OGI School of Science and Engineering
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The OGI School of Science and Engineering, located in Beaverton, Oregon, is one of the four schools of the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). Until June 2001, it functioned independently as an public graduate school, the Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI).
The school has four departments: [Biomedical Engineering], [Computer science and Electrical Engineering], [Environmental Biomolecular Systems], and [Management in Science and Technology].
It has a student body of about 330 full-time students, with about one-third of those seeking PhDs. The student body also includes about 250 non-degree students.
Since OGI's merger with OHSU, research conducted at the School has increasingly focused on applying technology to complex problems of human and ecosystem health. The school's Department of Management in Science and Technology focuses on educating leaders and managers in a technology-intensive world. Recent developments include a technology-intensive certificate in Healthcare Management.
Formal research centers at the School include the [Adaptive Systems Lab], the [Biomedical Optics Group], the [Center for Coastal and Land Margin Research], the [Center for Groundwater Research], the [Center for Spoken Language Understanding], and the [Pacific Software Research Center]. Other areas of faculty research include cell and tissue engineering, neuroengineering, and [materials microanalysis and micro-fabrication].
History
OGI was chartered in 1963 by the Oregon Legislature to provide graduate-level training and expertise to the state's rapidly expanding high-tech industry, including Silicon Forest companies.During the 1990s the school awarded over one thousand graduate degrees, offered hundreds of continuing education seminars and workshops, and secured more than $100 million in largely federally-funded research.
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