OSU-UML. The group also received the Journal Record's Creativity Award at the newspaper's Innovator of the Year event in April and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education's Economic Development Grant through the Partnership Recognition Program in May.

"We are thrilled and honored by the recognition we've received in recent months," said Dr. Stephen McKeever, OSU's VP for research and technology transfer and executive director of the UML. "We appreciate the acknowledgement that OSU-UML is uniquely positioned as a national resource to handle some of the most important research of our time while advancing Oklahoma's economy."

The OSU-UML, which is located in Ponca City, is focused on sensor technology, including the test, evaluation and implementation of defense, homeland security, energy, and intelligence systems.

The laboratories are wholly owned by OSU and operated by Triton Scientific LLC with essential support from the Ponca City Development Authority and ConocoPhillips. An Oklahoma business, OSU-UML brings researchers together with government and industry to rapidly and efficiently advance new technologies and capabilities to the end user.

OSU-UML also won the 2007 International Economic Development Council's award for the most innovative partnership in economic development in the nation.