Research
Research
Cutting-edge
technologies, new
approaches to social
challenges, diverse
ways to involve
students in realworld learning...The
innovation,
scholarship and
creativity of the
Oregon State
University research
enterprise continues
to make a difference in our world.
The Research
Office encourages
and assists the
academic activity
conducted within
departments,
colleges, centers,
and institutes by
providing general
and directed
research funding.
VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH
The vice president for research coordinates efforts of the various research
organizations of the university. The vice
president encourages and assists faculty
members in the development of research
programs and in handling grant and
contract applications; advises the
president of the university regarding
general progress of the institution’s
research programs; works to ensure
maximum opportunity for the integration of graduate instruction and research;
and maintains a technology transfer
program for researchers who identify new
devices and/or processes useful to the
public. Special evaluations are made of
patent ownership provisions to assure
that the interests of the inventor, the
university, and the state are best served.
The vice president also coordinates
administration of grant and contract
operations with the directors of business
affairs and business services to aid the
work of faculty and to ensure compliance
with university, state, and federal
regulations.
GRANTS FROM RESEARCH OFFICE
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/research/
incentive/index.htm
General Research Fund (GRF)
The General Research Fund (GRF) is
primarily intended to provide “seed
money” for developing new concepts and
to support faculty research that is not
supported by organized or directed
programs of other research organizations
on or off campus. Funds are allocated by
the vice president for research with the
advice of the Research Council. Faculty
members with the rank of instructor and
above are eligible to serve as principal
investigators. Application forms are
available from the Research Office (RO) or
the RO website. Awards are made to
enable faculty to carry out scholarly,
creative work that should lead to the
pursuit of other funding sources. Funds
may be used for wages, travel, equipment,
supplies, and services. Faculty salaries
including summer and sabbatical leaves,
faculty release time, graduate assistantships and tuition, travel to meetings/
conferences, laboratory animal care, as
well as expenses related to curriculum
development, administration, instruction
or training are not supported.
Faculty Release Time
The Faculty Release Time program
provides limited funding for individuals
developing external grant proposals or
who wish to further their scholarly
activities. FRT is for tenure-track faculty.
Preference will be given to new or junior
faculty (hired in the last three years) and
to applicants who describe incisive,
innovative research with a strong
likelihood of funding. Senior faculty are
eligible, particularly if the proposal being
developed represents a change in
direction for the faculty member’s
research or scholarship. Pre-approval
must be obtained by both the department
head and the college dean prior to
submittal. Full consideration for advance
replacement and term scheduling should be
evaluated to avoid conflicts in class
planning and preparation.
Research Equipment Reserve Fund
Research Equipment Reserve Funds
(RERF) may be used to acquire, repair,
renovate, or improve capital equipment
directly used for research. The formal
definition of capital equipment is any
article of non-expendable, tangible
property having a useful life of more
than one year and an acquisition or
valuation cost of at least $5,000. Faculty
with the rank of instructor and above are
eligible to serve as principal investigator.
The Research Office does not restrict
research associates from serving as
principal investigators; however, some
colleges do. Therefore, approval by the
dean of the unit must be received prior to
submission of a proposal to the program.
Faculty with courtesy appointments may
serve as co-investigator only.
The Research Council is interested in
supporting new faculty. However, new
faculty with uncommitted Research
Office start-up funds are not eligible for
consideration. Principal and co-principal
investigators may receive an award from
the RERF only one time in a 24-month
period. Principal investigators who reapply after the 24-month period are
eligible only if the required final report
from the previous award was submitted.
Undergraduate Research, Innovation,
Scholarship and Creativity Fund
URISC is a Research Office program that
supports undergraduate research
activities. “Research” at OSU is interpreted broadly to reflect what goes on
not only in laboratories and field
stations, but also in libraries, art studios,
and music practice rooms. The Research
Office seeks to involve undergraduate
students from all academic disciplines
within the university.
Hundreds of opportunities exist for
students to become actively involved in
the scholarly pursuits of the faculty and
to take part in a compelling learning
experience. This kind of involvement
provides insight into the creation of
knowledge that is often not a part of
classroom learning. It gives the student a
hands-on opportunity to apply what
they have been learning in the classroom,
as well as to develop a mentoring
relationship with a faculty member.
The URISC Fund is intended to enable
students to initiate a scholarly relationship with faculty early in their academic
careers. Faculty mentors are expected to
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Building
Oregon State
University
Corvallis, OR
97331-2121
541-737-3437
E-mail:
researchsupport@
oregonstate.edu
Website: http://
oregonstate.edu/
research/
ADMINISTRATION
John M. Cassady
Vice President for
Research
737-0662
john.cassady@
oregonstate.edu
George R.
“Rich” Holdren
Senior Associate
Vice President for
Research
737-3467
rich.holdren@
oregonstate.edu
Jack F.
Higginbotham
Associate Vice
President for
Research
737-9088
jack.higginbotham@
oregonstate.edu
Peggy S. Lowry
Director
Office of Sponsored
Programs and
Research Compliance
737-4933
peggy.lowry@
oregonstate.edu
Craig Sheward
Director
Office of Technology
Transfer
737-3439
craig.sheward@
oregonstate.edu
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Oregon State University
assume financial responsibility for
student research activities if they
continue beyond the initial URISC
sponsorship.
Only faculty with professorial rank
are eligible to serve as faculty project
advisor. Students currently pursuing a
baccalaureate degree at OSU and who
are in good academic standing are
eligible to apply. Students completing
graduation requirements before or
during term(s) support is requested are
not eligible. (i.e. students graduating in
June would not be eligible to participate
in the summer program following
graduation.)
RESEARCH
STATEWIDE PROGRAMS
Research is supported by appropriations
to experiment stations, institutes, and
centers, as well as by grants from private
and public agencies for institutional and
individual projects. The General
Research Fund (seed funding) is
administered with the advice of the
Research Council.
Separately organized research units
include the following:
OSU RESEARCH
CENTERS AND INSTITUTES
• Agricultural Experiment Station
• Center for Fish Disease Research
• Center for Genome Research and
Biocomputing
• The Center for the Humanities
• Forest Research Laboratory
• Microtechnology-Based Energy,
Chemical, and Biological Systems
• Cooperative Institute for Marine
Resources Studies
• Environmental Health Sciences Center
• Hatfield Marine Science Center
• Institute for Natural Resources
• Institute for Water and Watersheds
• Kiewit Center for Infrastructure and
Transportation
• Laboratory Animal Resources Center
• Linus Pauling Institute
• Marine and Freshwater Biomedical
Sciences Center
• Microproducts Breakthrough Institute
• Oregon Sea Grant
• Oregon NASA Space Grant
Consortium
• Radiation Center
• Survey Research Center
MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL
RESEARCH CONSORTIA
• Consortium for Plant Biotechnology
Research, Inc.
• Inter-University Consortium for
Political and Social Research
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
ADDITIONAL
OSU RESEARCH UNITS
• Aquaculture Collaborative Research
Support Program
• Engineering Experiment Station
• Integrated Plant Protection Center
• Oregon Nanoscience and
Microtechnologies Institute
• Sun Grant
AGRICULTURAL
EXPERIMENT STATION
Thayne R. Dutson, Director
Roy G. Arnold, Executive Associate
Director
William G. Boggess, Associate Director
Charles D. Boyer, Associate Director
Stella M. Coakley, Associate Director
Jan Auyong, Assistant Director
Website: http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/
research/
The Oregon Agricultural Experiment
Station was organized July 1, 1888, in
accordance with the Hatch Act of 1887.
It now includes a central station at
Corvallis and eleven branch stations in
the major crop, climate, and marketing
areas of Oregon, assuring that its
research program is close to the people
and the needs of Oregon agricultural
and natural resources.
