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PSU Student Research Symposium Presenter: Kate Washington
Is Portland's Pearl District living up to its claim that the neighborhood increases social capital for all its residents? Kate Washington lays the groundwork to answer that question in her study: "The Pearl District: An Urban Neighborhood."
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Sirisha Kothuri
Transportation Scholar
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Sam Thompson
Transportation Scholar
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Oliver Smith
Transportation Scholar
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Patrick Singleton
Transportation Scholar
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Adam Moore
Transportation Scholar
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Jennifer Koch
Transportation Scholar
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Rebecca Hamilton
Transportation Scholar
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Nick Foster
Transportation Scholar
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Kristina Currans
Transportation Scholar
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Joseph Broach
Transportation Scholar
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Katherine E. Bell
Transportation Scholar
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Arlie Adkins
Transportation Scholar
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The Clean Challenge
In the first round of the Clean Challenge 16 teams of cleantech innovators and entrepreneurs had two minutes to pitch their ideas for a chance to receive $5,000 in funding for project development.
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Clean Challenge Semi-Finalist: New Methods for Producing Natural Dyes
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Clean Challenge Semi Finalist: Green Innovations Inc.
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Clean Challenge Semi-Finalist: Using Diatoms to Enhance Photo-Electricity Conversion
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Clean Challenge Semi-Finalist: Ultra-Light Weight & Corrosion Resistant Buckling Restrained Brace
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Clean Challenge Semi-Finalist: Home Aquaponics Systems
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Clean Challenge Semi-Finalist: Photocatalytic Water Purification System
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Bridges to Use
Undergraduates in the School of Business Administration's Strategy Capstone course partner with Innovation & Intellectual Property and gain real world experience researching and planning paths forward for technology developed at PSU.
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Unleashing the Power of Business for Social Impact
The Social Innovation Incubator at Portland State University provides social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs the resources, networks, and encouragement they need for their businesses to succeed while achieving positive social change.
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PSU Entrepreneurs: HoneyComb Corporation
Employing unmanned aircraft systems to provide better data for precision agriculture.
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PSU Entrepreneurs: Green Innovations Inc.
Turning used oil into affordable diesel fuel for carriers in Portland's trucking industry.
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Dr. Theresa McCormick
Ligand design and metal complexes for solar energy conversion and chiral recognition
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Meg Merrick
Meg Merrick puts communities on the map.
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The Innovation Program: Preparing Tomorrow's Innovators Today
Providing engineers and computer science students with the experience and skills they'll need to be innovators in their future careers.
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Student Innovators: Buck McKay
Mechanized modulation: how a device built by a PSU mechanical engineering student allows for hands free manipulation of effects pedals for musicians.
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Student Innovators: The Tea Meister Team
Innovation Program participants are brewing up innovations one cup at a time.
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The Entrepreneurship Club at Portland State University
Fostering entrepreneurship by turning ideas into businesses and organizations that impact the world and provide students with a path to pursuing their dreams.
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Artificial Intelligence, Education, & Complexity
Dr. Melanie Mitchell is developing machine intelligence and educating students at PSU and around the world.
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Student Innovators: Matthew Stewart
PSU engineering student and long distance runner Matthew Stewart introduces a design for a cart to carry gear for runners.
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Student Innovators: Kristina Rodgers and Nick Spaulding
PSU engineering students Kristina Rodgers and Nick Spaulding build a car safety harness for dogs, addressing design flaws in other similar harnesses.
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Pacific NanoScience, Inc.
Developing new tools for early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.
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Survey Research Lab
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The Sánchez Nano-Development Lab
Developing and implementing state of the art technology and techniques for nanoscale imaging.
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Need to Know if it's Going to Rain?—Ask a Mathematician
Dr. Dacian Daescu knows the math on weather forecasting—he's one of just a handful of mathematicians in the world developing the math that runs computer forecasting models.
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Hawthorne Materials Corp.
Developing state of the art x-ray contrast agents for use in the medical field.
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SWEETSense Inc.
Integrating data acquisition technology to support a more sustainable environment while continuing to innovate exciting technology with a focus on socially-redeeming values.
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Virtual Device Technologies
Enabling effective, inexpensive, and convenient virtual prototyping for developers of software and electronic devices.
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Telling the Stories of PSU Innovations
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Finding Creative Solutions
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Approaching Innovation with Interest
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Elex Biotech—New Approaches to Managing Cardiovascular Disease
A Portland biotech startup is designing and developing drugs to help those suffering from cardiovascular disease.
