Top Research Picks
(Selected Projects from Various Colleges, Campuses Across the OSU System)

Top Research Picks Advanced Controls Advanced Mfg. & Nanomaterials Aerospace Agriculture Analgesic and Pain Management Applied Mathematics Bioengineering Biofuels Biomedical Biotechnology Botany Computer Integrated Manufacturing Computer Science Diagnostic Virology and Pathogenesis Disaster Recovery Ecology Education Energy Environmental Exercise Physiology Finance Food Safety Forensic Science Geography Geothermal Heat Pumps Health Homeland Security Human Development and Family Science Logistics and Distribution Management Information Systems Manufacturing Marketing Nanotechnology Neuroscience Neurotoxicology Nutrition Probiotics Protein Structures and Functions Psychology Pulmonary Disease Radiation Detection Real-Time Distributed Systems Robotics Sensors Signal Processing Sociology Space Speech and Audio Processing Textiles Topology Tourism Ultrafast Terahertz-Optoelectronics Ultraprecision Surfaces Ultrapure Water Resarch Veterinary Medicine Visual Communication and Image Processing Web Handling Research Wind Power Zoology

 

Advanced Controls

• Interdisciplinary Research to Develop New Sensors and Control Systems (E. A. Misawa)

Advanced Manufacturing and Nano Materials

• Advanced Ceramics, Thermal Aspects of Manufacturing Processes, Laser-Assisted Material Processes, High-Speed Machining, MD Simulation of Nanometric Cutting and Tribology (Ranga Komanduri)

Aerospace

• Automatic Tracking Telemetry for Scientific Rocketry Project (Thomas Bertenshaw)

Agriculture

• Wheat Breeding Project (Brett Carver)
• Turfgrass Breeding Project (Charles Taliaferro)

Analgesic and Pain Management

• Equine Medicine and Surgery (Carolynn T. MacAllister)
• Anesthesiology (Jeff C. H. Ko)

Applied Mathematics

• Modeling tornadoes and quasi-geostrophic flows (Jiahong Wu)

Bioengineering

• Using Biological Processes and Adult Stem Cells to Search for Cures to Devastating Illnesses, New Materials and Alternative Energy Sources (Heather Fahlenkamp and Sundararajan V. Madihally)

Biofuels

• Foxtail millet (Andrew Doust)
• Switchgrass Project (Raymond Huhnke)

Biomedical

• Morgellon's Disease (Randy S. Wymore)

Biotechnology

• Antibacterial Drug Screening Project (William Barrow)
• Ovarian Cancer Treatment Project (K. Darrell Berlin)

Botany

• Arabidopsis Genome Research (David W. Meinke)
• Protein regulation of plant reproductive development (Ming Yang)
• Virus-induced gene 'silencing' in maize plants (Kay Scheets)

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

• Developing the Next Generation Enterprise Modeling Frameworks and Languages for Business Models and Technical Processes (Manjunath Kamath)

Chemistry

• Metallo-organic chemistry (Allen Apblett)
• Polymers and nuclear magnetic resonance (Jeffery L. White)

Computer Science

• Computer Security (Mark Weiser)
• Network Security (Johnson P. Thomas)

Diagnostic Virology and Pathogenesis

• Molecular Characterization and Comparison of Primate Viruses (Richard W. Eberle)
• Immune Responses in the Pulmonary and Central Nervous Systems (Jerry W. Ritchey)

Disaster Recovery

• Tsunami Recovery Project (Dave Neal)

Ecology

• Aquatic Toxicology and Pollution (Joseph Bidwell)
• Environmental Stress, Wildlife Toxicology (Scott McMurry)
• Phylogenetic Relationships of Bats (Ronald Van Den Bussche)

Economics

• Regional Economic Development; International Economic Growth and Development (Ronald L. Moomaw)

Education

• NASA Project (Steve Marks)
• DAC Project (Sandra Goetze)

Energy

• Biofuels Project (Ray Huhnke)
• Geothermal Heat Pump Project (James Bose)
• Field Modulated Generator System (R. G. Ramakumar)
• National Program to Perform No-Cost Energy Audits for Small to Medium Sized Industries (William Kolarik)

Environmental

• Aquatic Toxicology and Pollution (Joseph Bidwell)
• Building and Environmental Thermal Systems Projects (D. E. Fisher, J. D. Spitler)
• Environmental Stress, Wildlife Toxicology (Scott McMurry)
• Phylogenetic Relationships of Bats (Ronald Van Den Bussche)

Exercise Physiology

• Study of Physiology Associated with Fatigue Using Sled Dogs as models (Michael Davis)

Finance

• Risk Management; Markets; Corporate Governance (Janice Jadlow)

Food Safety

• Food and Ag Products Projects (J. Roy Escoubas)

Forensic Science

• Expertise of Forensic Dentistry Used in Criminal Proceedings and Mass Disasters (R. Thomas Glass)

