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Albert, Dennis A AGD - Horticulture Operations Anderson, Kim A ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Anderson, Nicole AGD - Crop and Soil Sci Extension Andrews, Nicholas AGS - North Willamette Oper Antle, John AGD - Agr and Res Econ Oper Arp, Daniel J ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Ashton, Carolyn HHS - Ext 4-H Youth Dev Off-Campus Azarenko, Anita N AGD - Horticulture Operations Babbar-Sebens, Meghna EKC - Kiewit Ctr for Transportation Bachelet, Dominique ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Bailey, John D FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Baker, C Scott AMM - Marine Mammal Institute Ops Balint, Gabriel AGS - Southern Oregon Oper Bartholomew, Jerri L AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Beckman, Joseph S RDR - Environ Health Sci Ctr Behrenfeld, Michael J ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Bell, Christopher A EKC - Kiewit Ctr for Transportation Bell, Neil C TEX - Extensn Marion County Office Bennett, Max TEX - Ext Josephine County Office Benoit-Bird, Kelly J OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Bethel, Jeffrey W HHS - Sch of Bio & Pop Hlth Sci Ops Betts, Matthew G FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Blaustein, Andrew R SZO - Zoology Operations Bohle, Mylen G TEX - Extension Crook County Office Bovbjerg, Viktor E HHS - Sch of Bio & Pop Hlth Sci Ops Brandt, Stephen B RSG - Sea Grant Brekken, Ted K ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm Brook, Edward J OAS - Geosciences Operations Bryla, David R AGD - Horticulture Operations Butler, Marvin D AGS - Central Oregon Oper Capalbo, Susan M AGD - Agr and Res Econ Oper Carlson, Anders OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Casarez, Roberto A DAA - Educ Opportunities Program Castagnoli, Steven P AGD - Horticulture Extension Chastain, Thomas G AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Cheung, Itchung S RMS - Hatfield Marine Science Ctr Chiang, Patrick Y ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm Ciannelli, Lorenzo OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Ciuffetti, Lynda M ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Clark, Peter U OAS - Geosciences Operations Clough, George H AGS - Hermiston Operations Colwell, Frederick S OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Conway, Flaxen D OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Copeman, Louise A RDR - CIMRS (Coop Inst/Marine Res) Corcoran, Patrick E RSG - Sea Grant Creighton, Janean FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Daly, Christopher EIU - Computational Sci & Engr Ctr de Silva, Shanaka L OAS - Geosciences Operations DeBano, Sandra J AGS - Hermiston Operations DeFrancesco, Joseph T AGS - North Willamette Oper Delander, Gary E PHR - Pharmacy Research DelCurto, Timothy AGS - Eastern Oregon ARC Oper Diebel, Penelope L AGD - Agr and Res Econ Oper Dierking, Lynn D KED - Education Departments Dietterich, Thomas G ESE - Computer Science Prgm Dodge Vera, Tina A HHS - EXT Family/Comm HealthOn-Cmps Doescher, Paul S FOR - Forest Social Science Prgm Donato, Daniel C FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Dreves, Amy J AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Drost, Monte K EMD - Micro Products - MIME Dugger, Bruce D AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Duncan, Sally L CLA - School of Public Policy Ebbeck, Vicki HHS - Sch of Bio & Pop Hlth Sci Ops Edge, William D AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Egna, Hillary S APD - Aquaculture CRSP Operations Einhorn, Todd C AGS - Mid-Columbia Oper Epps, Clinton AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Eskelson, Bianca N FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Etuk, Lena E HHS - EXT Family/Comm HealthOn-Cmps Felix, Joel AGS - Malheur Operations Field, Katharine G AGD - Bioresources Research Oper Gaines, Lisa J RNR - INR Information Operations Gambatese, John A EKC - Kiewit Ctr for Transportation Ganio, Lisa M FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Gent, David H ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Gibbons, Brady J EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Goodrich, Charles R CLA - Philosophy Operations Gosnell, Hannah OAS - Geosciences Operations Graham, James J OAS - Geosciences Operations Gregory, Stanley V AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Grevstad, Fritzi ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Gwin, Lauren AGD - Agr and Res Econ Oper Haapala, Karl EMM - Industrial/Manufact Engr Prgm Hagen, Chris LCB - Engineering Hagen, Christian A AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Hamm, Philip B AGS - Hermiston Operations Hansen, David J RSG - Sea Grant Hanumolu, Pavan Kumar V ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm Harmon, Mark E FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Hatten, Jeffery A FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Hayes, Patrick AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Henderson, Emilie B RNR - INR Information Operations Henkel, Sarah K RMS - Hatfield Marine Science Ctr Herman, Gregory S ECB - Chemical Engineering Prgm Hibbs, David E FOR - Forest Science Oper Higgins, Chad W ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Hillyer, Charles C ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Hooven, Louisa A AGD - Horticulture Operations Horneck, Donald A AGS - Hermiston Extension Ideker, Jason H EKC - Kiewit Ctr for Transportation Isgor, Burkan EKC - Kiewit Ctr for Transportation Jaiswal, Pankaj ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Jarvis, William T OAS - Geosciences