The Benefit of HAM Radio
A set of 2-meter / 70-cm Handheld radios with some other functions including GPS, temperature, FM Radio, and APRS tracking, a 10-meter radio, a 2-meter radio beacon, a remote camera and other odds and...
Category: Research
Building Directional Antennas
In my last post I wrote about using radio beacons connected to the APRS or Automatic Packet Reporting Service for some of our DeArmond MakerSpace student’s projects. This is where a radio broadcasts data...
Backyard Biodiversity – I
Check out this Feralia deceptiva moth I found in the yard recently. While stuck around the house during the Covid-19 pandemic there is always the opportunity to learn more about what things live...
The Toe of Oregon’s only Dinosaur
I was recently contacted by the Museum of Natural and Cultural History to make a few replicas of Oregon’s only dinosaur fossil, a dinosaur toe bone, for one of their outreach programs. The state...
Arduino Environmental Sensor Systems
In partnership with the University of Oregon STEMCORE program and the Oregon Science Teachers Association, the Price Science Commons hosted a workshop on building environmental sensors. I led the session with the help...
The UO Media Center for Science & Technology
The University of Oregon has a new center in the School of Journalism and Communication. It’s called the Media Center for Science and Technology. The goal of the center is to train journalists, communicators,...
Pacific Northwest Aerospace Expo – 2019
Saturday September 28th, Portland State University hosted the first local Pacific Northwest Aerospace expo/conference. It is planned to be an annual event and is particularly interesting to us here at the University of Oregon...
Arborists and Tree Diseases – Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (PNW-ISA)
Fungal Pathogens This last week the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (PNW-ISA) had its conference here in Eugene. It is always exciting to see what groups come to our area. ...
Exploring the Troposphere/Stratosphere – High Altitude Ballooning
Helium Filling Team We are always trying to improve the skills of our university community members. This week under the inspiration of Mark Fonstad from the Geography Department we trained a few colleagues on...
ARLISS Autonomous Navigating Robots 2019 – Trekking Across the Desert
The UOregon Rover Once again our ARLISS (A Rocket Launch for international Student Satellites) team from the University of Oregon competed in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. This annual event is inspirational for...