Researchers in the College of Science at Oregon State recognize that sustainable energy and materials research are critical to meeting society’s ever-increasing energy needs — and to fulfilling our responsibility to protect and steward our planet’s resources. In many ways, human ingenuity and technological development have been drivers of increasing waste, carbon emissions and fossil fuel usage, but technological development can also be the key to reversing these trends. Harnessing the potential of new materials can contribute significantly to a generation of more sustainable energy and tech.
Our highly collaborative environment and research funding attracts expertise across disciplines in science and engineering, pursuing safer and more sustainable batteries, exploring new materials for semiconductors and lower-energy electronics, and repurposing waste heat and carbon dioxide generated by industrial processes into usable energy.
