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OregonResearch
State University
There are only two
land, sea, space
and sun grant
research institutions
in the United
States. OSU is one
of them. OSU is
Oregon’s most
productive fouryear institution,
earning the
designation of
“Very High
Research Activity”
by the Carnegie
Foundation for the
Advancement of
Teaching. The
Research Office
encourages and
assists the
academic activity
conducted within
departments,
colleges, programs,
centers, and
institutes.
T
he Research Office supports the
success of faculty involved in
research, innovation, scholar
ship, and creativity in all OSU
colleges and in a variety of
multidisciplinary centers, institutes and
programs. The office provides support to
secure funding, comply with regulations,
partner with industry, establish
collaborations, and raise the profile of
OSU.
Research is one of three essential
components—along with teaching and
outreach—of Oregon State University’s
mission as a land-grant university.
Research at OSU is funded primarily by
state and federal competitive grants and
contracts, with foundations providing
the next largest share. State and federal
appropriations, private funds, Oregon
state agencies, and other government
funding sources round out the funding
picture.
INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/research/
incentive/index.htm
The Research Office provides funding for
faculty success. The General Research
Fund is for projects not otherwise
supported by organized or directed
programs. Faculty Release Time provides
funding for developing external grant
proposals or furthering scholarly
activities. Research Equipment Reserve
Funds help acquire, repair, renovate, or
improve equipment. The Undergraduate
Research, Innovation, Scholarship and
Creativity Fund enables students to
initiate scholarly relationships with
faculty early in their academic careers.
OFFICE OF SPONSORED
PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH
COMPLIANCE (OSPRC)
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/research/
osprc/index.htm
With central responsibility for proposal
submission for sponsored research,
scholarship, instructional and other
activities, OSPRC’s support success has
been evidenced by record-breaking
increases in external funds to OSU.
OSPRC also helps insure quality standards, overseeing research compliance,
use of humans and animals in research,
and conflict of interest.
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER (OTT)
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/research/
technology/index.htm
The OTT supports all facets of the
commercialization of university inventions, from research development to
intellectual property protection to
licensing. Helping transfer research
ultimately from the labs and offices out
for the use and benefit of the public also
enhances the economic development of
the state of Oregon. Start-up companies
based on OSU technology are also
making a difference in the world.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS,
INSTITUTES, AND PROGRAMS
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/research/
multi/index.htm
OSU is innovative in dynamic
multidisciplinary collaborations addressing some of the world’s most pressing
challenges, with particular strengths in
arts and sciences; ocean and earth
sciences; enterprise innovation and
economic development; health sciences;
and natural resources. OSU investigators,
representing the wide range of academic
colleges, conduct cutting-edge research
and scholarship, and provide undergraduate and graduate education,
training, support and consultation,
conferences, and community outreach.
Centers, institutes, and programs support
OSU faculty to grow the university’s
research and education enterprise and
increase its impact.
The following programs, centers, and
institutes are administered by the
Research Office. Note: Additional OSU
units are organized under colleges.
PROGRAMS
• Agricultural Experiment Station
• Forest Research Laboratory
• Laboratory Animal Resources Center
• Oregon Sea Grant
• Oregon NASA Space Grant
Consortium
CENTERS AND INSTITUTES
• Center for Fish Disease Research
• Center for Genome Research and
Biocomputing
• The Center for the Humanities
• Cooperative Institute for Marine
Resources Studies
• Environmental Health Sciences Center
• Linus Pauling Institute
• Microproducts Breakthrough Institute
• Native American Collaborative
Institute
• Institute for Natural Resources
• Hatfield Marine Science Center
• Radiation Center
• Survey Research Center
• Institute for Water and Watersheds
312 Kerr
Administration
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
Associate Vice
President for
Research
737-0881
rich.holdren@
oregonstate.edu
TBA
Associate Vice
President for
Research
Gail Achterman
Special Advisor the
Vice President for
Research
737-0663
gail.achterman@
oregonstate.edu
Patricia Hawk
Interim Director,
Office of Sponsored
Programs
737-4933
sponsored.programs@
oregonstate.edu
Brian Wall
Interim Director,
Office of Technology
Transfer
737-3439
brian.wall@
oregonstate.edu
Research
PROGRAMS
AGRICULTURAL
EXPERIMENT STATION
Thayne R. Dutson, Director
William G. Boggess, Executive Associate
Director
Stella M. Coakley, Associate Director
Larry R. Curtis, Associate Director
Jan Auyong, Assistant Director
Ellie Larsen, Administrative Program
Specialist
Website: http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/
research/
The Oregon Agricultural Experiment
Station is a statewide research network
of Oregon State University scientists
working on the Corvallis campus and at
15 fifteen branch locations 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. Founded in July 1,
1888, in accordance with the Hatch Act
of 1887, 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 and business
acumen of Oregon’s food industries.
