Natural Sciences

The Oregon Tech Foundation and The Commission on College Teaching (CCT) recently awarded the Oregon Tech Foundation Excellence in Teaching Awards to Instructor David Johnston, Ph.D., and Associate Professor Kristy Weidman.

Jesse M. Kinder, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics at Oregon Tech, traveled to Washington, D.C., in January for the American Physical Society (APS) Annual Leadership Meeting, an event that brings together physics leaders to enhance their skills, network with peers, and shape the physics community's future.

For 18 years, Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) professor, Robyn Wilde, Ph.D., has been teaching students at Oregon Tech the properties of physics—a prerequisite in many of the engineering and health degrees and an area of interest for many environmental sciences and mathematics majors. To expand his study of the topic even further and allow students realistic learning, Dr.

Natural Sciences Assistant Professor Dr. Kerry Byrne receives $41,080 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for “Demographic Monitoring of Naturally Occurring Applegate’s Milk-vetch.”

Faculty at Oregon Tech have received more than $700,000 in grant awards since July 1

By having this monitor in the Basin, agencies and Oregon Tech will be able to better characterize the pollution problem in the Basin and move toward continued improvement of Klamath Falls air quality