News

Grant Davis presenting from slides on a small TV to the left with wooden slats in the background
Feb 07, 2024

Joint Community Conversation with BWXT’s Grant Davis

Grant Davis, nuclear engineer at BWXT Advanced Technologies and alum of Ohio State, is a perfect example of how two of our community technology areas, aerospace and sustainable energy, overlap.
Air & Space
Community Conversations
Sustainable Energy
Technology
Two people talking in a lounge area
Oct 30, 2023

Go Sustainable Energy Leads a Conversation and Connects with Students

Go Sustainable Energy, a local energy consulting business, joined our community for a pair of events this semester.
Community Conversations
Meet and Greet
SCOPE
Sustainable Energy
Technology
Three people, standing and smiling in a conference room.
Oct 20, 2023

Ethan Rivera Leads Panel on Public Affairs Collaborations in STEM Education

Ethan Rivera, of Battelle Center, convened a panel at the NASPAA Annual Conference on the ways public affairs and STEM education can connect to create a richer educational experience joined by Shannon Portillo of Arizona State University and Jackie Speedy of Carnegie Melon University.
Collaboration
Policy
Public Interest
Travel

Student Communities

Two people talking in a lounge area
Oct 30, 2023

Go Sustainable Energy Leads a Conversation and Connects with Students

Go Sustainable Energy, a local energy consulting business, joined our community for a pair of events this semester.
Community Conversations
Meet and Greet
SCOPE
Sustainable Energy
Technology
Jack Kramer on the left with a presentation on a TV to his right that says "Invenergy Overview"
Oct 12, 2023

Corporate Member, Invenergy, Flies in to Speak with Students About Energy Policy, Jobs, and Opportunities

One of our first corporate members at Ohio State Battelle Center joined our students to talk about the political climate for energy in Ohio and discussed Invenergy’s efforts to create meaningful connection with communities.
Job Fair
SCOPE
Sustainable Energy
Chase Lyon holding a small astronaut with the Battelle Center Logo in the background
Oct 06, 2023

Battelle Center Alum Returns to Discuss Essential Skills and Energy Development

Chase Lyon, an alum of Battelle Center who earned the Science and Engineering in the Public Interest Minor, returned to campus to speak with our students interested in the Sustainable Energy industry.
Community Conversations
SCOPE
Sustainable Energy

Innovation

A group of students and VIPs sitting at tables watching a speaker off-camera
May 05, 2023

Rapid Innovation Teams Impress with Solutions for Energy and Space

Our Spring 2023 Rapid Innovation course ended with final presentations on April 21st. Students gathered along with their sponsors and a few special guests from the university to showcase their solutions for the challenges this semester.
Classes
Public Interest
Rapid Innovation
Woman speaking at the front of the room beside a projector screen of the room
Dec 08, 2022

Rapid Innovation Final Presentations for Fall 2022

PUBAFRS 5620 Rapid Innovation for Public Impact, a course offered each semester, gives students the opportunity to work directly with organizations on challenges they are facing. This fall, challenge sponsors included a for-profit geospatial imaging company, BlackSky, the Ohio Department of Transportation, and the Missile Defense Agency in partnership with the NASA.
Classes
Public Interest
Rapid Innovation
Research
A full picture of the Rapid Innovation class as Dr. Newton teaches
Jan 26, 2022

Spring Semester Brings Our Largest Rapid Innovation Course

With 30 students spanning 7 teams, our Spring 2022 course is the largest we have ever run.
Classes
Collaboration
Rapid Innovation
Research

Public Interest

Three people, standing and smiling in a conference room.
Oct 20, 2023

Ethan Rivera Leads Panel on Public Affairs Collaborations in STEM Education

Ethan Rivera, of Battelle Center, convened a panel at the NASPAA Annual Conference on the ways public affairs and STEM education can connect to create a richer educational experience joined by Shannon Portillo of Arizona State University and Jackie Speedy of Carnegie Melon University.
Collaboration
Policy
Public Interest
Travel
A group of students and VIPs sitting at tables watching a speaker off-camera
May 05, 2023

Rapid Innovation Teams Impress with Solutions for Energy and Space

Our Spring 2023 Rapid Innovation course ended with final presentations on April 21st. Students gathered along with their sponsors and a few special guests from the university to showcase their solutions for the challenges this semester.
Classes
Public Interest
Rapid Innovation
Woman speaking at the front of the room beside a projector screen of the room
Dec 08, 2022

Rapid Innovation Final Presentations for Fall 2022

PUBAFRS 5620 Rapid Innovation for Public Impact, a course offered each semester, gives students the opportunity to work directly with organizations on challenges they are facing. This fall, challenge sponsors included a for-profit geospatial imaging company, BlackSky, the Ohio Department of Transportation, and the Missile Defense Agency in partnership with the NASA.
Classes
Public Interest
Rapid Innovation
Research