OGI School of Science & Engineering OGI School of Science & Engineering 01/02 Catalog 01/02 Catalog 01/02 20000 N.W. Walker Road • Beaverton, OR • 97006-8921 phone (503) 748-1027 toll free (800) 685-2423 fax (503) 748-1285 e-mail [email protected] URL www.ogi.edu www.ogi.edu/catalog OGI School of Science & Engineering OGI School of Science & Engineering 01/02 Catalog 01/02 Catalog 01/02 20000 N.W. Walker Road • Beaverton, OR • 97006-8921 phone (503) 748-1027 toll free (800) 685-2423 fax (503) 748-1285 e-mail [email protected] URL www.ogi.edu www.ogi.edu/catalog OGI School of Science & Engineering 01/02 Catalog www.ogi.edu/catalog TABLE OF CONTENTS | OGI WELCOME TO THE OGI SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERING HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND RECENT MERGER ..............................................................................................................4 ACADEMIC CALENDAR ................................................................................................................................................4 LETTER FROM THE DEAN .............................................................................................................................................5 SCHOOL MISSION......................................................................................................................................................5 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY .................................................................................................................................................5 ABOUT THIS CATALOG ................................................................................................................................................5 OVERVIEW ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS............................................................................................................................................6 DEGREE PROGRAMS ...................................................................................................................................................6 CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS.............................................................................................................................................6 STUDENTS NOT SEEKING DEGREES.................................................................................................................................6 COLLABORATIVE/JOINT PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................................6 ACCREDITATION........................................................................................................................................................6 ADMISSIONS PROCEDURES..........................................................................................................................................6 TUITION/FINANCES ....................................................................................................................................................7 ACADEMIC POLICIES ..................................................................................................................................................7 SCHOOL CAMPUS GEOGRAPHIC SETTING ................................................................................................................................................9 LIBRARY.................................................................................................................................................................9 COMPUTER FACILITIES ...............................................................................................................................................9 HOUSING ................................................................................................................................................................9 STUDENT COUNCIL ....................................................................................................................................................9 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS/PROGRAMS/RESEARCH/FACULTY BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.......................................................................................................................11 COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ..........................................................................................................................23 ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING......................................................................................................................45 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING...................................................................................................................67 MANAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ...................................................................................................................79 3 OGI | ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2001 | 2002 ACADEMIC CALENDAR WELCOME HISTORICAL BACKGROUND FALL QUARTER 2001 The OGI School of Science & Engineering’s August 6 Registration begins for fall quarter roots go back to the early 1960s when September 20 Last day to register without late fees Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield and an September 21 New student orientation (Dept of Grad.Ed closed 1-5 p.m.) advisory committee of industrial and educational leaders recommended creating September 24 Fall quarter instruction begins an independent institution for graduate November 12 Registration begins for winter quarter education and research in the Portland November 22-23 Thanksgiving holiday (no classes, OGI offices closed) metropolitan area. In 1963 they established December 3-7 Final exams the Oregon Graduate Center for Study and December 25 Christmas holiday (OGI offices closed) Research, which changed its name to Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology in 1989. WINTER QUARTER 2002 November 12 Registration begins for winter quarter By the 1990s OGI had emerged as a mature January 1 New Year’s holiday (OGI offices closed) institution, and over the course of the decade it awarded more than 1,000 January 3 Last day to register without late fees graduate degrees, offered hundreds of January 7 Winter quarter instruction begins continuing education classes and January 21 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday workshops, and pursued more than $100 (no classes, OGI offices closed) million in largely federally funded research. February 11 Registration begins for spring quarter Then, in July 2001, laying the groundwork February 18 Presidents’ Day (no classes, OGI offices closed) for the next phase of the institution’s growth, OGI merged with Oregon Health March 18-22 Final exams & Science University, becoming OHSU’s fourth school alongside the Schools of SPRING QUARTER 2002 Dentistry, Medicine and Nursing. February 11 Registration begins for spring quarter The merger was particularly timely because March 28 Last day to register without late fees of the growing need for collaboration April 1 Spring quarter instruction begins between the health sciences, the May 6 Registration begins for summer quarter information sciences and the environmental May 27 Memorial Day holiday (no classes, OGI offices closed) sciences. The resulting benefits will include June 10-14 Final exams the design of new medical instrumentation, June 15 Commencement the development of bioinformatics databases, a better understanding of the relationship between the environment and SUMMER QUARTER 2002 human health, and the cross-fertilization May 6 Registration begins for summer quarter that takes place whenever interdisciplinary June 20 Last day to register without late fees investigations occur. The merger is also June 24 Summer quarter instruction begins helping OGI expand its programs in July 4 Independence Day holiday (no classes, OGI offices closed) computer science, computer engineering September 2 Labor Day holiday (OGI offices closed) and environmental science. September 3-6 Final exams 4 LETTER FROM THE DEAN | OGI MISSION The mission of the OGI School of Science & Engineering is to provide outstanding graduate and professional education and conduct internationally acclaimed research in science and engineering to meet regional and national needs. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION, THE SCHOOL: • provides students with the necessary knowledge, skills and breadth for A LETTER FROM THE DEAN leadership in a technological society; The OGI School of Science & Engineering at Oregon Health & Science • supports, through research, education and training, the people, industries and University is one of the most innovative, exciting and productive schools of organizations that drive the economic its size anywhere in the world. growth of the Pacific Northwest; Indeed the school’s modest size has long been one of its attractions. Students • attracts and develops high-quality faculty, students and staff. have close access, for instance, to top-notch faculty in both the classroom and the research lab, plus we pride ourselves on our flexibility in meeting students’ academic needs. And our recent merger with OHSU further raises EQUAL OPPORTUNITY our stature as one component of a highly regarded institution that shares The OGI School of Science & Engineering our dedication to education and research. at Oregon Health & Science University is committed to providing equal opportunity We have long been extremely successful in competing for limited research and access to all school facilities and funding. A wide variety of public- and private-sector funding organizations academic programs to everyone without believe in us so firmly,