In Season 5, we're covering our strategic research partnerships with industry, academia, and government. With these collaborations, our researchers at the Oregon State College of Engineering are helping improve human-robot teaming, build better green buildings, advance renewable energy, increase safety in one of the most dangerous industries, streamline processes in the tech industry, and verify nuclear threats.

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Teaming with robots
How do you talk to a robot? How about 250 robots? Julie A. Adams, professor of computer science, describes her research on human-robot interaction and the benefits and…

Two Faculty members are having a discussion.
Partners in mass timber buildings
Can you build skyscrapers or other massive structures with wood? Mass timber buildings are changing skylines and changing the way engineers and architects think about…

Max Ginsburg works on the Aquaharmonics wave-energy device prototype.
Harmonizing with the ocean to harness wave energy
How do you harness the energy of the ocean? Oregon State alumni Alex Hagmuller and Max Ginsburg cofounded Aquaharmonics to try and figure it out: starting with a wave…

Faculty and a student are working on a project.
Partnering to make timber harvesting safer
How do you help reduce risk in the nation's most dangerous occupation? Researchers at Oregon State University are partnering with Blount International to help make…

Danny Dig and Ameya Ketkar develop tools to help programmers create software
Taming software development with teamwork
How are Oregon State researchers impacting the apps on your phone? Danny Dig and his team have been improving software for companies like Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Boeing,…

Harish Gadey, Abi Farsoni, and Steven Czyz show off their radioxenon detector.
Partnering for nuclear nonproliferation
How do you prove a country tested a nuclear weapon, and who’s keeping an eye on this stuff? Researchers at Oregon State and University of Michigan are part of the crew…