91ÊÓÆµ Staff//March 23, 2023//

ENGINEERING
Rob Stone, professor of mechanical engineering at Oregon State University, has been named executive director of OSU’s Impact Studio. Launched by the Office of the Provost in 2018, the Impact Studio helps develop strategies to respond creatively and nimbly to trends in higher education. Stone recently completed a four-year assignment as director of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation. Stone succeeds Rich Duncombe, who joined OSU in December 2017 as the inaugural executive director of what was then called the Innovation Hub. Stone’s appointment is effective April 1.
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