Oregon BEST Member Researchers
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"Local cooperation between industries and academia is recognized as a model for innovation to solve global problems."
— VANESSA KEITGES, CEO OF COLUMBIA GREEN TECHNOLOGIES
Over 250 researchers at Oregon State University, Oregon Tech, Portland State University, and the University of Oregon are active as Oregon BEST Member Researchers.
You can search our Member Researchers by area of expertise, academic institution, and available research equipment to find potential collaborators. Contact Oregon BEST staff for an introduction or to gather more information about teaming with Member Researchers.
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The searchable list below is drawn from our Partner Directory. You can narrow our list of partners if you like, or if you want a comprehensive list, just click on the "Search" button without entering any criteria.
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Xin Wang
Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy Engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology
Automatic control, embedded system design, renewable energy systems instrumentation, power systems and power electronics
Areas of Interest: Biofuels, Biochemicals & Bioproducts, Geothermal, Hydro & Marine Power, Solar, Wind
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George Wheeler
Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacuring Engineering at Oregon State University
Improving energy efficiency by reducing waste in all forms, including energy, waste, and productivity.
Areas of Interest: Green Building, Water & Wastewater
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Dorthe Wildenschild
Chemical , Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University
Multi-phase flow in porous media as applied to geothermal energy extraction and subsurface storage of anthropogenic CO2
Areas of Interest: Geothermal
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Kenneth Williamson
Chemical , Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University
Biological treatment for hazardous and municipal wastes and environmental management, environmental regulations, and environmental sustainability
Areas of Interest: Biofuels, Biochemicals & Bioproducts, Green Building, Solar, Water & Wastewater
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Michael Wing
Forest Engineering, Resources, & Management at Oregon State University
The design and application of unmanned aerial systems for remote sensing.
Areas of Interest: Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Solar
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Jeff Witwer
Energy Engineering Management Program at Oregon State University-Cascades
Blending technical/engineering expertise with business to advance economic development around renewable energy
Areas of Interest: Energy Efficiency, Green Building, Solar
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Cathy Wong
Director at The Wong Lab
Research in the Wong lab seeks to adapt time-resolved exciton spectroscopies to the measurement of nanoscale building blocks during their self-assembly into mesoscale architectures. We will measure the electronic structure and exciton dynamics in situ and in real-time as irreversible processes occur, such as crystallization, self-assembly and chemical bond formation. By measuring and comparing how exciton behavior changes during self-assembly using various solution deposition techniques, we will develop strategies to control self-assembly and create materials with designer excitonic properties.
Areas of Interest: Advanced Materials, Other
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Brian Wood
School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University
Drinking water sustainability; sustainable water and wastewater treatment for the third world
Areas of Interest: Biofuels, Biochemicals & Bioproducts, Green Building
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Zhaohui Wu
College of Business at Oregon State University
Green supply chain design and management, life cycle analysis, green food systems
Areas of Interest: Green Building
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Don Wysocki
Columbia Basin Agri. Research Center at Oregon State University
Development of oil seed cropping and untilization of wheat straw for semiarid areas of Oregon.
Areas of Interest: Biofuels, Biochemicals & Bioproducts
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Yizhao Yang
Planning, Public Policy and Management at University of Oregon
Urban forms that are environmentally sustainable or support sustainable human behaviror, and land use policies that enable these forms
Areas of Interest: Energy Efficiency, Green Building
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Harry Yeh
Civil & Construction Engineering at Oregon State University
Air and water flows (kinematics and dynamics)
Areas of Interest: Green Building, Hydro & Marine Power, Infrastructure, Wind
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Alex Yokochi
Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University
Materials science and system design of solar energy conversion devices; energy storage issues
Areas of Interest: Biofuels, Biochemicals & Bioproducts, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells & Hydrogen, Geothermal, Hydro & Marine Power, Smart Grid, Solar, Wind
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Robert Young
Planning, Public Policy and Management at University of Oregon
Sustainable community design, green economic development and governance
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Hormoz Zareh
Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Portland State University
Design analysis and simulation with finite element techniques, computer-aided design, design optimization
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Julia Zhang
Electrical Engineering at Oregon State University
electric machine design, electric drive control, power electronics
Areas of Interest: Hydro & Marine Power, Solar, Wind
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Yanyun Zhao
Professor at Oregon State University
Technology to convert food processing waste into high value and environmentally friend products.
Areas of Interest: Agriculture & Forestry
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James Zipay
Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy at Oregon Institute of Technology
Improving outlook on energy solutions
Areas of Interest: Biofuels, Biochemicals & Bioproducts, Geothermal, Solar, Wind