In 2011 OSU’s group of chemists, physicists and electrical engineers was awarded more than $20 million to grow a research center focused on understanding new chemical methods for production of electronic and energy materials. OSU leads the center, a partnership that includes UO, University of California Berkeley, University of California Davis, Washington University at St. Louis and Rutgers University.
As we aim for success of OSU’s broader impacts, it’s important that we understand the national and cultural contexts for broader impacts among researchers and institutions. In November, the National Science Foundation (NSF) released a document titled Perspectives on Broader Impacts, summarizing perspectives of NSF administrators, university leaders, and researchers on the current state and future of broader impacts support infrastructure.
Biomedical research takes on a towering presence in Portland.
A joint project of Oregon State University, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, the Collaborative Life Sciences Building is emblematic of a new, interdisciplinary era in biomedical research and education. By bringing together top minds from many fields to teach and experiment in this ultra-sophisticated biosciences facility, OSU and our sister institutions are poised to push toward breakthrough therapies for cancer, infectious disease and other critical health concerns.
David Ji and his research team have captured atmospheric carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — and used it to make an advanced, high-value material for energy-storage devices that power everything from defibrillators to hybrid electric cars.
A new graduate emphasis in nuclear forensics is being launched in OSU’s Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics with funding from Homeland Security.