Oklahoma State MAE

MAE check out this exciting event happening on Wednesday!

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