The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh established the Environmental Research & Innovation Center (ERIC) as a division of the College of Letters & Sciences to serve as a research and testing center for campus, the general public and external partners to work for environmental health, evaluate materials for biogas potential, perform groundbreaking research in solids management and conduct a variety of custom research projects. ERIC is committed to meeting client needs while training future scientists in the fields of ecology, environmental and public health, biology, limnology and microbiology.