When a burst pipe led to flood damage in Kearney Hall in 2019, faculty and staff in the College of Engineering looked beyond the mess and saw new possibilities.
“Rather than just taking every room and turning it back to what it had been before, the college — very wisely, I think — viewed this as an opportunity,” said Kevin Houser, professor of civil and construction engineering.
Tiny, pressurized bubbles locked in glacial ice may be the reason why glaciers that terminate at the sea are retreating at unprecedented rates.
“We have known for a while that glacier ice is full of bubbles, and we realized those bubbles may be doing a lot more than just making noise underwater as the ice melts,” said Meagan Wengrove, assistant professor of coastal and ocean engineering.
Lazaro J. Perez is an Assistant Professor of Water Resources Engineering in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. Dr. Perez’s research focuses on the hydrological and biogeochemical aspects of subsurface porous materials, specifically in quantifying the impact of incomplete mixing of reactants on chemical reactions and contaminant transport. He also investigates bacterial transport and biofilm dynamics and their influence on fluid mixing, spanning scales from the pore to the field.
Caleb Ogbeta recently won the 2023 NV5 National Society for Black Engineers scholarship award. A doctoral candidate in civil engineering, Ogbeta came to Oregon State in 2022 after completing his master’s degree in surveying and geoinformatics engineering at the University of Lagos, in Nigeria.
HEIDAR RASTIVEIS, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor (Senior Research) in the Geomatics group at Oregon State University's School of Civil and Construction Engineering. He holds a B.Sc. in Geomatics Engineering from the University of Isfahan, Iran, and both M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering-Photogrammetry from the University of Tehran, Iran. His doctoral research focused on automatic generation of earthquake-induced damage maps from high-resolution satellite images.
Professor David Trejo's research focuses on the design and development of materials and systems for efficient construction processes and products. His interests focus on the design and development of systems that allow for accelerated and durable construction.
When we think about our health, we are likely to think about the food we eat, activities we do, and hours we sleep each night. But the buildings we spend time in – our homes, schools, and workplaces – also have a huge effect on our health.
For example, just look at two recent crises, said Parichehr Salimifard, assistant professor of architectural engineering–mechanical engineering track and Culbertson Faculty Scholar.
College of Engineering researchers are playing prominent roles in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s $435 million program to make the nation’s transportation system safer, more innovative, and more efficient.
The program funds 34 university transportation centers, or UTCs. Each center comprises a consortium of researchers from a number of universities and is tasked with conducting research and technology transfer in its assigned topic area. The centers will also help to develop the next generation of transportation professionals.
On June 1, Knife River President and CEO Brian Gray rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange to celebrate the company’s first day as an independent, publicly traded business.
“It was exhilarating, one of the most exciting moments of my life,” said Gray, B.S. civil engineering ’93. “My wife and family were there to share the moment. It was special for that reason and because I was able to represent the 6,000 men and women at Knife River whose work made this possible.”
