OPEnS Team

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Dr. John Selker

Dr. John Selker

Dr. Selker, principle investigator for the OPEnS lab, OSU distinguished professor of Biological and Ecological Engineering, and co-Director of both CTEMPs and TAHMO.org. His areas of expertise include soil hydrology, environmental monitoring, mechanical, analog and digital electronic design. Dr. Selker has been a professor in the department of Biological and Ecological Engineering at Oregon State University for 26 years focused on Water Resources Engineering, publishing more than 175 peer-reviewed articles.

Dr. Chet Udell

Dr. Chet Udel

Dr. Udell, Director of the OPEnS Lab and OSU assistant professor of Biological and Ecological Engineering. He received his PhD from the University of Florida in Music Composition and Electrical Engineering. He is inventor of U.S. and international patents on wireless sensor technology and data protocols and CEO of a technology startup company.

Current Staff

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Marc Belinga (CS) - eDNA

Marc Belinga is a Computer Science major working on the eDNA sampler.

Alexei Burgos

Alexei Burgos (ECE) - Loom, WeatherChimes

Alexei Burgos is an electrical and computer engineering student, working on the Loom and WeatherChimes projects. During his free time, he enjoys working out and playing sports, as well as spending time with loved ones.

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Douglas Crocker (ECE) - WeatherChimes, Loom

Douglas Crocker is an electrical and computer engineering major who enjoys bonsai caretaking and going on walks.

Paul Gasper (ME) - FluxTool

Paul Gasper is a Mechanical Engineering major, and works on the FluxTool project.

Colin Hale-Brown

Colin Hale-Brown (ME) - Smart Rock, Lilypad

Colin Hale-Brown (Assembly Manager) is majoring in Mechanical Engineering with an interest in robotics and aerospace. He is currently developing and manufacturing the Smart Rock and Lilypad.

Evan Hockert

Evan Hockert (ECE) - FloDar, Evaporometer, Loom

Evan Hockert is majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and working on the FloDar, Evaporometer, and Loom projects.

Benjamin Howe (ME) - Passive Seeder project

Benjamin Howe is majoring in Mechanical Engineering. In his free time he enjoys backpacking, climbing, building drones, and reading sci-fi.  

Casey Jacklyn - WeatherChimes

Casey Jacklyn is majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and working on the Weather Chimes project.

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Nicholas Le (ECE) - Dendrometer

Nicholas Le is an Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) major currently working on the Dendrometer project. In his free time, he enjoys making the best of life as well as spending time with friends and family.

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Chris Milford (ECE) - Smart Rock

Chris Milford is an undergraduate in the University Exploratory Studies Program, considering Ecological Engineering, Ecology, or Zoology. His goal is to help animal conservation and wildlife restoration acts.

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Lars Rasmussen (ME) - Dendrometer

Lars Rasmussen is majoring in Mechanical Engineering and working on the Dendrometer project.

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Will Richards (CS) - Loom, Weather Chimes

Will Richards is a Computer Science major working on Loom and Weather Chimes.

Nick (Mykyta) Synytsia

Nick (Mykyta) Synytsia (CS) - Pied Piper

Mykyta "Nick" Synytsia is majoring in computer systems with an emphasis on embedded systems programming and computer architecture. Some of his favorite activities and hobbies are astrophotography, enjoying the outdoors, and spending time with family.

Phuong Tran

Phuong Tran (ME) - Smart Rock

Phuong Tran is majoring in Mechanical Engineering and working on the Smart Rock project.

 

Bryce Truong

Bryce Truong (ME) - Smart Rock

Bryce Truong is a Mechanical Engineering Major freshman who is working on the Smart Rock project. He enjoys hikes, mountain biking, and kayaking.

