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March 31, 2025

OU Architecture Professor Awarded OCAST Grant

OU Gibbs College of Architecture associate professor, Dr. Andrés Cavieres received a 2-year $497,750 grant from the Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) for the development of innovative solutions to streamline the deployment of ground mount photovoltaic systems, with a special focus in the area of Agrivoltaics.


August 26, 2024

Gibbs College Announces 2024 Faculty & Staff Award Recipients

Gibbs College is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Gibbs College Faculty & Staff Awards. These outstanding individuals were honored by dean Hans E. Butzer during the Gibbs College Back to School Meeting on August 14, 2024. Recipients were selected by the Gibbs College Awards Committee following an open nomination process.


March 07, 2024

University of Oklahoma Architecture Program Earns Re-Accreditation

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September 19, 2023

OU Interdisciplinary Team Receives Funding from National Science Foundation

An interdisciplinary team of OU researchers recently won a Major Research Instrumentation award from the National Science Foundation and received a $589,262 grant. The research team includes Professors of Architecture Andres Cavieres as co-principal investigator and Dan Butko as senior personnel.


November 22, 2022

Boyd Street Ventures Invests in New Technology Developed at Gibbs College

Boyd Street Ventures recently announced that it is investing in VesprSolar, a solar tech company that continuously works to streamline the entire photovoltaics (PV) installation process. The company is most well-known for the V-ClampTM, which is an innovative technology that was developed by Dr. Andrés Cavieres, an Associate Professor in the Division of Architecture.


November 12, 2021

Gibbs Faculty Member Presents New Technology at InterSolar Conference in Europe

Dr. Andrés Cavieres, an Assistant Professor with the Division of Architecture, recently attended the InterSolar Conference in Munich, Germany, from October 6th to the 8th. Dr. Cavieres attended as part of the official launch by VesprSolar Inc. of the V-ClampTM , a ground-breaking, patent-pending fastener for photovoltaic (PV) modules developed by Dr. Cavieres at OU.


October 21, 2021

Award-winning technology developed at Gibbs College of Architecture achieves UL certification 

The V-ClampTM, a ground-breaking, patent-pending fastener for photovoltaic (PV) modules developed by Dr. Andrés Cavieres, Assistant Professor in the Division of Architecture, was recently certified as recognized component under the UL 2703 standard, while also meeting the requirements for the international IEC 61215 standard.