6. Improve the nutritional value and
quality of food and protect the
consumers of Oregon’s food
products.
7. Sustain and enhance water and
watershed resources of the state and
the region to support Oregon
natural resources and communities.
8. Promote sustainable community
development and protect and
improve the quality of living for
residents of the state.
9. Develop biobased products that
ensure energy security and economic
development for our rural communities and the state.
10. 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, Biological and
Ecological Engineering, Botany and
Plant Pathology, Chemistry, Crop and
Soil Science, Environmental and
Molecular Toxicology, Fisheries and
Wildlife, Food Science and Technology,
Horticulture, Microbiology, Rangeland
Ecology and Management, Statistics,
Forestry, Health and Human Sciences,
Science, 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),
• Columbia Basin Agricultural Research
Center (Pendleton and Moro),
• Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research
Center (Burns and Union),
• Food Innovation Center Experiment
Station (Portland);
• Hermiston Agricultural Research and
Extension Center (Hermiston),
• Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center (Klamath Falls),
• Malheur Experiment Station
(Ontario),
• Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research
and Extension Center (Hood River),
• North Willamette Research and
Extension Center (Aurora),
• Southern Oregon Research and
Extension Center (Medford), and the
• Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment
Station (Newport and the Seafood
Laboratory at Astoria).
The current research emphases in the
station will develop value-added
Oregon products and markets for them;
aid in understanding nature as a
system—providing 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, instructional programs within Oregon State University,
Oregon state agencies, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce,
Energy, Interior, and Transportation,
and other federal and state agencies on
research programs of interest to the
state, the Pacific Northwest, the nation,
and other countries.
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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.
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LABORATORY ANIMAL
RESOURCES PROGRAM
Raymond B. Baggs, Interim Director
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.
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
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.
CENTERS AND INSTITUTES
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.
Research
CENTER FOR
GENOME RESEARCH
AND BIOCOMPUTING
James C. Carrington, Director
Website: http://www.cgrb.
oregonstate.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:
o Genomics–DNA sequencing,
genotyping and fragment analysis
services;
o Functional Genomics–high-throughput microarray services for analysis
of global gene expression patterns
in all types of organisms;
o Biocomputing and Bioinformatics–
advanced computational resources
for data mining, data analysis and
database development;
o 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.
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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 through a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, is primarily concerned with the
advancement of interdisciplinary
humanities research. The Humanities
Center provides fellowships to visiting
scholars and OSU faculty members
engaged in research and writing projects
in literature, history, philosophy, foreign
languages, and related humanities fields.
Its programs are supported by the OSU
Office of Research and the Oregon State
University Foundation. Fellowship
applications are screened by an advisory
board made up of former fellows and
OSU faculty from the College of Liberal
Arts. The Humanities Center also hosts
or co-sponsors research conferences,
seminars, films, lectures, and other
public programs in the humanities. The
Humanities Center’s fundamental
concern is advancement in humanities
research, teaching, and public presence
at OSU. It is located in Autzen House, a
gracious and historic building on the
east edge of campus, 811 SW Jefferson
Avenue. Contact: Center for the
Humanities, 541-737-2450.
COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE
FOR MARINE RESOURCES
STUDIES
Michael A. Banks, 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.
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The broad goal of the Cooperative
Institute for Marine Resources Studies is
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.
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.
LINUS PAULING INSTITUTE
Balz Frei, Director
E-mail: lpi@oregonstate.edu
Website: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu
563 Weniger Hall
The Linus Pauling Institute was cofounded in 1973 by Linus Pauling Ph.D.,
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 newsletter, maintain a website, provide information about nutritional factors on our
online Micronutrient Information
Center (http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/
infocenter), 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.
MICROPRODUCTS
BREAKTHROUGH
INSTITUTE
Landis Kannberg, Director
541-713-1326
E-mail: landis.kannberg@pnl.gov or
kannberg@engr.oregonstate.edu
Website: http://www.pnl.gov/
microproducts/
The MBI is a collaboration between the
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
(PNNL) and Oregon State University
(OSU). The MBI is an Oregon
Nanoscience and Microtechnologies
Institute (ONAMI, http://
www.onami.us). It is located ,along
with the ONAMI headquarters, in
Research
Building 11 on the Hewlett Packard’s
Corvallis campus.
PNNL and OSU are leaders in the
science, engineering, and technology of
miniature processes and systems.
