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Kash Barker, a professor at the University of Oklahoma's School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was honored as a Fellow, Class of 2023, by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers at the National Conference held May 20-23 in New Orleans.  The IISE Fellow award recognizes outstanding leaders in the profession who have made significant, nationally recognized contributions to the field of industrial and systems engineering.  Barker was unable to attend the conference due to fulfillment of his duties as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Fellow. He was selected for the Fulbright Finland Foundation's Seeking Solutions for Global Challenges program and is completing his five month assignment at Aalto University in Finland. Barker earned his bachelor and master's degrees in industrial engineering from OU and his doctorate in systems engineering from the University of Virginia. His research focuses on the areas of risk and reliability analysis, systems engineering and analyti

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. Chris Dalton, Ph.D., associate professor of practice, oversees the capstone experience for the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering . AME senior projects are: Aircraft Seat Bracket Redesign Design of X-Ray Tube Head Stand (interdisciplinary with School of Industrial Engineering) Sooner Off-Road: CVT Design Sooner Off-Road: Shock Dynamometer Sooner Racing Team Sooner Rover Team (interdisciplinary with School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ) Turbine Engine Improvement (

Excellence is a crucial aspect in the development of OU Engineering's community. Each year, the Office of Leadership and Volunteerism at the University of Oklahoma hosts or contributes to a variety of opportunities to recognize excellence and commitment. The annual recognition ceremonies include the Outstanding Senior Ceremony each fall and the Campus Awards Program each spring. OU Engineering students receiving recognition are: Outstanding Seniors: Willor Arana, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Anthony Barcio, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Jack Cornette, School of Computer Science Katherine DeLaurentis, School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering  Daniel Fitzpatrick, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Noah Gruman, Engineering Physics Esther Kayondo, Outstanding Senior and Letzeiser Honor List, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science Katrina Mason, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science  Zachary Mull

From left,  Phillip PrairieChief, Brian McCarthy, Anne Le, Rachael Chatterji and McKenna Chatterji.  For the first time in OU Engineering history, seven students participated in the 14th Annual First Nations Launch National Rocket Competition hosted by NASA's Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.  The students, representing 21 colleges and universities from the United States and Canada, gathered at the Richard Bong State Recreational Area in Kansasville, Wisconsin, in April to showcase their engineering skills. Three competitions – titled Gateway, Moon and Mars Engineering Challenges – allowed them to design, build and fly a high-powered rocket. Phillip PrairieChief, a junior transfer student from Stillwater, Oklahoma, was named the competition’s Top Team Lead. He had previously participated in the First Nations Launch while studying at Northern Oklahoma College and upon transferring to OU, he suggested to his professors that the Gallogly College of Engineering compete in the launch. 

The University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate has awarded Feng (Lucas) Yan, a doctoral student in the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, with the Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant award. OU Engineering recently interviewed him about his experience.  Tell me about your role as a graduate research assistant.  My role is to conduct research projects and mentor undergraduate students working in the lab. What is the focus of your research?  My research focuses on multimodal optical imaging for cancer detection and therapy monitoring at cellular, animal, and clinical levels. I also conduct the pre-transplantation evaluation of human organs including kidneys, livers, lungs and image/graphic processing with machine/deep learning.  Another focus of my research is to use multi-contrast optical coherence tomography as a tool for the noninvasive imaging of human organs to conduct the pre-transplantation evaluation. This study allows us to rapidly and non-invasively scan organs

Andrea Tavera Paredes, a master's student in the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science at the University of Oklahoma, was recently honored with the Graduate Dean's Distinguished Thesis Prize.  The Graduate Dean's Distinguished Thesis Prize is awarded to thesis-based master's students exhibiting outstanding performance. Award areas are comprised of three academic specialties: science and engineering; social sciences, education and the professions; and the humanities and fine arts. OU Engineering talked with Paredes to learn more about her journey. "I first came to OU as an exchange student in 2018, and I was able to develop such strong relationships with professors and students, that I decided to come back to get my master’s in 2019. Of course, those relationships were only the cherry on top of how amazing OU is as a university; the people, the events, the campus, the opportunities, the student associations, the squirrels ... there’s just nothing qui

OU Engineering interviewed Andrea Newcomb before Thanksgiving 2022 when we learned about her involvement in the Spirit of America Productions at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Her higher education journey has been filled with twists and turns that have led her to an electrical engineering degree.  Tell us about your journey to get to OU and to study electrical engineering. Where are you from originally? I am originally from Spencer, Oklahoma, but early in my teenage years, we moved to Midwest City, Oklahoma. Following my graduation from Carl Albert High School, I enrolled in college without a clear direction in mind regarding what to study. The only thing I could confidently say was that I did NOT want to do math, of all things. I finished my basics and still had not settled on any of my numerous interests, but the pressure was on — I HAD to make a decision and naturally gravitated toward art because of the comfort it brought me. As a result, the first step of my messy journey was

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.  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. Spring 2023 recipients, along with their OU advisers, are: Manjurul Ahsan, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, recommended by Shivakumar Raman, Ph.D.  Topic: “Data Balancing Approaches in Quality, Defect, and Pattern Analysis” Research: The imbalanced ratio of data is one of the most significant challenges in v

The University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate has awarded Himadri Sen Gupta, a doctoral student in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, with the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant award. He earned a master's degree in industrial and systems engineering and a graduate certificate in data science and analytics and in fall 2021. OU Engineering recently interviewed him about his experiences. Tell me about your role as a GTA. What does this involve? Are there specific courses you serve?  Since the beginning of my graduate degree in spring 2021, I have had the honor of assisting my academic adviser, Dr. Andrés González in his class ISE 4563/5563: Quality and Reliability Engineering. Working alongside Dr. González has been a truly rewarding experience, as he has taught me invaluable lessons in mentoring and helping students achieve their goals. As a graduate teaching assistant in this class, I assist Dr. González in various ways, from grading assignments to conducti

Supported by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award is designed to highlight successful partnerships and to further cultivate the higher learning environment through State Regents’ Economic Development Grants. This year, the University of Oklahoma nominated The Boeing Company as one of 27 business partners selected by the 27 public higher education institutions within the state. Examples of Boeing support include collaborative research efforts and student support and student practice on real-world challenges through curricular assignments alongside Boeing mentors. Boeing representatives contribute to enriched curriculum development by serving on advisory boards across the Gallogly College of Engineering. Boeing also supports university outreach and student retention by providing funding for high school students to tour OU campus facilities and a host of other activities, all to ensure the mutually beneficial goal of educating