Research Highlights
Multidisciplinary teams are engaged in research in each of these
areas and include collaboration with faculty in other colleges
and universities. Interest in environmentally safe manufacturing
resulted in a faculty team from the School of Chemical Engineering
and the Department of Chemistry (in the College of Arts and Sciences)
cooperating in the study of the production of sulfolane. The objective
of the research was the minimization of waste generated during
the production of this important compound. Faculty from the School
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, and the Department of Physics are collaborating
in the study of the manufacture and inspection of ceramic bearings.
This project, funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency
(ARPA) and the Defense Logistic Agency (DLA) through TASC, Inc.,
will provide an emerging industry with technology to compete in
the global marketplace. The School of Industrial Engineering and
Management at OSU along with the School of Industrial Engineering
at the University of Oklahoma have just completed two National
Science Foundation (NSF) contracts doing cooperative research
and educational development in the area of manufacturing systems.
With the University of Oklahoma, University of Tulsa, and the
University of Arkansas, CEAT has secured congressional funding
for the Integrated Petroleum Environment Consortium (IPEC).