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

1^st Place ($500):

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

2^nd Place ($300):

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

3^rd 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

1^st Place ($500):

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

2^nd Place ($300):

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

3^rd 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

1^st Place ($500):

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

2^nd Place ($300):

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

3^rd Place ($200):

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

Sustainable Development and Pollution Prevention

1^st 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

2^nd 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

3^rd 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