The station is the principal agricultural research agency in the state. Its
mission is to conduct research and
demonstrations in the agricultural,
biological, social, and environmental
sciences that contribute to the economic, environmental, and social
welfare of Oregon. The products of its
research help to:
1. Ensure a stable and productive
agriculture through wise management
and use of the soil, water, wildlife,
and other natural resources of the
state.
2. Protect crops and animals from
insects, diseases, and other hazards.
3. Improve the efficiency of agricultural
production by developing integrated
system approaches to management.
4. Develop new agricultural products
and processes and enhance quality of
the state’s food products.
5. Improve the marketing of Oregon’s
agricultural products.
6. Promote community development.
7. Improve the nutritional value and
quality of food and protect the
consumers of Oregon’s food products.
8. Protect and improve the environment
and quality of living for residents of
the state.
9. Assist developing countries in
agriculture to promote trade with the
United States and alleviate world
hunger.
The station conducts research in the
following departments and colleges:
Agricultural and Resource Economics,
Animal Sciences, Bioengineering, Botany
and Plant Pathology, Chemistry, Crop
and Soil Science, Environmental and
Molecular Toxicology, Fisheries and
Wildlife, Food Science and Technology,
Health and Human Sciences, Horticulture, Microbiology, Rangeland Resources, Statistics, and Veterinary
Medicine. Research is supported in other
units such as the Center for Gene
Research and Biotechnology, Linus
Pauling Institute, and the Environmental Health Sciences Center. Branch
stations provide opportunity for basic
and applied field research programs at
the following locations: Central Oregon
Agricultural Research Center (Madras
and Powell Butte), Eastern Oregon
Agricultural Research Center (Burns and
Union), Food Innovation Center
Experiment Station (Portland); Klamath
Experiment Station (Klamath Falls),
Malheur Experiment Station (Ontario),
Hermiston Agricultural Research and
Extension Center (Hermiston), MidColumbia Agricultural Research and
Extension Center (Hood River), North
Willamette Research and Extension
Center (Aurora), Columbia Basin
Agricultural Research Center (Pendleton
and Moro), Southern Oregon Research
and Extension Center (Medford), and
the Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment
Station (Newport and Astoria).
The current research emphases in the
station will develop value-added
Oregon products and markets for them;
aid in understanding nature as a systemproviding information about natural
resources for crucial management
choices and policy making; and expand
Oregon agriculture in ways that are
both economically sustainable and
environmentally sound.
The station collaborates with the OSU
Extension Service, the College of
Agricultural Sciences’ instructional
programs, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, the U.S. Department of
Interior, the U.S. Department of
Commerce, and other federal and state
agencies on research programs of
interest to the state, the Pacific Northwest, the nation, and other countries.
Research
FOREST RESEARCH
LABORATORY
Hal J. Salwasser, Director
Stephen D. Hobbs, Associate Director
Roger D. Admiral, Associate Director
Website: http://www.cof.orst.edu/frl
The Forest Research Laboratory is
Oregon’s forestry and forest products
research agency; its director is the dean
of Oregon State University’s College of
Forestry. Established by the Oregon
Legislature in 1941, the program is
supported by state and federal appropriations and by research grants from
public and private sources. In addition
to research in campus laboratories and
university forests, studies are conducted
cooperatively in public and private
forests and in wood products manufacturing facilities throughout Oregon.
Activities are organized within five
program areas that draw upon faculty
expertise in the College of Forestry’s
Departments of Forest Engineering,
Forest Resources, Forest Science, and
Wood Science and Engineering; and,
with jointly appointed faculty in the
Departments of Botany and Plant
Pathology, Fisheries and Wildlife, and
Soil Science. Research program areas are
forest regeneration; forest ecology,
culture, and productivity; protecting
forests and watersheds; evaluating forest
uses and practices; and wood processing
and products performance. Interdisciplinary teamwork is characteristic of many
of the research projects. The program
supports research of graduate students
in forest genetics, economics, physiology, biometrics, hydrology, entomology,
pathology, forest soils, forest engineering, recreation, forest policy, silviculture,
ecology, and wood science.
This laboratory’s program is designed
to provide information enabling wiser
public and private decisions concerning
the management and use of Oregon’s
forest resources and the operation of the
state’s wood-using industries. As a result
of this research, Oregon’s forests
produce more forest products, water,
forage, fish, wildlife, and recreation;
wood is harvested and used more
efficiently; forests are used more intensively and effectively; employment,
production, and profitability in dependent industries are strengthened; and
assistance is provided in maintaining a
quality environment for Oregonians.
The Forest Research Laboratory, the
Corvallis Forestry Sciences Laboratory of
the U.S. Forest Service, and related
research conducted elsewhere on
campus combine to form the largest
concentration of forest sciences research
in North America.
OREGON SEA GRANT
Robert E. Malouf, Director
Website: http://
seagrant.oregonstate.edu/
Oregon Sea Grant takes an integrated
approach to addressing the problems
and opportunities of Oregon’s marine
resources. Oregon Sea Grant’s three
related primary activities—research,
education, and outreach—respond to
the needs of ocean users and act to
stimulate the Oregon economy. Funding
for Sea Grant comes from federal and
state appropriations, as well as contributions from local governments and
industry. The major support is a grant
from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
Program activities are conducted in
several interdependent topical areas.
They include biotechnology, commercial
fisheries, seafood technology, coastal
economic development, and coastal
ecosystems.
Oregon Sea Grant has been an
innovator in promoting cooperative
Pacific regional research and
development. The program also
provides professional, technical, and
public education, as well as Extension
services through the Sea Grant
Extension program. In addition, Sea
Grant administration provides support
for OSU graduate students to study
important marine and coastal problems
and to participate in research
administration.
Oregon Sea Grant Communications
offers publication and other media
support for program participants. The
communications specialists operate
from within Sea Grant administration
and cooperate with other information
offices at Oregon State University. Sea
Grant Communications also prepares
news releases and video programming as
part of a broader effort to inform the
public about marine resource issues.
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary in operation, the Oregon Sea
Grant program involves faculty and
students in several OSU colleges.
Participants in the program also include
the University of Oregon, Oregon
Health and Science University, Portland
State University, and Eastern Oregon
University.
Oregon Sea Grant also maintains
close relationships with several research
facilities on the Oregon coast, among
them the OSU Hatfield Marine Science
Center in Newport and the OSU
Seafood Laboratory in Astoria. Sea
Grant manages the Visitor Center of the
Hatfield Marine Science Center.
The users of Oregon’s marine resources are key contributors to the
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program. An advisory council of marine
industry and coastal community leaders
provides external review of program
emphasis and progress.
OREGON NASA SPACE
GRANT CONSORTIUM
Jack Higginbotham, Director
92 Kerr Administration Building
Corvallis, OR 97331-2103
541-737-2414
Website: http://spacegrant.
oregonstate.edu
The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) established
Oregon Space Grant in 1991 as a part of
the National Space Grant College and
Fellowship Program. The objectives of
the program are to establish a national
network of universities with interest and
capabilities in aeronautics, space and
related fields; encourage cooperative
programs among universities, aerospace
industry, and federal, state, and local
governments; encourage interdisciplinary training, research, and public
service programs related to aeronautics,
space science and technology; recruit
and train professionals, especially
women, underrepresented minorities,
and persons with disabilities, for careers
in aerospace-related science and
engineering; and develop a strong
science, mathematics, and technology
education base from elementary
through university levels.
