In the News
The Environmental Research and Innovation Center (ERIC) has been busy! Take a look at the articles, media clips, and other links listed below to view current news involving the ERIC lab and its staff.
UWO research fueling start-up algae venture
August 21, 2013
AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh microbiologist Toivo Kallas, along with research assistant Mathew Nelson, presented their latest findings at the sixth annual Wisconsin Science and Technology Symposium for using blue-green algae and the sun’s energy to turn carbon waste into biojet fuel. Read more...
UWO Biodigester team studying new bioplastics' potential
It’s an exciting, potentially revolutionary future involving “bio-based plastics,” or “bioplastics.” And it is not so far from reality. The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is turning to its student and faculty scientists to determine just how possible it is. Read more...
Reason No. 1 to attend UWO's 2012 Homecoming...
The University shows its Titan Pride at the ERIC where we are "pioneers" of water, biosolids, and biogas testing. See Video
$1 million grant to restore beaches
All Lake Michigan beaches in the area were clear and open today, but that hasn't been the case all summer and so UW Oshkosh is sharing in some federal money to redesign some of the beaches. High bacteria levels forced closures and swim bans. Read more...
EPA Releases More Great Lakes Beach Grants
Eight Wisconsin beaches along the Great Lakes will be re-designed to reduce pollution, or separate it from beach goers. The money for the projects is coming from a fund that faces an uncertain future beyond next year. Read more...
EPA grants UWO another $1 million to make beaches safer
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced seven Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grants – including two for the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh – totaling more than $2.6 million, to improve water quality at Great Lakes beaches in Michigan and Wisconsin. Read more...
Testing to begin to see whether swimming can resume at Bay Beach
Swimming was banned at Bay Beach in the 1930's because of pollution. Now, the Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission has received a federal grant to study the water quality at the former swimming area. So, U-W Oshkosh water quality specialists are starting a one-year testing program on the area. Read more...
Turning shells into sand
An effort is underway to clean up area beaches. That's what one Pulaski-based inventor hopes to do to do by turning zebra mussel shells into sand. Read more...
