NEWEA is proud to announce the New England winners for 2016:
- Connecticut – Lauren Pawlowski & Courtney Litts “The Effects of Pollutants on Aquatic Life”.
- Maine – Paige Brown “Constructing Low Cost Calcium Alginate Based Scaffolds for Pollutant Reduction”
- Massachusetts – Lillian Cain “Washing Fertilizer: Engineering Greywater for Reuse in Hydroponic Systems”
- New Hampshire – Mary Zhu “Food for Thought: A Novel Computational Approach to Modeling the Impacts of School Nutrition Policies on the Blue Water Footprint”
- Rhode Island – Nicolas Berg “Investigating the Death of an Ecosystem (Part 1 & 2)”
- Vermont – Josie Ford “Project Clean Water: The Effect of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation on Bacteria in Lake Water”
These students will compete at the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) national competition that will be held at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC), July 17-19. They are also competing for the opportunity to win $10,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Stockholm, Sweden to represent the U.S. at the SWJP international competition.
During the two-day national event, these New England students will have the opportunity to present their research to judges and water professionals from across the country, while experiencing a university setting. Participants of the national competition will be housed in dormitory accommodations, while mingling with like-minded students interested in water research, and making new life-long friends…a true college experience!
The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) is the world’s most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project. The prize taps into the unlimited potential of today’s high school students as they seek to address current and future water challenges.
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