Editor's Note: OU Engineering faculty are bringing unprecedented success to the Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. In 2023, the National Science Foundation announced that six engineering faculty received an Early Career Development Award (CAREER) that recognizes junior faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and to learn research advances. As the world transitions toward more renewable energy resources and deals with the consequences of a changing climate, the resiliency of energy infrastructure are becoming ever more urgent. University of Oklahoma researcher Paul Moses, Ph.D., has received a Faculty Early CAREER Development award from the National Science Foundation to better understand how chaotic grid disturbances from events like solar storms impact energy infrastructure. In one of the first documented incidents, the 1859 Carrington Event, an extreme solar flare caused telegraph systems to go haywire worldwide. Li...

Editor's Note: OU Engineering faculty are bringing unprecedented success to the Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. In 2023, the National Science Foundation announced that six engineering faculty received an Early Career Development Award (CAREER) that recognizes junior faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and to learn research advances. Understanding energy use and its impact on the sustainability of the electrical grid is critical to accelerating the reduction of global carbon emissions. University of Oklahoma researcher Jie Cai, Ph.D., has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award, known as a CAREER award, from the National Science Foundation to better understand the interplay of an individual’s financial and environmental goals in shaping their energy use behaviors. During peak demand hours for most electricity markets in the United States, electricity prices are high while carbon emission rates are low d...

Emuobosa Patience Ojoboh is a second-year graduate student pursuing a dual degree in geology and data analytics. Born in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, oil production and its environmental impacts including poor air quality, water and soil pollution, were a part of daily life. “I am from a very small minority community. I grew up seeing how oil production affected the community and how all the side effects that were not discussed then were affecting the community,” she said. “Growing up, even at a very young age, I wanted to be part of the energy industry working to improve things. I knew there was a problem even as a young girl, but I also knew that energy was very important, so I wanted to be part of the solution for producing energy more safely and sustainably that was also reliable and affordable.” As one of four daughters growing up in a community where girls were not expected to be educated, Ojoboh is grateful for the support of her parents to pursue her education. “My parents were ...

Editor's Note: OU Engineering faculty are bringing unprecedented success to the Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. In 2023, the National Science Foundation announced that six engineering faculty received an Early Career Development Award (CAREER) that recognizes junior faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and to learn research advances. Jay W. McDaniel, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a researcher in the Advanced Radar Research Center at the University of Oklahoma, has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program, known as a CAREER award, from the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs. This five-year project will allow the McDaniel Microwave Group to develop a custom unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV-based radar suite with sophisticated signal processing techniques, to measure the depth and distribution of snow and ice to support a...

Editor's Note: OU Engineering faculty are bringing unprecedented success to the Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. In 2023, the National Science Foundation announced that six engineering faculty received an Early Career Development Award (CAREER) that recognizes junior faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and to learn research advances. Qinggong Tang, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, has received a prestigious CAREER award through the Faculty Early Career Development Program of the National Science Foundation. The five-year project will develop novel endoscopic optical imaging techniques to provide real-time visualizations to improve clinicians’ ability to successfully administer needle-based medical interventions. Many health treatments require medication delivery through injection, called needle-based interventions. Some examples include the delivery of anesthesia, a tu...

Editor's Note: OU Engineering faculty are bringing unprecedented success to the Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. In 2023, the National Science Foundation announced that six engineering faculty received an Early Career Development Award (CAREER) that recognizes junior faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and to learn research advances. Abrupt weather extremes, changing climate and frequent natural hazards such as floods and droughts create challenges for our nation’s aging reservoir systems. Tiantian Yang, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation to help mitigate these problems. During the five-year project, Yang will seek to develop an integrated solution that addresses the variability and uncertainty of precipitation and develop a novel artificial intel...

Ten Gallogly College of Engineering students at the University of Oklahoma were selected to receive Engineering Dissertation Awards, a $5,000 award created to encourage doctoral students to graduate with excellence. The award helps scholars near completion of their Ph.D., says Zahed Siddique, the college’s associate dean for research who heads the committee.  Established in 2018, the Engineering Dissertation Award is made possible by the Thomas Ira Brown, Jr. Endowed Scholarship. Brown (1926-2016) created a new market for electronic control of industrial gas turbines. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electric engineering from OU in 1950.  Fall 2022 recipients are:   Tanvir Ahad, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, recommended by Jie Cai, Ph.D. Topic: “Investigating creativity in engineers and effects of indoor environment quality (IEQ): A temporal approach”  Research: “Investigations of creativity have been an intriguing topic for a long time, but as...

In January, over 80 people gathered for the 2023 Sustainability Forum at the University of Oklahoma to identify ways to overcome current technological hurdles, maintain a diverse, inclusive, and equitable society and ultimately achieve a better, more sustainable world. Panels included speakers from both OU and across the globe, each focusing on a different topic: social aspects of sustainability, technical research on sustainability, industrial approaches to sustainability and outlooks on sustainability. In the session, “VPRP Initiatives Toward a Sustainable Energy Transition,” OU Vice President for Research and Partnerships Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, Ph.D., and Tim Filley, Ph.D., director of OU’s Institute for Resilient Environmental and Energy Systems, contributed on the topics of nuclear fusion and hydrogen, respectively. “We’re at a 650,000-year record for greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere and we’re not making much progress mitigating global carbon dioxide emissions,” Día...

Eight Gallogly College of Engineering students at the University of Oklahoma were selected to receive Engineering Dissertation Awards, a $5,000 award to encourage doctoral students to graduate with excellence. The award helps scholars near completion of their Ph.D., says Zahed Siddique, the college’s associate dean for research who heads the committee.  Established in 2018, the Engineering Dissertation Award is made possible by the Thomas Ira Brown, Jr. Endowed Scholarship. Brown (1926-2016) created a new market for electronic control of industrial gas turbines. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electric engineering from OU in 1950.  Summer 2022 recipients are:   Adrien Badré, School of Computer Science, recommended by Chongle Pan, Ph.D. About Adrien Badré: “Adrien has proven to be an outstanding interdisciplinary researcher. He published his first research paper in “IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering” in 2020 during his master’s degree studies. His w...