OpenFieldOregon Tech · Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States
Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) is the premier public polytechnic university of the Pacific Northwest, with its main campus in Klamath Falls and an urban campus in Portland-Metro (Wilsonville). Renowned for renewable energy engineering, medical imaging technology, software engineering, and geothermal power.
Oregon Tech's Klamath Falls campus is 100% powered by on-campus geothermal wells and a 1.75-megawatt solar array. It boasts the Martha Anne Dow Center for Health Professions, the Geo-Heat Center (world authority on geothermal direct use), and specialized robotics and wind tunnel laboratories.
Undergraduate admission evaluates high school GPA (minimum 3.0 recommended) and rigorous college-preparatory mathematics (algebra II, trigonometry, or precalculus) and laboratory sciences. Health technologies have competitive secondary admissions.
First ABET-accredited undergraduate renewable energy engineering degree in North America, educating engineers in solar photovoltaics, wind turbine aerodynamics, geothermal power, biofuels, and power grid stability.
Premier medical imaging degree featuring an 11-month paid clinical externship at leading hospitals nationwide, covering radiography, CT scanning, fluoroscopy, and trauma imaging.
Advanced multidisciplinary graduate engineering research focusing on deep geothermal reservoir exploitation, grid battery storage, power electronic inverters, and utility decarbonization.
Hands-on cyber defense curriculum covering industrial control system (ICS) security, red-team penetration testing, digital forensics, defensive network configuration, and ethical hacking.
ABET-accredited geomatics curriculum instructing students in drone photogrammetry, high-precision GNSS positioning, robotic total stations, boundary law, and hydrographic mapping.
Undergraduate fellowship conducting geothermal well temperature profiling, heat exchanger thermodynamic modeling, and district heating efficiency optimization across Oregon Tech's campus.
President & Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Office of the President
Dr. Naganathan is an ASME Fellow and renowned researcher in smart materials, piezoelectric actuators, and polytechnic engineering workforce innovation....
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor & Chair of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy
Department of Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy
Dr. Corsair researches energy economics, electrical grid dispatch optimization, renewable portfolio standards, and life-cycle environmental impact of energy sto...
View researcher profile ↗Director of Oregon Renewable Energy Center (OREC)
Oregon Renewable Energy Center
Prof. Terry leads applied research on photovoltaic degradation rates, microgrid controllers, and rural electric cooperative solar integration across the Intermo...
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