Center for Advanced Materials Research
The Center for Advanced Materials Research was established in 1986 to strengthen research and education in the synthesis, properties, and understanding of new materials, with special emphasis on materials of importance to Oregon's economy. At Oregon State, materials science is an interdisciplinary program spanning nine departments in the colleges of Engineering, Forestry and Science: the departments of Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Forest Products, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics.

The areas of research in this Center include ceramics, fiber composites, composites, electronic materials, superconductivity, metallurgy, and optical materials. In many cases, research activity in one of these fields involves collaborative research between scientists in several departments.

Wallace Energy Systems & Renewables Facility (WESRF)
The MSRF at Oregon State provides research, testing and consulting services related to motors, generators, adjustable speed drives, power electronics, power supplies, power quality, renewables and industrial process equipment and controllers. By using state-of-the-art facilities and the expertise of internationally recognized personnel, we are able to meet the most stringent of industry requirements and testing standards.

With a 750kVA independent utility power supply, comprehensive testbeds up to 300hp, and a 120kVA fully programmable AC source, the MSRF has the highest power ratings and is the best equipped industrial facility in any university in the nation. This means that we are able to carry out research, testing and analyses on a wider range of equipment in a single facility, and the university environment base provides a rich pool of academic and industrial experience.

Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering (NACSE)
NACSE is an interdisciplinary research center with projects involving faculty, staff, and students from 6 colleges at OSU as well as academic, government, and industry partners from all over the world. NACSE projects study how complex software and databanks should be engineered so that they're "natural" for practicing scientists and engineers to use. The NACSE area in KEC houses staff offices, a Usability Testing Laboratory -- the only one of its kind -- and a Usability Flex Lab for engaging scientists and engineers as active participants in software design.

Parallel Tools Consortium
The Parallel Tools Consortium (Ptools) provides a forum where users work with tool developers and researchers to improve the usability of system software and tools on parallel and clustered computers. Ptools organizes tool development projects that define standards for software components identified by users as key priorities. It also sponsors a variety of activities directed at channeling user feedback to tool developers. These include standards efforts to improve the consistency and interoperability across different computing platforms and disseminating information about tools and libraries that users have found to be effective in the development of parallel applications.