Engineering & Technology

Pilot brewery & chemical engineering enjoy interdisciplinary collaboration on campus

By Molly Rosbach on June 5, 2025

Cory Simon, left, Jeff Clawson and Jasmin Kennard in front of the vats in OSU's pilot brewery. For the first time this year, Kennard is co-teaching with Simon the chemical engineering class that tours the brewery. 

For the past 30 years, chemical engineering students have been visiting OSU’s pilot brewery to experience practical applications of what they study in class.

Dudenhoefer named executive director of Semiconductor Economic Development

By Theresa Hogue on Feb. 4, 2025

Christie Dudenhoefer has been named as the executive director of Semiconductor Economic Development and Corvallis Microfluidics Tech Hub regional innovation officer at Oregon State University. Dudenhoefer was most recently head of the Life Science Solutions business inside HP’s Specialty Printing and Technology Solutions group. She worked at HP since 1992. 

OSU Authors: New book from Ecampus researcher explores the psychology of imaginary friends

By Molly Rosbach on Jan. 30, 2025

If you’ve ever had an imaginary friend or engaged in personal banter with an AI chatbot, Oregon State University researcher and author Naomi Aguiar is here to reassure you: You are not weird.

Her book, “Imaginary Friends and the People Who Create Them,” was co-written with University of Oregon professor emerita Marjorie Taylor and recently published by Oxford University Press.