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AC-9: Academic Research

Albert, Dennis A AGD - Horticulture Operations Anderson, Kim A ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Anderson, Nicole AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Andrews, Nicholas AGS - North Willamette Extension Antle, John AAR - Applied Economics Operations Arismendi, Ivan D AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Arnold, Mary E HHS - Ext 4-H Youth Dev On-Campus Arnold, Stevan J SZO - Zoology Operations Arp, Daniel J ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Ashton, Carolyn HHS - Ext 4-H Youth Dev Off-Campus Azarenko, Anita N AGD - Horticulture Operations Bailey, John D FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Baker, C Scott AMM - Marine Mammal Institute Ops Balint, Gabriel AGS - Southern Oregon Oper Banks, Michael A AGS - COMES - Newport Bartholomew, Jerri L AMB - Ag Microbiology Operations Bassil, Nahla V AGD - Horticulture Operations Batchelder, Harold P OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Batten, Belinda A ELS - NW Nat'l Mar Renew Energy Ctr Beckman, Joseph S RDR - Environ Health Sci Ctr Behrenfeld, Michael J ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Bell, Christopher A EKC - Kiewit Ctr for Transportation Bennett, Max TEX - Extensn Jackson County Office Benoit-Bird, Kelly J OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Betts, Matthew G FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Bliss, John C FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Bohle, Mylen G TEX - Extension Crook County Office Bolte, John P ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Bovbjerg, Viktor E HHS - Sch of Bio & Pop Hlth Sci Ops Brandt, Stephen B RSG - Sea Grant Brauner, David R CLA - School of Lang, Culture & Soc Brekken, Ted K ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm Brook, Edward J OAS - Geosciences Operations Brummer, Fara A TEX - Extension Warm Springs Bryla, David R AGD - Horticulture Operations Butler, Marvin D AGS - Central Oregon Oper Cann, David P EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Capalbo, Susan M AAR - Applied Economics Operations Casarez, Roberto A DAA - Educ Opportunities Program Chan, Samuel S RSG - Sea Grant Chang, Chih-hung ECB - Chemical Engineering Prgm Chastain, Thomas G AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Cheung, Itchung S RMS - Hatfield Marine Science Ctr Chiang, Patrick Y ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm Ciannelli, Lorenzo OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Ciuffetti, Lynda M ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Clark, Peter U OAS - Geosciences Operations Colwell, Frederick S OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Conway, Flaxen D OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Coop, Leonard B AIP - Ag IPPC Operations Cotilla-Sanchez, J E ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm Creighton, Janean FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Crews, Tracy D RSG - Sea Grant Crump, Byron C OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Curtis, Lawrence R AGD - Horticulture Operations Davis, Curtiss O OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper DeBano, Sandra J AGS - Hermiston Operations DeFrancesco, Joseph T AGS - North Willamette Extension DelCurto, Timothy AGS - Eastern Oregon ARC Oper Denver, Dee R SZO - Zoology Operations Dietterich, Thomas G ESE - Computer Science Prgm Doescher, Paul S FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Dreves, Amy J AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Drost, Monte K EMD - Micro Products - MIME Dugger, Bruce D AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Dugger, Katie M AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Duncan, Sally L CLA - School of Public Policy DuPont, Bryony L EMM - Industrial/Manufact Engr Prgm Ebbeck, Vicki HHS - Sch of Bio & Pop Hlth Sci Ops Egbert, Gary D OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Egna, Hillary S APD - Aquaculture CRSP Operations Einhorn, Todd C AGS - Mid-Columbia Oper Elias, Sabry AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Ellen, Gwendolyn AIP - Ag IPPC Operations Endress, Bryan A AGS - Eastern Oregon ARC Oper Eskelson, Bianca N FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Etuk, Lena E HHS - EXT Family/Comm HealthOn-Cmps Felix, Joel AGS - Malheur Operations Field, Jennifer A ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Field, Katharine G AGD - Bioresources Research Oper Ford, M Jesse AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Friedlaender, Ari AMM - Marine Mammal Institute Ops Gaines, Lisa J RNR - INR Information Operations Gambatese, John A EKC - Kiewit Ctr for Transportation Ganio, Lisa M FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Gent, David H ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Gibbons, Brady J EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Goodrich, Charles R CLA - School of Hist Phil & Rel Greaney, Peter A EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Green, Stephanie J SZO - Zoology Operations Gregory, Stanley V AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Grevstad, Fritzi ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Haapala, Karl EMM - Industrial/Manufact Engr Prgm Hagen, Christian A AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Halbleib, Mary L AIP - Ag IPPC Operations Hamm, Philip B AGS - Hermiston Extension Hansen, David J RSG - Sea Grant Hanumolu, Pavan Kumar V ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm Harmon, Mark E FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Hayes, Patrick AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Henkel, Sarah K OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Higley, Kathryn A ENE - Nuclear Engineering Oper Hillyer, Charles C ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Holdren, George R RSG - Sea Grant Hooker, Karen A HHS - Sch Soc & Bhav Hlth Sci Ops Hooven, Louisa A AGD - Horticulture Operations Horneck, Donald A AGS - Hermiston Operations Horning, Markus AMM - Marine Mammal Institute Ops Howe, Glenn T FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Hoynacki, Daniel J TEX - Extensn Marion County Office Huff, Tristan D FOR - Extension Forestry Oper Hunter-Zaworski, Katharine EKC - Kiewit Ctr for Transportation Hurwitz, David S EKC - Kiewit Ctr for Transportation Ideker, Jason H ECC - Civil Engineering Prgm Jaiswal, Pankaj ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Jarvis, William T RDR - Water / Watershed Institute Jenkins, Jeffrey J ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Jensen, Edward C FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Jepson, Paul C AIP - Ag IPPC Operations Johnson, Dustin D AGS - Eastern Oregon ARC Oper Johnson, James E FOR - Extension Forestry Oper Jones, Frank A ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Jones, Julia A OAS - Geosciences Operations Jovanovic, Goran N EMD - Micro Products - CBEE Junker, Joseph F EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Kagan, James S RNR - INR Information Operations Kaiser, Clive TEX - Ext Umatilla County Office Kamke, Fred FOR - Wood Sci/Engr Oper Karow, Russell S AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Kennedy, Robert E FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Keszler, Douglas A SCH - Chemistry Operations Kleber, Markus AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Kling, Jennifer G AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Kolesar, Sarah E RSG - Sea Grant Koppers, Anthony OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Kosro, P M OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Kowalewski, Alec R AGD - Horticulture Operations Krankina, Olga N FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg La Belle, Chris L TEE - Outreach & Engagement Lach, Denise H OAS - Oregon ClimateChange Res Inst Lajtha, Kate J AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Lancaster, Stephen T OAS - Geosciences Operations Landgren, Chal G AGS - North Willamette Oper Latta, Gregory S FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Law, Beverly E FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Lewis, David J AAR - Applied Economics Operations Lindberg, Kreg A LCB - Outdoor Rec Ldrshp / Tourism Lintz, Heather E OAS - Oregon ClimateChange Res Inst Liston, Aaron I ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Liu, Hong ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Livesay, Margaret T TEX - Extensn Benton County Office Luoma, Daniel L FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Mahaffee, Walter F ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Mallory-Smith, Carol A AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Martin, Dana L TEX - Ext Deschutes County Office Matano, Ricardo P OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Mate, Bruce R AMM - Marine Mammal Institute Ops Matthewson, Melissa AGD - Horticulture Extension Mc Comb, Brenda C GRD - Grad School Special Programs Mc Cune, Bruce ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Mc Iver, James D AGS - Eastern Oregon ARC Oper Mehlenbacher, Shawn A AGD - Horticulture Operations Meigs, Andrew J OAS - Geosciences Operations Menge, Bruce A SZO - Zoology Operations Miller, Jessica A AGS - COMES - Newport Miller, Weston A AHT - Horticulture Extn Field Fac Milligan, Kristen SZO - Zoology Operations Mix, Alan C OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Momsen, Ellen ENG - College of Engineering-Admin Morrissey, Michael T AFC - Food Innovtn Ctr Exp Sta Ops Morzillo, Anita T FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Mote, Philip W OAS - Oregon ClimateChange Res Inst Murthy, Ganti ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Muszynski, Lech FOR - Wood Sci/Engr Oper Myers, James R AGD - Horticulture Operations Nason, Jeffrey A ECB - Environmental Engr Prgm Needham, Mark D FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Nelson, Kim AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Nelson, Michael P FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Nolin, Anne W OAS - Geosciences Operations O Connell, Kari E FOR - Extension Forestry Oper Paasch, Robert K ELS - NW Nat'l Mar Renew Energy Ctr Palacios, Daniel M AMM - Marine Mammal Institute Ops Parke, Jennifer L ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Paul, Brian K EMD - Micro Products - MIME Peachey, Ronald E AGD - Horticulture Operations Peterson, James T AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Porter Medina, Jose D EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Pscheidt, Jay W ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Puettmann, Klaus J FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Radniecki, Tyler S ECB - Environmental Engr Prgm Rahe, Mallory AAR - Applied Economics Operations Randhawa, Sabah U ENG - College of Engineering-Admin Rao, Sujaya U AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Reimers, Clare E OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Reuter, Ronald J LCB - Natural Resources Ringo, Chris D AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Roby, Daniel D AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Rosetta, Robin L AGS - North Willamette Oper Rowe, Shawn RSG - Sea Grant Sagili, Ramesh AGD - Horticulture Operations Sahnow, Susan K FOR - Extension Forestry Oper Salwasser, Janine M RNR - INR Information Operations Sanchez, Dana M AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Santamaria, Luisa AGS - North Willamette Oper Santelmann, Mary V OAS - Geosciences Operations Schmittner, Andreas OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Schreck, Carl B AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Schultz, Adam OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Schulze, Mark FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Seavert, Clark F AAR - Applied