Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Collaborations with NASA help advance research in human health and tech

Oregon State Engineering’s collaborations with NASA are advancing vital research for human health and technology. Learn about the engineering research conducted by NASA's oldest active-duty astronaut, Donald Pettit, and Oregon State University faculty in space. Explore how engineering research in microgravity is enabling new breakthroughs in medicine, materials science, and technology, benefiting life on Earth and advancing space exploration.

Kiri Wagstaff

Dr. Kiri Wagstaff is an artificial intelligence researcher and educator with a focus on deployed machine learning systems that help us explore, understand, and learn about the universe. She served as a principal researcher in machine learning at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and joined Oregon State University as a Senior Instructor in 2019. She spent 2023-2024 as an AI subject matter expert in the U.S. Senate through the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship program. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University, followed by an M.S.

Computer science students collaborate with ODOT to upgrade software for dispatchers

Computer science students in the College of Engineering at Oregon State are gaining real-world experience through partnership with the Center for Applied Systems and Software (CASS). Students played a vital role in upgrading Oregon's Transportation Operations Center System (TOCS), enhancing traffic management for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT).

Matthew Boeding

Matthew earned B.S. degrees in Computer Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2020, followed by an M.S. in Telecommunications Engineering in 2022. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNL, conducting research with the Advanced Telecommunications Lab and serving as a Teaching Assistant. Matthew has experience developing and teaching courses on embedded systems, circuit board design, computer networks, assembly language programming, and firmware development.

Sangmin Yoo

Sangmin Yoo received his B.S. in Semiconductor Systems Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea in 2016 and his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2024. He joined the School of EECS in Oregon State University in March 2025. Before joining Oregon State University, he was with Samsung Semiconductor Research from 2016 to 2019 and imec USA from 2024 to 2025. His research interest spans AI hardware and systems for in-memory computing, neuromorphic computing, and machine learning.