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FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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2013 Oregon Stater Engineering Awards
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Oregon State University
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Photography byJim Carroll
Photography by Oregon State University
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e Northwest National Marine Renewable
Energy Center, based at Oregon State University,
chose Newport, Ore., to build the Pacific Marine
Energy Center — the first utility-scale, grid-
connected wave energy test site in the U.S.
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Jonathan Hurst, assistant professor of
mechanical engineering at Oregon State
University, and Jessy Grizzle at the University of
Michigan received a “Breakthrough Innovator”
award from Popular Mechanics for their walking
robots —MABEL and the next generation ATRIAS.
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Electrical engineers at Oregon State University
are ready for clinical trials on a new technology
to monitor medical vital signs with sophisticated
sensors so small they could fit onto a bandage
and cost less than a quarter. e technology, for
which a patent is pending, has numerous
potential applications.
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Researchers at Oregon State University, where
transparent electronics were pioneered, have
confirmed that zinc tin oxide, an inexpensive and
environmentally benign compound, could
replace some non-volatile flash memory — a
multi-billion dollar technology nearing its
reductive limits.
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Engineers at Oregon State University have for
the first time developed a way to use microwave
heating in the synthesis of copper zinc tin sulfide,
a promising solar cell compound that is less
costly and toxic than some solar energy
alternatives.
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e U.S. Department of Energy awarded $1.1
million to Oregon State University, which
pioneered “passive safety” nuclear energy
concepts and new types of small “modular”
reactors that hold great promise in the future of
nuclear power.
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Oregon State University professor Scott
Ashford was one of the international engineering
experts who toured the area affected by the
subduction zone earthquake and tsunami in
Japan in 2011. Repercussions of the event are
now being felt in the Pacific Northwest and the
university is working closely with State agencies
to assist in earthquake preparedness planning
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students to solve problems and they
graduate from a rigorous curriculum that
allows them to apply their knowledge to
problems that have not yet emerged,” she
says.
e 2013 Oregon Stater Award winners
from the College of Engineering are just a
sampling of the driven, forward-thinking
alumni who are proud to claimOregon State
University as their alma mater. “The value of
their degree is as good as any institution in
the country,” says DeanWoods. “Our
faculty has always recognized that it is the
understanding of the fundamentals that
allow our graduates to lead — to start new
companies, to become CEOs, or to develop
new technologies throughout their careers.
“Our goal is not to be the biggest; our goal
is to be excellent,” says DeanWoods. “Our
vision is not to educate graduates; our vision
is to educate the world’s engineering
leaders.”