Current Interns

  • DeLoach Honors, URSA, CAS Researchers Support Program, Senior Design, unpaid

Previous Staff and Interns

  • Renee Aimba - ECE
  • Emre Akbulut - EE
  • Hadi Al-agele - BEE
  • Aaron Arvidson - BioEngr
  • Aditya Bagchi – CS
  • Lucas Ball - CS
  • Joshua Barksdale - EE
  • Jonah Biedermann – CS
  • Alyssa Bergquist - ME
  • Bradley Best - SS
  • Ryan Bohl - EE
  • C. Greyston Brady - ECE
  • Andrew Brown - ME
  • Dexter Carpenter - ME
  • Benjamin Cha - CS
  • Ryan Christensen - ECE
  • Max Chu - ME
  • Cameron Clonch - Applied Physics
  • Natalie Clouse - EE
  • Tom DeBell - EcoE
  • Ashwin Devarajan - ME
  • Kurtis Dinelle - CS
  • Rij Dorfman - ECE
  • Liam Duncan - ECE
  • Kaitlyn Duthil - BioEngr
  • Kamron Ebrahimi - CS
  • Sam Edwards - IE
  • Andrew Ensinger - ECE
  • Martin Escoto - CS
  • Jacob Field - ECE
  • Jonathan Fookes - EE
  • David Gasper - CS
  • Luke Goerzten - CS
  • Bryson Goto - ECE
  • Isaac Goshay - ECE
  • Gabriela Griffin - ME
  • Daniel Green - CS
  • Matt Guo - ECE, EE
  • Josh Hanna - ECE
  • Dylan Heisey - ME
  • Marshal Horn - EE
  • Ryan Hosie - ME
  • Catherine Hu - CS
  • Blake Hudson - CS
  • Mark Huynh - CS, CE
  • Joshua Iler - ME
  • Nathan Jesudason - CS
  • Kenneth Kang - CS
  • Adam Kerr - CS
  • Duane Knapp - EcoE
  • Ezra Kramer – ECE
  • Danil Kryuchkov - CS
  • Sri Kuncharam - CS
  • Hendy Kurniawan - ME
  • Marissa Kwon - ECE
  • Lars Larson - EcoE
  • Dongjun Lee – EE
  • Tilford Li - ME
  • Zexian Li - CS
  • Grayland Lunn - CS
  • Manuel Lopez - EE
  • Sarah McAllister - ME
  • Henry McCreery - ME
  • Guy McFeeters-Krone - EcoE
  • Torrey Menne - ME
  • Brendan Miller - EcoE
  • Jackson Miller - EcoE
  • Emmanuel Moncada - CS
  • Stephen More - EE
  • Connor Moyce - EE & CE
  • Marat Muzaffaro - CS
  • Mitch Nelke - ME
  • Bao Nguyen - EE
  • Aiden Olsen - ECE
  • Jace Palmer - CS
  • Aman Pandita - CS
  • Emily Pannell - ME
  • Jace Parks - CS
  • Kawin Pechetratanapanit - CS
  • Carter Peene - CS, Biology
  • Zack Pelster - ECE
  • Ethan Pohlschneider - ME
  • Jordan Porter - BioE, ECE
  • Riley Prince - BioE
  • Gianluca Rianda - ME
  • Mitchell Rose - ECE
  • Kai Roy - ECE
  • Isaac Salchenberg - ME
  • Shanrajkumar Selvakumar - MME, IE
  • Colton Shaw - EcoE
  • Andrew Schenbeck - ECE
  • Elijah Shumway - ECE
  • Jared Smith - Math
  • Maddie Smith - CS
  • Brett Stoddard - ECE
  • Ariel Stroh - IE
  • Annika Sundstrom - EcoE
  • Cyrus Swihart - CS
  • Sara Tagaban-Smith - EE & CE
  • Hannah Thompson - ME
  • Vincent Vaughn-Uding - Applied Physics
  • Alicia Veach - ME
  • Aleksandras Vidmantas - CS
  • Thomas Wagner
  • Andrew Walker - EcoE
  • Nikhil Wandhekar - ME
  • Cameron Whitlow - ECE
  • Parker Williams - ME
  • Winnie Woo - ECE
  • James Yang - ECE
  • Liam Zimmermann - CS