Student Poster Competition

The First International Congress on Sustainability Science and Engineering was very successfully held in Cincinnati between Aug. 9 and 12, 2009, during which the Forum sponsored the Best Student Poster Paper Competition.

Prof. Maria Eden of Auburn U., Dr. Cristina Piluso of BASF, and Dr. Jane Bare of EPA served as judges for the competition.

We would like to congratulate the following winners:

At the undergraduate level:

1. Luke Richardson, Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky.
Poster paper title: Optimizing the Catalytic Cycle for the Dehydration Biobased Glycerol to Environmentally Viable C3 Compounds. 

2. Michaelangelo Tabone, Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh.
Poster paper title: Life-Cycle Inspired Chemical Design: An Assessment of Green Design in Packaging Plastics.

At the graduate level

1. Fernando Merida-Figueroa, Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico.
Poster paper title: Kinetics and Modeling of Co-Fermentation Using Saccharomyces Cerevisiae and Pichia Stipitis in Glucose and Xylose Media for Ethanol Production.

2. Zheng Liu, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University.
Poster paper title: A Fuzzy-Logic-Based Triple-A Template for Industrial Sustainability Enhancement.