Welcome to the National Environmental Technology Incubator
Posted by Net Incubator
“Our National Environmental Technology Incubator integrates Central State University faculty, resources, and Programs with Industry partners. From the University’s perspective the benefit is the ability to engage students in specific hands-on experiences that will better prepare them for a productive professional career. From the Business perspective the benefit is access to subject experts, unique facilities, and Interns all focused on reducing risk and accelerating their technology-intensive business growth.
Industry experts can also add to faculty experiences and proven teaching methods. The loop is then closed. With Incubator access and support some faculty and students will become entrepreneurs in their own right; birthing and advancing their dreams into workforce opportunities, wealth formation, and fundamental improvements in the quality of life for their families and those of their future employees.
–Executive Director/NETI at Central State University
Want To Know More About Environmental Pollution?
Posted by pam19
I was reading a Summary Today in the Chicago Tribune Web Edition and I came across some important facts about the Environmental Pollution and how it contaminates air, water, and land from man-made land. It also mentioned information about how Pollution leads to depletion of the ozone layer, global warming and climate change and how Air pollution is the release of chemicals and particles into the atmosphere, and how water pollution includes surface runoff, leakage into groundwater, liquid spills, wastewater discharge and littering.
Thurgood Marshall
Posted by Brittney D.
Our trip to Thurgood Marshall High School was one to remember. We spent all day on May 14, 2008 conducting our presentation. There were six classes in all, and they were back to back. This was our first all day presentation and it was quite exhausting. One of the classes was a Bio-technology class so they learned a lot of valuable information for their class. The classes had ninth through twelfth graders but there were never more than ten students at one time. The students were really focused on what we were saying and had a lot of good questions. Some of the students ate lunch with us and a couple of them gave us a tour around the new building. Thurgood Marshall was previously Colonel White High school but moved to the other side of the city, and name was changed once they moved into their new building. Although they are in a new location they have the same faculty as before.
West District Science Fair
Posted by Brittney D.
On April 15, 2008, the Net Incubator co-hosted the West District Science Day and Miami Valley Science and Engineering Fair on the campus of Central State University. The fair was for fifth through twelfth grade students and it was held in three of Central State buildings including the brand-new Education Building. The science fair gave the students a chance, not only to present their projects to a panel of judges, but to watch the other participants, and to interact with their peers who shares their interest. There were over 500 participants. Some of the projects were group (2-3 persons) projects and the others were single person projects. We handed out gift bags and our popular “GEEK” shirts to every participant. Also, we provided lunches for everyone, catered by LA’s Sports Bar and Grill. Two students from the Miami Valley Science and Engineering Fair were selected to participate in the 2008 International Science and Engineering Fair, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia.
Yellow Springs Middle School
Posted by Brittney D.
On April 18, 2008 the NET Incubator visited Yellow Springs Middle School to meet with, and present to their seventh and eightieth grade student council members. Yellow Springs Middle School was the very first school we presented to. We had so much fun with their students. The kids were very attentive and followed directions well. We provided a hands on experiment that allowed the students to interact with us .The experiment we conducted allowed the kids to abstract DNA from a strawberry. We quickly learned never to tell seventh and eighth grade boys to smash anything! The students were fascinated by the experiment. We discussed with them the importance of environmental conservation, the importance of recycling, and how to decrease the effects of Global Warming.
Businesses Going Green
Posted by cjackso6
I just read an article inside of the Dayton B2B entitled “Businesses Going Green” written by Tim Tresslar. This article explains why businesses are taking a closer look into going green to make and save money. The most interesting part of the article to me is a subtitle “Five ways going green can save money.” I know a lot of companies will go green if they knew how they can reduce cost and save money. The five steps are the following:
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Switching to solar or wind power.
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Adding new scrubbers to electric generating plants.
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Regrind and reuse materials in production processes.
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Reduce harmful fumes so employees perform better.
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Buy recyclable goods and that will increase a good reputation for one’s company.
For more information about this article contact Tim Tresslar information below.
- (937)225-7317
From Bottles to Tap
Posted by Brittney D.
I came across an article inside of the E The Environmental Magazine called Bottled Water Back Lash written by Melissa Knopper ” A Colorado-based science writer and tap water enthsiast”. The article talks about, how when people began using tap water in replace of their water bottles, and how people are taking action to reduce the amount of water bottles found in land fills. Her sub-titles are as followed: A Gathering Revolt, Bottled Waste, and Don’t Refill That Bottle. On average in 2006 Americans were repoteded to have drank 167 bottles of water each, recycling 23%, and sending 38 billion to the landfills. In 2007 we we spent $16 billion on bottled water and it takes 700 years for plastic bottles to even start decomposing.
For more facts about recycling follow the links:
http://earth911.org/recycling/plastic-bottle-recycling/plastic-bottle-recycling-facts/
http://www.container-recycling.org/
How Plastic Bags Pollute Our Environment
Posted by pam19
Larry West wrote an article titled “Why Stop Using Plastic Bags”. This article consists of informaion about plastic bags and how they pollute soil and water, and kill thousands of marine mammals yearly. Did you know that Americans throw away almost 100 billion plastic bags every year, and only 1 percent to 3 percent are ever recycled. He also mentioned plastic bags may take “1,000 years or more to break down into ever smaller particles that continue to pollute the soil and water”. If your intertested in finding out more information on why it is bad to use plastic bags then check out this website.
http://environment.about.com/od/reducingwaste/a/no_plastic_bags.htm
UnNatural Cooling Of The Earth
Posted by Brittney D.
Today I was reading an article from C net news.com posted by Martin LaMonica, about cooling the planet with injections. I don’t think that would be such a great idea, and apparently the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) doesn’t think so either. The name of the article is “Geoengineered cooling of planet would have ‘perilous effects’ ”
To read more about this follow the link.
http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9928831-54.html?tag=nefd.top