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Oregon Research
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 four-year
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,
scholarship, 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 RESEARCH INTEGRITY
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/research/ori
The Office of Research Integrity works with
OSU faculty, staff, and students to help
assure proper conduct of research in areas
pertaining to the use of human subjects,
and non-human vertebrate animals. The
office also works with faculty and Academic Affairs to identify and appropriately
manage issues that could be perceived
to present financial conflicts of interest.
Non-compliance in these areas can result
in severe penalties to the institution,
and, in some instances, to the individuals involved. It is the responsibility of all
members of the university community to
be familiar with OSU policies as related to
these research compliance areas.
OFFICE OF
SPONSORED PROGRAMS
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/research/
osprc/index.htm
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)
has central proposal submission responsibility for sponsored research, scholarship, instructional and other activities at
Oregon State University as well as award
review, negotiation and acceptance for
those activities. OSP also offers resources
for identifying and developing sources for
external funding; policy and procedure
development; training, education and
outreach; and preparation, negotiation,
and approval of all outgoing subagreements. OSP balances service to OSU faculty and staff, university administration,
and the numerous organizations that
sponsor OSU activities.
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. Startup 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 OSU Research Office. Note: Additional OSU units
are organized under the colleges.
RESEARCH OFFICE PROGRAMS
• Agricultural Experiment Station
• Forest Research Laboratory
• Laboratory Animal Resources Center
• Oregon Sea Grant
• Oregon NASA Space Grant
Consortium
RESEARCH OFFICE
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
308 and 312 Kerr
Administration
Building
Oregon State
University
Corvallis, OR
97331-2121
541-737-3467
E-mail:
researchsupport@
oregonstate.edu
Website: http://
oregonstate.edu/
research/ori
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
TBA
Associate Vice
President for
Innovation
and Economic
Development
Patricia Hawk
Interim Director
Office of Sponsored
Programs
737-4933
patricia.hawk@
oregonstate.edu
Brian Wall
Interim Director
Office of Technology
Transfer
737-9058
brian.wall@
oregonstate.edu
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Linus Pauling Institute
Marine and Freshwater Biomedical
Sciences Center
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
OSU RESEARCH
OFFICE PROGRAMS
AGRICULTURAL
EXPERIMENT STATION
Thayne R. Dutson, Director
William G. Boggess, Executive Associate Director
Stella M. Coakley, Associate Director
Larry R. Curtis, Associate Director
Jack Breen, Chief Business Officer
Jan Auyong, Assistant Director
Ellie Larsen, Administrative Program
Specialist
E-mail: AESsupport@oregonstate.edu
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 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 bio-based 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 Genome Research and Biocomputing, 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)
• 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. Depart-
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ments 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.
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 and the world.
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, conservation and
use of Oregon’s forest resources and the
operation of the state’s forest-resourcebased industries and businesses. 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; some forests are used more
intensively while others are conserved
more effectively; employment, production, and profitability in forest-resourcerelated businesses are strengthened; and
assistance is provided in maintaining a
quality environment for Oregonians.
The Forest Research Laboratory, the
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Oregon State University
Corvallis Forestry Sciences Laboratory
of the U.S. Forest Service, the Corvallisbased Forest and Rangelands Ecosystem
Science Center of the U.S. Geological
Service, and related research conducted
elsewhere on campus combine to form
the largest concentration of forest sciences research in North America.
LABORATORY ANIMAL
RESOURCES PROGRAM
Raymond B. Baggs, Director
Website: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/larc/
The Laboratory Animal Resources Program is a university-wide support-services 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 aerospacerelated science and engineering; and
develop a strong science mathematics,
and technology education base from
elementary through university levels.
Oregon NASA Space Grant maintains
a diverse array of programs to support
space science and engineering education.
Connecting educators with professional
development opportunities, Oregon
Space Grant aims to help develop a
strong science, mathematics, and technology education base at all levels while
fostering communication and continuity
between the K–12 community and high-
er education. Through various research
award programs available to students
and faculty, Oregon Space Grant supports STEM education and development
within the higher education community.
Undergraduate scholarships are available for students at affiliate campuses
statewide. Participation in a wide array of
internship programs administered by the
Oregon Space Grant offers undergraduate
and graduate level students opportunities
to develop research skills while conducting hands-on projects at NASA centers
nationwide. Additionally, graduate
fellowships attract excellent students to
aerospace related research programs at
affiliate institutions across Oregon.
