Arena to be NASA guest at shuttle launch
Thu, Feb 04, 2010 - Dr. Andy Arena has accepted an invitation by NASA to attend the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour as a V.I.P. guest early Sunday morning, Feb. 7. Arena is the associate director of the Oklahoma Space Grant Consortium and Maciula Teaching Professor at OSU. He will attend the launch with consortium director Victoria Duca-Snowden from OU. On this mission, Endeavour will deliver a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center that provides a 360-degree view around the International Space Station.

Five Faculty Research Projects Land OSU Funding
Wed, Dec 09, 2009 - The OSU Technology Business Assessment Group has awarded more than $111,000 to five faculty research projects that demonstrate a strong potential for commercial success. The projects are: Advanced Honeycombs for Aerospace Applications, Dr. Jay Hanan, mechanical and aerospace engineering; Fiber Optic Sensor for Measurement of Web Lateral Position, Dr. Prabhakar Pagilla, mechanical and aerospace engineering; Novel Method for Water Softening, Dr. Allen Apblett, chemistry, and Solvent Protection Pellets, Drs. Allen Apblett and Nick Materer, chemistry. For more details, click here

Dr. Harimkar Receives 2010 Young Leader Professional Development Award
Mon, Dec 07, 2009 - Dr. Sandip Harimkar has been selected to receive the 2010 Young Leader Professional Development Award from the Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division (MPMD) of The Materials Society (TMS). There are five technical divisions in TMS, and each selects annually one awardee.