Geography

• Paleobiomes and Paleopastures Program (Carlos Cordova)
• Rubber Tapping Industry in the Rainforest of Brazil (Jacqueline Vadjunec)

Geothermal Heat Pumps

• Advanced Technology of Geothermal Heat Pump Connected Systems (James Bose)

Health

• Neuroscience (Kenneth Miller, Doris Patneau)
• Rural Medicine

Homeland Security

• Rapid Detection Methods (James Harmon)

Human Development and Family Science

• Child Obesity (Amanda Harrist)
• Head Start Children (Laura Hubbs-Tait)
• Role of Fathers/Father Figures and Peers in Relation to Delinquent Behaviors in Latino and African American Adolescent Boys (Carolyn Henry)
• Social and Emotional Factors Affecting Children's Early School Success and Adjustment (Amanda Morris)

Logistics and Distribution

• Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis (Ricki G. Ingalls)

Management

• Entrepreneurship; Leadership (Ken Eastman)

Management Information Systems

• Making Sense of Data; Managing Email Overload (Institute for Research in Information Systems)

Manufacturing

• New Product Development Center (L. L. Hoberock)

Marketing

• Social Marketing; Customer Orientation (Josh Weiner)

Nanotechnology

• Nanotechnology Initiatives (Warren Ford)

Neuroscience

• Glutamate metabolism (Kenneth Miller)
• Modulation of AMPA Receptors (Doris Patneau)

Neurotoxicology

• Cholinergic Toxicology (Carey Pope)

Nutrition

• Children's Nutritional Studies (Barbara Stoecker)
• Cultural Views of Health among Members of the Chickasaw Nation (Stephany Parker)
• Maternal Dietary Intake and Infant Cognitive Development (Tay Kennedy and David Thomas)

Probiotics

• Improving Feed Efficiency (Stanley Gilliland)

Protein Structures

• Protein Structures and Functions (Chang-An Yu)

Psychology

• Language Processing (Sheila Kennison)

Pulmonary Disease

• Lung Biology (Lin Liu)

Radiation Detection

• Matroshka; Radiation Badge/OSL Technique (Stephen McKeever & Eduardo Yukihara)

Real-Time Distributed Systems

• Computations in response to Events to Produce the Correct Results at the Correct Time (Martin Hagan)

Robotics

• Development of Applied Robotics Systems (L. Hoberock)

Sensors

• Greenseeker (John B. Solie, Marvin Stone)
• Biosensor Development (Jerry Malayer, Ken Clinkenbeard)

Signal Processing

• Signal Processing (R. K. Yarlagadda)

Sociology

• Environmental justice (Tamara Mix)

Space

• Dating of Martian Soil (Stephen McKeever & Eduardo Yukihara)

Speech and Audio Processing

• Digitization, Processing, Analysis and Synthesis, Display and Playback of Audio Bandwith Signals; Real-Time Algorithm Development on Signal Processing Development Systems (Keith Teague)

Textiles

• Body Armor Project (Donna Branson, Cheryl Farr, Semra Peksoz)
• Evaluating Cradle to Cradle Apparel Design Theory for Design and Production of Men's Jackets (Huantian Cao, Diane Ricord)
• Smart Textiles for Chemical Detection (Huantian Cao)
• Ultra-Lightweight Modular Personal Cooling System (Semra Peksoz, Donna Branson, Huantian Cao, Diane Ricord)

Topology

• Geometry of the Mapping Class Group (Joseph Maher)

Tourism

• Economic Value of Oklahoma's State Park System (Bill Ryan, Jerrold Leong, Murat Hancer, and Heidi Hoart)

Ultrafast Terahertz-Optoelectronics

• The Technology of Microscopic Fabrication with Existing Laser Expertise to Solve Real, Immediate, and Practical Problems (Grischkowsky, Cheville, Weili, and Zhang)

Ultraprecision Surfaces

• Techniques such as Nanocutting, Ultraprecision Machining, and Chemomechanical Polishing (D. A. Lucca)

Ultrapure Water Research

• Computer Programs to Predict the Performance of Water Processing Equipment (Gary Foutch)

Veterinary Medicine

• Shipping Fever (Anthony Confer)
• Tick Borne Diseases (Katherine Kocan, Jose de la Fuente)

Visual Communication and Image Processing

• Statistical Image Modeling and Processing, Application for Remote Sensing and Medical Imaging and Internet-Based Visual Communication (Xin Fan)

Wind Power

• Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative (Stephen Stadler)

Web Handling Research

• Technologies Applicable to the Transport and Control of Continuous-Strip Materials (Karl Reid)

Zoology

• Aquatic Toxicology and Pollution (Joseph Bidwell)
• Environmental Stress, Wildlife Toxicology (Scott McMurry)
• Phylogenetic Relationships of Bats (Ronald Van Den Bussche)

 

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