OSU RESEARCH OFFICE
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 conferences. 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 100 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:
ƒ Genomics—DNA sequencing,
genotyping and fragment analysis
services;
ƒ Functional Genomics–highthroughput microarray services for
analysis of global gene expression
patterns in all types of organisms;
ƒ Biocomputing and Bioinformatics—
advanced computational resources
for data mining, data analysis and
database development;
ƒ 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, Conferences, Training—
Bi-weekly CGRB seminar, annual
conference, 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 conference for scientific
exchange, building collaborations,
strengthening ties across
departmental and college boundaries,
and social interaction.
• Consolidation and Coordination of
Bioscience Faculty—over 100 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, oligosynthesis) 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.
The broad goal of the Cooperative
Institute for Marine Resources Studies is
to coordinate research focused on living
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Oregon State University
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.
MARINE AND FRESHWATER
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
CENTER
David E. Williams, Director
E-mail: david.williams@oregonstate.edu
541-737-6530
Website: http://www.science.oregonstate.
edu/mfbsc/admin/admin.htm
The Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences (MFBS) Center provides
expertise and facilities for research and
training in the use of aquatic models,
primarily rainbow trout and zebrafish,
to address important issues in human
toxicology and environmental health.
The focus of this center is the Sinnhuber
Aquatic Research Laboratory, a unique
histopathology and fish hatchery complex. Investigators are provided study
Research
design assistance, research animals,
tank space, complete fish husbandry
services, standard and custom diets, and
experimental data collection assistance.
These services are provided as a core
center within the NIEHS Environmental
Health Sciences Center. The ultimate
goal of these efforts is the advancement
of approaches for the successful prevention and treatment of human diseases.
The center’s outreach program translates
research findings into useful information
for the public.
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 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, 541-737-5668
E-mail: kurt.peters@oregonstate.edu
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 on-site visits to Oregon tribes
to discuss the tribes’ possible research
and extension service needs with
tribal leadership
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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
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 decision-making.
More specifically, the purpose of the INR
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Oregon State University
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
An hour’s drive from Corvallis, the
Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC)
in Newport is OSU’s coastal campus for
research and investigation of marine
biological and geochemical aspects of
tidal, estuarine, and nearshore ocean
environments. Research programs at
HMSC advance scientific understanding
of marine and coastal ecosystems, with
an emphasis on collaboration across disciplinary and institutional affiliations of
the more than 300 personnel onsite.
The HMSC is home base for the
Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station (COMES), the Cooperative Institute
for Marine Resources Studies (CIMRS),
and the Marine Mammal Institute, along
with various other OSU and state/federal
agency units:
•
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife
•
Oregon Coast Community College
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OSU College of Agricultural Sciences
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OSU College of Engineering
•
OSU College of Forestry
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OSU College of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Sciences
•
OSU College of Science
•
OSU College of Veterinary Medicine
•
OSU Extension Service and Oregon
Sea Grant
•
NOAA Fisheries
•
NOAA Ocean Environment Research
Division
•
USDA Agricultural Research Service
•
US Environmental Protection Agency
•
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Research facilities on the 49-acre campus
on Yaquina Bay serve students and staff
of OSU, partnering state and federal
agencies, and visiting scientists from other institutions. Main buildings include
the Guin Library and 200,000 square
feet of office, classroom, and laboratory
space featuring a flow-through seawater
system. Ship support facilities and dock
areas operated by the College of Oceanic
and Atmospheric Sciences serve the R/V
Wecoma, R/V Elakha, and other research
vessels. There are also housing and selfservice kitchen facilities for up to
82 students and visiting scientists on the
HMSC campus.
The Visitor Center receives 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.
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 campuswide 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 shortlived 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
Michael E. Campana, Director
Todd Jarvis, Associate Director
Kathryn Motter, Laboratory Manager
541-737-9918
E-mail: iww@oregonstate.edu
Website: http://water.oregonstate.edu/
Oregonians are beginning to witness
the difficulties caused by water quantity
and quality constraints and face critical
choices about fresh water. Earlier melting
of the Cascades snowpack is changing
“free water storage,” which has implications for snowmelt out of phase with
existing water resource systems and ecosystems. Sustainable water supplies for
development, ecosystem maintenance,
Research
and hydroelectric power generation may
be adversely affected by increased population, climate change, and renegotiation
of the Columbia River Treaty. Since water
is “virtually” embedded in all Oregon
products, whether natural or manufactured, the state’s economic vitality is
tied directly to water. Water quantity
and quality issues in the Willamette and
Klamath Basins are two of the state’s top
environmental priorities.
The aforementioned challenges are
on an unprecedented scale and require
solutions obtained by integrating several
or more disciplines. The Institute for
Water and Watersheds (IWW), Oregon’s
federally-designated water resources
research institute, has over 125 affiliated
faculty and pursues solutions to Oregon’s
water problems by assembling research
teams from a broad spectrum of disciplines. The institute utilizes educational
and outreach models to communicate
the latest water science and policy options to stakeholders so that they can
make informed, intelligent decisions.
