Xiaoliang Jin receives NSF Career Award
Monday, May 2, 2016
(STILLWATER, Okla., May 2, 2016) – Dr. Xiaoliang Jin, assistant professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
has received the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Recipients
for the award are selected based on their innovative research at the forefront of
science and technology, relevant to the NSF mission, as well as community service
demonstrated through education, scientific leadership or community outreach.
“Obtaining a large federal grant is a feat in and of itself; but garnering a prestigious
CAREER award is a particularly laudable accomplishment,” says Kenneth Sewell, vice
president for research at OSU. “I am confident that Jin will utilize the CAREER grant
to propel his research and teaching programs at OSU to the next level.”
Jin’s CAREER proposal objective is to integrate precision manufacturing research
into the learning processes of students from the K-12 stage to the university level.
He plans to develop an ‘Optics World’ program by collaborating with the Oklahoma WONDERtorium,
a local children’s museum, to introduce K-12 students to the field of optics manufacturing.
The research will be integrated at the university level by developing research-oriented
instructional and experimental modules in three key engineering courses.
“Jin’s plans to integrate this research into the classroom are very exciting; exposing
young children to concepts of optics at the children’s WONDERtorium and bringing youngsters
into the lab will spark interest in this area that otherwise would not occur,” says
Sewell. “I am also pleased that his research will serve to enrich offerings in both
undergraduate and graduate courses in mechanical and aerospace engineering. Clearly,
he has put together an impressive set of projects that will have great impact in his
field and beyond.”
In addition, collaborations with the Oklahoma Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority
Participation program will provide Native American students the opportunity to be
directly involved in this research.
“The proposed plan of integrating this research into education will expose the students
and the public to precision manufacturing and optics engineering, and prepare the
next generation of engineers in advanced manufacturing areas, which is critical to
the advancement of the U.S. industry and economy,” says Jin.
“Precision manufacturing will play an increasingly important role in the economy
of the 21st century,” says Dan Fisher, professor and head of the School of Mechanical
and Aerospace engineering. “We’re very proud of Dr. Jin’s contributions to this field
and look forward to his continued success as a research scholar in mechanical and
aerospace engineering.”
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