Sector Directory

Organization

Oregon State University

Mission

Our mission is to cultivate science and engineering-based solutions that provide access to basic human needs, enhance life quality, and advance the level of community resilience in the local and global community.

Organizational Expertise

Adoption / Behavior Change, Carbon Finance, Health, Humanitarian/Emergency Response, Institutional Cooking, Lab or Field Testing, Marketing, Monitoring and Evaluation, Research, Standards, Technology and Fuel R&D

Technologies & Fuels

Biogas, Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.), Charcoal, Coal, Crop residues, Electricity, Ethanol / Alcohol, Kerosene, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Natural Gas / Methane, Pellets / Briquettes, Solar, Wood

Clean Cooking Activities

Our research group develops new methods and standards for monitoring and evaluation, including protocol for testing usability of cookstoves and sensors for monitoring fuel use in households. We also explore the drivers and intentions for cookstoves and adoption, pairing engineering design with ethnographic methods. We seek to take a holistic approach to design and policy, applying systems level modeling and attention to social, economic, and environmental factors in addition to the technical aspects of household energy.

Partnership

We partner with funding organizations, NGOs, and projects to conduct relevant and impactful research to help advance the global clean cooking sector.

Regions Operating In

Latin America and Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

United States

Address

204 Rogers Hall

Corvallis, Oregon 97331

Website

https://humanitarian.engineering.oregonstate.edu/

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Dr. Nordica MacCarty

Title: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Email: nordica.maccarty@oregonstate.edu

Phone: 5417375927