When Tatiana Ostrik left her hometown of Eugene to study engineering at Oregon State University, she wasn’t entirely sure which path she’d take. She just knew she wanted to build something meaningful — and Oregon State offered the perfect launchpad.
“I wanted to get away from home and study engineering,” Ostrik said. “Oregon State was the best option financially, and it has a great reputation for engineering. It just made sense.”
Charlie Harriman didn’t have to look far to find inspiration for his academic path. Growing up in Portland surrounded by a family full of Oregon State University alumni — including a cousin and younger brother who also chose chemical engineering — Harriman’s decision to attend Oregon State felt like a natural continuation of a family tradition. But it wasn’t just legacy that drew him in.
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Pooya Tadayon, Ph.D. physical chemistry ’98, will return in September to his roots at Oregon State University to advance semiconductor research and education. He brings practical experience from nearly three decades of working in industry to a dual role as executive director of semiconductor research programs for the College of Engineering and professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Oregon State University is leading two large consortiums that aim to boost innovation and commercialization for advanced technologies to stimulate economic development in Oregon and beyond. The FAST Regional Innovation Engine and Corvallis Microfluidics Tech Hub proposals have broad support from small and large companies, startups, government agencies, universities, venture capitalists, and community groups — 65 members in CorMic and 95 members in FAST.
Peter Jacobs, the James and Shirley Kuse Chair in Chemical Engineering, was recently awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant from Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) to create AI-powered tools to make islet transplantation more successful in treating patients with type 1 diabetes.