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The Green Building Research Lab
Supporting fundamental and applied research relevant to the green building industry, and serving as a teaching resource for students studying building science.
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The Center for Student Success
Providing services to K-12 schools, school districts, and nonprofit organizations to improve education systems here in the Metro region and across the state.
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Making Population Data Available to Everyone: the Population Research Center
At PSU, the Population Research Center is providing population-related data and research for the State of Oregon.
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Oregon Bioscience Association: Creating Opportunities In Oregon's Bioscience Industry
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DisaAmerica
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Facilitating Paths to Use
Innovation: Working in concert with external partners, the office of Innovation & Intellectual Property helps researchers like Dr. Carl Wamser move their innovations out of the lab.
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Synthesizing Solutions to Save Lives
Innovation: Dr. Rob Strongin and the Strongin Group have developed a method for identifying a biomarker that may be indicative of early stage ovarian cancer.
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The Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies
Providing the Portland metropolitan region with the tools and information policymakers and citizens need to advance the economic, environmental, and social goals of the region.
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Elex Biotech: Developing Next Generation Therapeutics
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Genesis Wind
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The Baker Group: A Technology Advancement Company
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Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition
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What's next for Solar Power and Green Roofs
Dr. Carl Wamser discusses next generation solar cells, green roofs, and an upcoming OMSI event: "Connecting Researchers and Public Audiences."
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The Drupal Association: Building A better Web
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Floragenex: A Radical Solution for Genome Sequencing
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OpenSesame: Making Magic for Online Training Courses
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Energy Storage Systems, Inc.: Smarter Batteries for a Smarter Energy Grid
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SightLine Applications: Get Onboard with Better Video
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Pacific Light Technologies: Lighting the Way
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HydraDx: A Better Flow in Diagnostics
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Lifecom: Bringing Intelligence to Medical Records
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RapidMade: Your Partner for the Future
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Comic Rocket: Webcomics Made Easy
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ARM iNSIGHT: Transaction-Based Anti-Fraud for the Prepaid Debit Industry
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Developing 3D Editing Technology
Professor Feng Liu answers the challenges of stereoscopic image and video editing.
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A Powerful Tool for Managing the Spread of Invasive Species
iMapInvasives invites Oregonians to share information about where they’ve found invasive species and what they’ve done to manage them.
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Intervening for Positive Change in At-Risk Youths
Reclaiming Futures unites communities to help justice-involved teens overcome drugs, alcohol and crime.
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Bringing the Geography of Oregon into the Classroom
Providing teachers with tools to incorporate geography into lessons: The Student Atlas of Oregon connects children to Oregon and the world beyond.
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Dialogues for Deep Change
Diasporas in Dialogue is a manual for community reconciliation that provides a platform for bringing refugee communities together.
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Bringing Innovation to Light
This winter graduate students with an entrepreneurial spirit will have the chance to get hands-on experience with the processes involved in commercializing state-of-the-art technology in the New Venture Management course through the department of Engineering & Technology Management.
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A Life Dedicated to Public Service
The Center for Public Service supports innovation in the public and non-profit sectors.
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Battling Drug-Resistant Malaria
DesignMedix, a Portland biotech startup, is designing the next generation of hybrid drugs to resolve issues of drug resistance in infectious diseases such as malaria.
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2012 Oregon Lab2Market Intensive
Developing ideas, zeroing in on markets, acquiring venture capital: how 30 seconds in an elevator can make a company.
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The Learner Web: Extending Educational Opportunities to Adult Learners
Dr. Steve Reder, Professor of Applied Linguistics, discusses the Learner Web, a learning supportive system for adults who have specific educational goals.
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Little Structures, Big Impact
Multifaceted innovations in nanotechnology developed at Portland State by former Professor Dr. Mingdi Yan and brought to market by Swiss company SuSoS AG are improving everyday objects at the nanoscale.
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Shaking Up Seismic Retrofitting
Peter Dusicka is engineering a seismic brace technology for retrofitting buildings and bridges that will save infrastructure as well as lives.
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The Initiative for Bicycle & Pedestrian Innovation
The Initiative for Bicycle & Pedestrian Innovation combines research, education and knowledge to promote safe, convenient and accessible travel by walking and cycling.
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Improving Child and Family Services in Oregon and Beyond
The Center for Improvement of Child and Family Services at Portland State University: integrating research, education and training to promote best practices in public child welfare.
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TOVA: a purposefully boring test.
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Bringing mentoring research under one banner
The Center for Interdisciplinary Mentoring Research brings together researchers from across campus to improve youth, college, and workplace mentoring.
