BS Engineering Physics 1985
Paul L. McEuen is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics at Cornell University. He directs the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science.
McEuen's research focuses on nanoscale electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of graphene, nanotubes, and related materials. He received his B.S. degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Oklahoma in 1985 and his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Yale University in 1991.
BS Aeronautic and Space Engineering 1964
Richard A. Milburn graduated with honors with a B.S. in Aeronautic and Space Engineering in 1964 and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering in 1965, both from OU. He is a member of the engineering fraternities Sigma Tau, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Tau.
After receiving his pilots wings as a distinguished graduate in October 1955, he served as an interceptor pilot with the Aerospace Defense Command and served overseas with the 26th Air Division of ADC. He was the project engineer responsible for the YF-12 Interceptor (later SR-71) program, Chief of the Weapons System Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs and served in London as Assistant Air Attache and chief of the Foreign Technology Office.
In 1977, Milburn was selected Chief of the Mutual Defense Assistance Office at the American Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. He retired as a Colonel in 1980 after an assignment as Chief of the Air Force Headquarters Management Policy Division. Milburn joined the Grumman Corporation in 1980 and was later promoted to Vice President for Defense Programs. After multiple promotions and the merger of Northrop and Grumman, Milburn was appointed Vice President, Northrop Grumman International in Washington, DC. After subsequent appointments to Managing Director and Vice President for the Advanced Stand-Off Radar program in the United Kingdom as well as Corporate Director of Northrop Grumman Corporation, Milburn retired from Northrop Grumman in 2011. Milburn is now president of RAM International and continues to work with General Dynamics and Barbaricum.
Milburn is a member of the Order of the Daedalians, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the New York Academy of Science and is an Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics. Milburn is currently a member of the Board of the National Defense Industrial Association, the Board of the Robert C. Byrd Center for Aviation Education and Training as well as the Board of Advisors for the OU School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.
MS Structural Engineering 1979
Priscilla P. Nelson is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Nelson received a BS in geological sciences from the University of Rochester in 1970, an MA in geology from Indiana University in 1976, an MS in structural engineering from OU in 1979 and a PhD in geotechnical engineering from Cornell University in 1983. Nelson served as NJIT provost from 2005-2008, has a national and international reputation in geological and rock engineering and the particular application of underground construction.
Her previous experience includes 11 years at the National Science Foundation, concluding her service as senior advisor to the director of NSF. During her time at NSF, she acted in many capacities, including program director for the Geotechnical Engineering program, director for Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education Program, director of the Civil and Mechanical Systems Division, and as program manager for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. She received the NEES Community Visionary Award in 2005.
Nelson was appointed to the faculty in civil engineering at The University of Texas at Austin from 1983 through 1996. She was elected to The Moles, an association of the heavy construction industry (1995), and inducted into Tau Beta Pi as an Eminent Engineer (2007). At the NSF she received the Director's Award for Integrative Collaboration four times, and she received the Director's Award for Meritorious Service in 1997. In 1999, she was appointed to the Senior Executive Service. Also in 1999, she received the Director's Award for Superior Accomplishment from the NSF. In 2008, she received the Kenneth Andrew Roe Award from the American Association of Engineering Societies, and was honored in the Executive Women of New Jersey Salute to the Policy Makers. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Rock Mechanics Association, Distinguished Member of ASCE, and Honorary Diplomat of the Academy of Geo-Professionals. Nelson currently serves on the National Academy Committee on Underground Engineering for Sustainable Urban Development, and as an Advisor to the National Academy’s Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society.
