Extension & Education

This university has the task of teaching, research and extension. Teaching is accomplished by focusing our efforts to educate the next generation of engineers and scientists in renewable resource utilization. Programs are targeted at all levels, including pre-college students and teachers, undergraduate and graduate students, industrial collaborators and the general public.

Extension is critical to extend the renewable energy knowledge base to the community. Decision-making tools are being developed and used by a resource team to help local leaders evaluate renewable energy options in their region. These tools may include economic analysis models, local utility infrastructure evaluation and predictive tools for land-use changes.

Click here to view the OSU Bioenergy YouTube Channel.

Alternative Energy: A new sprout on the STEM

Click here to learn how Shane Robinson, associate professor of agricultural education at OSU, guided a first-year offering of an alternative energy track for the ninth annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Institute Training.

Click here to view a feature from the Engineering Success, a quarterly Extension publication of the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering.

2009 marked the 2nd annual Biofuels Field Day, which brings together OSU researchers with landowners and stakeholders interested in learning about the process of creating fuel from crops.