TU names new VP for research

Tandy Professor of Computer Science & Engineering

Rose Gamble, D.Sc., has been tapped by University of Tulsa President Brad R. Carson to serve as vice president for research and economic development.

“This is my dream job. I’m honored to work with President Carson on his vision for TU to achieve R1 status,” Gamble said. “Research produces new knowledge, and that new knowledge changes the world.”

A brilliant scholar who has taught hundreds of students while at TU, Gamble has published 47 journal articles and book chapters, in addition to 140 conference articles. She previously served as senior associate dean for the College of Engineering & Natural Sciences and director of the Software Design Laboratory, which supports a wide range of software engineering and architecture projects. She was awarded the inaugural University of Tulsa Outstanding Researcher Award in 2019.

Gamble’s research projects focused on security and functional assurance for autonomous and selfadaptive systems. She and Robert Baird (Ph.D. ’11) were awarded a patent in 2015 on a multi-claim auditable security token that gathers service identity and message transmission data to perform web service and cloud security forensics. She also was part of the research team developing adaptive operational threat analysis technology that involves the critical domains of electric power, additive manufacturing, and pipelines. As the lead research investigator or part of a research team, she has secured more than $20 million in funded research across federal, state, industry, and philanthropic partners. Always curious about scholarly activity in every corner of campus, Gamble said she leaves her office every day thinking about what else she and her team can do to raise TU’s research excellence profile and wakes up in the morning with a fresh vision and a new to-do list. “There’s a lot to do, but it’s all exciting and impactful,” she said.