Oregon Space Grant supports an
array of programs to benefit Oregon’s
students and faculty from middle
school through graduate school. The
SMILE Program Middle School Challenge
and Saturday Academy’s Apprenticeships
in Science and Engineering program
provides aerospace-related opportunities for K–12 students and teachers to
explore areas beyond their in-school
activities. LaunchOregon, Oregon Space
Grant’s High Altitude Balloon Satellite
program, provides applied science
opportunities for undergraduates and
graduates. Undergraduate scholarships
are available for students at affiliate
campuses across the state, and graduate
fellowships attract excellent graduate
students to aerospace related research
programs.
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CENTER FOR
FISH DISEASE RESEARCH
Michael L. Kent, Director
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/
salmon
The Oregon State University faculty has
been in the forefront of fish disease
research for over 30 years, beginning
with the pioneering efforts of Dr. John
L. Fryer, OSU Distinguished Professor of
the Department of Microbiology.
During this time, faculty members
engaged in salmonid disease research
has increased and currently numbers
twelve in four colleges. Investigators
have trained many of the nation’s
professional fish pathologists and fish
health researchers, have developed
vaccines and diagnostic tests that are
routinely used for cultured and wild
stocks of fish, and have provided a
wealth of knowledge on the pathogenic
mechanisms and epidemiology of most
of the serious salmonid diseases of the
U.S. and the world. The Center for Fish
Disease Research (CFDR) was established
in 1994 as a multidisciplinary unit to
recognize this group as a Research and
Educational Center within Oregon State
University and the Oregon State System
of Higher Education. Center investigators consist of faculty selected primarily
from the College of Agricultural Sciences
and the College of Science, with the
involvement of several faculties from the
College of Pharmacy, the College of
Veterinary Medicine, and other units or
institutions as appropriate.
The CFDR seeks to resolve disease
problems that present a threat to the
salmonid species and other fishes of the
Pacific Northwest, the nation, and the
world. A central function of the center
is to promote and assist the salmonid
disease research of center investigators.
The central research facility of the
CFDR is the John L. Fryer Salmon
Disease Laboratory.
CENTER FOR GENOME
RESEARCH AND
BIOCOMPUTING
James C. Carrington, Director
Website: http://www.cgrb.orst.edu
MISSION STATEMENT
The Center for Genome Research and
Biocomputing at Oregon State University facilitates the development of
molecular biological and genetic
research with the ultimate goal of
improving health, natural and agricultural resources, and environmental
quality. The center offers leadership and
services to faculty, staff and students
through core laboratories, seminars, and
retreats. It also provides a focal point
for researchers to establish contacts,
initiate collaborations, and establish new
technologies in their own laboratories.
FUNCTIONS OF THE CGRB
Over 90 scientists, all holding primary
appointments in academic departments
of the Colleges of Agricultural Sciences,
Engineering, Forestry, Pharmacy, Science,
Veterinary Medicine, and Atmospheric
and Oceanic Sciences are affiliate
members of the center. The center was
established in 1983 to meet several
objectives: (1) to acknowledge explicitly
the interdisciplinary character of today’s
biology by creating a structure that
spans departmental and college
boundaries; (2) to increase communication among researchers with shared
interests; (3) to foster the development
of research collaborations, particularly
those that focus new technologies on
problems of practical importance; (4) to
facilitate development of new technologies; (5) to provide a vehicle for seeking
new kinds of support for research and
graduate training; and (6) to enhance
the biological research and educational
environment on campus by seeking
opportunities to recruit outstanding
new faculty members.
• CGRB Core Laboratories–A key part
of the center is the CGRB Core
Laboratories that provide services,
technical expertise, collaborative
functions and share-use equipment
for molecular bioscience research at
OSU. The Core Labs are a fully staffed
facility that serves as a focal point for
acquisition and development of new
instrumentation and technologies. A
professional staff of six provide
service in four areas:
• Genomics–DNA sequencing,
genotyping and fragment analysis
services;
• Functional Genomics–high-throughput microarray services for analysis
of global gene expression patterns
in all types of organisms;
• Biocomputing and Bioinformatics–
advanced computational resources
for data mining, data analysis and
database development;
• Imaging and Image Analysis–a
confocal laser scanning microscope
facility for high-resolution analysis
of a wide variety of specimens. In
addition, the center maintains a set
of common-use instruments and
computers for research and data
presentation.
In addition, the CGRB provides
shared instrumentation, including
real time PCR, scanners, robotics, and
computational facilities for use by
walk-in users
• Seminars, Retreats, Training–
Bi-weekly CGRB seminar, annual
retreat, Gene D. Knudson Lectures in
Molecular Genetics, technology
training (e.g. microarray application
training, bioinformatics training, etc.).
The center coordinates a seminar
program in which faculty, staff and
students can interact with outstanding scientists from other institutions
and organizations. The center also
sponsors a yearly retreat for scientific
exchange, building collaborations,
strengthening ties across departmental
and college boundaries, and social
interaction.
• Consolidation and Coordination
of Bioscience Faculty–over 90
faculty are affiliated with the CGRB.
The CGRB provides a consolidating
function to organize large equipment
grant proposals and other activities
that require participation by several
faculty. In addition, the CGRB is
perceived by the administration to
represent the interests of these faculty,
who are spread across eight colleges.
• Research–In the past, the CGRB has
not had an in-house research
program. This is changing as the
focus of the center shifts away from
simple service (e.g. small scale
sequencing, oligo synthesis) to more
of a collaborative, enabling technology entity. Some examples of this
collaborative model include offering
bioinformatics support to a bacterial
genome sequencing project (Steve
Giovannoni), and developing
software for automated small RNA
prediction and analysis (Carrington).
The CGRB director reports to the vice
president for research. Scientific and
administrative oversight and guidance
are provided by a scientific advisory
board, which has two external members,
and an administrative advisory board.
THE CENTER FOR
THE HUMANITIES
David M. Robinson, Director
Wendy Madar, Associate Director
Sara Ash, Office Coordinator
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/
humanities/
The Center for the Humanities, established in 1984, is primarily concerned
with the advancement of interdisciplinary humanities research. The center
consists of visiting scholars and OSU
resident fellows engaged in individual
research. Fellowship applications are
screened by an advisory board made up
of former fellows and OSU faculty from
the College of Liberal Arts. The center
also hosts or co-sponsors research
conferences, seminars, film and lecture
Research
series, and numerous public programs.
The center’s fundamental concern is the
improvement of the quality of humanities research and teaching at OSU. It is
located in Autzen House, 811 SW
Jefferson Avenue. Contact: Center for
the Humanities, 541-737-2450.
ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
Joseph Beckman, Director
Website: http://www.ehsc.orst.edu
The Environmental Health Sciences
Center was established in 1967 with
funding by the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
As an organizational unit under the vice
president for research, it provides
resources for coordination and stimulation of interdisciplinary basic research
and training related to the effects of
environmental factors on human
health.
Environmental quality problems and
their resultant effects continue to
challenge people’s health and their
ability to understand and manage the
evolving impact of environmental
agents. Solutions to environmental
problems require the interdisciplinary
scientific efforts of professionals in
many fields, both to generate new
knowledge and to develop a qualified
cadre of scientists who can provide an
improved basis for risk assessment.
The EHS Center currently brings
together and uses a variety of professional capabilities of research and
teaching faculty, staff, and students
from numerous OSU departments,
schools, and colleges within OSU.
Academic areas include chemistry,
biochemistry and biophysics, environmental and molecular toxicology,
microbiology, molecular and cell
biology, food science and technology,
fisheries and wildlife, veterinary
medicine, pharmacology, zoology, and
statistics. The center’s visiting scientists
program complements research expertise
in these areas.
