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college of engineering OREGON STATE ENGINEERING MAkING pEOplE’S lIvES bETTER OregOn State’S engineerS WithOut BOrderS chapter helped Bring Water tO Kenya COLLEGE OF E NGINEERING 2 Oregon State University COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 2013 Oregon Stater Engineering Awards OREGON STATER ENGINEERINGTHANK AWARDS YOU, JEFF HARVEY FEBRUARY 22, 2013 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, STEWARDSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP Kyle Dean Janice Williams Chief Financial Offi cer YOUR Chief Operations Offi cer I consider Leadership as creating a Jeff is a leader who is deeply future that wasn’t going to happen MISSION-LED committed to people and the anyway, of being willing to take a viability and vitality of our risk, and lead the new - Jeff is the communities. He brings forth defi nition of that for me. Jeff ’s LEADERSHIP vision, possibility and creativity engineering mindset of “learn inside every conversation he while doing” creates a constant BRINGS OUT engages. It is an honor and push forward for the company, privilege to work and learn from continually questioning what Jeff . Thank you, Jeff , for the we’ve done and testing the new. THE BEST IN opportunities you provide all the The biggest part of Jeff to me, people in our company. though, is Jeff ’s care - for people, ALL OF US for the communities we serve, for Beth Brewer where the mission of the company Chief of Transformational leads us. Those three pieces paint Learning and Development a picture of who Jeff is as a leader for Burgerville: someone Jeff is the spirit and constantly looking forward, leading strength of the mighty oak. His the company into the new, guided roots run deep in the Northwest— by a desire to serve the people reaching beyond the surface of we touch. citizenship, he has redefi ned Kristina Wright 2010 stewardship in business, Jack Graves establishing Burgerville as an Chief Cultural Offi cer anchor and guide for creating resilience and beauty in our Jeff has a mind that is curious, region. He is whimsical, musical innovative and creative. and creative like the quick rustling He has shown us how to have our of the new leaves of spring, high mission “Serve With Love” show up up in the tree—from hearing him in communities more powerfully riff on the guitar to the leap of joy and impactful than ever before. when someone is inspired, I Expanding the capacity of our always know that Jeff will mission in that manner has led to appreciate and honor creativity the many sustainable business and innovation in every form. Like practices that Burgerville is known the mighty oak, Jeff is committed for today. to the elegant design of creations that last beyond our generation. With that commitment, he has Abbie Findlay empowered the development of Chief of Staff © Jennie Barker, Live Wire! Radio our leadership at Burgerville as Congratulations for this Responsible Community Leaders, recognition of your contribution to serving the planet for this and the work in your fi eld and more every generation in the future. recently the work you do through Congratulations. developing communities. You are an inspiration for change, Tom Mears always looking through a creative Chairman lens to do things diff erently. It is my pleasure to know you and Congratulations to Jeff for this work with you. prestigious honor. You are a great leader to our company and all the Our mission: Serve With Love communities you have touched. A Northwest original since 1961 committed to giving back to our communities, developing responsible community leaders, and sustaining the health and prosperity of the Pacifi c Northwest. 419252.022013 OSU 419252.022013 2013 Oregon Stater Engineering Awards COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Oregon State University 3 NGINEERING E OF COLLEGE Table of Contents STATER OREGON 4 A Healthy College of Engineering at Oregon State University 7 2013 Oregon Stater 16 Council of Outstanding 101 Covell Hall, Corvallis, OR AWARDS 97331-2409 | 541.737.3101 ENGINEERING Engineering Awards Early Career Engineers engineering.oregonstate.edu Nancy E. Adcock 7 College of Engineering 2013 22, Y SandraAR L. Woods FEBRU Hall of Fame Meagan R. Bozeman Dean, OSU College of Engineering Daniel J. Di Spaltro Michael D. Brady Bradley R. Eccleston Acknowledgements: Lewis A. Danielson The 2013 Oregon Stater Awards are made possible with the Jeffrey J. Firth assistance of many people. We deeply appreciate everyone who Jen-Hsun Huang Gregg R. Landskov contributed their hard work and great ideas. Donald R. Pettit Brenda E. Marsh David T. West 18 List of Previous Award Winners Published by Pamplin Media Group 11 Academy of Distinguished Engineers college of engineering David L. Andersen 6605 S.E. Lake Road, Portland, OR 97222 • 503-684-0360 Paul R. Anderson OREGON STATE