2022年11月8日
研究处 at 十大菠菜台子 presented awards to several OU faculty members in recognition of their outstanding research and initiative during the 研究, 创新与参与市政厅, 周四举行的, 11月3日. The awards were presented virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“A core focus of the 研究 Office is to support faculty who require external funding to carry out their research and scholarly activities,”医生说。. David Stone, professor of health sciences and philosophy, and vice president for research at OU. “These awards recognize the high level of effort and accomplishment required to acquire external funding in today’s hypercompetitive environment.”
今年的奖项类别包括:
• 弗兰克·吉布林终身成就奖, which recognizes faculty members for their notable research accomplishments during their career at 十大菠菜台子 and is named in honor of Dr. Frank Giblin to recognize his remarkable career in the 眼科研究所. 该奖项被授予了博士. Zissimos P. Mourelatos, 杰出的机械工程教授, who has received $4.在他的职业生涯中获得了800万的外部资金.
Dr. Mourelatos has been funded by many automotive and technology corporations. He joined OU in January 2003, with 18 years of experience at General Motors R&D with concurrent teaching/research at the 大学 of Michigan - Ann Arbor before joining OU. 他获得了21个博士学位.D. 公开大学的学生. His work has been published in numerous books, papers and reports. Dr. Mourelatos是美国机械工程师协会(ASME)和SAE的成员.
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| Dr. 马Kessentini |
• 年度研究人员奖, which recognizes the faculty member who has received the largest amount of competitive grant funding in the fiscal year, 被介绍给博士. 马Kessentini, professor and chair of Computer Science and Engineering at OU. Dr. Kessentini received over $2 million in research funding this year.
Dr. Kessentini has received multiple funding awards from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy to support his work. He also currently has a $1 million project with the Department of Defense and Ground Vehicle Systems Center. 他还管理着一个新的NSF产学研研究中心.
• 最活跃研究奖, which is presented to faculty members who has been awarded the highest number of new grants during the fiscal year, 被介绍给博士. 马Kessentini, professor and chair of Computer Science and Engineering at OU.
Dr. Kessentini has received six NSF research grants focused on artificial intelligence and software engineering. He has also received $1 million in funding for the OU Cybersecurity Center from the Department of Energy, as well as $1 million in funding from the Department of Defense/Ground Vehicle Systems Center.
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| Dr. 科林·吴 |
• 曾祥群最活跃基金寻求者奖，这份报告被提交给了Dr. 科林·吴，公开大学化学副教授. The award is given to the faculty member who has submitted the highest number of grant proposals in the fiscal year. Professor Wu has submitted six proposals in fiscal year 2020, 向NIH申请, NSF, 美国心脏协会, 以及美国癌症协会. 这个奖项最近被重新命名以纪念Dr. 曾, 在过去的五年里，谁赢得了这个奖项, 在此期间，他提交了近50份提案.
• 杰出青年研究员奖, which is given to the early career faculty member(s) who had notable research accomplishments in the fiscal year. 该奖项被授予了博士. 科林·吴，公开大学化学副教授. Dr. 吴收到了981美元,000美元的资金, including the prestigious NSF CAREER young investigator award from the National Science Foundation. With support from this grant and his funding from 美国心脏协会, he aims to understand how DNA is repaired on a molecular level.
特别是博士. Wu is interested in the fundamental relationships between environmental damage, DNA, 心脏功能. DNA损伤是由环境毒素引起的, 比如长时间暴露在阳光下, 香烟烟雾和其他污染物, 和压力.
• 杰出研究部门奖这篇论文被提交给了化学系. The award recognizes the departments that have received the highest amount in research funding in the fiscal year. 今年，化学系有超过3美元.3 million in research funding, supporting 10 major projects.
除了这些奖项之外，奥巴马博士. Stone also highlighted some of the initiatives and accomplishments undertaken by other departments this year, 包括:
• The Biological Sciences Department had the highest number of proposal submissions this year, 共有31项建议.
• The Chemistry Department had 75 percent of its faculty submitting proposals, making it the department with the highest proportion of faculty submitting proposals.
“This year we’d also like to recognize the chairs of the committees affiliated with the 研究 Office,斯通说. “委员会的工作既困难又耗时, 而且并不总是被认可或欣赏. However, keeping these committees running is critical to the research infrastructure. 监管委员会帮助教师了解法律, 规定, and guidelines relevant to research processes; protecting both investigators and the university. The other committees promote student research and discourse about the responsible conduct of research. Some of these chairs have served for many years, while some are new to the committees. 许多人曾经或正在多个委员会任职. All of them work diligently with faculty and administrators, 耐心领导, 智慧, 外交, 和效率, overseeing standard operations as well as dealing with issues and new process implementation.”
More information can be found in the Annual 研究 Report, which is released each fall and provides details about sponsored projects and activities for the prior year. 该报告可在研究办公室的网站上找到 www.奥克兰.edu/research.