DET Research
Faculty Research
The Division of Engineering Technology consists of six programs and each program is responsible for its respective field of research. The DET faculty members listed below carry-out individual research efforts and collaborate with other program members in these projects. Please see the faculty links below for further details.
- Construction Engineering Technology
- Fire and Emergency Management
- Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology
- MET/EET/MERO
Engineering Technology Research Facilities
Construction Engineering Technology
Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology
Research News and Grants
Development of a quantitative assessment model of WUI fire resilience
- Sponsor: NIST
- Total: $398,071
- Project Period: 01/15/2024-01/14/2027
- PI: Haejun Park, CO-PI: Tony McAleavy and Xiangyu (Dale) Li
Place-Based, Human-Centered Networks to Enhance Community Resilience and Equity
- Sponsor: NSF
- Grant Total: $367,706
- Project Period: 1/1/2024-12/31/2026
- PI: Chen Chen, Co-PI: Katherine Idziorek (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Collaborative Research: REU site: Multi-disciplinary Research Experiences in Smart Personal Protective Equipment (SmaPP)
- Sponsor: National Science Foundation
- Total: $262,052
- Project Period: 10/1/2023 - 9/30/2026
- PI: Haejun Park, CO-PI: Dr. Chulho Yang
Fire Protection Subject Matter Experts
- Sponsor: Sandia National Laboratories
- Grant Total: $124,182
- Project Period: 10/2023-9/2025
- PI:Virginia Charter, Co-PI: Leslie Stockel
Understanding and Modeling the Informal Warning System to Enhance Community Resilience
- Sponsor: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
- Grant Total: $510,501
- Project Period: 9/1/2023-8/31/2026
- PI: Chen Chen, Co-PI: Michael Lindell (Texas A&M)
Emergency signage mapping project
- Sponsor: Emergency & Safety Support Group (ESSG)
- Grant Total: $8,629
- Project Period: 5/2023-6/2023
- PI: Bryan Hoskins
Humanitarian Logistics Action Lab
- Sponsor: 100,000 Strong in the Americans Innovations Fund (U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassies, Partners of the Americas, corporations, and foundations).
- Grant Total: $151,633
- Project Period: 2/2023-6/2024
- PI:Marten Brienen, Co-PI: Diana Rodriguez Coca
Development of Control Interface Components for Autonomous Vehicle Systems
- Sponsor: KEIT (Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology) through IAE
- Total: $250,000
- Project Period: 06/2022 - 05/2027
- PI: Chulho Yang, Co-PI: Huaxia Wang
3D-Printed Maskants for Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (OC-ALC) Coating Processes
- Grant Total: $300,831
- Sponsor: Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) Units - Tinker Air Force Base
- Project Period: 09/2021 - 09/2023
- PI: Robert Taylor, Co-PIs: Hitesh Vora, Victoria Natalie
Virtual Reality Study of Line of Fire Incidents
- Sponsor: Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. (MEMIC)
- Grant Total: $29,794
- Project Period: 1/2024-8/2026
- PI: Diana Rodriguez Coca, Co-PI: Leslie Stockel
Collaborative Research: RAPID: Integrated Sociotechnical Investigations of the Compounding Impacts of Maui Wildfires fueled by Hurricane Dora
- Sponsor: NSF
- Total: $25,000
- Project Period: 10/01/2023-9/30/2025
- PI: Chen Chen
Phase iX: Enhancement of the OK-EFRA web Application and Development of Dashboard to Support Local and Regional Emergency Planning Activities
- Sponsor: Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security
- Grant Total: $105,728
- Project Period: 10/2023-9/2024
- PI: Manjunath Kamath, Co-PI: Diana Rodriguez Coca, R. Scott Frazier
Coping with Stressors: Understanding Negative Emotions, Harmful Strategies, and the Role of Fire Service Culture
- Sponsor: NSF
- Total: $511,794
- Project Period: 9/1/2023-8/31/2025
- PI: Xiangyu (Dale) Li, CO-PI: Lindsey Greco
Emergency Signage Mapping Project - Phase 2
- Sponsor: Emergency & Safety Support Group(ESSG)
- Total: $6,690
- Project Period: 8/2023-1/2024
- PI: Bryan Hoskins
IAC Resilience Planning Tool
- Sponsor: Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Total: $5,000
- Project Period: 4/2023-8/2023
- PI: Hitesh Vora
Phase VIII: Generalization of the EHS Flow Analysis and Risk Assessment Methodology and Development of OK-EFRA 2.0 with new Survey Data
- Sponsor: Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management & Homeland Security
- Grant Total: $159,575
- Project Period: 10/01/22 - 09/30/23
- PI Manjunath Kamath, CO-PIs: Scott Frazier and Diana Rodriguez Coca
Oklahoma State University Industrial Assessment Center
- Grant Total: $2,200,155
- Government Share: $1,750,000
- Cost Share: $450,155
- Project Period: 10/2021 - 09/2026
- PI: Hitesh Vora, Co-PIs: Mehmet Bayram Yildirim (WSU), Deepak Gupta (WSU), Michael McCombs (OSU)