2013 P3 Award Winners
Award Winners | Honorable Mentions | Other Awards
2013 Award Winners
| Institution | EPA Grant Number | Project Title | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | SU835307 | AguaClara Stacked Rapid Sand Filtration – A Robust Filtration Process For Sustainable Drinking Water Infrastructure | Suitable drinking water is a critical need world-wide, and fresh water is the limiting resource on the planet for the foreseeable future. |
| Cornell University | SU835341 | Pyrolytic Cookstoves and Biochar Production in Kenya: | Today’s cooking methods in the developing world cause substantial greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and diseases. |
| Georgia Southern University Research & Service Fdn.,Inc. | SU835302 | Low Temperature Combustion with Reduced PM and NOx Emissions, Achieved by n-Butanol in-Port Injected in an Omnivorous Diesel Engine | Although fuel efficient, diesel engines continue to contribute air pollutants in urban areas. |
| Loyola University of Chicago | SU835314 | A Sustainable and Interdisciplinary Solution to Biodiesel Production Wastewater | Building on the success of the school’s 2008 P3 Biodiesel project, students at Loyola University of Chicago are designing a unique green process to treat byproducts of biodiesel production. |
| Radford University | SU835311 | Synthetic Humic Acid Materials for Improved Water Purification | Radford University students are designing new coatings to help ordinary sand capture heavy metals, such as cadmium and lead, as well as arsenic and organic contaminants. |
| San Jose State University | SU835321 | 3D Printing Sustainable Building Components for Facades and as Window Elements | San Jose State University students are applying 3D printer technology to make sustainable building materials. |
| University of Massachusetts - Lowell | SU835342 | ‘Greener’ Surfactants from Bio-based Waste as Efficient Alternatives to Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | Surfactants are predominantly petroleum based compounds used in millions of everyday products such as household detergents, personal care products, and industrial cleaners. |
2013 P3 Honorable Mentions
| Institution | EPA Grant Number | Project Title | Project Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | SU835318 | Integration of Waste Treatment with Algal Cultivation for Sustainable Aquaculture Feed and Renewable Biofuel Production | A challenge to effective wastewater treatment is removal of excessive nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. |
| Johns Hopkins University | SU835337 | Sustainable Irrigation in Rural South Africa: Studying the Alcock Ram Pump System for Optimized Manufacture and Reproducibility | In rural communities in the developing world, women and children can spend hours each day hauling water for drinking and watering crops. |
| The Leland Stanford Junior University | SU835313 | Community-Level Water Disinfection Technology for Dhaka, Bangladesh Treatment | Diarrhea is a major cause of death of young children in developing countries. The microorganisms that cause the disease often enter water distribution systems through broken pipes. |
| Oregon State University | SU835328 | A Web App for Enhancing Residential Green Infrastructure and Community-Based Environmental Management | How homeowners landscape their property has an environmental impact in their communities. |
| Purdue University | SU835327 | Recycling of Liquid Crystal Displays for Maximum Resource Recovery | With the surge in popularity of Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) used in TV’s and computers, recycling them is expensive and complicated resulting in many units shipped illegally to Asia and Africa. |
| University of California - Riverside | SU835346 | Pasteurization Using a Lens and Solar Energy (PULSE) Method | University of California- Riverside students are designing a technology for solar disinfection that will rapidly pasteurize water in developing countries using a Fresnel lens and waste plastic bottles. |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | SU835303 | Marine Developing a Novel Low Cost Biodiesel and Biochar Processor for Rural Cameroon | In rural parts of the developing world, electricity and fuel sources are often expensive and unreliable. |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | SU835351 | A Decision-Making Support Tool for Water and Sanitation Projects in Low-Resource Settings | Despite significant global investments in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) initiatives, 35 to 80 percent fail in low resource communities. |
| University of Tennessee - Knoxville | SU835344 | PSTAT: Promoting Sustainable Transportation Among Teens | In a recent survey, 18 to 35 year olds made up 23 percent of new car buyers. |
2013 P3 Other Awards
| Award | Institution | EPA Grant Number | Project Title | Project Descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers/Youth Council on Sustainable Science and Technology (YCOSST) | Georgia Southern University Research & Service Fdn.,Inc. | SU835302 | Low Temperature Combustion with Reduced PM and NOx Emissions, Achieved by n-Butanol in-Port Injected in an Omnivorous Diesel Engine | Although fuel efficient, diesel engines continue to contribute air pollutants in urban areas. |
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers/Youth Council on Sustainable Science and Technology (YCOSST) | Johns Hopkins University | SU835318 | Integration of Waste Treatment with Algal Cultivation for Sustainable Aquaculture Feed and Renewable Biofuel Production | A challenge to effective wastewater treatment is removal of excessive nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus. |
| American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers Without Borders-USA | Stanford University | SU835313 | Community-Level Water Disinfection Technology for Dhaka, Bangladesh Treatment | Diarrhea is a major cause of death of young children in developing countries. The microorganisms that cause the disease often enter water distribution systems through broken pipes. |
| P3 Student Choice Award | University of Washington | SU835312 | SQWater: Atmospheric Water Resources in the Slums of Lima, Peru | In Lima, Peru more than a third of the city’s 9 million occupants live in slums, many without reliable access to clean water. |