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Where American Energy Leadership Takes Shape

The Hamm Institute is headquartered in a state-of-the-art facility built and donated by Baker Hughes and GE in 2016. In December 2021, a combined $50 million gift from the Harold Hamm Foundation and Continental Resources transformed the building into the permanent home of the Hamm Institute for American Energy at Oklahoma State University.

Located between the University of Oklahoma Research Park and a growing cluster of innovation-focused developments, the building sits at the center of Oklahoma City’s most ambitious research corridor. The Innovation District is designed to connect universities, industry, and government in close physical proximity, and the Hamm Institute is a primary anchor.

Inside, the building houses:

concourseContinental Resources Auditorium — A large-format venue for keynotes, panels, and major presentations.

Continental Resources Concourse — A flexible gathering space for receptions, networking, and informal collaboration.

Classrooms — Dedicated instructional spaces for graduate-level education and professional development programs.

The Hamm Institute Lab — A one-of-a-kind research facility.

Collaborative workspaces — Designed for cross-disciplinary teams, visiting fellows, and industry partners.

THE LAB

The Hamm Institute Lab is the building’s defining asset, a state-of-the-art research facility with two configurable wellbores. This unique infrastructure gives researchers and industry partners direct, on-site access to subsurface formations for field-relevant testing and experimentation.

Busy researchers in sterile lab environmentThe lab serves as a premier proving ground for next-generation energy solutions. Current and recent research areas include:

  • Geothermal nanofluids: Developing nanoparticle-enhanced fluids to improve heat extraction from low-temperature geothermal wells, with applications for repurposing legacy oil and gas sites.
  • Grid-edge AI: Building trustworthy AI frameworks that can operate at the grid edge, strengthening security and resilience in distributed energy systems.
  • Global energy security modeling: Interdisciplinary research that assesses geopolitical risk in energy markets and evaluates how U.S. exports and policy can support global stability.
    Energy infrastructure, computational capability

The facility also includes an on-site data center that enables high-performance computing and secure data workflows in a hands-on research environment. This capability supports real-time analytics, simulation, and validation across lab and field applications, helping partners move faster from concept to deployment.

The lab is central to the Hamm Institute’s American Energy + AI Initiative, positioning this facility as a proving ground where energy infrastructure meets the computational demands of artificial intelligence.

EVENTS

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Address: 300 NE 9th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104