Student Profiles

RM student, Christina Lawrence, performed at the Alamo bowl when the Beavers played the Texas Longhorns as a member of the OSU Color Guard.

Renewable Materials junior, Christina Lawrence, attended OSU’s Wood Magic event as a young child at Chapman Hill Elementary.Wood Magic is an interactive wood science educational outreach program for local elementary students that was started in 1998...

Byrne is an outdoor lover and longboarder from Ventura, California, dual majoring in Forest Management and Renewable Materials.

Undergraduate junior Byrne Miyamoto is a Ventura, California, native dual majoring in Forest Management and Renewable Materials. As an outdoor lover, he says Forest Management was an obvious choice for a major, but it was only after taking Wood...

Allison is a self-proclaimed “hippie from Portland” studying Renewable Materials and Housing Design, with minors in Spanish and Business.

Allison Zumwalt is a busy second year student and self-proclaimed “hippie from Portland” studying Renewable Materials and Housing Design, with minors in Spanish and Business. Allison came to Oregon State from Wilson High School as an “undecided”...

OSU senior, Ben Sundberg, has mastered the art of balancing multiple commitments at once.

OSU senior Ben Sundberg has mastered the art of balancing multiple commitments at once. In addition to his double major studies in Civil Engineering and Wood Science in the CECOP program, Ben is a member of the Honors College, as well as the OSU PCI...

“I’m just one of those people that likes to be busy,” says Camille Moyers, a junior from Portland double majoring in Renewable Materials and Interior Design.

“I’m just one of those people that likes to be busy,” says Camille Moyers, a junior from Portland double majoring in Renewable Materials and Interior Design. Active and ambition are indeed words that come to mind when describing her. Between the two...

Jeff Traver is a current undergraduate who enjoys the outdoors and the promise of the Renewable Materials program to do good things.

Jeff Traver is a local. He's from Corvallis, Oregon, and chose Oregon State University because, "It had the best forestry program of any university." As a current student, he appreciates what he describes as, "The potential to do a lot of good this...

Blake Holton graduated in 2002 and has found success with family and career...

Blake Holton, originally from California, moved to Oregon at an early age. When it came time to choose a college, he knew he wanted to stay in the state he loves and found that OSU had a campus that just seemed, "Like the right fit." Blake graduated...

Annie is a graduate in the class of 2012.  Learn about her favorite things in renewable materials.

Annie graduated with a bachelors degree in Winter 2012, and is looking forward to graduate school afterwards. She hopes to continue her studies in the department and earn a Masters degree to help achieve her goals. Originally from Myrtle Point,...

Danny Way, Renewable Materials senior, talks about his summer work experience

For Danny, his college experience wasn't as much about him as it was about others. As an RM student, he worked with instructors on summer projects and research and that changed his perspective. So how did his job help define not just his...

Ashlee Tibbets is a former Master's candidate who loved the opportunities the RM program gave her to see the world.

Ashlee Tibbets is a former graduate student in the Renewable Materials program who studied forest products marketing. Her research centered on policies in the United States aimed at controlling illegal logging. Specifically, understanding the Lacey...