The broad mission of the EHS Center
encompasses coordinated ongoing
research of its faculty and encourages
research by the training and support of
qualified graduate students, predoctoral
candidates, and postdoctoral research
associates. As one of 26 national
research centers designated by NIEHS,
the EHS Center at OSU enhances the
collaborative scientific research of its
investigators with specialized core
facilities. The center serves as an
interdisciplinary resource on human
health as related to the environment; it
periodically awards funding for pilot
projects submitted by OSU faculty to
encourage new approaches in environmental health research. Selected
proposals receive funding for preliminary studies, many of which have led to
agency funding as major projects. It
sponsors conferences, symposia,
seminars, and meetings for student
training, faculty consultations, and
public communication. The EHS Center,
through the OSU Cooperative Extension Service and other existing mechanisms, has developed a Community
Outreach and Education Program to
communicate and heighten public
awareness about environmental issues
and the related recognition of risk to
human health.
Examples of specific research areas
include toxicology of environmental
chemicals, cellular and biochemical
toxicology, immunotoxicology,
naturally occurring toxins, carcinogenesis of environmental chemicals, genetic
toxicology, mass spectrometric ionization processes and methodologies,
heteronuclear NMR studies, the
chemical basis for solid waste and
chemical waste disposal, and statistical
studies, e.g., temporal aspects of cancer
risks.
Federal environmental health
legislation, particularly the Toxic
Substances Control Act, has created a
greater need for qualified toxicologists.
To help meet this need, many EHS
Center investigators serve as faculty
within the OSU MS/PhD interdisciplinary graduate Toxicology Program, as
well as being faculty for the ongoing
predoctoral and postdoctoral training
program supported by the NIEHS and
administered by the center. The focus of
the training and research in environmental toxicology emphasizes determination of the mode of action of
environmental chemicals; the curricula
encourage use of biochemical, pathological, and pharmacological approaches to acquire a mastery in
aquatic, biochemical, comparative,
environmental, food, as well as general
toxicology.
The administrative office of the EHS
Center is in the Agricultural and Life
Sciences (ALS) building; the research and
teaching facilities are in the cooperating
departments on campus. The EHS
Center office has information available
upon request.
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KIEWIT CENTER FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
TRANSPORTATION
Christopher Higgins, Interim Director
Website: http://kiewit.oregonstate.edu/
E-mail: kiewit.center@oregonstate.edu
Background
The Kiewit Center for Infrastructure and
Transportation was initially established
in 1962 as the Transportation Research
Institute. The Kiewit Center serves as the
umbrella organization for almost all
research within the Civil, Construction
and Environmental Engineering
Department. The center is a key
component in the College of
Engineering’s drive to become a top
25 engineering program, coordinating
multi- and interdisciplinary research
projects.
For the last 150 years, civil engineers
have built the infrastructure upon
which American prosperity rests. Roads,
bridges, aviation, dams, schools, and
safe drinking water form the foundation for our quality of life. Today that
foundation is crumbling. Americans
experience this deterioration every day.
A recent report by the American Society
of Civil Engineers confirms what most
Americans already know-the ASCE
report gave the U.S. infrastructure an
overall grade of D+.
The center is an interdisciplinary unit
that provides research, education and
public service related to the built
environment and the systems that
operate in that environment.
Facilities
• Geotechnical Testing Laboratory
a. Testing in support of both practiceoriented investigations and stateof-the-art research
b. Advanced geo-mechanical
modeling of soil-structure
interaction
c. Full scale, well-instrumented testing
of field geo-systems
• Highway Materials Laboratory
a. Investigation of innovative
highway construction materials
b. Evaluation of recycled materials for
use in construction
• O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research
Laboratory
a. Physical modeling of tsunami and
ocean wave structure interaction
studies
b. Analysis of off-shore structures
• Large Scale Structural Strong-Floor
Facility
a. Structural evaluation of full size
beams and columns
b. Development of earthquake
resistant structural systems
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• National Center for Accessible
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LABORATORY ANIMAL
RESOURCES PROGRAM
Alexander D. Ojerio, DVM, MS, Dipl.
ACLAM, Director and Attending
Veterinarian
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/
larc/
The Laboratory Animal Resources
Program is a university-wide supportservices program located in the Laboratory Animal Resources Center (LARC).
Its staff works with all members of the
campus community to foster the
appropriate and humane use and care
of animals in education, research and
biological enterprises. By working with
the Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee (IACUC), and encouraging
ethical choices and critical decisions by
all who interact with animals, the LARC
strives to meet or exceed professional
standards and ensure regulatory
compliance at OSU.
MARINE AND
FRESHWATER BIOMEDICAL
SCIENCES CENTER
David E. Williams, Director
Website: http://
www.science.oregonstate.edu/mfbsc/
The Marine and Freshwater Biomedical
Sciences Center has as its mission the
development and use of aquatic models
to investigate environmental problems
of human health concern. The center
was established initially in 1985 through
core support from the National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences, and
was formally established as a research
Center of Excellence through the State
Board of Higher Education in 1989.
As recognized by the National
Institutes of Health, fish are sensitive,
low-cost, comparative vertebrate models
that reduce dependence on mammalian
species for health-related research.
Center research has historically used
rainbow trout to study cancer and its
modulation by dietary environmental
factors, including studies on basic
mechanisms and causes of cancer, and
on naturally occurring dietary factors
capable of preventing or inhibiting the
cancer process. Center investigators have
also used fish models for the study of
aging, immune function, environmental
pollution, and stress response. New
research directions use zebrafish to study
developmental toxicology, and
toxicogenomics efforts include work
with zebrafish and rainbow trout. Other
center research focuses on the chemistry
of marine toxins and nerve gases and
their neurotoxicology in fish models.
A multidisciplinary team of senior
investigators and students from three
colleges at OSU, and investigators from
Washington State University and the
University of Georgia provide expertise
in pharmacology, biochemistry,
molecular genetics, chemistry,
toxicogenomics, and pathology in a
collaborative environment. The center’s
work on the interactions between
environmental agents, and health
supports the research, teaching, and
extension mission of OSU as a land and
sea grant university.
To support these functions, the center
provides research funds for pilot studies
leading to research grant applications,
supports a schedule of seminars and
visiting consultants, and provides
guidance in program development
through annual external program
review by invited experts. The center
also supports facilities cores that offer
expertise in DNA microarray and NMR
for elucidation of chemical structures,
and supports a trout hatchery/histopathology research facility that is unique
worldwide.
MARK O. HATFIELD
MARINE SCIENCE CENTER
Newport, Oregon
George Boehlert, Director
E-mail: george.boehlert@oregonstate.edu
Website: http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu
The Hatfield Marine Science Center
(HMSC) is located on a 49-acre site in
Newport, adjacent to Yaquina Bay and
one mile from the Pacific Ocean. It
celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2005.
The facility is operated by the university
to serve the general public, students and
staff of OSU, sister institutions, and
cooperating state and federal agencies,
many of which have buildings on-site.
HMSC is adjacent to the Oregon Coast
Aquarium, with which it cooperates on
several programs. The university
encourages all workers in the marine
sciences whose research, instruction, or
extension activities require a coastal site
to use the center facilities.
Main buildings provide 200,000
square feet of office, library, classroom,
and fresh and salt water laboratory
space and include a public auditorium
and aquarium. Buildings include the
Marine Science Center, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine
Region Headquarters, the Newport
Aquaculture Laboratory, Research
Support Facility, and Barry Fisher
Building of the National Marine
Fisheries Service, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Guin Library, and ship
support facilities of the College of
Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
Dock areas serve the research vessels
Wecoma and Elakha. There are housing
and self-service kitchen facilities for up
to 82 students and visiting scientists and
staff.
