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Cutting edge research makes Lane County a perfect home for Material Science businesses and industry leaders.

The Numbers don’t lie

10x

Increase in UO Research

35

Material Science UO Faculty

100+

Ph.D. Students at UO

$25 million +

Advanced Equipment

The Next Generation is Already Here

The more than $1B investment in the Knight Campus includes world-class core research facilities and faculty with bioengineering expertise. Research core facilities, a key component of UO infrastructure, advance transformative excellence in the sector by providing equipment and a shared lab space. Current faculty expertise includes wearable and implantable sensors, supramolecular assemblies for thin film semiconductors, leveraging advanced bio fabrication techniques like 6-axis bioprinting and microfluidics to engineer the next generation of medical devices and in vitro organoids, and cutting-edge research at the interface of materials chemistry and biomedical engineering to create new biomaterials. To learn more about UO’s impact on research and innovation, check out the Office of Vice President for Research and Innovation.

In good company

Some groundbreaking Material Sciences companies call our region home.