About OU-Tulsa Research

These pages describe the research activities of the faculty and staff from six colleges: Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts and Liberal Studies. Research programs in Tulsa, while integrated into college programs in Norman, are executed by faculty who are resident in Tulsa.

The twenty-three faculty who are resident in Tulsa lead nine organized research units or laboratories, collectively were awarded over two million dollars in external grants and contracts in 2005 and advanced the scholarship in their disciplines with numerous research articles, patents, books, technical reports and invited addresses. In all of these research projects our graduate students play an essential role, fully integrating the educational and research missions of the University. There are currently thirty-one doctoral students enrolled in Tulsa and Tulsa faculty serve as the major professor for thirteen of these. This constitutes a significant expansion of our mission compared to just four years ago when there were no doctoral students on our campus.