Oklahoma State MAE

We celebrated the first week back with an ice cream social! Thank you to all our undergraduate students who came and celebrated with us. Here’s to a good year!

Congratulations to Dr. Kurt Rouser!!!

Rouser recipient of 2024 Excellence in Research Mentoring Award - Oklahoma State University Dr. Kurt Rouser, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology was selected as the recipient of the 2024 Excellence in Research Mentoring Award, an award honoring faculty mentors for success and impact in supervising undergr...

2024 SPEEDFEST XIII | SPECTRE UNCOVERED Orange Team Marketing VideoCome out and support on April 27, 2024 (all day!)OkState Unmanned Aircraft Flight Station (UAFS)Check out our instagram ...

Oklahoma State Speedfest 2024 - Black Team Crescendo Crescendo is a reusable, loitering, stealth, target drone powered by a turbojet engine capable of multiple launch methods. Crescendo enables the training of ...

CEAT students participated in the April 8 eclipse as part of NASA’s Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project. This included a MAE capstone team, graduate students, and freshman research scholars, in addition to OAIRE research engineers. The students made frequent observations by launching hourly radiosondes on helium-filled weather balloons. Student participants work with atmospheric science experts throughout the project and will publish results in peer-reviewed journals. The capstone team used innovative solar balloon systems to record video of the eclipse, observe in situ perturbations in atmospheric phenomena, and conduct an experiment on the impact of insolation on solar balloon performance. The team included high school students from Okmulgee High School and Gordon Cooper Technology Center as part of the NEBP outreach efforts. NASA scientist Geoff Bland was on site as part of NASA’s Science Activation AREN program to demonstrate how kites can be used for atmospheric science. The team also held public viewing and outreach efforts at the Choctaw Nation Community Center in Broken Bow, OK on the day of the eclipse.

Argonia capstone team - Space Cowboys. Took 3rd place in competition last weekend losing out to Purdue and SWOSU. Their two-stage rocket reached an altitude of 3,698 feet with a payload of 210 golf balls. Their rocket was custom designed and built from scratch including wound carbon fiber tubes.

Meet our faculty Thursday!

Dr. Nicoletta Fala is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. Her current research interests involve improving the effectiveness and safety of flight through human factors and training operations.



Outside of work, Dr. Fala enjoys reading, gardening, and flying, and she spends her free time providing flight training to students through the OSU Flight Center.

We held our 6th annual Graduate Research Symposium on March 1st! Our undergraduates and graduate students are able to submit posters or speaking sessions to talk about all the research they have worked tirelessly on. Can’t wait to see what next year brings

Happy International Women’s Day! We are blessed with some great women within our department.
From Left to Right:
Dr. Nicoletta Fala- Assistant Professor
Randie Potts- Senior Administrative Support Specialist
Emily Cunningham- Administrative Support Specialist
Sydney Klinedinst- CIBS Program Specialist
Leah Benzin- Accountant
Dr. Alyssa Avery- Research Professor
Dr. Aurelie Azoug- Assistant Professor
Darlene Croci- Administrative Associate
Holly Scott- Graduate Program Coordinator
Aiyana Johnson- Senior Financial Assistant

Meet our Faculty Thursday! Each Thursday we will introduce one of our faculty members and give you a chance to get to know who works within our department. This week is Dr. Prasad.

Dr. Chitrarth Prasad is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. His current research interests involve using advanced mathematical techniques to study turbulent flow behavior in engineering applications.

Outside of work, Dr. Prasad trains in multiple martial arts styles, including Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling and Muay Thai, finding balance and discipline through his practice. He is also a big sports fan, especially of college football, and enjoys cheering for Penn State. Dr. Prasad also has two dogs and loves spending time outdoors with them

3 CEAT faculty members awarded NASA Oklahoma EPSCoR research initiation grants - Oklahoma State University Drs. Alyssa Avery, Ritesh Sachan and Wei Zhao from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University have each been awarded a research initiation grant from NASA.

On January 23rd Dr Rouser and some of his students participated in Aerospace Student Day with the OKC Thunder! Dr Rouser was a panelist and was given the chance to speak. This was a very exciting opportunity for our department. Go Pokes 🧡

A double rainbow is a sign of hope, good luck and prosperity. And that is what us at MAE wish for all our Cowboys taking finals this week and traveling home. Go Pokes ❤️

MAE is hiring a new front desk Administrative Support Specialist! See the link below for more details!

Now hiring: Administrative Support Specialist I! The Administrative Support Specialist assists the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in accomplishing administrative, personnel and cl...

Hope our undergraduate and graduate students have a fun and safe break! Our offices are closed Thursday the 23rd and Friday the 24th.

Research Spotlight! Each week we plan to highlight one of our faculty members and share some insight on their current research.

This week we have Dr. Brian Elbing.

"Our work recording infrasound from the OSIRIS-REx Sample Recovery Capsule. We had two groups involved in recording this and working with NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and Sandia National Labs.



Group 1 (ground) - I sent Kate Spillman (undergrad), Real KC (PhD student), Trevor Wilson (PhD student) and Doug Fox (technician and OSU alum) to the Utah/Nevada border to record the low frequency wave from this hypersonic reentry. We also teamed up with Milton Garces from the University of Hawaii and his team and plan to do some comparative studies between his observations and ours.



Group 2 (balloon) - Emalee Hough and Zach Yap were deployed in Eureka, Nevada to assist NASA JPL with the launching of high-altitude balloons before dawn so that they would have infrasound sensors floating at altitude when the capsule flew overhead."

Both Dr. Brian Elbing and Dr. Jamey Jacob were the principal investigators for this work.

Happy Halloween. Have a spooky day cowboys!

Happy Homecoming Weekend! We hope to see everyone enjoying the festivities this weekend. Go Pokes 🧡🖤

We are hosting a bake sale today in our lobby! Stop by and enjoy some yummy treats 🧡

New bee sanctuary provides space for insects to thrive - Oklahoma State University From their intricate social structure and astonishing navigation abilities to their indispensable role as pollinators, bees are the unsung heroes that quietly work to sustain our ecosystems.

A couple of photos from CEAT to show off the ribbon cutting to our new home! We are excited to start a new journey in our new building 🧡🖤

Our Grand Opening for Engineering South was last week! We look forward to a great year in our new location!

Oklahoma State opens remodeled Engineering South building after multi-million dollar renovation - Oklahoma State University A historic building in Oklahoma State University’s College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology has received a much-needed upgrade.

Please join us tomorrow for the Grand Opening of Engineering South!

Our very own Dr Elbing!

OSU Faculty Fellows focus on advancing strategic initiatives through collaboration - Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University launched its “We are Land-Grant" strategy in October with the goal of becoming the nation’s preeminent land-grant institution. Ten faculty fellows were appointed to enhance systemwide implementation of the strategy and lead working groups for each of the priority areas....

Congratulations to one of our Graduate Students Khaled!
From Ashrae News:
Khaled Alghamdi, Ph.D. Candidate, received the Homer Addams Award, which recognizes a graduate student who has been engaged in an ASHRAE research project at a university that has graduate programs in the areas of heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and has achieved a high standard of performance in this work. Alghamdi is a Graduate Student, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering School, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.