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Ohio State Battelle Center Welcomes New Director

Dan Kelley joins the center in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs after serving as dean of the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Owens Community College.
June 3, 2024
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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.
February 7, 2024
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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.
October 30, 2023

Student Communities

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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.
October 30, 2023
Jack Kramer on the left with a presentation on a TV to his right that says "Invenergy Overview"

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.
October 12, 2023
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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.
October 6, 2023

Innovation

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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.
May 5, 2023
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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.
December 8, 2022
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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.
January 26, 2022

Public Interest

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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.
October 20, 2023
A group of students and VIPs sitting at tables watching a speaker off-camera

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.
May 5, 2023
Woman speaking at the front of the room beside a projector screen of the room

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.
December 8, 2022