Research projects currently involve
more than 250 personnel from the
Colleges of Agricultural Sciences,
Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences,
Pharmacy, and Science; Sea Grant; the
Extension Service; the Cooperative
Institute for Marine Resources Studies;
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency; the National Marine Fisheries
Service; the Ocean Environment
Research Division of NOAA; the USDA’s
Agricultural Research Service; the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service; and the
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife. The instruction program
focuses on fisheries, aquaculture and
marine biological aspects of tidal,
estuarine, and nearshore marine
environments, subjects for which the
center’s location provides a natural
laboratory. Aquarium Science course
work highlights cooperation between
OSU, Oregon Coast Community
College, and the Oregon Coast
Aquarium. Extension work concentrates
on programs of interest to the general
public and to the coastal fishing
industry. Much of the research and
extension work of the OSU Sea Grant
College Program is conducted at the
center.
The Visitor Center has more than
150,000 visitors annually, including
about 11,000 elementary and high
school students. Interactive exhibits,
computer simulations, videos and
aquariums focus on marine research
conducted at OSU. The theme, “Searching for Patterns in a Complex World,”
connects research topics from global
perspectives down through the microscopic level. Educational programs for
adults and guided tours and nature
walks for students are offered yearround. Organized youth education
programs reach some 12,000 students
each year.
Visiting scientists and other potential
users of center facilities are invited to
write to the director and outline their
needs.
Research
RADIATION CENTER
Andrew C. Klein, Director
Website: http://ne.oregonstate.edu/
facilities/radiation_center/index.html
The Radiation Center is a campus-wide
instructional and research facility
especially designed to accommodate
programs involving the use of radiation
and radioactive materials. Located in
the center are major items of specialized
equipment and unique teaching and
research facilities, including a TRIGA
Mark II nuclear research reactor
(licensed to operate at 1,100 kilowatts
when running at a steady power level
and at 2,500 megawatts in the pulsing
mode); a cobalt-60 gamma irradiator; a
number of gamma radiation spectrometers and associated germanium
detectors; and a variety of instruments
for radiation measurements and
monitoring. Facilities for radiation work
include teaching and research laboratories with up-to-date instrumentation
and related equipment for performing
neutron activation analysis and
radiotracer studies; laboratories for
plant experiments involving radioactivity; an instrument calibration facility for
radiation protection instrumentation;
and facilities for packaging radioactive
materials for shipment to national and
international destinations.
The Radiation Center staff is available
to provide a wide variety of services
including instruction and/or consultation associated with the feasibility,
design, and execution of experiments
using radiation and radioactive
materials, and with safety evaluations
relating to experiments or devices
involving the use of radioisotopes or
other radiation sources. In addition, the
center provides direct support and
assistance to teaching and research
programs involving nuclear engineering,
nuclear and radiation chemistry,
radiation health physics, neutron
activation analysis, neutron radiography, radiation effects on biological
systems, radiation dosimetry, production of short-lived radioisotopes,
radiation shielding, nuclear instrumentation, emergency response, transportation of radioactive materials, instrument
calibration, and radioactive waste
disposal.
The center’s laboratories and instruments are available to all campus
instructional and research programs
requiring such support. The center also
accommodates instructional and
nuclear research and development
programs requested by other universities, by federal and state agencies, and
by industrial organizations. In addition,
a special neutron activation analysis
service for forensic studies is available to
law enforcement agencies.
SURVEY
RESEARCH CENTER
Virginia Lesser, Director
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/
statistics/src/
The Survey Research Center, established
in 1973, operates as a center for research
in survey methodology, and to provide
research support with regard to survey
design, sample selection, questionnaire
construction, data collection and
reduction, statistical analysis, and the
reporting of results.
The center is available to departments
of the Oregon State System of Higher
Education and to other organizations
serving the public interest. Charges are
made for all work in the center except
preliminary consulting. Estimates for
project proposals can be obtained upon
request. For proposals to be submitted
to funding agencies, the center can
either submit a joint proposal or act as a
subcontractor.
The center’s interests include surveys
of human populations, and other
populations such as plants, animals,
land areas, and other populations for
which surveys can provide useful
information.
COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE
FOR MARINE RESOURCES
STUDIES
Rich Holdren, Interim Director
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/groups/
cimrs/
The Cooperative Institute for Marine
Resources Studies was established in
1982 to foster collaborative research
between the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
and Oregon State University in fisheries,
aquaculture, oceanography, and related
fields. It also encourages education and
training of scientists in disciplines
related to marine resources.
Administered through the vice
president for research, the institute is the
academic home for a staff of 30 to
35 (total) assistant professors, research
associates, and faculty research assistants. It also has other members from
NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental
Laboratory, the National Marine
Fisheries Service and a number of
departments at OSU. Headquarters are
at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in
Newport.
The broad goal of the Cooperative
Institute for Marine Resources Studies is
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to coordinate research focused on living
and nonliving marine resources. The
institute works with projects that
emphasize basic science and environmental impacts. The geographic area of
interest extends over the eastern Pacific
Ocean from northern California to the
Bering Sea. The institute promotes
cooperative projects between government and the university. Its cooperative
agreements with NOAA laboratories
provide a mechanism for OSU faculty,
staff and students to work with federal
scientists on research that leads to the
understanding of global ocean processes
and fisheries resource issues.
LINUS PAULING INSTITUTE
Balz Frei, Director
E-mail: lpi@oregonstate.edu
Website: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu
The Linus Pauling Institute was cofounded in 1973 by Linus Pauling PhD,
the only individual ever to win two,
unshared Nobel Prizes (Chemistry, 1954;
Peace, 1962). The Institute moved to the
campus of Oregon State University (Dr.
Pauling’s undergraduate alma mater) in
1996 and now operates as one of the
University’s Research Centers and
Institutes. The program is principally
supported by gifts from individuals,
private corporations, and foundations;
grants from federal and private agencies;
and Oregon State University.
The basic premise that an optimum
diet is the key to optimum health is the
foundation of the Linus Pauling
Institute. Researchers investigate the role
that vitamins, micronutrients, and other
dietary constituents, as well as oxidative
and nitrative stress and antioxidants,
play in human aging and chronic
diseases, especially heart disease, cancer,
and neurodegenerative diseases. The
goals of these studies are to understand
the mechanisms by which nutrition
affects disease initiation and progression
and how nutritional factors can be used
in the prevention and treatment of
diseases, thereby enhancing human
health and well-being.
In addition to our research, we
publish a semi-annual research report,
maintain a website, provide information
about nutritional factors on our online
Micronutrient Information Center,
organize and sponsor scientific meetings, and respond to inquiries from the
public and the media as our means of
building on Dr. Pauling’s work.
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THE INSTITUTE FOR
NATURAL RESOURCES
INSTITUTE FOR WATER
AND WATERSHEDS
Gail L. Achterman, Director
Website: http://inr.oregonstate.edu
John P. Bolte, Interim Director
Website: http://water.oregonstate.edu/
Created by the Oregon Legislature with
the Oregon Sustainability Act of 2001,
INR works to provide Oregon leaders
with ready access to current, sciencebased information and methods for
better understanding our resource
management challenges and developing
solutions. INR expands OSU’s leadership
role in coordinating research, supporting
policy analysis, and facilitating information-sharing and actions by partnering
with natural resources agencies, other
universities, private businesses, conservation groups, and local to national levels
of government.
INR Information Program
INR’s information program integrates
and provides comprehensive information about Oregon’s natural resources
and environment to support effective
decision-making at local, state and
regional levels. The Oregon Natural
Heritage Information Center (http://
oregonstate.edu/ornhic/), now part of
the Institute for Natural Resources, is
working in partnership with the Oregon
State University (OSU) Libraries’ Natural
Resources Digital Library (under
development), to make information,
text, data, maps, photographs, video
and more easily accessible to researchers
and the public through web-based
portals. Additional partners include the
Oregon Department of Administrative
Services’ GeoSpatial Data Clearinghouse
and other federal and state agencies.
