UI Students Earn Awards at National Waste Management Competition
Wednesday, April 21 1999
April 21, 1999^^MEDIA CONTACT: Jeff Olson, University Communications and Marketing, (208) 885-8934 or e-mail to jolson@uidaho.edu. STORY CONTACT: Dave Drown, Department of Chemical Engineering, (208) 885-7848 or e-mail to ddrown@uidaho.edu.^^Eight University of Idaho students earned $5,500 in prize money at the international Waste-management Education and Research Consortium competition in Las Cruces, N.M.^^Team members included:^^BOISE Marya Gross, chemical engineering major^^CALDWELL Mike Van De Vanter, chemical engineering major^^CASCADE Devin Cole, chemical engineering major^^COEUR D'ALENE Danielle Mangan, chemical engineering major^^IDAHO FALLS James King, chemical engineering major^^HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA Ann Dustin, biological systems engineering major^^PENDLETON, OR Susie Hall, chemical engineering major^^HERNDON, VA Tamara Shokes, chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate^^Students addressed several waste management problems. The team of Hall and Van De Vanter earned first place for their proposal to solve the problem "Suppression and Immobilization of Radioactive Airborne Particulates." The team was recognized for most innovative concept, best written report, best oral presentation, best poster and best bench scale demonstration.^^The team of Gross, Cole and Shokes captured the outstanding oral presentation award for their task entitled "Pipeline Waste Removal."^^The team of Mangan, King and Dustin tied for first place with a team from Purdue University for best oral presentation for the task "In-situ Soil Decontamination" and placed fourth overall.^^The teams earned two trophies in addition to the prize money, competing against international teams from 24 colleges and universities.^^David Drown, associate professor of chemical engineering and co-adviser, accompanied the team. Other team advisers are Wudneh Admassu and Barry King of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Ron Crawford, director of the Institute for Molecular and Agricultural Genetic Engineering.^^The team was sponsored by donations from Pacific Simulation and TerraGraphics along with support from IMAGE and the Chemical Engineering Department.^^-30-^^jo--4/21/99^^ENG^
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