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Alexander Roller wears a grey Oregon State Beavers t-shirt and stands in a workspace with sunlight illuminating his face and the background in dark shadow.
Building robots that matter
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From INTO to Professor: Zixuan “Steve” Feng’s Long Road to Academia
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College of Engineering students earn prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
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Serendipity and Oregon State led to William Brendel’s career in AI
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How an OSU student brings his passion for cutting-edge tech to the lab
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Measuring the nearshore from high above
Chris Ho stands on a boat with the New York City skyline behind him.
Chris Ho’s entrepreneurial journey through computer science
Anthony Koppers, Shayne Huddleston, and Todd Palmer dressed in hard hats and safety vests in a dark room under construction.
Todd Palmer Appointed Senior Advisor and Chief Scientist for Research Computing at Oregon State University
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At the limits of exascale: Kyle Niemeyer on combustion, AI, and the future of high‑performance computing
Robert "Bob" Schultz with Sidney Bazett and Tom McCall surveying at Rockaway Beach in 1967.
In Memoriam: Robert “Bob” Schultz
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Building the job site in a computer
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Camille Palmer named head of Oregon State’s School of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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The Future of Software: When AI writes the code, what do humans do?
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From Oregon State to NVIDIA: David Zier on building the future of AI‑driven software
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When microbes move water
Alex Park posing with arms crossed in front of the DAERO company logo.
Streamlining construction with AI
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Listening to bridges and buildings
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Computer science student builds the brains that power autonomous drones
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From curiosity to orbit: How Oregon State alum Chris Keeler built a career in space
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Inside Oregon State’s OPEnS Lab
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Exploring microchips from the inside
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Growing cement from seawater
Harry Yeh.
A wave of recognition
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From microbrewing to medicine: Opportunities in bioengineering