Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Industry-university collaboration to advance semiconductor technology

Lam Research is partnering with Oregon State University on research to explore the use of new materials in semiconductor devices. The collaboration includes a $520,000 grant per year for up to five years from Lam Research.

“Lam Research has had numerous collaborations with individual faculty over the years, but this is the first large-scale collaboration with multiple faculty members,” said Dennis Hausmann, senior director of the deposition product group at Lam Research.

Ryan Kirkpatrick

Ryan Kirkpatrick is a Security Engineer for ORTSOC at Oregon State University, where he previously studied and gained invaluable hands-on experience.

Beyond the professional realm, he channels his energy into various pursuits. Whether feeling the adrenaline rush while riding dirt bikes, exploring the great outdoors, or descending into the depths while scuba diving, he thrives on the thrill of continuous learning and pushing his boundaries.

Yuxin Peng

Yuxin Peng is a faculty research assistant working in Professor Fuxin Li's Deep Machine Vision group. His work focuses on aligning robots' visual and language understanding.

Blake Roberts

Blake Roberts earned both his B.S. (2024) and his M.S. (2025) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University.  His graduate research focused on machine learning applications for radio frequency circuits and systems. As an instructor, he focuses not only on the development of strong technical proficiency, but also metacognitive abilities and interpersonal collaboration skills.

Matthew Kenison

Matthew Kenison received a B.S. in computer science from the University of Washington in 2004, followed by an M.S. in computer science in 2010. Before becoming an instructor at OSU he worked as a team lead in the software industry. Matthew's work experience focused on cloud virtualization and distributed systems, and his previous teaching experience includes programming languages, data structures, and professional development.

Pooya Tadayon

Pooya is a former semiconductor executive with 28 years of industry experience. After graduating from Oregon State University, he spent 27 years at Intel Corporation where he held a number of leadership positions within the Assembly & Test Technology Development organization.

Xin Liang

Xin Liang is an associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Riverside and a B.S. in computer science from Peking University. Before joining Oregon State in 2026, he was an assistant professor in the computer science department at the University of Kentucky. His research interests include high-performance computing, parallel and distributed systems, scientific data management, large-scale data analytics, and machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Jinyeong Moon

Dr. Moon received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea, in 2005, the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA, in 2016.