Life at OSU

A dozen spinoff companies or research concepts have been chosen as the first participants in the OSU Venture Accelerator, designed to help speed their products to the commercial marketplace.

Rob Stone will become the permanent head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering in the OSU College of Engineering.

Engineering students at OSU won the 2013 Formula Sun Grand Prix competition in Austin, Texas.

Cheap materials and the same antifreeze used in automobile radiators may be a key to solar cells that cost less and are environmentally benign, OSU engineers say.

OSU engineers have developed a new concept in dispatching trucks that could save millions of dollars for the industry while making life much easier for long-haul truck drivers.

Efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions by building more small dams in China are causing ecosystem disruption and loss of biodiversity.

Oregon companies, both large and small, are taking advantage of the chance to work with OSU engineering students on projects ranging from applied research to product development.

OSU engineering students developed an airplane navigation system that's based on old approaches but has been made smaller, simpler and more accurate with modern technology.

Technology developed at OSU used in collaboration with international researchers will help save millions of acres of wheat in Asia and North Africa from a pest that destroys the value of the crop.

The 14th annual Engineering Expo will feature more than 150 student-built projects from many engineering disciplines on Friday, May 17.