Economics Extension Selker, John S ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Semprini, Lewis ECB - Environmental Engr Prgm Sessions, Jon FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Settersten, Richard A HHS - Sch Soc & Bhav Hlth Sci Ops Shaw, David C FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Shearer, Peter W AGS - Mid-Columbia Oper Shinderman, Matthew J LCB - Natural Resources Shock, Clinton C AGS - Malheur Operations Shroyer, Emily L OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Skaugset III, Arne E FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Smiley, Richard W AGS - Colmbia Basin Oper Smith, Carole A TEX - Extension Union County Office Steel, Brent S CLA - School of Public Policy Still, Christopher J FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Stone, Alexandra G AGD - Horticulture Extension Stone, David L ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Stoner, Joseph S OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Strik, Bernadine C AGS - North Willamette Oper Strong, Nicole A FOR - Extension Forestry Oper Stubblefield, William A ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Sudakin, Daniel ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Sullivan, Dan M AGD - Horticulture Operations Suryan, Robert M RMS - Hatfield Marine Science Ctr Svejcar, Anthony J AGS - Eastern Oregon ARC Oper Sylvia, Gilbert AGS - COMES - Newport Talbott, John R ASG - Sun Grant Western Center Tanguay, Robert ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Taylor II, Jimmy D FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Tesch, Steven D FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Thomas, Christoph K OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Tullos, Desiree D ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Turner, David P FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Tyler, Brett ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Vache, Kellie B ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Vance-Borland, Kenneth W FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Vega-Thurber, Rebecca L SMB - Microbiology Operations Wall, Brian M RDR - Research Programs Walton, Vaughn M AGD - Horticulture Operations Wang, Hailei EMD - Micro Products - MIME Waring, Richard H FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Weis, Virginia SZO - Zoology Operations White, Eric M FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Wildenschild, Dorthe ECB - Chemical Engineering Prgm Williams, David E RDR - Superfund Research Center Willis, Patrick C HHS - Ext 4-H Youth Dev Off-Campus Wing, Michael G FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Wong, Weng-Keen ESE - Computer Science Prgm Woolley, Travis J FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Wooster, David E AGS - Hermiston Operations Yang, Wei Q AGS - North Willamette Oper Yang, Zhiqiang FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg

OSU Sustainability Office staff reviewed all 1653 FY14 active research awards and coded them according to their alignment with Earth Charter principles. Correlation with OSU's Signature Areas of Distinction was also supported by this method. As indicated in OSU’s Strategic Plan, research activities should advance the science of sustainable earth ecosystems, improve human health and wellness, promote economic development and social progress, or expand the current knowledge base within sustainability focus areas such as alternative energy, climate, and materials sciences.

Harnessing the Power of the Ocean In 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy established the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC), directed by OSU mechanical engineering professor Bob Paasch, a collaborative effort between OSU, University of Washington and the National Renewable Energy Lab. The NNMREC includes researchers from the colleges of Engineering, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and Science, along with Oregon Sea Grant, the Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies, the Marine Mammal Institute and the Hatfield Marine Science Center. NNMREC is one of only three U.S. Department of Energy National Marine Renewable Energy Centers. Wind Energy: Thinking Smaller and Thinking Ahead OSU's Energy Resources Research Laboratory is working with the Bonneville Power Administration on wind-forecasting models to determine the most productive locations for wind farms. Forecasting models are also useful in research to capture excess energy generated during peak wind events and releasing the stored energy onto the power grid at times when wind speeds are slow. OSU research also focuses on grid management and integration of renewable energy sources. Modernizing the grid Beyond finding new sources of energy and reducing consumption, OSU energy research also addresses the need to modernizing America’s aging and outdated power distribution infrastructure. This includes scale modeling, control systems, machine learning and networks that support smart grids. These digitally-controlled transmission and distribution systems are designed to be more reliable, energy efficient and economical, as well as able to readily accommodate renewable energy sources. OSU has one of the only grid-scale laboratories capable of testing products for utility performance. Making Solar More Efficient and Manufacturable Materials research is at the core of transforming solar energy technology. Appropriate selection of materials enables new technologies that are inexpensive, highly efficient and reliable. Oregon State University conducts a variety of materials research leading to next generation technologies. Advancements include thin film flexible substrate solar technologies, high efficiency coatings and transparent electronics to optimize solar energy harvest. In partnering with companies like Oregon BEST and Solar World OSU research in solar technologies is expanding at an exciting pace.