It’s 250 feet long, has millions of parts and can put nearly one million pounds into the air. And a number of Oregon State alumni are on the team that’s making the latest version of Boeing’s iconic jumbo jet — the 747-8 — a reality.
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Dynamic Duo
Friday, March 18th, 2011
Marshall Adrian and Farshad Farahbakhshian are familiar faces in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), so much so they have earned their own nicknames — “Mar-Mar” and “Far-Far,” or, because they are so often together, “MarFar.”
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.
OSU powering PDX electric car industry
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
OSU is already building a partner relationship with Nissan as part of the company’s effort to make Portland the North America hub for its electric car distribution. Now, a Norwegian manufacturer may want to start building electric cars in Portland, and, as usual, OSU is in the thick of it. Engineering Dean Ron Adams weighs [...]
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