INR Policy Research Program
The policy research program offers
independent analyses of environmental
and natural resource issues to describe
plausible policy options and their likely
strengths and weaknesses. Studies
conducted by the policy research
program will respond to requests from
citizens, businesses, and agencies at
local, state, tribal, and federal levels.
Citizen participation will be included in
all INR projects on public policies.
Policy analyses will be grounded in
rigorous criteria for defining the context
for specific policy choices and will take
advantage of expertise from throughout
Oregon. As much as possible, analyses
will be based on field data pertinent to
the policies being considered.
Water quantity and quality issues in the
Willamette and Klamath Basins are
Oregon Governor Kulongoski’s top
environmental priorities. The difficulties
of water limitations around the world
point toward a strong emerging area for
growth in research, education, and
outreach. OSU is ideally positioned to
assume a leadership role in addressing
water problems, and the university has
identified this among its strategic
initiatives.
With 80 plus faculty in six colleges
teaching and conducting research in
water related areas, OSU has established
the Institute for Water and Watersheds.
It is a physical and intellectual center,
providing services to multiple researchers and teachers. IWW’s co-location
with the Institute for Natural Resources
(in Strand Agricultural Hall) will help to
provide links to policy, information,
and research activities throughout the
state.
MICROPRODUCTS
BREAKTHROUGH
INSTITUTE
Dr. Kevin Drost, Co-Director
541-737-2575,
kevin.drost@oregonstate.edu
Dr. Landis Kannberg, Co-Director
509-375-3919, landis.kannberg@pnl.gov
Website: http://www.pnl.gov/
microproducts/
The MBI is a collaboration between the
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
(PNNL) and Oregon State University
(OSU). This partnership was established
through the Collaborative Research &
Education Program operated by PNNL
and the Oregon Universities. The virtual
groundbreaking for MBI was in January
2003. The institute creates small
technologies that solve big problems.
PNNL and OSU are leaders in the
science, engineering, and technology of
miniature processes and systems. Their
capabilities are mature and complementary. In addition, they collaborate on
research and development projects.
Both PNNL and OSU are well
established in microproduct development. PNNL’s thrust is Micro Chemical
and Thermal Systems (MICROCATS)
while OSU concentrates on Micro
Energy and Chemical Systems (MECS).
The MBI will build on its joint
capabilities to develop advanced
microproducts. It seeks to model the
way in which technology development
is conducted through the collaboration
of federal laboratories and universities.
MBI is developing microtechnology
and microproducts for the following
clients:
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
• Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA)
• U.S. Army
• National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
ACADEMIA RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Rich Holdren, Senior Associate Vice
President for Research
Website: http://www.awu.org/
default.asp
Academia Resource Management
(formerly Associated Western Universities) provides a collaborative mechanism
for research and educational interactions between academia, government
and industry. In partnership with
federal laboratories, industry and other
cooperating facilities, ARM provides
fellowships and internships primarily for
science and engineering research
participation. Opportunities are
available for student, graduates,
postgraduates and faculty.
For more information on current
opportunities and to complete online
applications, visit the ARM website
above or call 801-273-8900; Fax: 801277-5632, or write to: 535 East 4500
South, Suite D-120, Salt Lake City, UT
84107.
CONSORTIUM FOR
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH, INC.
Rich Holdren, Senior Associate Vice
President for Research
Website: http://www.cpbr.org/
Founded in 1985, the Consortium for
Plant Biotechnology Research, Inc.
(CPBR) supports biotechnology research
and technology transfer, facilitating
research interactions among academic,
industrial and government scientists.
CPBR speeds the transfer of new
technologies from the research laboratory to the marketplace, using a
rigorously competitive project selection
process that includes an industry review
for relevance and peer review for
scientific merit. Members of CPBR
include universities, companies, and
trade associations. Industrial participation includes the seed, agrochemical,
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forestry, food, energy, electric power,
and other non-food agriculture-based
industries.
CPBR’s research programs focus on
plant biotechnologies that will improve
the competitiveness of U.S. agriculture;
assess the risks, if any, that genetically
engineered plants pose to the environment; and develop technologies that
will lessen the country’s dependence on
foreign energy supplies. CPBR research
produces technological innovations for
higher quality crops and cropping
practices, improved biomass energy
production, commercially valuable
alternative co-products, objective
information on the relationship
between genetically engineered plants
and the environment, prevention/
remediation of hazardous wastes, and
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Research projects are selected for
funding using a process that includes a
two-stage review: (1) industrial and
sponsoring agency review of
preproposals to assess commercial and
sponsoring agency relevance, and (2)
peer review of full proposals to assess
scientific merit.
INTER-UNIVERSITY
CONSORTIUM FOR
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL
RESEARCH (ICPSR)
Karyle Butcher, Director, The Valley
Library
Website: http://0-www.icpsr.umich.
edu.oasis.oregonstate.edu/index.html
ICPSR, the world’s largest data archive,
acquires, processes, and distributes social
science data collected by government
agencies and other researchers. Located
at the University of Michigan, the data
holdings a cover broad range of
disciplines, including political science,
sociology, demography, economics,
history, education, gerontology,
criminal justice, public health, foreign
policy, and law.
OSU Libraries provides the funding
for membership in ICPSR. This gives
Oregon State University students,
faculty and staff access to this data at
no charge and the opportunity to
deposit their own data into the
collection. They may also take advantage of reduced fees during ICPSR’s
Summer Program in Quantitative
Methods.
CENTER FOR
MICROTECHNOLOGY-BASED
ENERGY, CHEMICAL, AND
BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
M. Kevin Drost, Director
Website: http://mecs.oregonstate.edu/
index.html
The Center for Microtechnology-Based
Energy, Chemical and Biological Systems
(MECS) extends miniaturization from
electronics to energy, chemical, biomedical, and biological systems. MECSrelated technologies include visual
anthrax detection, electronics cooling,
onsite toxic-waste cleanup, and manportable cooling and power production.
Mass production of miniaturized
components and devices is a key
technology for the 21st century with the
potential to improve our standard of
living, as well as enhance our global
competitiveness. Success in exploiting
this technology will be tied to opening
up and developing new areas of
miniaturization. One development in
this regard has become clear in recent
years—the manufacturing advances
developed by the electronics industry for
MEMS (MicroElectro Mechanical
Systems) can be applied to the area of
energy, chemical, biomedical and
biological systems with as much
potential as that which existed at the
start of the electronics revolution. We
have termed this area Microtechnologybased Energy and Chemical Systems
(MECS).
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
FOR ATMOSPHERIC
RESEARCH (UCAR)
Jeffrey R. Barnes, OSU Member
Representatives
Website: http://www.ucar.edu
Through its membership in this national
research consortium, Oregon State
University has access to extensive
facilities and services in support of its
research in atmospheric, oceanic, and
related sciences. Chief among these is
the National Center for Atmospheric
Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.
Under the support of the National
Science Foundation, this national
laboratory conducts significant programs of atmospheric, oceanographic,
and solar research in cooperation with
member universities, and operates a
state-of-the-art super computer facility,
which is accessible to member institutions. UCAR also operates facilities for
scientific ballooning, and through
NCAR, maintains instrumented research
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aircraft and an extensive research and
data library.
In addition to using these facilities,
OSU faculty and graduate students
participate in numerous seminars,
workshops, and scientific meetings and
conferences that are held at NCAR
throughout the year. Through the
corporation, Oregon State also cooperates in various national and international initiatives for research, service,
and training in the atmospheric and
related sciences.
AQUACULTURE
COLLABORATIVE
RESEARCH SUPPORT
PROGRAM
Hillary S. Egna, Director
Website: http://pdacrsp.oregonstate.edu/
The mission of the Aquaculture CRSP is
to enrich livelihoods and promote
health by cultivating international
multidisciplinary partnerships that
advance science, research, education
and outreach in aquatic resources.
