2005 Annual Conference Student Paper/Poster

A&WMA wishes to congratulate the following winners of the Student Paper/Poster Contest held during the 98th Annual Conference & Exhibition in Minneapolis, MN.

Doctoral Level

1st Place ($500):

Nicole Berge, University of Central Florida, In-Situ Ammonia Removal from Leachate in Bioreactor Landfills

2nd Place ($300):

Andrew Warta, University of Minnesota, Cesium Selective Reactive Barrier Membranes

3rd Place ($200):

Chi-Chi Lin, University of Texas at Austin, Emissions of 2, 2, 4-Trimethyl-1, 3-Pentanediol Monoisobutyrate from Latex Paint

Masters Level

1st Place ($500):

Ryan Lefers, South Dakota State University, Recommended Design Slope and Thickness of a Vertical Biofilter

2nd Place ($300):

Vishal Doshi, Utah State University, Vehicular Ammonia Emissions in Cache Valley, Utah

3rd Place ($200):

Charanya Varadarajan, University of Toledo, Time Series Analysis to Define the Link Between PM10 and Meteorological Factors and Ambient Concentrations of Ozone, CO, and NO2 for Cleveland, Ohio

Undergraduate Level

1st Place ($500):

Kori Moore, Utah State University, Indoor/Outdoor Particulate  Matter Concentration and Composition at Four Schools in the Cache Valley

2nd Place ($300):

Mindy Decker, University of South Florida, Lysimeter Study on Changes in Chemical Composition of Leachate from Different Types of Waste

3rd Place ($200):

Lauren Ingegneri, Smith College, Behaviorally Realistic Exposure Assessment for Para-Dichlorobenzene-Based Consumer Products

Sustainable Development and Pollution Prevention

1st Place ($500):

Harn Wei Kua, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, A Methodology for Coherent Policy Planning for Better Sustainability in the Use of Virgin Material Tax and Waste Recycling Strategies

2nd Place ($300):

Zaher Hashisho, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Control and Recovery of Volatile Organic Compounds and Hazardous Air Pollutants Using Microwave Swing Adsorption

3rd Place ($200):

Harn Wei Kua, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Addressing Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization in Substitute Fuel Use by Cement Plants in the UK and USA