ON THE COVER Floating offshore wind turbines spanning more than 250 meters in height may one day tap into the more than 4,200 gigawatts of wind power capacity that exists off the coast of the United States – equivalent to three times the amount of electricity consumed in the U.S. each year (see story on page 4). ABOVE Members of Oregon State’s Robotic Decision-Making Laboratory. Back row left to right: Colin Mitchell (PhD student), Rakesh Vivekanandan (PhD student), Evan Palmer (PhD student), Robin Singh (MS student), Grey Brady (MS student), Ian Rankin (PhD student). Front row left to right: Akshaya Agrawal (PhD student), Emily Scheide (PhD student), Geoff Hollinger (professor of robotics), Scott Chow (PhD student), Parker Meyer (undergraduate) (see story on page 10). COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Oregon State University 101 Covell Hall Corvallis, OR 97331 541-737-3101 engineering.oregonstate.edu OREGON STATE ENGINEERING is published by the College of Engineering at Oregon State University. Comments and questions about this publication can be sent to the editor at editor@engr.oregonstate.edu EDITOR Chris Palmer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Steve Frandzel, Keith Hautala, Steve Lundeberg, Rachel Robertson GRAPHIC DESIGNER Johanna Carson COPY EDITOR Keith Hautala PHOTOGRAPHERS Ellie Lafferty, Karl Maasdam Contents PAGES 2–3 EXPLORING WASTEWATER’S ROLE IN ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PAGES 4–7 BOUNDLESS OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY FLOATING INTO THE COUNTRY’S FUTURE PAGES 8–9 MAKING AI SMARTER ABOUT ENERGY USE PAGES 10–11 ROBOT SWARMS TO EXPLORE MELTING ICE SHELVES PAGE 12 FIRST NEW PLANT HARDINESS MAP IN MORE THAN A DECADE PAGE 13 AI-POWERED SELF-TEST TO LET EPILEPSY PATIENTS SKIP BLOOD DRAWS, LONG WAITS
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