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Leveraging Voices: the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Shelley Gunton talks about taking innovation and entrepreneurship to new heights and building networks of support to help a community of aspiring entrepreneurs.
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DesignMedix: developing novel, low-cost hybrid drugs to combat drug resistance.
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APDM: delivering movement monitoring solutions.
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Dr. David Stuart
Organotransition metal chemistry, catalysis, and development of new chemical reactivity for organic synthesis
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Tellagence: new business analytics.
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Removing Constraints to Scientific Discovery: "Data Near Here"
Dr. David Maier and Veronika Megler, both of the department of Computer Science, talk about a technology developed to help scientists draw relevant observations from massive datasets.
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Building a Better Learning Environment
Innovation & Intellectual Property helps negotiate a partnership between public, private, and non-profit organizations leading to the construction of the green modular classroom, an affordable, sustainable alternative to current portable classrooms.
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kaPoW! A New Defense against Web Attacks
Wu-chang Feng, Associate Professor in the department of Computer Science, is looking to place his new defense mechanism between your favorite Internet services and attackers.
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Revolutionizing Training Methods in Human Services and Beyond
Innovators at the Regional Research Institute, Dr. Laurie Powers and Janet Walker, bring a technology-based approach to implementing advances in the fields of human services and mental health care.
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The Nanomonitor: Inventing in the Flight Against Cardiovascular Disease
Portland startup company, Pacific Nanoscience, in association with the Baker Group LLP, plans on using Portland State University innovations in an effort to ameliorate a leading cause of death worldwide: cardiovascular disease.
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Collaboration & Development: Applying Nanoscience to the Preparation of Solid Phase Conjugate Vaccines
Maintaining patents and seeking commercial partnerships: Dr. Jun Jiao and her research associate, Dr. Haiyan Li, collaborate with researchers at Providence Health & Services Oregon to develop a nanoparticle -based vaccine adjuvant.
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Where Nanoscience Meets Cancer Detection: the Onset of Innovation
From invention disclosure to provisional patent application: Dr. Raj Solanki and his team introduce a high-specific ovarian cancer antigen binding single-stranded DNA sequences for detection of ovarian cancer.
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Reconciling Work and Family Obligations to Increase Wellbeing
Organizational Psychologist and PSU Psychology Professor, Leslie Hammer is looking at changes in workplace systems that will improve the health and wellbeing of working families.
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Climbing the Steel Wall
Dr. Julie Rosenzweig and Dr. Eileen Brennan of the School of Social Work at Portland State University advocate for better work-life compatibility for parents raising children with disabilities.
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Modeling Software for Microgravity Fluid Mechanics
Dr. Mark Weislogel, Professor of thermal and fluid sciences, and his team of collaborators from the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science reimagine modeling software for fluid mechanics in microgravity.
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Collaboration, Inspiration, Breakthrough
Innovation: Dr. Robert Daasch, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Dr. Glenn Shirley, Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, develop a method for supporting decision-making in the testing and manufacturing of semiconductors
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Conserving Oregon's Rich Biodiversity
Innovation: Supporting biodiversity conservation: the Oregon Biodiversity Information Center at Portland State University
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Applying Nature's Lessons to Saving the Environment
Innovation: Associate Professor of Biology, Radu Popa and his colleagues are using black soldier fly larvae to recycle nutrients from waste water.
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The Bright Side of a Heavy Metal
PSU innovators Andrea Goforth and Anna Brown see Bismuth nanoparticle materials as the imaging agents of the future.
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A Partnership to Create New Sensors for a Better Tomorrow
Innovators at Portland State University and Stevens Water Monitoring Systems Inc. aim to address critical public health challenges in the developing world and help international aid organizations become more sustainable.
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Innovation & Intellectual Property Releases Acclaimed Documentary Film
Of razor wire and comfort: Portland State’s Dr. Jan Haaken makes the plea for a better understanding of residents at the Oregon State Hospital in Guilty Except for Insanity
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PSU Professor Robert Strongin Partners with Boulder Diagnostics
Portland State University, Dr. Robert Strongin, & Boulder Diagnostics envision the future of new tests & reagents just over the horizon.
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Desiree Pacheco
Rules of the Game - Changing "business as usual"
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Kelly Clifton
Travel Choices - Rethinking transportation choices for healthy communities
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Ron Tammen
Power Shift - Interpreting China's rise
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Talya Bauer
Hire Education - Training and retaining new employees
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NSF Initative for Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES)
A video presentation for PSU by the National Science Foundation on the SEES initiative and investments.
