January 5, 2020 Below, Josh Dubiel and Mark Powers have documented our trip to Bucharest, which was the first city in the world to be lit using kerosene (petroleum distillate) lamps back in 1857. While Bucharest has a long, interesting history, the day was mostly dedicated to learning a bit more about the communist era […]
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2020 Romania Study Abroad Blog: Day 1
January 4 As the trip begins, students Austin Keys and Taylor Vincent share about the first full day in Romania. The day was spent visiting cultural landmarks, learning a bit about Romanian history, and, of course, indulging in the local cuisine. You know what they say: When in Rom….ania! After two long travel days, everyone […]
OU PetroBowl Team Takes North American Prize
A team of petroleum engineering students from the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma won first prize at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ annual PetroBowl® North American regional qualifier competition, hosted at the University of Southern California. PetroBowl® is a technical quiz competition for universities with petroleum engineering […]
Mewbourne College Drillbotics Team Named International Champions
A team of University of Oklahoma petroleum engineering students placed first at the annual Drillbotics® international competition last week. Drillbotics® is a competition where teams of university students design and build a miniature 500-pound drilling rig that uses sensors and control algorithms to autonomously drill a rock sample provided by the Society of Petroleum […]
Landscapes of Deep Time in the Red Earth of France: Research Training in Paleoclimate
This post originally appeared in the Summer 2018 edition of Earth Scientist. To see more from Earth Scientist, head over the the School of Geology & Geophysics. Drs. Lynn and Mike Soreghan, together with Ph.D. student Lily Pfeifer, are leading an International Research Experiences for Students summer program funded by the National Science Foundation […]
Spain Study Abroad, Week 1
This summer, groups of Mewbourne College students are learning in locations across the globe! Keep up with them every week here and follow them on social media under the hashtag #MCEEAroundTheWorld By Connor Holasek Senior, Petroleum Engineering On this study abroad trip we had the pleasure to visit the Cepsa research and development center, which includes […]
Student Spotlight: Dalton Walker
This post is a part of our Student Spotlight Series where we sit down with graduating students and ask them to reflect on their time at MCEE and what comes next. Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you’ve been involved with at OU. My name is Dalton Walker and I’m from Greenwood […]
Student Spotlight: Jiabo He
This post is a part of our Student Spotlight Series where we sit down with graduating students and ask them to reflect on their time at MCEE and what comes next. Please tell us a little bit about yourself. I am a graduate student in MCEE, supervised by Dr. Siddharth Misra. I came to OU […]
Student Spotlight: Frances Galgan
This post is a part of our Student Spotlight Series where we sit down with graduating students and ask them to reflect on their time at MCEE and what comes next. Please tell us a little bit about yourself. My name is Frances Galgan and I graduated in 2017 with a major in petroleum geology and a minor in […]
Student Spotlight: Sarah Zink
This post is a part of our Student Spotlight Series where we sit down with graduating students and ask them to reflect on their time at MCEE and what comes next. Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Well my name is Sarah Zink and I’m a senior in Petroleum Engineering. I’m the current […]
