CLIENT: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Matching funding provided by: The Oregon Metals Initiative (OMI) Oregon State University’s racing teams, Beaver Racing and Global Formula Racing (GFR), are at the forefront of applied engineering education. Through strong industry partnerships and hands-on experience, these teams do more than just build race cars—they are essential incubators for innovation, preparing…

ESPIKU, INC. — The goal is to extract and produce Lithium domestically, in a manner that is significantly more environmentally friendly than current methods employed abroad. Lithium is a critical element for technologies like electric vehicles and rechargeable batteries

ONTO TECHNOLOGY — Lithium-ion batteries are crucial for everyday use. They are used in many electronics, power tools, small and large appliances, electric vehicles, and electrical energy storage systems. The need for lithium is massive: for example, electrification solely of the US fleet would require a 3x increase in current global production.

OREGON TOOL, INC. (formerly BLOUNT INTERNATIONAL) — The transition from handheld logging to mechanized timber harvesting has greatly increased operational efficiency while shifting the types of workplace hazards in the forest. Mechanized harvester chains operate at significantly higher moving speeds…

ATI INC. — A fully-functioning machine was built and tested at OSU, and delivered to the client where it is being used for research and development of powdered metal…

DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC — After conducting a driver survey, performing an ergonomics analysis, vetting many alternatives, and building and testing a sequence of prototypes, a retrofittable handle system was selected and…