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Abdullah Mahmud
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Bill Fish
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Kelly Clifton
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Video: Shaping our Place, Scaling up Solutions
CIMM: A new collaborative research center aims to scale-up solutions
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Vivek Shandas
City Solutions - Transforming urban spaces and natural places
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Sergio Palleroni
Public Works - Greening schools and housing
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Kelley Barsanti
Research Assistant Professor & Managing Director - Center for Climate and Aerosol Research
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Thad Miller
Helping to understand and pursue sustainability
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Dr. John J. Perona
Quantitative biology of the protein translation apparatus.
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Better Futures
Increasing Postsecondary Preparation and Engagement of Youth with Serious Mental Health Conditions in Foster Care
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2011 Community Partner Award
The School's Regional Research Institute for Human Services (RRI) was honored with the 2011 Community Partner award from Portland Public Schools.
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Alex Bigazzi
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Jason Jurjevich
Exploring the spatial implications of demographic change.
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Aslam Khalil
From Source to Sky - Tracking greenhouse gases
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Leslie Hammer
Worker Wellness - Resolving stress between work and family
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Kris Henning
Tactical Response - Cracking cases with databases
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Melissa Appleyard
Team Science - Merging disciplines to enhance innovation
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Greg Schrock
Exploring labor markets and opportunity.
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reUtica
A collaborative documentary by Matt and John Dean Ossowski exploring sustainability-focused community initiatives in Portland, OR and Utica, NY.
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Diane Yatchmenoff
Research Professor at the Regional Research Institute, School of Social Work
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Sarah Amspacher, Oregon Summer Fellow, PSU & Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium
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Laurie Powers
Professor at the School of Social Work, Associate Dean for Research & Director of the Regional Research Institute for Human Services
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Matt Carlson
Ensuring Health - Measuring the benefits of health coverage
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Steve Bleiler
Game Theory - Calculating optimum strategies
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Anna-Louise Reysenbach
Hot Pursuit - Searching for new life forms at Earth's extremes
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Alma Trinidad
Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work
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Dr. Erik Johansson
Surface chemistry, photovoltaics, and photoelectrochemistry
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Thomas Keller
Mentor Center - Discovering what makes mentorships work
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Laurie Powers
Self Determined Success - Helping people with disabilities chart their lives
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Berrin Erdogan
Global Satisfaction - Helping managers lead an international workforce
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Carlos Crespo
Good Living - Making healthy choices easier
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James McNames
Movement Measures - Using technology in the battle against Parkinson's Disease
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Dave Ervin
Seed Science - Assessing the impact of biotech on farming
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Graig Spolek
Green Building Counsel - Changing the science of building
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Kristi Yuthas
Earning Power - Lifting people out of poverty through business education
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Michael Smith
College Bound - Helping diverse students reach higher education
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Steve Reder
Dropouts Drop-in - Creating online tools to help adults finish school
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Dr. Andrea Mitchell Goforth
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Scott Wells
Clean Water Acts - Keeping surface water safe from pollution
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Dr. Gwen Shusterman
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Dr. Robert Strongin
Synthesis and evaluation of novel redox and chromophore materials
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Dr. Mark Woods
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Dr. Rueben H. Simoyi
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Dr. Shankar B. Rananavare
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Dr. James F. Pankow
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Dr. Dirk Iwata-Reuyl
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Dr. Albert S. Benight
Our research program involves investigations of melting transition phenomena in DNA, RNA and proteins and discovery of biomarkers for human disease.
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Dr. David H. Peyton
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Dr. Carl C. Wamser
Our research is aimed at developing novel organic solar cells using conductive polymers.
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Dr. Tami Lasseter Clare
We study newly emerging technologies in materials chemistry to advance practices in cultural heritage conservation.
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Dr. Kevin A. Reynolds
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Dr. Niles Lehman
The Lehman lab is interested in prebiotic chemistry and the origins of life on the Earth. We use catalytic RNA (ribozymes) to reconstruct primitive living processes such as self-assembling systems, cooperative catalytic networks, and simple evolving and/or decision-making molecular constructs.
