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ESF Professor Dr. Wendong Tao Receives SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund Award

Dr. Wendong Tao, a professor in the Department of Environmental Resources Engineering at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), is one of eight researchers in the 64-campus SUNY system to receive seed funding through the Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF). This investment from SUNY will advance Tao’s work in sustainable wastewater treatment. He invented a patented system that strips ammonia from wastewater and uses the recovered chemicals to produce fertilizer.

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About NYS Centers of Excellence

NYS Centers of Excellence are funded by the New York State Department of Economic Development’s Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR) to foster collaboration between the academic research community and the business sector to develop and commercialize new products and technologies, to promote critical private sector investment in emerging high-technology fields in New York State, and to create and expand technology-related businesses and employment.