Interested in being a part of the OPEnS Lab?
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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. 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
Douglas Crocker (ECE) - WeatherChimes, Loom
Douglas Crocker is an electrical and computer engineering major who enjoys bonsai caretaking and going on walks.
Evan Hockert (ECE) - FloDar, Evaporometer, Loom
Evan Hockert is majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and working on the FloDar, Evaporometer, and Loom projects.
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.
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.
Lars Rasmussen (ME) - Dendrometer
Lars Rasmussen is majoring in Mechanical Engineering and working on the Dendrometer project.
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.
ELLIOT ZIMMER (ME) - WEATHERCHIMES
Elliot Zimmer is a Mechanical Engineering Student with a specialization in robotics control. He enjoys golf, hockey, bowling, 3D printing, manufacturing, and programming.
NICHOLAS SHATALOV (ECE) - DENDROMETER
Nicholas Shatalov is an Electrical and Computer Engineering Student. In his spare time he enjoys playing guitar and music production.
Current Interns
- Kishore Kumar Arum Kaleeswaran - CS
- Scott Lindsay
- Prithvi Suresh - CS
- Cody Johnson - ME
- Tristan Goehring - CS
- Sheetej Knyaneshwar Kamble - ME
- Aditya Chary - ME
- Ethan James Eggert - CS
- Owen Schwab - EE & CE
- Jacob Wiessner
- Shawn Singharaj - ECE
Previous Staff and Interns
- Sarvesh Thiruppathi Ahila - ECE
- Renee Aimba - ECE
- Emre Akbulut - EE
- Hadi Al-agele - BEE
- Mohammed Alholi - EE
- Aaron Arvidson - BioEngr
- Aditya Bagchi – CS
- Lucas Ball - CS
- Joshua Barksdale - EE
- Jonah Biedermann – CS
- Marc Belinga - CS
- Alyssa Bergquist - ME
- Bradley Best - SS
- Ryan Bohl - EE
- C. Greyston Brady - ECE
- Andrew Brown - ME
- Alexei Burgos-Davila - ECE
- Dexter Carpenter - ME
- Rafael Castro - CS
- Benjamin Cha - CS
- Chris Choi - ME
- 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
- Quenton Edgar - GE
- Sam Edwards - IE
- Andrew Ensinger - ECE
- Martin Escoto - CS
- Jacob Field - ECE
- Reece Fitch - ECE
- Jonathan Fookes - EE
- David Gasper - CS
- Paul Gasper - ME
- Luke Goerzten - CS
- Bryson Goto - ECE
- Isaac Goshay - ECE
- Gabriela Griffin - ME
- Daniel Green - CS
- Matt Guo - ECE - EE
- Colin Hale-Brown - ME
- Josh Hanna - ECE
- Dylan Heisey - ME
- DeLoach Honors - URSA intern
- Marshal Horn - EE
- Ryan Hosie - ME
- Benjamin Howe - ME
- Catherine Hu - CS
- Blake Hudson - CS
- Mark Huynh - CS, CE
- Joshua Iler - ME
- Casey Jacklyn - EE
- Nathan Jesudason - CS
- Kenneth Kang - CS
- M Kelso - EcoE
- 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
- Justice Peyton
- Ethan Pohlschneider - ME
- Jordan Porter - BioE, ECE
- Riley Prince - BioE
- Gianluca Rianda - ME
- William Richards - CS
- Gabriel Rodgers - ECE
- 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
- Nick (Mykyta) Synytsia - CS
- Sara Tagaban-Smith - EE & CE
- Savannah Tanner - ECE
- Hannah Thompson - ME
- Phuong Tran - ME
- Vincent Vaughn-Uding - Applied Physics
- Alicia Veach - ME
- Aleksandras Vidmantas - CS
- Thomas Wagner
- Andrew Walker - EcoE
- Nikhil Wandhekar - ME
- Zakary Watts - CS
- Cameron Whitlow - ECE
- Parker Williams - ME
- Winnie Woo - ECE
- Sophia Worley - EnvE
- James Yang - ECE
- Natalia Zaitseva - CS
- Liam Zimmermann - CS