OpenFieldOregon State · Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Oregon State University is Oregon's flagship public land-, sea-, space-, and sun-grant research university, headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon. Internationally renowned for oceanography, forestry, agricultural sciences, computer science, robotics, and civil engineering.
OSU is one of only three universities in the US holding all four land, sea, space, and sun grant designations. It operates the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, the College of Forestry's Peavy Hall (a mass-timber architectural marvel), the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, and the Collaborative Innovation Complex.
Undergraduate admission is holistic, reviewing high school core GPA (average 3.6), coursework rigor, and test-optional credentials. Graduate programs (MS, Ph.D.) require an accredited bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA, departmental applications, and relevant academic background.
One of the nation's premier robotics doctoral programs, focusing on legged locomotion (home of Cassie the bipedal robot), soft robotics, swarm systems, marine autonomy, and human-robot interaction.
World-leading oceanographic and climate science doctoral program utilizing NSF research vessels (R/V Taani), polar ice core labs, deep-sea submersibles, and oceanographic satellite telemetry.
Ranked among the top 3 forestry programs in the world, investigating old-growth forest dynamics, wildfire behavior, mass timber sustainability, carbon sequestration, and forest biodiversity.
Advanced study in deep reinforcement learning, explainable AI, natural language processing, computer vision, and parallel distributed computing algorithms.
First accredited ecological engineering program in the nation, designing natural wastewater treatment wetlands, stream restoration morphology, and agricultural bioprocess systems.
Research fellowship conducting tsunami wave impact testing, coastal breakwater modeling, and offshore floating wind turbine hydrodynamics in the world-famous Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Chief Technology Officer
Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute (CoRIs)
Co-founder of Agility Robotics and lead designer of Cassie and Digit bipedal walking robots; pioneer in dynamic legged locomotion and passive elastic mechanical...
View researcher profile ↗University Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology
Department of Integrative Biology
Former Administrator of NOAA and member of the National Academy of Sciences; global authority on marine biodiversity, climate change ocean acidification, and ma...
View researcher profile ↗Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Former President of AAAI and one of the founders of the field of machine learning; pioneer in ensemble learning methods and robust artificial intelligence syste...
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