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By Dave Larsen, Staff Writer 2:32 PM Wednesday, October 28, 2009

COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday, Oct. 28, named Central State University and the University of Dayton as Ohio centers of excellence in advanced energy.

Central State and UD are among eight Ohio universities to focus their academic and research activities on advanced energy development, according to the Ohio Board of Regents.

These centers will help develop new technologies and boost Ohio’s market share in supplying the world’s green energy economies, Strickland said.

Strickland last year signed a bill that gives Ohio the third most aggressive advanced energy portfolio standard in the nation and mandates that 25 percent of all electricity sold in the state come from advanced energy sources by 2025.

“Meeting our advanced energy standard depends on making sure we continue to develop new technologies,” Strickland said Wednesday. “These centers of excellence will play a key role in meeting that goal as well as strengthening Ohio’s position as a market leader in supplying the world’s advanced energy economies.”

Growing Ohio’s advanced energy industries will create jobs, Strickland said.

Central State in Wilberforce, Greene County, was named as a center for emerging technologies.

Two centers were announced at UD: Von Ohain fuels & combustion, and strategic energy and environmental infomatics.

Other advanced energy centers are located at Bowling Green State University, Case Western Reserve University, University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University, Ohio University and University of Toledo.

The University System of Ohio’s “Strategic Plan for Higher Education” requires public universities to develop distinctive centers of excellence to sharpen their focus, and to serve as drivers of innovation and entrepreneurial activity.

Wednesday’s announcement is the first of five groupings of university centers of excellence that align with the state’s targeted industries and focus on talent recruitment, according to the Board of Regents. Other categories will include transportation and logistics, biomedical and health care, agriculture and food production, and attracting and retaining creative talent.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2419 or dlarsen@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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