ENGINEERING Publisher: J. Brian Monihan Peter P. Gassner MAkING pEOplE’S lIvES bETTER ON THE COVER: Executive Editor: Thuy T. Tran Thomas L. Gould Oregon State University student Editor and Contributing Writer: Randalyn Nickelsen Manoj Gujral OregOn State’S engineerS Zachary Dunn WithOut BOrderS traveled to Lela, Graphic Designer: Dan Adams Elizabeth N. Hammack chapter helped Bring Kevin G. Hart Water tO Kenya Kenya, with Cover Design: Long Lam, OSU University Marketing Engineers Without Jeffrey P. Harvey Photography: Contributed by award winners and Borders to help build Oregon State University unless otherwise noted Brenda M. Holdener a drinking water Steven E. Locke well and rainwater catchment system. ©2013 Pamplin Media Group / Portland Tribune. OSU College of Engineering Paul R. Mather 2013 Oregon Stater Engineering Awards is published by Pamplin Media Group Stephen S. Pawlowski (Photography by / Portland Tribune, 6605 S.E. Lake Road, Portland, OR 97222 • Phone: 503- Jeffery Randall) 684-0360 • Fax: 503-620-3433. Reproduction in whole or part is prohibited Annabelle Pratt without written authorization by Pamplin Media Group / Portland Tribune. Lawrence A. Sitz www.portlandtribune.com Powering the Future Oregon State University engineers are leading Oregon’s green energy revolution. OSU donors have an amazing impact of their own, enriching the university experience through their support of programs and scholarships that help exceptional students dream big. Consider OSU Presidential Scholar Nathan Hinkle —the chemical engineering major from Portland is president of the student-run Sustainable Energy Initiative, exploring clean ways to create energy and educating the public about alternative sources of energy. Left: Associate Professor Skip Rochefort and Nathan Hinkle demonstrate how biodiesel is made. OSU Foundation campaignforosu.org 419244.022013 COLLEGE OF E NGINEERING 4 Oregon State University COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 2013 Oregon Stater Engineering Awards NewOREGON dean lays plans STATER for collaboration ENGINEERINGand excellence AWARDSHealthy people. Healthy planet. andra Woods was namedFEBRU dean of ARY 22, 2013 Oregon State University’s College of Healthy economy. S Engineering in July 2012, joining an educational discipline that is enjoying keen interest and rapid growth. With 6,000 A healthy College of Engineering students and 134 faculty, researchers, and staff looking to her at Oregon State University for vision and leadership, Dean School of Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering | School of Civil & Woods has, by Construction Engineering | School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science | necessity, hit the School of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering | Department of Nuclear ground running. Engineering & Radiation Health Physics Although she is new to the deanship, he time has never been better to million commitment from alumnus Peter Dean Woods is an old become an engineer at Oregon Johnson and his wife, Rosalie. With friend of Oregon Sandra L. Woods State University. Enrollment is up anticipated approval for matching bonding State, having served 36 percent over the past three from the state legislature, this on the faculty and in the administration T years. Twenty-three additional world- 60,000-square-foot facility will address from 1984 to 2001. class faculty and researchers are being space needs for engineering faculty, lab Dean Woods earned a B.S. in civil hired through national searches. Plans and space for interdisciplinary research and a engineering from Michigan State funding are in the works for an additional center focused on University and master’s and doctoral state-of-the-art engineering building. Brilliant high recruiting and degrees in the same discipline from Photography by Thuy Tran Research expenditures totaling $34.5 achievers and retaining University of Washington. She is an million are fueling undergraduate and world-class engineering problems.” environmental engineer who specializes in graduate experiences. And Oregon State- mentors mean students. As one of only two land, air, space and the bioremediation and biotransformation educated engineers are earning far more Oregon State “The majority of sea grant universities in the nation, of environmental contaminants. out of the gate than their peers graduating engineering the faculty in the Oregon State’s institutional goal is to When she joined the Oregon State from comparable American universities. graduates have building will be continue to recruit high-achieving faculty in 1984, Dean Woods served in a “We are certainly on the move,” says a competitive involved in chemical, students to its campuses. Engineering variety of teaching, research, and edge like no biological, and students currently represent 40 percent administrative roles. She served as faculty Sandra