The Aquaculture CRSP is one of nine
international agricultural research
programs that are headquartered at U.S.
land grant universities. CRSPs were
initiated under Title XII legislation
enacted by the U.S. Congress. They are
supported in part by the U.S. Agency
for International Development and by
participating host country and U.S.
institutions. Research conducted by
these programs helps farmers improve
their incomes and alleviate hunger
without depleting the natural resource
base on which they depend for food,
fuel, fiber, and shelter. CRSPs work with
international agricultural research
centers, universities and colleges, private
industry, and non-governmental
organizations in the U.S. and abroad.
Oregon State University is the lead
institution for the Aquaculture CRSP,
sponsoring research and development
activities at 24 host country and 28 U.S.
institutions. Present research locations
include Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil,
Cambodia, China, Colombia, the
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua,
Panama, Peru, the Philippines, South
Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, the United
States, and Vietnam; former sites
included Egypt, Indonesia, Laos,
Malawi, and Rwanda.
Since 1982, the Aquaculture CRSP has
focused on improving the efficiency of
aquaculture systems through a unique
collaborative process that brings
together researchers from the U.S. and
host countries to solve constraints in the
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generation and adoption of aquaculture technologies.
Activities currently pursued at Oregon
State University are fish reproduction
control and minimization of environmental impacts of aquaculture conducted in the Department of Fisheries
and Wildlife and Program Management
of the Aquaculture CRSP through the
College of Agricultural Sciences.
ENGINEERING
EXPERIMENT STATION
Chris Bell, Director
Websites: http://engr.oregonstate.edu/
research/centers.html
and http://engr.oregonstate.edu/
research/clusters/
By act of the Board of Regents of
Oregon State College on May 4, 1927,
the Engineering Experiment Station was
established at Corvallis to serve the state
in a manner broadly outlined by the
following policy:
1. To serve the industries, utilities,
professional engineers, public
departments, and engineering
teachers by making investigations of
significance and interest to them.
2. To stimulate and elevate engineering
education by developing the research
spirit in faculty and students.
3. To publish and distribute through
bulletins, circulars, and technical
articles in periodicals the results of
such studies, surveys, tests, investigations, and research as will be of
greatest benefit to the people of
Oregon, and particularly to the state’s
industries, utilities, and professional
engineers.
The Engineering Experiment Station
(also referred to as the Engineering
Research Office) coordinates research in
the College of Engineering. The associate
dean of engineering is the director of
the Engineering Experiment Station.
Research is conducted by faculty and
students from the School of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science, and
six departments: Bioresource Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil
Construction and Environmental
Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Nuclear Engineering and
Radiation Health Physics. Collaborative
research is conducted in six research
clusters:
Large Scale Energy Systems
Creating safer, super-efficient ways of
generating energy to meet the world’s
growing demand—from harnessing the
power of wind and waves to innovating
new nuclear reactor designs.
Oregon Nanosciences and
Microtechnology Institute at OSU
Putting nanotechnology to work in
micro systems for homeland security,
clean and efficient energy systems, new
medical devices, and the next generation
of integrated circuits.
Biological and
Environmental Systems
Employing Earth’s smallest microorganisms in toxic waste cleanup and the
development of more efficient manufacturing processes.
The Kiewit Center for
Infrastructure and Transportation
Making the world’s infrastructure safe,
reliable, and efficient—from better
tsunami warning systems to smarter
transportation systems.
Information Systems
Making the world’s vast amounts of
information both easily accessible and
highly useful—from more powerful
Internet searches to more efficient
databank management.
Mixed Signal Integration
Converting real-world signals like
sound, light, and motion into digital
data that computers can quickly
process, resulting in technology
breakthroughs that improve everything
from communications to medicine.
INTEGRATED PLANT
PROTECTION CENTER
Paul Jepson, Director
Website: http://ippc.orst.edu/
The Integrated Plant Protection Center
(IPPC) was established in 1991, to
expand upon the range of activities of
the International Plant Protection
Center, that was chartered by Oregon
State University in 1969 (see http://
ippc.orst.edu/). The IPPC is partially
supported by the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Cooperative
Extension Service. The IPPC focuses
upon research, education and outreach
activities associated with the adoption
of sustainable integrated pest management (IPM) practices in agriculture. It is
the home for a number United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA)funded programs associated with pest
control and pesticide management,
including the state IPM program, the
Regional Pest Management Center
program, the Pesticide and Environmental Stewardship program, and the Farm
Safety program.
The IPPC provides leadership,
coordination and support for scientists
at OSU, in the Pacific Northwest region,
and internationally, in the field of IPM.
Its activities encompass pest, disease and
weed management, and the rational
management and use of pesticides. It
also provides news and facilitates
communications between university,
state, and federal agencies through a
number of media, including an electronic news alert system, and a newsletter (see http://oregonipm.ippc.orst.edu)
IPPC activities include the provision
of electronic tools that assist growers
and their advisors in making pest
management decisions within their
crops. This includes online weather data
and degree-day models, which forecast
the developmental stages and epidemiology of a number of important crops
pests and diseases (see http://
pnwpest.org/wea/). In addition, the
IPPC works collaboratively with
scientists throughout the state, to
manage online pest alerts to growers.
These can be accessed via the IPPC home
page (see http://ippc.orst.edu/)
The IPPC maintains a large and
important collection of documents,
monographs and books on IPM, much
of which is searchable via the OSU
Valley library online database. It also
supports a unique service in international outreach, IPMnet, which
includes, among a number of other
resources, IPMnet NEWS, a monthly
electronic newsletter that is distributed
to scientists in 127 countries (see http://
www.ipmnet.org/news.html). IPMnet
NEWS is supported by the Consortium
for International Crop Protection
(CICP) and a grant from the USDA.
The IPPC is expanding its activities in
four areas at present, (1) biological
control/biologically-based pest management, (2) enhanced diagnostic and
forecasting tools, (3) pesticide management, rational use, risk mitigation and
(4) information delivery, decision
support and outreach. For further
details please contact the director.
Research
O.H. HINSDALE WAVE
RESEARCH LABORATORY
Daniel Cox, Director
737-3631
E-mail: dan.cox@oregonstate.edu
Website: http://wave.oregonstate.edu/
The O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research
Laboratory together with the Coastal
and Ocean Engineering Program at
Oregon State University is a leading
center for research and education in
coastal engineering and nearshore
science. Its strengths include:
• A critical mass of faculty specializing
in physical and numerical modeling
of coastal dynamics
• An expanding, interdisciplinary
graduate program offering MS, ME
and PhD degrees
• One of the largest and technically
most advanced laboratories for
coastal research
• Expertise in tsunami and coastal
hazard mitigation
The laboratory conducts research on
coastal and nearshore processes,
involving
• Wave-structure interaction
• Nearshore Hydrodynamics
• Sediment Suspension and Transport
• Tsunami and Coastal Hazards
• Environmental Fluid Mechanics
The O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research
Laboratory and the Coastal and Ocean
Engineering Program is committed to
providing outstanding education and
research opportunities to improve the
sustainability of coastal areas.
OREGON NANOSCIENCE
AND MICROTECHNOLOGIES
(ONAMI)
Skip Rung, Director
541-713-1331
E-mail: skip@onami.us
Website: http://www.onami.us/
ONAMI is Oregon’s first “signature
research center” for the purpose of
sustaining and growing Oregon’s
innovation economy. As is true of only
three other states, technology is
Oregon’s largest employer, with an
average wage twice the statewide
average. Growth of these kinds of job
opportunities is the single most effective
thing we can do for state financial
health, schools, public safety and
human services.
