Jasmin Kennard received her BS in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State University in 2018 and received a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 2024. Her doctoral research focused on high-throughput computational studies of mesoscale self-assembly using chemistry-agnostic models under the guidance of Prof. Julia Dshemuchadse. Specific interests relate to multicomponent systems, and both ordered and solid solution assemblies.
Environmental engineering researchers at Oregon State University are using cutting-edge technology to better understand biofilms – communities of microorganisms that play a vital role in the environment. This research, led by Dorthe Wildenschild, professor and DeVaan Chair and Executive Director for Clean Water Technology, is funded by a $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioimaging Research Program.
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.
Juye Kim will join Oregon State University’s School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering (CBEE) as an assistant professor in the Fall of 2025. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea in 2014. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in South Korea in 2020, where she led research on CO2 electro-reduction and Li-M batteries by controlling the atomic facet surface of nanomaterials.
Peter is the James and Shirley Kuse Chair and professor at Oregon State and also a professor at Oregon Health & Science University in the Biomedical Engineering Department. He directs the Artificial Intelligence for Medical Systems (AIMS) lab. His interests are in the area of medical device design, ubiquitous sensing technologies, machine learning, control systems, and signal processing as applied towards diabetes technologies and other diseases including multiple sclerosis.
Dr. Binata Joddar is an Associate Professor in Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. She earned her Ph.D. from a joint Bioengineering program at Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina. After completing post-doctoral research in cardiovascular biology at Ohio State University, where she received the Distinguished Post-Doctoral Researcher Award, Dr. Joddar advanced her expertise with a Foreign Post-Doctoral Fellowship at RIKEN, Japan, focusing on stem cells and regenerative medicine.
José Naranjo Mendez, an undergraduate in chemical engineering, is one of three students at Oregon State University chosen to receive the 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a national award established in 1986 in memory of Sen. Barry Goldwater.
Mendez says the scholarship will go toward tuition, so he can work less while in school.
“I’ll enjoy more time with friends, embracing a bigger social life and presence on campus,” he said.
Dr. Newhart’s research focuses on the water-data nexus: applying statistical and machine learning to better understand, improve process monitoring, and optimize control of water and wastewater treatment, reclamation, and reuse systems all scales. She collaborates with utilities, consultants, and non-profits across North America to develop and deploy machine learning models using instrumentation and laboratory data for site-specific monitoring and control challenges.
Rebecca Falender’s recent work has been in infectious disease surveillance, wastewater-based epidemiology, and one health. Her academic interests also include the drivers of antimicrobial resistance, study design, and bioethics.
