The Institute for Community and Society Transformation (ICAST) and the Native Nation Center for Tribal Policy Research (NNC-TPR) hosted the U.S. Department of Energy's Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Tribal Working Group (FECM-TWG) on September 23-25 for their quarterly meeting. The Federal Government holds treaty obligations and a trust responsibility to uphold Tribal sovereignty and support the revitalization of Tribal communities, including efforts in economic growth and energy development. In response, the Department of Energy formed the FECM-TWG in the Fall of 2024. Through outreach and coordination, this group helps to ensure that Tribes can access available funding and resources to utilize the development of Tribal energy resources for sustainable Tribal economies.
During this meeting, the FECM-TWG had the opportunity to learn about some of the innovative energy and carbon management research at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Steven Crossley discussed a recent NSF project to develop new technology for utilizing methane as a feedstock for hydrogen production and Dr. Tim Filley discussed work on methane detection and management. The FECM-TWG attended part of the College of Earth and Energy's Enchanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Management Symposium. They also toured the Oklahoma Geological Survey labs (Dr. Carrie Miller-DeBoer) as well as the Integrated Core Characterization Center (IC3) labs (Dr. Son Dang and Dr. Mark Curtis).
About the University of Oklahoma
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Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Ph.D., a nationally and internationally recognized public health leader, researcher and educator, has been named a professor and the endowed chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Oklahoma Hudson College of Public Health.
Engineering Days at the University of Oklahoma give high school students direct exposure to engineering through hands-on, discipline-based experiences on campus. The program brings rising juniors and seniors to the Norman campus for one-day sessions led by OU faculty and supported by current engineering students.
The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $10.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to create the Oklahoma Center for Biomedical Research Excellence in Sensory Biology. The center will serve as a hub for research into how cells sense and respond to their environment and the diseases that can occur when that process malfunctions.
