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| College of Engineering | Engineering Monthly, June 2022 |
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| From the Dean
Scott A. Ashford, Ph.D., P.E. (California)
As we wind down this academic year, I want to take a moment to congratulate the Class of 2022. Our graduates weathered significant challenges over the last few years. Despite the disruptions to education and day-to-day life, our students found ways to excel in their study, research, and career pursuits. I am continuously amazed by their resolve and determination. They all have remarkable stories to tell, and I cannot wait to see where they go.
I look forward to celebrating their success and welcoming them as Oregon State Engineering alumni at commencement on June 11. We will also celebrate our students with individual school graduation celebrations on June 10.
Please join me in wishing all of our graduates the best of success in the future.
Go Beavs! |
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| Welcome, Jayathi Y. Murthy |
| Jayathi Y. Murthy, a national leader in higher education engineering teaching, research and service, and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, has been appointed Oregon State University’s next president. Learn more ... |
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| Five faculty receive early career awards |
| Five faculty in the College of Engineering have received prestigious early-career investigator awards from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. Houssam Abbas, Yue Cao, Xiao Fu, and Barbara Simpson are the recipients of the Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, awards from the NSF. Kelsey Stoerzinger is the recipient of an award from DOE’s Early Career Research Program. Learn more … |
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| Award-winning natural hazards dataset |
| NHERI has named a team of Oregon State researchers — including former graduate student Kiernan Kelty; Daniel Cox, professor of coastal and ocean engineering; and Pedro Lomónaco, director of the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory — one of four winners of the 2022 DesignSafe Dataset Award for outstanding contributions to natural hazards research. Their dataset examines the potential of mangroves to attenuate wave heights and reduce loads on sheltered structures through a prototype-scale physical model. Learn more … |
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| Surviving the ‘Squid Game’ bridge |
| Taking a break from using machine learning to predict the properties of nanoporous materials, Cory Simon, assistant professor of chemical engineering, and doctoral students E. Adrian Henle and Nick Gantzler employed probabilistic analysis to determine the best strategy to survive the bridge challenge featured in the popular Netflix series “Squid Game.” Learn more … |
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| Fruit picker of the future? |
| Joe Davidson, assistant professor of robotics, and his colleagues have turned to the human hand for inspiration in designing a robotic fruit picker. They began their efforts by observing professional fruit pickers, and are now working to replicate their skilled movements with robotic fingers. Their work could help transform agriculture, turning fruit-picking — a backbreaking, time-consuming human task — into one that’s speedy and easier on farm workers. Learn more … |
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| Q&A with COE’s newest Distinguished Professor |
| On the occasion of being named a Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at Oregon State, Kathryn Higley sat down for a Q&A in which she discusses what drew her to her field and what motivates and inspires her.
Learn more … |
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| Distinguished leader |
| Margaret Burnett, Distinguished Professor of computer science, has received the 2022 Distinguished Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Award from IEEE’s Computer Society Technical Committee on Software Engineering. Learn more … |
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| Early days of IRCA competitions |
| Bill Smart, professor of mechanical engineering and robotics, helped start competitions as part of IEEE’s International Conference on Robotics and Automation. In a recent episode of the Robohub podcast, he discusses the high-level decisions involved in creating a meaningful competition. Learn more … |
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| Outstanding Teaching Award |
| Wade Marcum, associate dean for undergraduate programs, and the Henry W. and Janice J. Schuette Professor in Nuclear Science and Engineering, has received an Outstanding Campus Representative Award from the American Society for Engineering Education, Zone IV. Learn more ... |
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| Watch now: Meet environmental engineering student Jacquelynn Nguyen |
| As a first-year student, Jackie Nguyen started working with Tala Navab-Daneshmand, assistant professor of environmental engineering, on a project to learn more about antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wastewater treatment facilities across Oregon. She has presented her research at national, regional, and local conferences and has co-authored articles in peer-reviewed publications.
Watch the video |
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| The right stuff |
| Red Bull’s magazine takes a deep dive into Oregon State’s Global Formula Racing team, and along the way details the fascinating 40-year history of Formula SAE, a racing and design competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers that annually draws 600 teams from more than 20 countries. Learn more … |
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| Foreign affairs fellow |
| Computer science undergrad Jolene Farley is one of 15 people nationwide selected by the U.S. Department of State for its Foreign Affairs Information Technology Fellowship. Learn more … |
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| 100 years and going strong |
| Oregon State's American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter celebrated its 100th anniversary on May 21 at Kearney Hall. Alumni, including a dozen former chapter presidents, and former faculty advisors were in attendance. ASCE National President Dennis Truax presented Ken Archibald, the group's practitioner advisor since 1973, with an award. Longtime chapter advisor Tom Miller, who recently announced his retirement, was celebrated and recognized for his contributions. Attendees reconstructed a steel bridge at the event and participated in the traditional signing of this year's concrete canoe. |
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| Building the Leatherman |
| Tim Leatherman, B.S. mechanical engineering ’70, recently told the story of how he went from garage tinkerer to leader of a $100 million empire on NPR's “How I Built This” podcast. Learn more ... |
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