Chris has worked with the PiGroup since his first year at OSU. He has worked on several projects, including a  Healthcare Workforce Needs assessment for the Linn, Benton, Loncoln Workforce Investment Board, and analysis of technology diffusion and adoption trends in the power systems industry.As an honors student, Chris is extending work on technology diffusion to his honors college thesis. Specifically, Chris is  investigating the effect of policy incentives on organizational and individual technology behavior.