OSU – Not Your Average Engineer

November 29, 2012November 15, 2021

A Tour of the R/V Oceanus

Heather and I had the opportunity to tour the R/V Oceanus. This is the latest addition to the OSU research fleet. It comes from Woods Hole originally and was built in 1975.

The big A frame at the back of the boat.

Heather inside the boat while we were on the tour.

The ship looks big on the outside but it isn’t so big on the inside!

The Oceanus was parked behind another vessel.

This is a seismic research/exploration ship. It was due to do some survey work in California for some faults that are just offshore from a nuclear power plant. Due to some last minute changes, it ended up in Newport to wait for the next job.

This thing is HUGE!

The Oceanus at the dock.

A few of the NOAA boats in port for the holiday break.

January 17, 2012

Corvallis Slushpocalypse

Yesterday evening, Oregon State University decided to start classes two hours late today in case the forecast snow came to pass. This morning when I woke up at 6:30am, I saw several inches laying atop my car. By the time I got out of the house at 7:30 the snow had turned to slush. This is a snowman some of my residents built outside the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house.

The feared ice-covered roadways turned out to be nothing more than a bunch of slush.

A few people were heading into work this morning in spite of the delay.

Not many cars in the parking lot.

Slushy footsteps.

There were people waiting in front of the library for it to open. They will be surprised when they have to wait until 10am before they can enter.

Snow on a statue.

The MU Quad covered in slush.

Not as much snow as I would have liked. Better luck next storm.

October 19, 2011

GoPro Hero Time Lapse Test

Last week I played around with the time lapse feature on my GoPro Hero cam. This is the result. The gray sky didn’t add much to the scene but once we have some nice weather again, I will try again.