Graduate Engineering Research Showcase
Thursday, April 3
The Lasells Stewart Center
4-6 p.m. (livestream available)
About the Showcase
Oregon State Engineers are creating a better future here and now, through vital research that tackles some of humanity’s greatest challenges.
The Graduate Engineering Research Showcase offers an exciting glimpse of that future, presented by some of the brilliant, creative minds who are helping to make it happen. Student presenters receive expert coaching in communicating complex, technical ideas to a general audience through accessible language, live demonstrations, and visual aids.
The Student Experience
The Graduate Engineering Research Showcase offers a valuable professional development opportunity for a select number of master’s and Ph.D. students engaged in research throughout the College of Engineering.
- Professional, one-on-one and small-group coaching over a period of two months.
- Improved public speaking skills and increased confidence in communicating your work.
- Opportunity to demonstrate your research and presentation skills before a general audience and to network with attendees, including college alumni and donors, industry partners, and campus leaders.
- A professional video recording of your presentation, featured on the College of Engineering website, which you may share with prospective future employers or mentors.
Past Events
2025 Graduate Speakers
Megan Dodge
Nanoplastics from Consumer Products
Kalpani Wijesooriya
Taryn Gibbs
Sami Mirhasani
Abhinav Jain
Samantha Kang
Maryam Masoomi
Wyatt Brown
Junxin Liu
Nima Ahmadkhani
Jade White
2024 Engineering Showcase Speakers
Amanda Eness
Reducing Antibiotic Resistance in Wastewater
Ana Garcia Caraveo
Micro-Mechanical Materials Testing for Fusion Energy
Laurinda Nyarko
Studying Impacts of Heavy Metals in Water: A New Method
Marie Olland
Forensic Chemistry: Detecting Chemicals in Biosolids
Michelle Gee
How Plant Chemistry Plays a Role in Wildfires
Pratik Khanal
Quantifying Emotion in Music: A Novel Approach
Rachel Thompson
Spinal Discs Research: A New Solution
Steven Kontra
Earthquakes and Tall Timber Buildings: Testing Full-Scale Designs
Tema Telewo
Garbage In, Gospel Out: Detecting Anomalies in Weather Sensor Networks
Triniti Armstrong
Using Robots to 'Nudge'
Watch the 2024 Research Showcase
Catch every talk from last year’s event, all in one place.
2023 Engineering Showcase Speakers
Alan g. sanchez
Host
Alfiya orman
Validating Spectral Lighting Simulation Tools
eric slyman
Social Bias in Multimodal Artificial Intelligence
Javier corona
Optic-Based Thermal Characterization
Jessee svoboda
Bacterial Strain Engineering
john ste. marie
Antimicrobial Resistance in Waterwaste
Juliana Huizenga
Remediation and Toxicity of Hydrocarbon Contaminants
Karina puente
Underwater Robotic Gripper Development
Logan Scott-deter
Bicycle Crash Mitigation
Nicole Fronda
Learning Specifications for Cyber-Physical Systems
Explore the 2023 Research Showcase
Catch every talk from the 2023 event, all in one place.