2009 P3 Award Winners
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Award Winners | Honorable Mentions
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Institution | EPA Grant Number |
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University of Arizona | Development of Sustainable Integrated Aquaculture Systems With Assessment of Environmental, Social, and Economic Implications | University of Arizona students are designing and testing a recirculating aquaculture production system. [Read More] | ![]() |
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Columbia University |
Multifunction Energy Platform (MFP) Pilot | Columbia University students are installing and monitoring a multifunction platform (MFP) in a farming cooperative network in Soroti, Uganda. [Read More] | ![]() |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology | A Novel Solar Thermal Combined Cycle with Bio-Methane Carbon Capture for Distributed Power Generation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology students are developing and demonstrating a modular renewable energy cogeneration system that can use solar and organic resources. [Read More] | ![]() |
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Drexel University | Syntactic Selective Near Infrared Scattering Architectural Coatings | Drexel University students are studying architectural coatings capable of scattering and reflecting UV, Visible, and NIR radiation from the sun to reduce solar gain on the exterior of a building. Read More] | ![]() |
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University of Tennessee - Knoxville | The New Norris House: A Sustainable Home for the 21st Century | University of Tennessee-Knoxville students are designing a sustainable home based on the original Norris House concept, homes originally built by TVA in 1933 a part of Norris - a New Deal model community. [Read More] | ![]() |
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University of South Florida | Water Awareness, Research and Education in East Tampa (WARE East Tampa): A pilot collaboration involving USF, Young Magnet Middle School and the East Tampa Community | University of South Florida students are studying community education and awareness, as a way of reducing local pollutant inputs to storm water retention ponds. [Read More] | ![]() |
2009 P3 Honorable Mentions
Institution | EPA Grant Number |
Project Title | Project Description | Team Photo |
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Appalachian State University | Closing the Carbon Loop: Growing Algae Using Sustainable CO2 from Bio-waste | Appalachian State University students are designing and building a sustainable algaculture facility for producing biofuels. [Read More] | ![]() |
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Appalachian State University | Fair Trade Ethanol: Fuel Production from Coffee Wastes | Appalachian State University students are designing and developing a coffee wastewater treatment system to improve the sustainability of coffee production. [Read More] | ![]() |
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Gonzaga University | Green Energy for a Dormitory in Kitale, Kenya | Gonzaga University students are studying the utility of water filtration technologies, biomass utilization and alternative energies for use in a proposed new dormitory. [Read More] | ![]() |
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Johns Hopkins University | Development of an Economical and Sustainable Irrigation Ram Pump for Community Gardening in South Africa | Johns Hopkins University students are studying ways to improve and promote a locally designed (“Alcock”) ram pump as a solution to problems of irrigation in community vegetable gardens in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [Read More] | ![]() |
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Lafayette College | Using CODE-PSI to Promote Integrated Sustainable Water and Economic Systems in Yoro, Honduras | Lafayette College students are creating a sustainable development framework (CODE-PSI) as a conceptual design for rural potable water infrastructure projects in developing countries. [Read More] | ![]() |
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Missouri University of Science and Technology | Residential Building Adaptive Energy Management System (R-BAEMS) Design | Missouri University of Science and Technology students are measuring the environmental impact of automated energy management systems for residential structures. [Read More] | ![]() |
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University of Arkansas at Fayetteville | Production of Butanol from Biomass using Novel Membrane Reactor | University of Arkansas-Fayetteville students are exploring the use of a novel membrane reactor for the production of butanol from biomass-derived sugars as a sustainable and greener energy alternative biofuel. [Read More] | ![]() |
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University of California - Davis | Implementation of Green Roof Sustainability in Arid Conditions | University of California, Davis students are developing methods to determine the efficacy of green roofs in dry, hot, climate zones such inland California and other regions of the Western U.S. [Read More] | ![]() |
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University of California - Los Angeles | Eco-Friendly Solid State Photodecarbonylation for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products | University of California - Los Angeles students are studying the synthesis of biologically active pharmaceuticals using a solid state reaction as the key step. [Read More] | ![]() |
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University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus | Removal of Arsenic from Groundwater Using Naturally Occurring Iron Oxides in Rural Regions of Inner Mongolia (China) | University of Pittsburgh students are designing a low-cost process for effective removal of arsenic from groundwater. [Read More] | ![]() |
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University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Advancing the Production and Use of Biodiesel Through the Micro-refining of Waste Glycerol | University of Tennessee – Knoxville students are developing a system for the small scale refining and recovery of glycerol, a byproduct of biodiesel production, produced locally by micro-manufacturers. [Read More] | ![]() |
2009 P3 Other Awards
Award | Institution | EPA Grant Number | Project Title | Project Descriptions | Team Photo |
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American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers without Borders | Johns Hopkins University | Development of an Economical and Sustainable Irrigation Ram Pump for Community Gardening in South Africa | Johns Hopkins University students are studying ways to improve and promote a locally designed (“Alcock”) ram pump as a solution to problems of irrigation in community vegetable gardens in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [Read More] | ![]() |
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YCOSST | University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus | Removal of Arsenic from Groundwater Using Naturally Occurring Iron Oxides in Rural Regions of Inner Mongolia (China) | University of Pittsburgh students are designing a low-cost process for effective removal of arsenic from groundwater. [Read More] | ![]() |