news release · june 22, 2017 norman, okla.—weather radar technology developed at the university...
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June 22, 2017
Norman,Okla.—WeatherradartechnologydevelopedattheUniversityofOklahoma’sAdvancedRadarResearchCenterisbeingutilizedinanewpotentiallylife-savingresearchcollaborationwithWeathernewsInternational,aJapaneseforecastingcompany,andNanowaveTechnologiesInc.,aCanadianradiofrequencyelectronicscompany.BothcompanieshavelocationsontheOUResearchCampusandhavepreviouslyestablishedindividualresearchrelationshipswiththeARRCinthefieldofweatherradar.”IhaveworkedwithbothWeathernewsandNanowaveforalongtimeandhavetheutmostrespectforbothcompanies.It’sgreatthatOUwasabletoplayaroleinbringingtogetherthesetwoimportantpartnersandasaresultjobswillbecreatedinOklahoma,”saidRobertPalmer,executivedirectoroftheARRC.OverthepasttwoyearsandincollaborationwiththeARRC,WeathernewshasbeendevelopinganewandinnovativeradarknownastheEnthusiasmforAsia-GenesisLeadingEdgeradar.WeathernewswillnowmoveforwardwiththemanufactureoftheEAGLEradarbyformalizingaresearchagreementwithNanowaveforthemanufactureofWeathernewsweatherradarsoverthecomingyears.”Thisisthefinalstageoftheradardevelopmentwithout-of-the-boxthinking.WeareveryluckytohavesuchgoodcollaborativepartnersastheUniversityofOklahomaandNanowaveTechnologiesInc.,andwewouldliketoexpressourappreciationtothem.WeintendthatthisEAGLEradarwillbringanewvalueofradarobservationstoAsianregions.Theseradarswillprovideverydenseobservationsintimeandspace.WehopethatweshallmakegreatcontributionstovariousfieldsinJapanandAsiancountrieswiththeEAGLEradar,”saidChihitoKusabiraki,CEOofWeathernews,Inc.ThefirstprototypeoftheEAGLEradarwasdesignedanddevelopedattheARRC,andOUhassincebeeninstrumentalinbringingthesecompaniestogetherforthemanufactureoftheradar.OncetheEAGLEradarisproducedbyNanowaveontheOUResearchCampus,itwillbedeployedthroughoutAsia,particularlyinregionswheretherearevictimseachyearasaresultofheavythunderstorms.Theprojecthasthepotentialtocontributetothesafetyandwell-beingofpeoplelivingintheseareas.”WeconsideritaprivilegetohavebeenselectedbyWeathernewsandOUtobringtheEAGLEradarintoproductioninNorman,Oklahoma.Thisprojectbuildsonourmulti-yearresearchanddevelopmentcollaborationwithOU’sAdvancedRadarResearchCenter,whileprovidingNanowavewiththeopportunitytoestablishaveryimportantstrategicpartnershipwithWeathernews,”saidJustinMiller,CEOofNanowaveTechnologyInc.OUandWeathernewsalsowillestablishascholarshipforARRCstudentsforenhancingadvancedresearchanddevelopmentofradartechnology.ABOUTADVANCEDRADARRESEARCHCENTER:TheUniversityofOklahomaAdvancedRadarResearchCenteristhelargestacademicradarprograminthenationwithover120studentsandfaculty.TheARRCislocatedinsidethe35,000squarefoot,state-of-the-artRadarInnovationsLaboratoryontheOUResearchCampus.ThefocusoftheARRCisoninterdisciplinaryeducation,leveraginganationally-rankedmeteorologyprogramandaggressivelygrowingengineeringdepartments.FormoreinformationabouttheARRC,visitarrc.ou.edu.
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Weathernews,OUandNanowaveTechnologiesAnnounceResearchCollaboration
ABOUTWEATHERNEWS:TheJapaneseforecastingcompanywithU.S.operationsontheUniversityofOklahomaResearchCampusmovedtoOnePartnersPlacein2004whentheonlyotherbuildingonthecampuswastheStephensonResearchandTechnologyCenter.ItwasthefirstprivatecompanytolocatetothecampusandremainstheretocollaboratewithOUscientists.Weathernewshas60employeesinOklahoma,amongwhomaregraduatesofOU’sSchoolofMeteorology.LearnmoreaboutWeathernewsatglobal.weathernews.com.ABOUTNANOWAVE:TheCanadianradiofrequencyelectronicsfirmestablishedaresearchgroupneartheRadarInnovationsLaboratoryontheOUResearchCampustocontinueitscollaborationonthedevelopmentofnext-generationelectromagneticsensors.Nanowave,aToronto-basedcompany,buildsextremelyhigh-reliabilityradiofrequencysubsystemsforalargepercentageoftheairborneweatherradarandsatellitecommunicationsmarkets.Nanowaveisoneofeightweather-relatedcompaniestolocateontheOUResearchCampus.LearnmoreaboutNanowaveatwww.nanowavetech.com.