Who would have imagined that a student working his way through college as a dishwasher would end up winning the National Medal of Science? Or that game-changing technology for the wood-products industry would come from watching mussels grip a rocky shoreline? Over the past 10 years, Oregon State University students, staff and faculty have shown [...]
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Powered by Internships – Nanoelectronics and new materials
Monday, July 19th, 2010
For Oregon State graduate and Tigard native Matt Chin, a longtime love of science was fostered by his childhood mentors. Teachers from fifth grade on helped Chin focus his passion, which led him to the field in which he’d eventually earn a Master’s degree – electrical engineering. Now, Chin is in Adelphi, Maryland, working in [...]
Portland is Powered by Orange
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Water — Food — Energy — necessary ingredients for a great city. And Oregon State University is working throughout Portland to make a positive difference in all three. Through research and partnerships with people and organizations, we are improving water quality, encouraging locally sourced food and taking sustainable living from idea to reality. Our faculty, [...]
Heading home
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Oregon State professor and head of the School of Civil and Construction Engineering Scott Ashford will be in Chile for the next week, as a part of a 30-member scientific team that will be studying the effects of the recent earthquake. Ashford will be reporting on his experiences in the Powered by Orange blog. The [...]
Why Chile fared better than Haiti
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Oregon State professor and head of the School of Civil and Construction Engineering Scott Ashford will be in Chile for the next week, as a part of a 30-member scientific team that will be studying the effects of the recent earthquake. Ashford will be reporting on his experiences in the Powered by Orange blog. Ashford [...]
Chile’s earthquake Bridge Team travels south
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Oregon State professor and head of the School of Civil and Construction Engineering Scott Ashford will be in Chile for the next week, as a part of a 30-member scientific team that will be studying the effects of the recent earthquake. Ashford will be reporting on his experiences in the Powered by Orange blog. The [...]
Greetings from Santiago, Chile
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Oregon State professor and head of the School of Civil and Construction Engineering Scott Ashford will be in Chile for the next week, as a part of a 30-member scientific team that will be studying the effects of the recent earthquake. Ashford will be reporting on his experiences in the Powered by Orange blog. I [...]
Disaster in Chile: What Can We Learn?
Monday, March 15th, 2010
The catastrophic magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile was caused by geologic forces that are very similar to the Cascadia Subduction Zone in the Pacific Northwest, as well as other subduction zones around the world. This week, about 30 members of a scientific team will be in Chile to study this disaster on the ground. [...]
Kearney goes gold…in energy efficiency
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Oregon State’s Kearney Hall just received gold certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program of the U.S. Green Building Council…which means it’s being recognized for environmentally-sensitive design and construction. It’s the second major building at Oregon State (after Kelley Engineering) to get the award. Here are a few of the building’s [...]
On the Bright Side: improving solar energy
Friday, September 18th, 2009
“In terms of solutions, we looked at some of the issues in solar energy that needed to be addressed. And we realized our skills could be applied to solve them,” Fiez says.
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