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4th Annual P3 Grant Recipients

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4th Annual Phase I Recipients: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet

Institution EPA Grant Number Project Title
Virginia State University, James Madison University SU833506 Comparison of an Engine Operated on Canola Based Biodiesel to an Engine Operated on Petroleum Diesel
James Madison University SU833507 Sustainable Water Extraction and Distribution System for Agricultural Applications in Namawanga, Kenya
The Ohio State University SU833508 Harvesting Rooftop Runoff from RDP Housing in South Africa: A Pragmatic Approach to Supplement Water Supply While Reducing Flooding, Soil Erosion, and Disease
Northern Illinois University SU833509 Higher Performance Solar Crop Dryer Kit for Developing Economies
Chadron State College SU833510 Sustainability of Resources in the Chadron Creek Watershed
Pierce College SU833511 Development of a Method to Convert Green and Animal Wastes to a Useful Agricultural Product with Possible Alternative Fuel Use
Clemson University SU833512 Waste Tires on the Island of Dominica: Survey and Solutions
Radford University SU833513 Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Solid Acid Catalyst for Improved Use of Waste Oil Feedstock for Biodiesel Production
University of Wisconsin  Madison SU833514 Sustainable Plastics: Designing and Demonstrating Renewable, Biodegradable Products Made of Soy Protein-based Plastics
University of Maryland - Baltimore SU833515 Social Feasibility of Energy-Efficiency Retrofits and Educational Campaigns for Sustainable Energy Use in Pre-existing College Residence Halls
Northern Illinois University SU833516 Eco-Friendly Golf Tees Filled with Corn-Based DDGS
Oklahoma State University, Green Blue Institute, Illinois State University, Lauren Heine Group LLC SU833517 The Man's Jacket Design for Disassembly: an Implementation of C2CAD Framework
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Stanford University SU833518 Nanostructured Material Design for Hg, As, and Se Capture
Carnegie Mellon University SU833519 Engineering the Biosynthesis of Styrene in Yeast
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,Heifer International's,  Overlook Farm Learning Center, Rohm and Haas Company SU833520 Kite Power for Namibia, Africa
University of Iowa SU833521 Design and Testing of a Point of Use Electrolytic Chlorine Generator for Drinking Water Disinfection in Poor Countries
Loyola University of Chicago SU833522 Innovative Biodiesel Production: A Solution to the Scientific, Technical, and Educational Challenges of Sustainability
Keene State College SU833523 A Closed-Loop Biodiesel Production and Research Facility in Keene, NH
Drexel University SU833524 Novel Reactor Design for Biodiesel Production
University of Arizona SU833525 Power Generation Using Megnetohydrodynamic Generator with a Circulation Flow Driven by Solar-Heat-Induced Natural Convection
University of California - Riverside, University of California - Davis SU833526 Zero Waste Biodiesel: Using Glycerin and Biomass to Create Renewable Energy
Illinois Institute of Technology SU833527 Sewage Off-Gas-Driven Fuel Cells to Stimulate Rural Electrification
Columbia University in the City of New York, Barnard College, Gram Vikas SU833528 Development Plan of a Sustainable Micro-Hydro Power Plant and Distribution System for a Tribal Village Cluster in Rural India
Elizabethtown College SU833529 Standalone "Green" Community-Center Buildings: Hydrogen Generation/Storage/Delivery System for when Primary Energy Storage is at Capacity
Humboldt State University SU833530 Catching the Wind: A Low Cost Method for Wind Power Site Assessment
Pennsylvania State University SU833534 Green Engineering to Reduce the Use of Petroleum Energy Resources. Phase I. Use of Sustainable Sources of Feedstocks for the Production of Biodiesel Fuel - An Undergraduate Educational Program
Oregon State University SU833535 Sustainable Biofuel Systems for Undeveloped Regions
St Lawrence University SU833536 Manufacture of Photovoltaic Solar Cell Using Plant Chlorophyll
Iowa State University, Federal University of Vicosa SU833537 Small-Scale Fuel Alcohol Production to Meet University Vehicle Fuel Needs and Promote Regional Sustainable Development
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Developmental Studies (UDS) SU833538 Solar Lighting for Remote Rural Communities