Operations Jenkins, Jeffrey J ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Jenny, Helen M OAS - Geosciences Operations Ji, Xiulei SCH - Chemistry Operations Johnson, Dustin D AGS - Eastern Oregon ARC Oper Johnson, K Norman FOR - Forest Social Science Prgm Jones, Andy ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Jones, Julia A OAS - Geosciences Operations Junker, Joseph F EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Kagan, James S RNR - INR Information Operations Kaiser, Clive TEX - Ext Umatilla County Office Kamke, Fred FOR - Wood Sci/Engr Oper Karow, Russell S AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Kauffman, J B AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Kelly, Christine J ECB - Biological Engineering Prgm Keszler, Douglas A SCH - Chemistry Operations Kleber, Markus AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Kling, Jennifer G AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Knowles, Christopher D FOR - Wood Sci/Engr Oper Kolesar, Sarah E RSG - Sea Grant Kowalewski, Alec R AGD - Horticulture Extension Krankina, Olga N FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Lach, Denise H FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Lambrinos, John G AGD - Horticulture Operations Lancaster, Stephen T OAS - Geosciences Operations Langpap, Christian A AGD - Agr and Res Econ Oper Law, Beverly E FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Lerner, Michael M SCH - Chemistry Operations Lesser, Virginia M SST - Statistics Operations Lindberg, Kreg A FOR - Forest Social Science Prgm Lintz, Heather E OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Liu, Hong ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Long, Lynn E TEX - Extension Wasco County Office Lopez Cevallos, Daniel F RDR - Ctr for LatinoStudy&Engagemnt Machado, Stephen AGS - Colmbia Basin Oper Macrory Powell, Maud TEX - Extensn Jackson County Office Mahaffee, Walter F ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Markle, Douglas F AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Matthewson, Melissa AGD - Horticulture Extension Mc Comb, Brenda C GRD - Grad School Special Programs Mc Cune, Bruce ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Mehlenbacher, Shawn A AGD - Horticulture Operations Meigs, Andrew J OAS - Geosciences Operations Menge, Bruce A SCI - Departments Miller, Weston A AHT - Horticulture Extn Field Fac Milota, Michael R FOR - Wood Sci/Engr Oper Mini, Anne E AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Morrissey, Michael T AFC - Food Innovtn Ctr Exp Sta Ops Morzillo, Anita T FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Mote, Philip W OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Munisamy, Gopinath AGD - Agr and Res Econ Oper Murphy, Alexzandra F AGS - Hermiston Operations Murthy, Ganti ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Myers, James R AGD - Horticulture Operations Nairn, John A FOR - Wood Sci/Engr Oper Narayanan, Vinod EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Nason, Jeffrey A ECB - Environmental Engr Prgm Nelson, Kim AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Nelson, Michael P FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Nolin, Anne W OAS - Geosciences Operations Novak, Mark A SZO - Zoology Operations Olsen, Christine S FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Paasch, Robert K ELS - NW Nat'l Mar Renew Energy Ctr Pakenham, Anna M OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Parke, Jennifer L ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Parmigiani, John P EGP - Oregon Metals Inittv Funds Paul, Brian K EMD - Micro Products - MIME Peachey, Ronald E AGD - Horticulture Operations Pisias, Nicklas G OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Proden, Patrick J TEX - Ext Washington County Office Pscheidt, Jay W ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Puettmann, Klaus J FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Ragni, Cynthia H OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Randhawa, Sabah U ENG - College of Engineering-Admin Rao, Sujaya U AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Reimers, Clare E OAS - Earth, Ocean & Atmo Sci Depts Rennekamp, Roger A HHS - Ext 4-H Youth Dev Off-Campus Ripple, William J FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Roby, Daniel D AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Roll, Nina R TEX - Extensn Lincoln County Office Rosenberger, Randall FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Ross, Darrell W FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Rowe, Shawn RSG - Sea Grant Ruggiero, Peter OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Ruzicka, James J RDR - CIMRS (Coop Inst/Marine Res) Sagili, Ramesh AGD - Horticulture Operations Sahnow, Susan K FOR - Extension Forestry Oper Sampson, David B AGS - COMES - Newport Sanchez, Dana M AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Santelmann, Mary V OAS - Geosciences Operations Schimleck, Laurence R FOR - Wood Sci/Engr Oper Schmittner, Andreas OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Schreck, Carl B AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Schultz, Adam OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Seavert, Clark F AGD - Agr and Res Econ Extension Selker, John S ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Sessions, Jon FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Settersten, Richard A HHS - Sch Soc & Bhav Hlth Sci Ops Shaw, David C FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Shearer, Peter W AGS - Mid-Columbia Oper Sherman, Aurora CLA - Sch of Psychological Sci Ops Shock, Clinton C AGS - Malheur Operations Smiley, Richard W AGS - Colmbia Basin Oper Smith, Carole A TEX - Extension Union County Office Sorte, Joanne M HHS - Child Development Lab Spitz, Yvette H OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Still, Christopher J FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Stone, Alexandra G AGD - Horticulture Extension Strauss, Steven H FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Strong, Nicole A FOR - Extension Forestry Oper Stubblefield, William A ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Sullivan, Dan M AGD - Crop and Soil Science Oper Suryan, Robert M RMS - Hatfield Marine Science Ctr Sylvia, Gilbert AGS - COMES - Newport Talbott, John R ASG - Sun Grant Western Center Tanguay, Robert ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Taratula, Olena PHR - Pharmacy Research Tate, Janet SPH - Physics Operations Terhes, Amanda F BUS - College of Business - Depts Tesch, Steven D FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Thomas, Christoph K OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Tilt, Jenna H OAS - Geosciences Operations Trehu, Anne M OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Tullos, Desiree D ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Turner, David P FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Tyler, Brett ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Vache, Kellie B ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Vega-Thurber, Rebecca L SMB - Microbiology Operations Wager, John F ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm Wall, Brian M RDR - Research Programs Walsh, Kuuipo A OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Walton, Vaughn M AGD - Horticulture Operations Wang, Hailei EMD - Micro Products - MIME Waring, Richard H FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Warren, Dana AGD - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Weber, Bruce A AGD - Agr and Res Econ Oper Weber, Roberta B HHS - Sch Soc & Bhav Hlth Sci Ops White, Eric M FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Williams, David E ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Williamson, Kenneth J ECB - Chemical Engineering Prgm Willis, Patrick C HHS - Ext 4-H Youth Dev Off-Campus Wolf, Aaron T OAS - Geosciences Operations Wong, Weng-Keen ESE - Computer Science Prgm Wooster, David E AGS - Hermiston Operations Wu, JunJie AGD - Agr and Res Econ Oper Wysocki, Donald J AGS - Colmbia Basin Oper Yang, Wei Q AGS - North Willamette Oper Yang, Zhiqiang FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Zahler, David A FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg

OSU research reviewers found the new guidance regarding the Earth Charter helpful. Specifically, OSU Sustainability Office staff reviewed all 1330 FY13 research proposals and coded them according to their alignment with Earth Charter principles. Correlation with OSU's Signature Areas of Distinction was also supported by this method. As indicated in OSU’s Strategic Plan, research activities should advance the science of sustainable earth ecosystems, improve human health and wellness, promote economic development and social progress, or expand the current knowledge base within sustainability focus areas such as alternative energy, climate, and materials sciences.

Harnessing the Power of the Ocean In 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy established the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC), directed by OSU mechanical engineering professor Bob Paasch, a collaborative effort between OSU, University of Washington and the National Renewable Energy Lab. The NNMREC includes researchers from the colleges of Engineering, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and Science, along with Oregon Sea Grant, the Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies, the Marine Mammal Institute and the Hatfield Marine Science Center. NNMREC is one of only three U.S. Department of Energy National Marine Renewable Energy Centers. Wind Energy: Thinking Smaller and Thinking Ahead OSU's Energy Resources Research Laboratory is working with the Bonneville Power Administration on wind-forecasting models to determine the most productive locations for wind farms. Forecasting models are also useful in research to capture excess energy generated during peak wind events and releasing the stored energy onto the power grid at times when wind speeds are slow. OSU research also focuses on grid management and integration of renewable energy sources. Modernizing the grid Beyond finding new sources of energy and reducing consumption, OSU energy research also addresses the need to modernizing America’s aging and outdated power distribution infrastructure. This includes scale modeling, control systems, machine learning and networks that support smart grids. These digitally-controlled transmission and distribution systems are designed to be more reliable, energy efficient and economical, as well as able to readily accommodate renewable energy sources. OSU has one of the only grid-scale laboratories capable of testing products for utility performance. Making Solar More Efficient and Manufacturable Materials research is at the core of transforming solar energy technology. Appropriate selection of materials enables new technologies that are inexpensive, highly efficient and reliable. Oregon State University conducts a variety of materials research leading to next generation technologies. Advancements include thin film flexible substrate solar technologies, high efficiency coatings and transparent electronics to optimize solar energy harvest. In partnering with companies like Oregon BEST and Solar World OSU research in solar technologies is expanding at an exciting pace.