Our strategy has been approximately
eight years in the making, and the
selection of “nanoscience and
microtechnologies” was based on a
careful analysis intended to discover the
largest possible intersection among:
• nationally competitive research in our
universities
• future commercial opportunities/
growing sectors of the national
economy
• the existing skills of Oregon industry
and its surrounding value chain
ecosystem
The state of Oregon so far has invested
$28M in ONAMI.
Leadership
ONAMI’s leadership (executive director,
research co-directors, 501c3 board)
combines senior-level executive experience in both industry and academia.
Executive Director Robert D. “Skip”
Rung worked for Hewlett-Packard for
25 years, most recently as director of
R&D for HP’s Corvallis, OR, facility,
which is both the headquarters for HP’s
world-leading inkjet technology as well
as HP’s most advanced and capable
facility.
Research Co-Director Kevin Drost,
OSU research professor of mechanical
engineering, spent 20 years at PNNL/
Battelle, and was the pioneer of PNNL
and ONAMI’s very successful
Microtechnology-based Energy and
Chemical Systems program.
Research Co-Director David Johnson,
University of Oregon professor of
chemistry, is a solid-state chemist who
has pioneered a new method of
synthesizing valuable new materials
which cannot occur naturally. He is
equally a pioneer in developing
graduate student programs geared to
the real career needs of students (most
of whom will not become academics)
and shared user facilities, which
maximize the public value realized from
investments in sophisticated equipment.
Research Co-Director John
Carruthers, Portland State University
distinguished professor of physics, has
worked at Bell Laboratories, NASA,
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, and most
recently Intel Corporation, where he
was director of components research
and development at Intel’s Hillsboro,
OR, facility—the world’s most advanced
semiconductor facility, e.g. the first to
achieve 90nm production on 300mm
substrates.
Research Co-Director Dennis Stiles,
PNNL program manager for the
ONAMI Microproducts Breakthrough
Institute, has a long and successful track
record of complex proposal preparation
and program management for major
federal research programs, particularly
in the field of bioproducts. Dennis
assists all the ONAMI partners in the
area of federal research business
development.
Safer Nanomaterials and
Nanomanufacturing Innitiative thrust
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leader Jim Hutchison, University of
Oregon professor of chemistry, is a
pioneer of green chemistry and leading
innovator in nano-fabrication and
assembly processes that maximize
material yields and minimize use and
release of harmful reagents.
Board members are senior executives
from Intel Corporation, HewlettPackard, FEI Company, LSI Logic
Corporation, PNNL/Battelle, Pixelworks,
OVP Venture Partners, and all three
universities. Ron Adams, dean of the
College of Engineering at OSU, was
formerly director of research and
development at Tektronix’ color
printing operation (now Xerox), which
is the world leader in solid inkjet
printing, and Xerox’ most successful
division.
Three Major Research and
Commercialization Thrusts
• Microtechnology-based energy
and chemical systems are based on
the observation that mass and heat
transfer are best accomplished in
microchannels, and that application
of this principle can lead to dramatic
acceleration, miniaturization, and
distribution of chemical, thermal, and
biomedical processes—with potentially revolutionary results. In
addition to the many military energy
applications now being developed,
other promising efforts are addressing
medical devices (dialysis, oxygenation) and specialty chemical (e.g.
nanoparticles) production.
• The Safer Nanomaterials and
Nanomanufacturing Innitiative
applies the principles of green
chemistry to achieve safe and
economic nanomaterial production
processes, without which the military
deployment and commercial success
of the most sophisticated
nanotechnologies will be severely
limited. An example of the synergy
achieved by the ONAMI collaboration
is the application of microchannel
reactors to nanomaterial synthesis—
further improving the precision,
control, efficiency, and scalability (by
“numbering up”) of nanomaterial
production.
• Nanoscale metrology and
nanoelectronics combines the
necessity of accurate measurement (an
increasingly pressing problem for
semiconductor industry progress)
with strong regional industrial and
academic experience in microscopy,
analytical tools, test, and measurement. Advances in electron and ion
microscopy resolution (emitters,
optics), photoelectron microscopy,
near field scanning optical microscopy, and approaches to semiconductor metrology are being applied to
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real-world problems such as characterization of carbon nanotube meshes
and their interfaces to other layers in
Nantero Inc.’s non-volatile embedded
RAM project taking place at LSI
Logic’s Oregon facility.
Facilities
$20M of Oregon’s investment in
ONAMI is being applied to three user
facilities, which will be open to all
Oregon academic users on equal terms,
and to industrial users at commercially
competitive rates. The facilities are:
• The Nano-Micro Fabrication
facility at the Microproducts
Breakthrough Institute in Corvallis
for microchannel devices. Laser
micromachining, nano-imprinting/
hot embossing, microlamination
bonding, nano-particle injection
micromolding, electroplating, atomic
layer deposition, and high temperature sintering under precision loads
are among the staple processes.
• The Center for Advanced Materials
Characterization in Eugene offers
expert operators assistance and
precision microanalysis techniques.
Capabilities include SEM (with ebeam lithography), TEM, microprobe,
XRD, XPS, AFM, TOF-SIMS, UPS,
FTIR, NMR, Mass Spec, and basic
semiconductor device fabrication.
• The Center for Electron Microscopy and Nanofabrication in
downtown Portland has the most
advanced TEM (200Kev) in the Pacific
Northwest, and will soon install the
latest model dual-beam FIB—one of
only three academic laboratories on
the west coast to have this capability.
Also available are SEM, single beam
FIB, NSOM, and nanotube/nanowire
fabrication equipment.
Corporate Partners
ONAMI is uniquely situated in the
midst of the world’s most advanced
collection of “small tech” research and
development assets: Intel, HP, FEI
Company, LSI Logic, Nantero, Electro
Scientific Industries, Xerox, Maxim, IDT,
Sharp Labs, Microchip, Invitrogen,
InFocus, Planar Systems, Pixelworks,
Wafertech, Hynix, Mentor, Synopsys,
Novellus, TriQuint, Siltronic, SEH
America, and many exciting startup
companies.
We have many opportunities to do
joint research with nearby industry only
a few minutes drive away for research
faculty and graduate students, and it is
quite possible that highly capable
corporate partners can be found to
participate in new ONAMI federal
projects.
Vision—the World’s Best “Virtual
Nano Office Park”
Our long-term vision is that our shared
user facilities model can be extended to
take advantage—on a mutually
beneficial basis—of the unparalleled
facilities (est. $20B capital investment)
of Oregon’s silicon forest industrial
research and development sites.
SUN GRANT WESTERN
REGIONAL CENTER
Thayne Dutson, Director
Jan Auyong, Executive Director
541-737-1915
E-mail: jan.auyong@oregonstate.edu
Website: http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/
research/grants_sun_2002.html
The mission of the Sun Grant Initiative
is to
1. enhance national energy security
through development, distribution
and implementation of biobased
energy technologies,
2. promote diversification in and the
environmental sustainability of,
agricultural production in the United
States through biobased energy and
products technologies;
3. promote economic diversification in
rural areas of the United States
through biobased energy and product
technologies; and
4. enhance the efficiency of bioenergy
and biomass research and development programs through improved
coordination and collaboration
between the Department of Agriculture,
the Department of Energy, and the
land-grant colleges and universities.
A network of five land grant universities serve as regional Sun Grant Centers.
These universities include Oregon State
University (Western), South Dakota
State University (North-Central),
Oklahoma State University (SouthCentral), the University of Tennessee–
Knoxville (Southeastern), and Cornell
University (Northeastern). The centers
will facilitate federally funded research,
extension, and education programs in
their respective regions.
The Western Region Sun Grant
Center, located at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, will be the
administrative unit for the region
composed of the states of Alaska,
Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho,
Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, and the Pacific Territories and
associated Pacific island nations,
including American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas
Islands, Guam, Federated States of
Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and
the Republic of the Marshall Islands.