Cleveland State Receives funding from U.S Department of Labor

Bob Lantz, Instructor in Business and Technology Department, have been awarded $5,000 from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for Solar Powered sun tracking equipment, which will be used by students to monitor the local weather conditions to track the energy production of the solar panel. This grant will provide needed laboratory equipment for the Construction Technology Program. This innovative program will teach students how to install and maintain solar paneling on residential and commercial structures.

John Cantrell, Chair of the Technology Department at Cleveland State, with his vintage 1983 Mercedes Turbo-diesel, which burns recycled cooking oil. "This is just one of the possible alternative energy sources that folks are looking at to reduce our dependance on imported oil", said John

Bob Lantz, Associate Professor in the Technology Department and Thomas Tripp, owner of Big Frog Mountain Solar Energy Supply, installing panels on a 1KiloWatt Solar Array outside the Technology Building. This Solar Panel Array including its controlling electronics is an educational aid for Cleveland State Technology classes and is being installed to tie directly to the Cleveland Utilities electric grid to help CU and TVA generate “green power”.