Christine Brockman, a materials science and engineering Ph.D. candidate in the School of Materials, Mechatronics & Manufacturing Engineering, successfully defended her dissertation on October 10, 2025. Her research, entitled Multimodal Approach for the In-Situ Investigation of High Temperature Tensile Behavior and Damage Progression of SiCf/SiC Ceramic Matrix Minicomposites, involved the mechanical testing of ceramic matrix composite systems at temperatures up to 2700°F (1482°C).
Regents Professor Raj Singh of the School of Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University has received multiple research grants of over $700K from NSF in support of the basic research on diamond thin films and crystals for myriad of current and future applications.