Collaboratively they conduct on
research and development projects
ranging from fundamental science and
technology investigations to assistance
with commercial development and
production.
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.
The MBI is focused on accelerating
the discovery, development and
commercial deployment of new
microscale phenomena and their
technology embodiments.
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)
• Private companies and corporations
NATIVE AMERICAN
COLLABORATIVE
INSTITUTE
Kurt Peters, Director
541-737-1424
Website: http://naci.oregonstate.edu/
index.php
The native American Collaborative
Institute provides a means for Oregon
Tribes and Oregon State University to
fulfill the land, sea, and space grant
mission to serve Oregon Native Americans as well as all citizens. The institute
facilitates collaboration between tribal
business, economic, natural resource,
cultural resource, and education
programs and Oregon State University
faculty and staff, to identify areas of
research, education, and outreach that
will affect the quality of life of tribal
peoples. The collaborations will be based
on concepts of respect, relevancy,
responsibility and reciprocity, and will:
1. develop research and disseminate
findings that provide policy makers
with trustworthy information
regarding tribal concerns
2. act as a clearinghouse for information and access to issues of concern
to Oregon Tribes
3. create reciprocal agreements that
increase Oregon Tribes access to
Oregon State University research,
education, and outreach efforts,
and communicate tribal perspectives that enable OSU to better
respond to tribal needs, in a
manner respecting cultural values
4. facilitate tribal and Oregon State
University access to funding from
private foundations and public
sources available through tribal and
Oregon State University collaboration
5. provide student, faculty and
program staff internships on a
reciprocal basis to further knowledge and understanding about
topics of importance to both
Oregon Tribes and Oregon State
University.
NACI will develop a database of the
research and extension needs of Oregon
tribes, to develop and formalize
productive methods of exchange
between Oregon tribes and OSU, to
identify potential sources of other, long
term funding, and to build communications resources to approach these
potential sources. Specifically, these
projects will:
1. invite the Oregon tribes to share
their strategic plans and use this
information to build a searchable
data base of the possible research
and extension service needs of tribes
2. make onsite visits to Oregon tribes
to discuss the tribes’ possible
research and extension service needs
with tribal leadership
3. assemble Oregon tribal leadership
with OSU college and research unit
leadership to develop procedures
and roles to be played by an NACI
Advisory Council
4. use IRIS and other data bases to
compile information on potential
funding sources, including the
parameters of these sources’
funding decisions, areas of special
interest, past funded projects,
contact names, and deadlines
THE INSTITUTE FOR
NATURAL RESOURCES
Gail L. Achterman, Director
Website: http://inr.oregonstate.edu
Created by the Oregon Legislature with
the Oregon Sustainability Act of 2001,
INR works to provide Oregonians with
ready access to current, relevant sciencebased information, methods, and tools
for better understanding our resource
management challenges and developing
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solutions. INR also assists in implementing the solutions and measuring their
success. 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 two focus areas of
the Information Program – The Oregon
Natural Heritage Information Center
and the Natural Resources Digital
Library – make information, text, data,
maps, photographs, video and more
easily accessible to researchers and the
public through web-based portals.
INR Policy
Research Program
The INR Policy Research Program
bridges the capacities of Oregon
University System and clients around
the state who need specific policy
analysis, research, and evaluation about
complex, interdisciplinary natural
resource issues. In particular, INR seeks
to anticipate natural resource issues of
concern, to help policy makers avoid
operating in crisis mode. Where these
are controversial INR strives to demonstrate explicitly that its research and
communications are policy neutral. INR
also seeks to improve on existing
alternatives by looking at issues from
different angles – an aim that can be
transformative and useful to natural
resource and environmental decisionmaking. More specifically, the purpose
of the INR Policy Research Program is to
identify or clarify policy issues and
provide relevant, science-based information analysis to policy makers to
support and improve their decision
making; to develop, test, and implement
new policy making methods and tools;
and to convene interdisciplinary
research teams to address resource and
management challenges.
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.
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Oregon State University
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 onsite.
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, Science, and Veterinary
Medicine; Sea Grant; the Extension
Service; the Cooperative Institute for
Marine Resources Studies; the Marine
Mammal Institute; 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, and educational programs that reach some 13,000
elementary and high school students
each year. 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 year-round.
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.
RADIATION CENTER
Andrew C. Klein, Director
Website: http://
radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu/
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, produc-
tion 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://
www.stat.oregonstate.edu/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.
INSTITUTE FOR WATER
AND WATERSHEDS
John P. Bolte, Interim Director
Website: http://water.oregonstate.edu/
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.
Research
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.