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Dr. Dean B. Atkinson
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Report: Fundamentals of Bicycle Boulevard Planning and Design
A guidebook to designing and planning bicycle boulevards
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David Peyton
Parasite Prescription - Revising solutions, reviving hope
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Jennifer Allen
Natural Capital - Fostering rural-urban connections
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Carl Wamser
Capture the Sun - Harvesting solar power
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Tom Gillpatrick
Shelf Life - Getting from product to profit
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James Pankow
Engineering Star - Joining an elite academy
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Mellie Pullman
Food Chain - Bringing the freshest ideas to market
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Laura Nissen
Tough Teens - Repairing the past for a better future
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Barry Messer
Pollution Prevention - Restoring stream banks with plants and people
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Kevin Reynolds
Certain Chemistry - Cooking up a killer app. TB and malaria, beware!
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Traffic Tracker
Smart transportation systems begin with a big road map, and someone to read it.
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David Sailor
Gardens in the Sky - Reaping the facts and weeding the myths about eco-roofs
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Research Profile - Carl Wamser
Carl Wamser and about 50 others researchers worldwide are developing synthetic membranes using a similar process to convert sunlight into electricity—on a scale that one day could be used in homes and skyscrapers.
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Research Profile - David Sailor
Scientists say cities are heat islands and that's where David Sailor associate professor of mechanical engineering, steps in.
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Research Profile - John Dash
Researchers around the world, including John Dash, professor emeritus of physics, are pursuing a way to make hydrogen squeeze itself, so to speak.
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Research Profile - Loren Lutzenhiser
Before the survey, commissioned by the California Energy Commission, "It was assumed," says Lutzenhiser, "that people would tar and feather you" if you suggested they do without modern conveniences such as air conditioning. "That was the received wisdom, but that's not what happened."
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Criminal Justice Policy Research Institute
Find out what major projects the Criminal Justice Policy Research Institute is working on.
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Emily J. Salisbury
Dr. Salisbury's research investigates risk and needs assessment of women offenders, gendered pathways of offending, and prison classification systems.
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Jody Sundt
Jody's research addresses the effectiveness of correctional policy, religion in prison, and public attitudes toward crime and punishment.
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Laura Hickman
Laura Hickman is engaged in research activities that help inform policymakers and the community about effective approaches to controlling crime and helping victims.
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Research Profile - Jeanne Enders and Pamela Tierney
Drs. Jeanne Enders and Pamela Tierney presented their research paper "Designing for Sustainability: Applying Management Theory to the Pursuit of Sustainable Design" at Business & Sustainability Conference
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Meet Professor Graig Spolek
The city is Professor Spolek's laboratory.
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Meet Professor David Jay
David Jay is working to reinvent the field study of tidal analysis.
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Meet Professor Peter Dusicka
Peter Dusicka's research revolves around promoting survivability through materials and engineering.
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Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium
OTREC is a National University Transportation Center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration and is a partnership between Portland State University, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University and the Oregon Institute of Technology.
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Venezuelan Killifish
In partnership with the American Heart Association
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Preventive Medicine and Community Health Programs
PSU aids emerging countries
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Research for NASA
Launching a balloon satellite
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Climate Change
Glacier research at Portland State
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Food Industry Leadership Center
Leadership and research for Oregon's food industry
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Portland's Watersheds
Research and action
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Cascadia Meteorite Lab
Meteorite research and awareness
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Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory
Regional transportation challenges
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Center for Lakes and Reservoirs
Lake management and aquatic issues
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Sustainable Development
The College of Urban and Public Affairs
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Autism Training and Research Center
How do we improve the lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorders?
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Meet Professor Heejun Chang
Professor Chang believes that the 21st century will be the Climate and Water Century.
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Meet Professor Christopher Monsere
"PSU's unique urban setting and the collaborative spirit of my colleagues in the transportation profession, both on campus and off, creates an environment that allows me to develop as a researcher and bring relevant case studies to the classroom."
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Dr. Leslie B. Hammer, Professor of Psychology
Leslie Hammer is the Director of a new Occupational Health Psychology graduate training program at PSU
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Vivek Shandas
Integrating the science of sustainability with citizen engagement and decision making efforts
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Meet Professor Aslam Khalil
Whether from rice paddies, cities, landfills or cattle, Professor Khalil understands how trace gases effect global warming.
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Meet Professor Andrew G. Fountain
This Ice Man travels the world to study glaciers, including the one named after him the Fountain Glacier in Antarctica.
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Sheila Martin
Sheila Martin implements the ideal: Let Knowledge Serve the City.
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Loren Lutzenhiser
Exploring how cities and people use energy.
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Jennifer Dill
Jennifer Dill researches how people make travel and location decisions.
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Meet Professor Bryant York
When not teaching and working with students in his adaptive learning lab in PSU's Computer Science Department, Dr. Bryant York helps shape the future of computer science.
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