The IWW’s Water Collaboratory, an open
analytical chemistry laboratory, provides
faculty, staff, and students with a variety
of analytical capabilities.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH UNITS
AND CONSORTIA AT OSU
These additional research units are organized under OSU’s colleges.
AQUAFISH
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
SUPPORT PROGRAM
Hillary S. Egna, Director
Website: http://aquafishcrsp.oregonstate.
edu
The AquaFish Collaborative Research
Support Program (CRSP) is one of nine
international agriculture research programs funded by the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) and
participating U.S. and host country institutions. The mission of the AquaFish
CRSP is to enrich livelihoods and
promote health by cultivating international multidisciplinary partnerships that
advance science, research, education, and
outreach in aquatic resources.
Oregon State University leads this
innovative program designed to reduce
poverty in developing countries by
improving access by the poor to fish and
water resources. The primary goal of the
AquaFish CRSP is to develop more comprehensive, sustainable, ecologically and
socially compatible, and economically
viable aquaculture and fisheries management systems in developing countries that contribute to food safety and
security. One method of achieving that
goal is increasing the ability of develop-
ing countries to build their infrastructure and capacity through training and
education. Challenges poorer countries
face include pressures from global trade,
environmental impacts, water use conflicts and the distribution of benefits.
The AquaFish CRSP focuses its efforts on
increasing access to water and reducing the number of constraints its host
countries face in order to promote local
economies.
OSU partners with U.S. and host
country universities, institutions, and
non-government organizations to sponsor research, development, and outreach
activities in thirteen countries. Present
participating locations include Cambodia, China, Ghana, Guyana, Indonesia,
Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nepal, Philippines, Tanzania, and Vietnam. OSU,
through the AquaFish CRSP, was also
recently awarded a grant from USAID/
Bamako to improve the productivity and
income of producers in targeted areas
of Mali through facilitating access to
technologies and building the capacity
of stakeholders involved in freshwater fish farming and capture fisheries
management.
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.
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Research is conducted by faculty and
students from the following schools:
• School of Chemical, Biological and
Environmental Engineering
• School of Civil and Construction
Engineering
• School of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science
• School of Mechanical, Industrial and
Manufacturing Engineering
And the following departments:
• Department of Biological and
Ecological Engineering
• Department of 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.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND
TRANSPORTATION
Scott Ashford, 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
practice-oriented investigations
and state-of-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
INSTITUTE
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
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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 $37M in ONAMI, including $9M
from the Oregon Innovation Council
(OECDD) 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 worldleading 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 energy-related 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 Distinguished
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 nonlinear
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 solidstate 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,
Ore., facility-the world’s most advanced
semiconductor facility, e.g. the first to
achieve 90nm production on 300mm
substrates.
Jim Hutchison, University of Oregon
professor of chemistry, is a pioneer of
green chemistry and leading innovator in nanofabrication 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, Hewlett-Packard Company,
FEI Company, Invitrogen Corporation,
PNNL/Battelle, Tektronix, OVP Venture
Partners, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
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.
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
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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. There have already been four
startup companies launched or greatly
assisted by the MBI with support from
ONAMI Gap grants. More are expected.
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 emitters for display applications
and development of a tabletop scanning
electron microscope with FEI Co.
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 in Oregon.
By applying atomic-precision synthesis
using both low-temperature solution
chemistry and gas-phase 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
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devices. Laser micromachining,
nano-imprinting/hot embossing,
microlamination bonding, nanoparticle 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
e-beam lithography), TEM,
microprobe, XRD, XPS, AFM, TOFSIMS, 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, ON
Semiconductor Corp., 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
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 & 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; 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
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Nanotechnology – research
in nanocomposites for advanced
textiles, barrier films, membranes,
coatings and sensors
Composite Materials –
development and testing of wood
and wood/non-wood 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 &
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 &
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 woodbased materials from ‘cradle to grave’
(life cycle inventory and analysis)
Other facilities include
environmental conditioning
chambers (hot-dry, hot-wet, cold
room, standards room) and stateof-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 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 nonfood agriculture-based
industries.
Research
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
541-737-9353
E-mail: sungrant@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 bio-based
energy technologies,
2. promote diversification in and the
environmental sustainability of,
agricultural production in the United
States through bio-based energy and
products technologies;
3. promote economic diversification
in rural areas of the United States
through bio-based 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 Region), 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, converson and processing
technologies, and the development and
enhancement of 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.