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P3: People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability

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P3: People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability
P3 Award Winners and Successes
2009 P3 Award Winners

2009 P3 Award Winners

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Award Winners | Honorable Mentions

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Institution	EPA Grant Number	Project Title	Project Description	Team Photo
University of Arizona	SU833908	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]
Columbia University	SU833916	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]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	SU833918	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]
Drexel University	SU833924	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]
University of Tennessee - Knoxville	SU833947	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]
University of South Florida	SU833946	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
Appalachian State University	SU833931	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]
Appalachian State University	SU833921	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]
Gonzaga University	SU833922	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]
Johns Hopkins University	SU833905	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]
Lafayette College	SU833941	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]
Missouri University of Science and Technology	SU833953	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]
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville	SU833927	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]
University of California - Davis	SU833951	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]
University of California - Los Angeles	SU833911	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]
University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus	SU833934	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]
University of Tennessee - Knoxville	SU833930	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
American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers without Borders	Johns Hopkins University	SU833905	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]
YCOSST	University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus	SU833934	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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