Ph.D. students Awarded Dissertation Completion Fellowships
Each year, the University of Oklahoma awards dissertation completion fellowships – these are for Ph.D. candidates who are in the final phases of dissertation writing. These awards recognize especially meritorious projects and support their completion. There are two such fellowships; the Mergler Fellowship and the Bullard Fellowship. Addison Alford, who is advised by Dr. Mike […]
Recent Ph.D. Graduate Xu Lu Wins Provost’s Dissertation Prize
Dr. Xu Lu, who graduated with his Ph.D. in Meteorology in December 2019, has been awarded the University of Oklahoma Provost’s Dissertation Prize! His dissertation was entitled “Improving High-Resolution Tropical Cyclone Prediction using a Cycled, GSI-Based Hybrid Ensemble-Variational Data Assimilation System for HWRF with Vortex Scale Observations”, a work he completed under the guidance of […]
Professor Xuguang Wang Selected to Join WMO Working Group
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is “an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 193 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), the roots of which were planted at the 1873 Vienna International Meteorological Congress. Established by the ratification of the WMO Convention on 23 March 1950, WMO became the specialised agency of […]
School of Meteorology Mourns Dr. Jeff Kimpel
Dr. Kimpel was a visionary leader who will be greatly missed.