Grounded in a long history of excellence in analog integrated circuits, Oregon State University is one of only a handful of universities with several faculty members in integrated electronics. Innovative research led by faculty in the integrated electronics group has thrived with support of leading semiconductor companies.
For anyone working in the semiconductor industry in Oregon, it is no surprise that a recent report estimated a need for a 24% increase in semiconductor-related credentials. Meeting those needs is a focus for the State of Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission, which requested the assessment. It is part of the State’s broader efforts to reinvigorate the semiconductor industry supported by the federal CHIPS and Science Act and Oregon’s CHIPS Act.
In 2023, wind turbines generated upwards of 425,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity in the United States, enough to run more than 39 million average American homes. Wind is the country’s largest renewable energy source, representing about 10% of all electricity production.
In 2023, the College of Engineering received a generous donation that includes new electrical testing and measurement equipment for its electrical engineering fundamentals teaching laboratory in Dearborn Hall.
Valued at $84,000, the equipment was donated by Keysight Technologies. The company, based in Santa Clara, California, is a worldwide leader in the development and production of electronics testing and measurement equipment and software.
The Corvallis Microfluidics Tech Hub, or CorMic, is a partnership of over 60 organizations including HP, Oregon State University, the University of Oregon, Oregon Health & Science University to develop, scale, and
Wei-Che Hsu, who recently earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at Oregon State University, won first place in the Division of Laser Science poster competition.
Hsu presented his research at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, the top conference in photonics co-organized by the IEEE Photonics Society, the Optical Society of America, and the American Physics Society.
Mostafa Essawy, a doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering at Oregon State University, was one of just 26 students worldwide to receive a 2023-2024 predoctoral achievement award from the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society.
The award is granted annually to promising Ph.D. students based on their academic records and the quality of their publications.
February 29 marked a major milestone for the Corvallis Microfluidics Tech Hub, or CorMic, as the consortium submitted their proposal to the U.S. Economic Development Administration to be considered for up to $70 million in funding as part of the Biden Administration’s Tech Hub Program. As one of the 31 Tech Hubs designated by the Biden Administration in October, CorMic has positioned itself to become a global leader in microfluidics over the next decade.
In the innovative realm of bioengineering sensor technology, Oregon State University, in collaboration with HP, is pioneering a transformative approach to lab-on-chip applications. This partnership, blending academic research and industrial expertise, is developing advanced platforms for cell counting and biosensing, utilizing the integration of integrated circuits with microfluidic devices and sensors.
