Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grounded in a long history of excellence in analog integrated circuits, Oregon State University is one of only a handful of universities with several faculty members in integrated electronics. Innovative research led by faculty in the integrated electronics group has thrived with support of leading semiconductor companies.

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.

Walking into the 18,000-square-foot, high-bay robotics lab in Graf Hall at Oregon State University, one gets the sense that innovation is happening.

Part organized workshop, part messy art studio, the expansive space corrals a vast assortment of robotics projects, where dozens of students are head down in computer code or tinkering with machinery.

In 2023, wind turbines generated upwards of 425,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity in the United States, enough to run more than 39 million average American homes. Wind is the country’s largest renewable energy source, representing about 10% of all electricity production.