In partnership with the Center for Faculty Excellence, the Oklahoma Aerospace & Defense Innovation Institute (OADII) hosted its first networking event on Wednesday, August 17.
The event provided the opportunity for OU faculty to meet and engage with the OADII team and other OU colleagues interested in applying their research capabilities to aerospace, defense, and global security challenges.
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gene Kirkland, OADII executive director, gave an overview of OADII and how it fits within the larger OU emphasis on applied research in support of national security. In addition to highlighting a few of the ongoing DoD-related research projects, the OADII team discussed new opportunities for navigating the DoD funding landscape and OADII competitive seed grants for the coming academic year.
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OADII Executive Director, Gene Kirkland, address attendees at the networking event
Gabby Madkins, chair of the EPA Advisory Committee and interim branch chief of the 76 SWEG/MXDE at Tinker Air Force Base, is pictured discussing the Sustainment Modernization Partnership between the University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex.
Dean Hougen, Ph.D. is the interim director of the School of Computer Science and a principal investigator of one of six OC-ALC/OU projects addressing the sustainment and modernization needs of the U.S. Air Force. Hougen is pictured here discussing his project developing an autonomous platform routing capability using the SEDA framework to improve the interperability of auto-routing aircraft reports.
Tian-You Yu, Ph.D., is the director of operations for the Advanced Radar Research Center, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a principal investigator of one of the six OC-ALC/OU projects addressing the sustainment and modernization needs of the U.S. Air Force. Yu is pictured here discussing his project applying AI/ML methods to improve autonomous aircraft routing.
