Regular Members
Bonneville Power Administration
Northwest Natural Gas
Oregon Department of Transportation
Port of Portland
Portland General Electric
Associate Members
Eugene Water and Electric Board
Portland Water Bureau
Tualatin Valley Water District
Collaborator
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center
"The expected earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone is going to be the single largest
natural disaster ever to face the United States."
Scott A. Ashford, Kearney Professor and Dean, College of Engineering
"Through the Cascadia Lifelines Program and the commitment of our
partners, we can build community resilience, and get our lifelines back
up and running. Those lifelines are the key to saving lives, minimizing
damage, and aiding in recovery of the region."
Scott A. Ashford, Kearney Professor and Dean, College of Engineering
Leading researchers in the College of Engineering are collaborating across multiple disciplines to address soil liquefaction, which can lead to failure of roads, bridges, buildings, and other critical structures, landslide prediction and mitigation, cost-effective improvements to existing infrastructure, evacuation routes, and tools to plan for hazards and anticipate risks. In conjunction with bright graduate students, undergraduate students, and post-doctoral scholars, OSU faculty conduct CLiP research projects. The FY22 projects include:
Major research programs at OSU in CCE that participate in CLiP and resilience research include:
CLiP provided seed funding for a summer undergraduate research program (SURF), which paved the way to bring a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program to OSU called Engineers Bounce Back. Read more about the Engineers Bounce Back Undergraduate Research Program.
Oregon State University’s College of Engineering houses the largest near-shore experimental facility at an academic institution in the nation — the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory. In addition, the research facilities and laboratories available in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering are the type found at top engineering schools around the nation, and some of them are unique to only a select number of institutions around the country.
Major laboratories include:
Scott A. Ashford