Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR
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    83 faculty · 446 courses · data as of 2026-07-02

    Business Administration22 faculty · 40 courses avg h-index 16.7 #44 of 59 in Business Administration
    Jonathan Arthurs, Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship h-index 22
    Notable: “The Boundaries and Limitations of Agency Theory and Stewardship Theory in the Venture Capitalist/Entrepreneur Relationship” (2003) · 369 citations
    John Becker Blease, Associate Dean Academic Programs and Continuing and Professional Education h-index 12
    Notable: “Do women-owned businesses have equal access to angel capital?” (2006) · 367 citations
    Colleen Bee, Associate Professor h-index 11
    Notable: “Relationship Marketing in Sports: A Functional Approach” (2006) · 127 citations
    Jeffrey Barden, Associate Professor h-index 9
    Notable: “Performance deviations and acquisition premiums: The impact of CEO celebrity on managerial risk‐taking” (2015) · 141 citations
    Courses: Lower Division Ed Abroad · Upper Division Ed Abroad · Leadership · Internship · Transitions · Introduction to Business +34 more
    Mechanical Engineering14 faculty · 40 courses avg h-index 17.5 #62 of 70 in Mechanical Engineering
    Sourabh Apte, Professor h-index 29
    Ravi Balasubramanian, Associate Professor h-index 20
    Notable: “Physical Human Interactive Guidance: Identifying Grasping Principles From Human-Planned Grasps” (2012) · 114 citations
    Bahman Abbasi, Associate Professor, Welty Faculty Fellow h-index 12
    Notable: “Looking Beyond Energy Efficiency: An Applied Review of Water Desalination Technologies and an Introduction to Capillary-Driven Desalination” (2019) · 97 citations
    Belinda Batten, Senior Advisor to the Provost, Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 10
    Notable: “Design, Development, and Testing of a Scaled Vertical Axis Pendulum Wave Energy Converter” (2016) · 38 citations
    Courses: Lower Division Ed Abroad · Upper Division Ed Abroad · Computational Methods for Engineering · Projects · Mechanical Engineering Dynamics · Special Topics +34 more
    Computer Science13 faculty · 40 courses avg h-index 18 #63 of 88 in Computer Science
    Julie A. Adams, Professor, College of Engineering Dean's Professor h-index 34
    Notable: “Supporting wilderness search and rescue using a camera‐equipped mini UAV” (2007) · 390 citations
    Houssam Abbas, Associate Professor h-index 18
    Notable: “Probabilistic Temporal Logic Falsification of Cyber-Physical Systems” (2013) · 159 citations
    Tejasvi Anand, Associate Professor h-index 16
    Notable: “A 3.7 mW Low-Noise Wide-Bandwidth 4.5 GHz Digital Fractional-N PLL Using Time Amplifier-Based TDC” (2015) · 130 citations
    Alireza Aghasi, Associate Professor h-index 13
    Notable: “Terahertz time-gated spectral imaging for content extraction through layered structures” (2016) · 211 citations
    Courses: Computers: Applications and Implications · Introduction to Computer Science I · Introduction to Computer Science II · Communications Security and Social Movements · Special Topics/Computer Science · Computer Programming for Non-CS Majors +34 more
    Environmental Management and Policy12 faculty avg h-index 33.3
    Kristen Buck, Professor h-index 33
    Trace metal biogeochemistry, elemental cycles, chemical oceanography Safety & Health Stories News Events Make a gift Give feedback Image 104 CEOAS Admin. Bldg. Corvallis, OR
    Notable: “Testing the iron hypothesis in ecosystems of the equatorial Pacific Ocean” (1994) · 1,399 citations
    Kim Bernard, Professor h-index 22
    The primary motivation behind my research is to understand how natural and anthropogenic forces influence plankton community structure and trophic interactions in marine pelagic ecosystems. My research focus is in the area of polar zooplank
    Notable: “Pteropods in Southern Ocean ecosystems” (2008) · 258 citations
    Andrew Barnard, Associate Professor (Senior Research) h-index 21
    Notable: “A model for estimating bulk refractive index from the optical backscattering ratio and the implications for understanding particle composition in case I and case II waters” (2001) · 532 citations
    Jack Barth, University Distinguished Professor of Oceanography h-index 5
    Coastal ocean dynamics; coastal marine ecosystems; hypoxia; inner continental shelf dynamics; flow-topography interactions; frontal instability processes; eastern boundary currents and their associated jets and eddies. Current Research High
    Notable: “Northern Monterey Bay upwelling shadow front: Observations of a coastally and surface‐trapped buoyant plume” (2009) · 67 citations
    Civil Engineering12 faculty · 27 courses avg h-index 18.8 #14 of 17 in Civil Engineering
    Andre R. Barbosa, Professor, Cecil and Sally Drinkward Professor in Structural Engineering h-index 37
    Notable: “Multiple-Hazard Fragility and Restoration Models of Highway Bridges for Regional Risk and Resilience Assessment in the United States: State-of-the-Art Review” (2016) · 212 citations
    Scott Ashford, Professor h-index 31
    Notable: “Topographic effects on the seismic response of steep slopes” (1997) · 326 citations
    Meghna Babbar-Sebens, Professor, Evans Family Professor in Clean Water h-index 18
    Notable: “Effective modeling for Integrated Water Resource Management: A guide to contextual practices by phases and steps and future opportunities” (2019) · 131 citations
    Nicholas AuYeung, Associate Professor h-index 18
    Notable: “Investigation into SrO/SrCO3 for high temperature thermochemical energy storage” (2017) · 96 citations
    Courses: Lower Division Ed Abroad · Upper Division Ed Abroad · Civil and Construction Engineering Graphics and Design · Introduction to Virtual Design and Construction · Building Your Career in CCE · Civil and Construction Engineering Materials +21 more
    Natural Resources Conservation7 faculty avg h-index 28.7
    Ed Brook, University Distinguished Professor h-index 68
    Ice core trace gas records, cosmogenic isotopes, extraterrestrial dust Education B.S. Geology, Duke University, 1985 M.S. Geology, University of Montana, 1988 Ph.D. Chemical Oceanography, MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program, 1993 Courses GEO 518
    Notable: “Transient Simulation of Last Deglaciation with a New Mechanism for Bølling-Allerød Warming” (2009) · 1,256 citations
    Sherman Bloomer, Professor h-index 44
    Notable: “Geochemical mapping of the Mariana arc‐basin system: Implications for the nature and distribution of subduction components” (2005) · 854 citations
    Christo Buizert, Associate Professor h-index 43
    My work aims to reconstruct and understand past climate change and atmospheric composition, using deep ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica. I combine ice core measurements, numerical modeling and fieldwork to achieve these goals. I have
    Notable: “Centennial-scale changes in the global carbon cycle during the last deglaciation” (2014) · 610 citations
    Jorie Clark, Courtesy Appointment h-index 18
    Quaternary geology, paleoclimatology, archaeology Safety & Health Stories News Events Make a gift Give feedback Image 104 CEOAS Admin. Bldg. Corvallis, OR Conta
    Notable: “The Last Glacial Maximum” (2009) · 3,585 citations

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    About Oregon State University. Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR reports an overall acceptance rate of 77.0%, an early-round acceptance rate of 77.0%, an SAT middle 50% of 1160–1390, a class size of 5,095, and a yield of 20.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Leading research university for forestry, oceanography, and environmental sciences. Only school in Oregon to hold land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant, and sun-grant designations.