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Students from Lafayette comprise one of 33 teams from the United States, Canada, and China competing in the 15th Annual Environmental Design Contest, which began Sunday and wraps up tomorrow at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.M.

The competition, sponsored by WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development, challenges student teams to develop solutions for real-world environmental problems that have been submitted by various companies and government institutions.

Lafayette students are demonstrating a cost-effective, energy-efficient method to remove arsenic and nitrate from drinking water in rural, isolated communities. They developed the method as a new student group this school year, Society of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.

All teams are giving four different presentations: written, oral, a bench-scale model, and a poster. They are judged by environmental professionals. Cash prizes totaling $25,000 will be awarded.

“The design contest brings together industry, government, and academia in the search for novel and innovative environmental solutions,” says Abbas Ghassemi, WERC executive director. “The contest provides students with tremendous experience that will help them in pursuit of their careers.”

Led by adviser Art Kney, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, Lafayette’s team is comprised of Maria Azimova, Andy Baker, Lindsey Brough, Jenna Cellini, Paul Dimick, Amanda Eggleston, Eric Foxe, Catherine Herchenroder, Brian Hertzog, Peter Hoffman, Melissa Korpela, Briana Niblick, Erik Person, Katrin Przyuski, Kristen Tull, and Lee Vanzler.

The WERC consortium is made up of New Mexico State University (its administrative location), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, University of New Mexico, Diné College, and Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories.

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Kristin Tull ’06 investigated methods of removing arsenic from drinking water in collaboration with Arthur Kney, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering.

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