A&WMA congratulates the following winners of the Student Paper/Poster Contest held during the 99th Annual Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans, LA.

2006 student paper/poster winners:
(back row, from left) Cindy Thompson, Student Program Co-Chair; Charanya Varadarajan; Jin-Hwa Lee; Laleh Rastegarzadeh; Andrea Ramirez; Meghann Chell; Peter Hess, A&WMA President; Karen Brignac, Student Program Co-Chair; Crystal Viator.
(front row, from left) Kuo-Pin Yu; Ying Li; Mauricio Mesones; Zaher Hashisho.
Not pictured: Jason Herrington.

Bachelors

• 1^st Place ($550) - Crystal Viator, Utah State University, Wintertime Vertical Ozone Distribution in Utah's Cache Valley

Masters

• Honorable Mention ($150) - Andrea Ramirez, California Polytechnic State University, Zero Waste Management Program for Cal Poly Open House
• 3^rd Place ($200) - Jin-Hwa Lee, University of Florida, Removal of Bacterial Spores and Viral Aerosols Using Iodine-Treated Filter Media
• 2^nd Place ($300) - Meghann Chell, California Polytechnic State University, Diluent Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Laboratory Microcosms Using Anoxic Electron Acceptors
• 1^st Place ($500) - Mauricio Mesones, University of Illinois at Chicago, VOC Emissions at an Aluminum Rolling Mill Using Bio- and Petroleum-Based Lubricants

Doctoral

• Honorable Mention ($150) - Charanya Varadarajan, University of Toledo, A Study to Establish the Trend of PM2.5 and its Components Species in Cleveland, Ohio
• Honorable Mention ($150) - Kuo-Pin Yu, National Taiwan University, Decomposition of Gas-Phase VOCs by the Combination of Ozone and Photcatalytic Oxidation Process (TiO2/UV, TiO2/UV/O3, and UV/O3)
• 3^rd Place ($200) - Zaher Hashisho, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Towards Sustainable Environment: Using Nanoadsorbents and Microwaves to Capture and Recover from Dry Cleaners and Petroleum Bulk Terminals
• 2^nd Place ($300) - Jason Herrington, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Low Acetaldehyde Collection Efficiencies for 24-Hour Sampling with 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) - Coated Solid Sorbents
• 1^st Place ($500) - Ying Li, University of Florida, Capture of Elemental Mercury Using a Silica-Titania Nanocomposite: The Role of Water Vapor

Sustainable Development and Pollution Prevention

• 3^rd Place ($200) - Zaher Hashisho, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Towards Sustainable Environment: Using Nanoadsorbents and Microwaves to Capture and Recover from Dry Cleaners and Petroleum Bulk Terminals
• 2^nd Place ($300) - Andrea Ramirez, California Polytechnic State University, Zero Waste Management Program for Cal Poly Open House
• 1^st Place ($500) - Mauricio Mesones, University of Illinois at Chicago, VOC Emissions at an Aluminum Rolling Mill Using Bio- and Petroleum-Based Lubricants