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Eight New Proposals Awarded Strategic Equipment Investment Program Funding

November 20, 2024

Eight proposals have been funded by the Strategic Equipment Investment Program from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships. Equipment purchased under this program is expected to advance research and creative activities at the University of Oklahoma.

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New study finds decrease in earthquakes, varied pressure in Arbuckle Group

November 20, 2024

A study led by University of Oklahoma scientists gives new insight into pressure monitoring of the Arbuckle Group, a deep wastewater disposal reservoir in the mid-continental United States. The findings indicate that over three-and-a-half years, pressure in the Arbuckle has decreased while injections continue.

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Research
November 20, 2024

Eight New Proposals Awarded Strategic Equipment Investment Program Funding

Eight proposals have been funded by the Strategic Equipment Investment Program from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships. Equipment purchased under this program is expected to advance research and creative activities at the University of Oklahoma.


Research
November 20, 2024

New study finds decrease in earthquakes, varied pressure in Arbuckle Group

A study led by University of Oklahoma scientists gives new insight into pressure monitoring of the Arbuckle Group, a deep wastewater disposal reservoir in the mid-continental United States. The findings indicate that over three-and-a-half years, pressure in the Arbuckle has decreased while injections continue.


Campus & Community
November 14, 2024

OU Professor Elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Jing Tao, a professor of geometry and topology in the David and Judi Proctor Department of Mathematics at the University of Oklahoma, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. She is only the third faculty member from OU to become an AMS Fellow and the first since the inaugural class in 2013.


Research
November 14, 2024

University of Oklahoma Partners with Space Technology Company Phase Four

Representatives of the University of Oklahoma signed a memorandum of understanding at the Oklahoma Aerospace Forum on Tuesday with California-based Phase Four, Inc. to advance collaborative research involving space propulsion technologies.


Research
November 12, 2024

Buzzworthy Breakthrough: New Bee Species Discovered in Oklahoma and Texas

A new species of mining bee has been discovered and named, according to a study recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution. The newly discovered species, Andrena androfovea, has been documented interacting with plants in the wild in both Oklahoma and Texas, and researchers have now sequenced its genome.


Impact
November 12, 2024

Aviation and Aerospace Innovation Rising High at the University of Oklahoma

Often overlooked as a ‘fly-over’ state, Oklahoma is, in fact, a national leader in aviation and aerospace innovation, driven by the University of Oklahoma’s cutting-edge research and strategic industry partnerships. Thanks to cutting-edge academic research, robust workforce development and strategic technological investment, Oklahoma is at the forefront of innovation and growth in the industries that literally soar above it.


Research
November 08, 2024

Congressman Tom Cole Visits OU’s Sooner Advanced Manufacturing Lab

Congressman Tom Cole met with faculty, staff and students at the University of Oklahoma's Sooner Advanced Manufacturing Lab in Norman on Tuesday. The lab, known as SAML, supports cutting-edge research and development in high-tech manufacturing and workforce training for federal and industry partners.


Research
November 06, 2024

University of Oklahoma to Lead Oklahoma Carbon Hub

A team of researchers from across the University of Oklahoma Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, with industry partners, have been awarded an $18.7M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate commercial subsurface storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).


Research
October 30, 2024

Are Kuiper Belt Orbiting Objects Breaking Up?

A study recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy upends conventional wisdom regarding the formation and stability of pairs of orbiting objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond the planet Neptune


October 25, 2024

Diáz de la Rubia to Join U.S. Department of Energy Advisory Committee

University of Oklahoma Vice President for Research and Partnerships Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, Ph.D., has been appointed to serve on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee through May 2027.


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