Research

NEWS

A programmer's computer screen
April 30th 2021

Tura.io: Modernizing Data

​The old proverb goes, “knowledge is power.” Like never before, technology...
A drone detects vehicles from above crisscrossing freeways
April 30th 2021

SightLine Applications: Optimizing Visual Systems

​When unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and drones were first commissioned...
APDM
April 28th 2021

APDM: Operationalizing Mobility

For many, movement is a routine, almost unspectacular part of life. We walk....
Alpine tundra and valleys of temperate rainforests in Australia
March 9th 2021

Study warns of global ecosystem collapse

A new study co-authored by a Portland State researcher is sounding the alarm...
mussels in a river
March 2nd 2021

Study explores link between forestry management practices and pesticides in aquatic species

March 2, 2021 — Pesticides used in forestry may threaten species in downstream...
Smoke and fire billowing in the sky and burned trees
December 14th 2020

Oregon's Western Cascades watershed to experience larger, more frequent fires, PSU study finds

The Clackamas Basin rarely experiences the intense fire activity that burned...
Pacific razor clams on beach
November 30th 2020

Even razor clams on sparsely populated Olympic Coast can't escape plastics, PSU study finds

Portland State University researchers and their collaborators at the Quinault...
Female participant using the T.O.V.A instrument
November 12th 2020

Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Attention Please: The TOVA Company

In a rapidly developing world where we owe more and more of our lives’...
November 2nd 2020

PSU, UO researchers awarded NSF RAPID grant to study coronavirus impacts on access to household provisions

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed people’s relationships with the outside world. Researchers from Portland State University and the University of Oregon have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how shopping strategies have changed as consumers quickly become more...
Woman takes measurements in a tree
October 16th 2020

Smart trees hold climate clues

A team of researchers known informally as the Smart Trees Collaborative believes...
PSU Study Will Explore How Fire and Human Activity Can Push Forests to the Breaking Point
October 7th 2020

PSU Study Will Explore How Fire and Human Activity Can Push Forests to the Breaking Point

A Portland State University professor recently received a $350,000 federal...
Researcher on beach with shovel digging clams
October 7th 2020

Searching for Contaminants in Oregon's Coastal Waters

Oregon's rugged and scenic coast is roughly 362 miles long, much of which,...