Month: March 2018

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Devin Laurence Wins Grand Prize at 2018 Research Day at the Capitol

Devin Laurence, a senior mechanical engineering student at AME, recently participated in the 2018 Research Day at the Capitol in Oklahoma City on March 27, 2018.  The poster competition is presented and sponsored by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research and the National Science Foundation. The event offers an opportunity for nominated, undergraduate students currently enrolled in Oklahoma universities to present science-based research to a panel of judges, State Legislators as well as the public. He was required to give a brief oral presentation regarding his poster’s topic, participate in a short Q&A session with a panel of judges, as well as present a technical abstract on his topic.   

Devin received the Grand Prize for his presentation on: “Integrated Experimental-Computational Approach for Multiscale Investigations of Atrioventricular Heart Valves With Applications to Individual-Optimized Surgery Planning.”  His prize included a $500 award as well as a $4,000 summer research internship. A hearty congratulations goes out to Devin on his success for presenting at the capitol and for the recognition of this prestigious award.

(View Poster Here: Laurence_RD@C-24m2pfb)

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Undergraduate Student, Pranav Mohan, Wins Prestigious Awards

AME congratulates Pranav Mohan, an undergraduate student at AME, for his recent success and awards. Pranav, along with Abhishek Yadav, an industrial and systems engineering major, and Cindy Belarado, an environmental studies and pre-med major, crafted a proposal titled, “Money Spent Right – Menstrual Cup for Women’s Empowerment.” They were awarded $10,000 for their distinguished proposal. Both Janet K. Allen and Farrokh Mistree mentored Pranav and Abhishek through this project proposal. 

Additionally, Pranav is one of 20 OU male juniors and seniors to be recognized with the “Big Men on Campus” award this year. This award aims to recognize students for their outstanding accomplishments in leadership, service, honors, and academics. Pranav exemplifies each of these qualities and will be recognized at the campus awards ceremony on April 17th for his distinctions. Congratulations go out to Pranav, Abhishek, and Cindy for their successful project proposal and to Pranav for receiving the prestigious “Big Men on Campus” award. 

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3 Minute Thesis Competition Winners

The Gallogy College of Engineering would like to congratulate those who participated in the 3 Minute Thesis competition, which was held on January 23, 2018.  The University of Oklahoma’s Three Minute Thesis competition is an opportunity for people to share their research with a broad audience as well as compete for competition prizes.

A special congratulations goes out to Lin Guo (ISE) for placing first in the 3 Minute Thesis competition for her presentation “Improving Social-Ecological System through Dam-Networking Planning.” Lin will proceed to represent OU at the Regional 3 Minutes Thesis competition later this year. Additionally, Lin is a member of the Systems Realization Laboratory here at OU and is being mentored for her dissertation by Janet K. Allen and Dr. Farrokh Mistree.

A second congratulation goes out to Bhagyashree Waghule (AME) for placing second in the 3 Minute Thesis competition for her presentation “Artificial Gravity for Long Human Space Flight Missions.” Bhagyashree is currently being mentored for her master’s degree by Dr. David Miller.

We would like to thank the Graduate Student Community (GSC) leadership team for helping Bhagyashree, Lin, Abhishek Yadav (ISE), and Reza Alizadeh (ISE) prepare for the first round of competition. Lastly, thank you to Mustafa Ghazi for preparing and sharing material, along with his experience to help the competitors prepare for the 3 Minute Thesis Competition. It was great to see the excellent turnout of GSC members at the 3 Minute Thesis Competiton!

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Sooner Racing Team Thousands Strong Campaign 2018

The Sooner Racing Team is utilizing the Thousands Strong crowdfunding platform to raise money for their upcoming competition. The campaign started February 19, 2018 and ends March 23, 2018 at 11:59 PM. As of today the team had reached 79% of their total goal. Help them reach 100% by donating on the Thousands Strong website.

Who We Are

The Sooner Racing Team is an OU student organization that designs, builds, tests, and races an open-wheel, formula-style race car. Each year, we compete against teams from around the world. Our team wants to take our 2018 car to the Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) competition in Lincoln, Nebraska, but we need your help getting there!

How You Can Help

Formula SAE competitions provide invaluable professional experience for our team members. We learn hands-on skills and have the opportunity to network with businesses in the automotive field as well as with students from 550 other universities around the world. For the past seven months, our team has been hard at work designing and manufacturing our 2018 car, but we need your financial support to get it to the competition. Your donations will help cover travel costs to get us on the road, and if we exceed our goal of $5,000, extra funds will be put towards purchasing new sets of racing tires.

Please help spread the word about our campaign by sharing the link with your friends and family via social media! We cannot compete to the highest of our ability without the support of our amazing OU friends and family!

Thank You!

Thank you for your support of our team. We are certain that with your help, we can cross the finish line Sooner!

Donate here: https://thousandsstrong.ou.edu/project/9037/wall