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Advisor of the Year and a third straight ASME section award

Dr. Sallam was named Advisor of the Year at the OSU-Tulsa Student Organization Awards, and the OSU-Tulsa student section of ASME received the Student Section Achievement Award for the third consecutive year. 2026 also marks the 25th anniversary of the section, established in March 2001.

In memory of Prof. G.M. Faeth (1936–2005)

Remembering Prof. Gerard M. Faeth, Dr. Sallam's Ph.D. advisor.

Tribute to Prof. Faeth (National Academies) →

ASME Mid-Continent Section innovation awards for Steven, Lane, Omar and Tawhid

Steven Wilson, Lane King, and Omar Elsousi won the 2025 Undergraduate Innovation Award, and Tawhidur Rahman won the 2025 Graduate Innovation Award from the ASME Mid-Continent Section. Congratulations!

Dr. Sallam speaks at the ASME Mid-Continent Section monthly seminar

Seminar talk: “Dynamic Manipulation of Apparent Contact Angles to Mitigate Membrane Wetting.”

ILASS-Americas webinar on the physics of atomization

Dr. Sallam presented “Aerodynamic Effect on Liquid Breakup” in the ILASS-Americas Webinar Series.

Bipin wins the Outstanding Student Water Research Poster Award

Bipin Kafle won the Outstanding Student Water Research Poster Award at the Oklahoma Governor's Water Conference and Research Symposium in Norman.

ASME@OSU-Tulsa named Student Organization of the Year

The ASME student section at OSU-Tulsa, advised by Dr. Sallam, won the Student Organization of the Year Award for 2023/2024.

Chris Scott wins the ASME Mid-Continent Graduate Technical Innovation Award

Chris Scott received the 2023 Graduate Technical Innovation Award from the ASME Mid-Continent Section for presenting “Effect of Injector Intrusion on Aerated Liquid Injection in Supersonic Crossflow.” At the MAE Symposium, Andrew Williamson's poster was featured on the symposium webpage and Chris was awarded the best oral presentation award.

Recognition for service to the ASME Mid-Continent Section

Dr. Sallam received a Certificate of Appreciation for his service and contribution to the ASME Mid-Continent Professional Section in 2021/2022.

Bipin Kafle receives the ASME Mid-Continent Graduate Technical Innovation Award

Congratulations to Bipin Kafle, awarded the ASME Mid-Continent Section Graduate Technical Innovation Award for 2021/2022.

Our herbicide-drift research is cited in Adjuvants & Formulations magazine

The lab's work on spray drift of flat-fan nozzles was cited in Adjuvants & Formulations magazine.

Alex featured in the newspaper

Alex Sheridan was featured in a newspaper article.

First place in the Decarbonization Prize

Congratulations to Andrew Williamson and Michael Costa — Baker Hughes judges awarded them first place in the Cowboy Innovations Decarbonization Prize. (Michael missed the event.)

OSU news article →

Dr. Sallam chairs a session at ICLASS 2021

Dr. Sallam chaired a session at the ICLASS 2021 meeting.

Watch the session (Vimeo) →

Andrew wins the ASME Mid-Continent Graduate Technical Innovation Award

Andrew Williamson was announced as the winner of the ASME Mid-Continent Section Graduate Technical Innovation Award for 2020/2021. Congratulations Andrew!

Honorable mention at the 40th Oklahoma AIAA/ASME Symposium

Andrew Williamson's presentation “A Novel Compression and Expansion Fusion for Improving Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycles” received an Honorable Mention from the Selection Committee at the 40th Oklahoma AIAA/ASME Symposium.

Top-5 finalist in the Collegiate Inventors Competition

Andrew Williamson was selected as a finalist in the National Collegiate Inventors Competition 2019.

Collegiate Inventors Competition →

Second-year Undergraduate Research Scholarship for Saqib

Saqib Raza was awarded a second-year Undergraduate Research Scholarship to work on a spray morphing strategy to eliminate herbicide drift in crosswind.

Building a hypersonic shock tube

Christopher Vallery was awarded a CEAT Undergraduate Research Scholar (URS-1) Award to build a hypersonic shock tube in Dr. Sallam's lab, advancing hypersonic research at OSU and contributing to the future of the aerospace industry.

Successful defense

Proud of Alex Sheridan, who defended his M.Sc. thesis, “The Effects of Injection Angle on the Structure of Choked Gaseous Jets.” He did his experimental work in the lab while working full time and being a new parent. #Be_Like_Alex

Oklahoma Catalyst Researchers Program award

Andrew Williamson won an Oklahoma Catalyst Researchers Program award ($3,000). The program is hosted at the Tom Love Innovation Hub, University of Oklahoma.

Dr. Sallam named chair of the ASME Mid-Continent Section

OSU-Tulsa news: Dr. Sallam was named chair of the ASME Mid-Continent Section.