OTHER RESEARCH UNITS
AND CONSORTIA
Note: For additional research units/
consortia of or associated with OSU,
visit http://oregonstate.edu/research/
multi/other.htm
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
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.
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Collaborative Research Support
Program
OSU serves as headquarters for the Title
XII Aquaculture and Fisheries Collaborative Research Support Program, which
was just initiated in October 2006.
Oregon State University receives core
funding from the U.S. Agency for
International Development to lead an
innovative long-term collaborative
research program designed to reduce
poverty in developing countries by
improving access by the poor to fish
and water resources.
The goal of the Aquaculture and
Fisheries CRSP as stated by USAID is to
develop more comprehensive, sustainable, ecological and socially compatible,
and economically viable aquaculture
systems and innovative fisheries
management systems in developing
countries that contribute to poverty
alleviation and food security.
OSU will lead the new Aquaculture
and Fisheries Collaborative Research
Support Program, partnering with other
universities and institutions around the
world.
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.
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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.
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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 Inter-university Consortium
for Political and Social Research, was
established in 1962 and is located at the
University of Michigan. The ICPSR
maintains and provides access to a vast
archive of social science data for
research and instruction, and offers
training in quantitative methods to
facilitate effective data use. To ensure
that data resources are available to
future generations of scholars, ICPSR
preserves data, migrating them to new
storage media as changes in technology
warrant.
Through funding provided by OSU
Libraries, Oregon State University
students, faculty and staff have 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 to attend
ICPSR’s Summer Training Program in
Quantitative Methods. In addition,
ICPSR provides user support to assist
researchers in identifying relevant data
for analysis and in conducting their
research projects.
INTEGRATED PLANT
PROTECTION CENTER
Paul Jepson, Director
Website: http://www.ipmnet.org/
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://
www.ipmnet.org/). 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://www.ipmnet.org/)
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/). 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.
KIEWIT CENTER FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
TRANSPORTATION
Christopher Higgins, Director
E-mail: kiewit.center@oregonstate.edu
Website: http://kiewit.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. Impact of tsunamis and storm
waves on coastal infrastructure
b. Nearshore processes related to
coastal erosion
c. Tsunami and coastal hazard
mitigation
• Large Scale Structural Strong-Floor
Facility
a. Structural evaluation of full size
beams and columns
b. Development of earthquake
resistant structural systems
• National Center for Accessible
Transportation
a. Investigation of advanced technologies for accessible transportation systems
OREGON NANOSCIENCE
AND MICROTECHNOLOGIES
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
Research
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, with $10M proposed
in the Governor’s budget for FY08–09.
These funds are invested in OSU
research and commercialization capacity
in the form of signature researcher
startup package contributions, matching funds for competitive extramural
proposals, facility operations startup,
and “gap” grants to assist in the
formation of successful new products
and startup companies derived from
ONAMI research.
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.
ONAMI Leadership
Team Core Members:
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.
Landis Kannberg, OSU/PNNL
Microproducts Breakthrough Institute
director, is a member of the OSU
Academy of Engineers and 30-year
PNNL veteran of numerous energyrelated programs. He has most recently
served as a program manager in the
Process Science and Engineering
Resources Division within PNNL’s
Environmental Technology Directorate.
Doug Keszler, OSU Professor of
Chemistry, is a pioneer in the preparation and characterization of new solid-
state inorganic materials. Current efforts
are directed to the development and
study of laser hosts, nonlinear optical
materials, phosphors, transparent
conductors, wide band-gap semiconductors, and low-temperature deposition and crystallization of thin films.
Professor Keszler’s pioneering work in
non-linear optic crystals is the basis for a
family of deep UV lasers developed by
Deep Photonics, a nanotechnology
start-up company.
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.
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.
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.
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. He is also a founder of Dune
Sciences, LLC.
Jerry Witt is a materials scientist,
university professor and recently retired
program manager in the area of satellite
electronics from the Air Force Office of
Scientific Research. Dr. Witt is now
assisting Portland State University and
ONAMI with efforts to grow collaborative research programs and successful
relationships with federal agencies.
ONAMI Inc. (501c3) Board of
Directors members are senior executives
from Intel Corporation, HewlettPackard Company, FEI Company,
Invitrogen Corporation, PNNL/Battelle,
Tektronix, OVP Venture Partners,
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt and all
three universities. Ron Adams, dean of
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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.
Four 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.
Safer Nanomaterials and
Nanomanufacturing Initiative 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 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.
Nanolaminates and transparent/
printed electronics. ONAMI researchers
are pursuing cutting-edge materials
chemistry applications in optics,
electronics, sensors, thermoelectrics,
magnetics and metrology standards.
