Season 4: Partners in research, Part 1

In Season 4, we're covering some of our strategic research partnerships with industry, academia, and government. With these collaborations, our researchers at the Oregon State College of Engineering are helping to design new and improve current energy systems, build safer infrastructure, improve computer security, and advance communication.

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Oregon State University faculty member.
Forging partnerships with Thailand's PTT
Goran Jovanovic, professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State, was interested in finding ways to convert carbon dioxide into useful products using renewable energy…

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Partners in networking speed
Are faster networks with more users and devices possible? Researchers at Oregon State with help from Tektronix are advancing technologies to push the boundaries of speed…

Oregon State Nuclear Engineering Professors Qiao Wu (left) and Jose Reyes discuss NuScale Power's ongoing research at Oregon State.
Partners in nuclear power
Is it possible to revolutionize nuclear power in the United States? Oregon State Nuclear Engineering Professor Jose Reyes cofounded NuScale Power to do just that. He's…

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Partners in extreme wave modeling
How do you forecast and model huge waves in the open ocean? As part of the National Marine Renewable Energy Center (currently known as the Pacific Marine Energy Center (…

Earthquake expert Michael Olsen (right), associate professor of geomatics in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering and co-principal investigator of O-HELP discusses the Big One with landslide expert Ben Leshchinsky, assistant professor of geotechnical engineering in the College of Forestry and the School of Civil and Construction Engineering.
Partners preparing for the Big One
How can we prepare most effectively for the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake? An interactive website called O-HELP, developed by Oregon State researchers, zooms in to…

Alan Fern, professor of computer science, (right) and his Ph.D. student, Amran Siddiqui (left) are advancing methods of detecting cyberattacks known as advanced persistent threats.
Collaboration to catch hackers
Cyberattacks are getting more frequent, bigger, and more destructive. New research at Oregon State University aims to stop hackers by combining the muscle power of…