Ohio University - Main Campus SU833539 Improving Public Awareness of Everyday Chemical Exposures through a 3-D Online Computer-Simulated Educational Game
University of Massachusetts - Lowell SU833540 Software Dashboard for Sustainability
Gonzaga University SU833541 West African Technology, Education and Reciprocity (WATER) for Benin
Inter American University of Puerto Rico - San German, Center for Environmental Education Conservation and Research SU833542 Bioindicators of Sustainable Development Strategies in Subtropical Climates
Marquette University, CH2M-Hill SU833543 Sustainable Water Supply for La Garrucha, Guatemala
John Brown University SU833544 Sustainable Community Development - Water Slow-Sand Filtration
University of Missouri - Columbia SU833545 Enhanced Nutrient Removal from On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign SU833546 Sustainable Water Development Program for Rural Nigeria
Rice University SU833547 Water Treatment and Education in Villahermosa, Mexico
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SU833548 Development and Evaluation of Three Simple, Low-Cost, Low-Tech Tests for Microbial Fecal Indicators in Drinking Water
Illinois Institute of Technology SU833549 Design of Sustainable Water Supply and Distribution System for Pignon, Haiti
University of Florida SU833550 A Sustainable Approach to Preserve the Choctawhatchee Coastal Dune Lakes of Florida
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) SU833551 The Development of an Indigenous Fluoride Filter
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey SU833552 Developing a Small Business in Response to a Stormwater Utility for the New Jersey Meadowlands
University of California - Berkeley SU833553 Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation in Rural Bangladesh
University of California - Davis SU833554 Sustainable Biological Phosphorous Removal: A New Theory to Meet Increasingly Stringent Effluent Discharge Requirements
Florida Gulf Coast University SU833555 Development and Monitoring of a Sustainable Affordable Housing Community in Southwest Florida Gulf Coast University
University of Hawaii at Manoa SU833556 A Stormwater Constructed Wetland Using Renewable and Recyclable Materials and Native Wetland Plants
Lawrence Technological University SU833557 Development, Design and Consumer Testing of Marketable Residential LED Light Luminaires
Princeton University SU833558 Green Retrofitting Residential Buildings
University of North Carolina at Charlotte SU833559 Sustainable Overlay District (SOD) Methodology
Appalachian State University SU833560 The Boone Bicycle Initiative: A Community Based Project to Promote Bicycles as an Alternative Mode of Transportation
University of Idaho SU833561 Architecture as Pedagogy: Interdisciplinary Design and Creation of a Carbon Neutral Idaho Environmental Learning Center at the University of Idaho McCall Field Campus
University of California - Davis SU833562 Production of Natural Plastics in Wastewater Treatment
Heidelberg College SU833563 Paving the Way to a "Greener" Campus: Alternative Paving Materials for Pollution Control and Aesthetic Appeal
Carleton College SU833564 Reducing the Waste Stream: Bringing Environmental, Economical, and Educational Composting to a Liberal Arts College
Illinois Institute of Technology SU833565 The Cast Paper Dome: An Opportunity to Develop New Materials and Construction Techniques for Sustainable Building
Auburn University Main Campus SU833566 Place-Based Green Building: Integrating Local Environmental and Planning Analysis into Green Building Guidelines

4th Annual Phase II Recipients: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet

Institution EPA Grant Number Project Title
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign SU833682 An Innovative System for Bioremediation of Agricultural Chemicals for Environmental Sustainability
Appalachian State University SU833683 The Affordable Bioshelters Project: Testing Innovative Technologies, Working to Make High Performance Solar Greenhouses Cost Competitive
Western Washington University SU833684 Biomethane for Transportation
Northwestern University SU833758 Solar Photovoltaic and Wastewater Treatment Systems Design for Communities in Panamá
Lehigh University, Bengal Engineering & Science University SU833759 Containment of Highly Concentrated Arsenic-laden Spent Regenerant on the Indian Subcontinent
University of Virginia SU833802 The Learning Barge: Environmental + Cultural Ecologies on the Elizabeth River

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