Transparent electronics for flat panel
displays, for example, will enable
brighter, lower power and less expensive
displays—an important industry sector
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Oregon State University
in Oregon. By applying atomicprecision synthesis using both lowtemperature solution chemistry and gasphase assembly techniques, scientists
have created functionally graded
materials from modulated elemental
reactants, and composite electronic
materials.
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 collaborators 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 a new 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—the Oregon
NanoNet 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.
OREGON WOOD
INNOVATION CENTER
Scott Leavengood, Director
541-737-4212
E-mail: scott.leavengood@oregonstate.edu
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Chris Knowles, Program Assistant
541-737-1438
E-mail: chris.knowles@oregonstate.edu
119 Richardson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-5751
Website: http://owic.oregonstate.edu/
Oregon State University’s College of
Forestry and Extension Service have
teamed up to create the Oregon Wood
Innovation Center (OWIC). OWIC’s
mission is to improve the competitiveness of Oregon’s wood products
industry by fostering innovation in
products, processes, and business
systems. A key function of the Center
will be to serve as the primary link
between university research and needs
and opportunities in the forest industry.
Why an Innovation Center?
The forest products industry has
undergone dramatic changes in recent
years. The industry has responded to
reductions in raw material supply and
the forces of globalization by consolidating, retooling production systems,
and by focusing on improving efficiencies in manufacturing processes.
However, it is clear that focusing solely
on process innovation will be insufficient to maintain future competitive
advantage. Firms must also focus on
product and business systems innovation. OWIC was developed to help
foster such innovation by serving as a
‘clearinghouse’ to connect manufacturers to the research community, to other
organizations that provide assistance to
businesses, and to facilitate networking
within the industry.
Facilities and Services
OWIC is housed within OSU’s Department of Wood Science and Engineering,
a department with established capabilities in research, outreach, and technology transfer in a broad array of
disciplines. Disciplines and accompanying laboratories and services include:
• Anatomy and Wood Quality –
laboratories for wood fiber characterization and wood identification;
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equipment including microscopes and
an X-ray densitometer
Biodeterioration, Wood Protection
and Product Durability – pressure
cylinder for wood preservation;
equipment for assessing insect and
decay resistance
Chemistry – adhesives development,
testing, and troubleshooting; research
and testing of plant materials for
value-added chemical products
Nanotechnology – research in
nanocomposites for advanced
textiles, barrier films, membranes,
coatings and sensors
Composite Materials – development
and testing of wood and wood/nonwood composites; equipment
including presses (hot and cold), glue
spreader, refiner, digester, blender, and
former
Computer-Aided Manufacturing –
facilities for optical scanning, process
modeling, simulation and optimization of wood processing enterprises
Wood Drying – a 100 BF kiln for
measuring volatile organic compound
(VOC) emissions and 2000 BF dry kiln
for research in lumber drying
Timber Engineering and Structural
Design – equipment for assessing
strength properties of wood-based
materials; scale varies from small
specimens up to large members such
as beams and full-scale wall systems
Forest Products Business and
Marketing – research and outreach
on innovation in the forest industry
and assessment of market potential
for new products
Environmental Impacts of Wood
Products – research on the environmental impacts of wood-based
materials from ‘cradle to grave’ (life
cycle inventory and analysis)
Other facilities include environmental
conditioning chambers (hot-dry, hotwet, cold room, standards room) and
state-of-the-art classrooms for onsite
or distance education programs
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
Research
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,
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.
SUN GRANT WESTERN
REGIONAL CENTER
Thayne Dutson, Director
Jan Auyong, Executive Director
541-737-1915
E-mail: jan.auyong@oregonstate.edu
Website: http://sungrant.oregonstate.edu
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, is 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. The current program area
priorities include biomass production,
conversion and processing technologies,
and bio-based products.
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
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.
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O.H. HINSDALE WAVE
RESEARCH LABORATORY
Daniel Cox, Director
541-737-3631
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 O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research
Laboratory is the largest experimental
facility for coastal research at an
academic institution in the U.S. The
two-acre building is situated on the
main campus and houses the Large
Wave Flume (LWF), Tsunami Wave
Basin (TWB), and 2,000 sq ft of work/
office space for the director, research
associates and technicians, and several
graduate students. The HWRL is
partially supported by the George E.
Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake
Engineering Simulation (NEES) consortium of the National Science Foundation. 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 reduce risks
associated with tsunamis and other
coastal hazards, to improve the
sustainability of coastal areas, and to
develop innovative solutions to the
design of coastal infrastructure.