2025 Research Equipment Reserve Fund (RERF)
The Division of Research and Innovation received 25 proposals for the 2025 solicitation. After review and evaluation, the Research Council provided the Division of Research and Innovation with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research approved funding for 14 proposals with combined budgets totaling $498,056.
- Elisar Barbar (College of Science) "Acquisition of a TwoMP Mass Photometer."
- Jason Ball (College of Agricultural Sciences) "Enhancing Drying Technology Capabilities at FIC for Value-Added Food Product Development Research Capabilities."
- Tianyi Chen (College of Engineering) "High-Speed EBSD Detector to boost microstructure characterization capacity and enable in-situ mechanical testing at Oregon State University."
- Co-Investigators: Pete Eschbach (Electron Microscopy Facility), Julie Tucker (College of Engineering), Megumi Kawasaki (College of Engineering), Melissa Santala (College of Engineering), Wenjia Wan (College of Forestry), Somayeh Pasebani (College of Engineering), Alexander Chemey (College of Engineering).
- Maude David (College of Science) "Emulate Bio Microfluidic Cell co-Culture System: Request for Repair."
- Co-Investigators: Kenton Hokanson (College of Science), Taifo Mahmud (College of Pharmacy), Benjamin Philmus (College of Pharmacy).
- Kathryn Everson (College of Science) "Cryopreservation for High-Value Biodiversity Samples."
- Co-Investigators: David Kikuchi (College of Science), Dave Lytle (College of Science), Rebecca Terry (College of Science).
- Kathryn Higley (College of Engineering) "Investigating Hazardous Waste Resistant Microbes as Bioremediation Agents for High-Risk Legacy Nuclear Waste."
- Brent Kronmiller (Center for Quantitative Life Sciences) "CQLS MiSeq upgrade - Illumina MiSeq i100."
- Larry Lutcher (OSU Extension and College of Agricultural Sciences) "RERF (Plot Drill)."
- Marilyn Mackiewicz (College of Science) "Acquisition of a Lipid Nanoparticle Process Developer for Automated Materials Discovery and Design."
- Co-Investigators: Joe Baio (College of Engineering), Stacey Harper (College of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering), Kaitlin Fogg (College of Engineering), Huazheng Wang (College of Engineering), Siva Kolluri (College of Agricultural Sciences).
- Jonathan Nash (College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences) "Robotic Acoustic Imaging Sonar (AIS) to Explore Ocean Interaction Dynamics at Ultra High Resolution."
- Co-Investigators: Astrid Leitner (College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences), Mauricio Cantor (College of Agricultural Sciences), Erin Pettit (College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences), Scott Heppell (College of Agricultural Sciences).
- Maria Purice (College of Science) "Advancing Genetic, Neuroscience, and Environmental Research at OSU with a Micro pipette Puller and Beveler."
- Matthew Shinderman (College of Agricultural Sciences) "Research Greenhouses."
- Joy Waite-Cusic (OSU Extension and College of Agricultural Sciences) "Wireless pH/Temperature Data Logger for Acidic Fermentation Kinetics Monitoring."
- Heesung Woo (College of Forestry) "Enhancing Interdisciplinary Research Capabilities through Acquisition of a Heavy-Lift UAV for Autonomous Tree Planting, Seed Ball Deployment, and Multi-Sensor Data Acquisition."
- Co-Investigators: Nasir Vahid (College of Forestry), Andres Susaeta (College of Forestry), Jing Zhou (College of Agricultural Sciences), Bogdan Strimbu (College of Forestry), Jeffrey Hatten (College of Forestry), John Simonsen (College of Forestry).