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2023 National Student Design Competition

18th Annual National Student Design Competition Presentations

Air, Climate & Energy
Project Title	Region
An Experimental Study to Develop Affordable Non-invasive Radon Mitigation System For Single-family Dwellings	4
Using Stationary and Mobile Low-cost Sensors to Assess Air Quality	4
Cleaner Cordwood Heating Technology for Tribal Communities: Needs Assessment and Preliminary Design	10

Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
Project Title	Region
Microwave Irradiation-enabled Household On-site Regeneration of Activated Carbon for Sustainable Point-of-Use Removal of PFAS in Drinking Water	2
Open Source, Networked Sensors for Lead Monitoring	2
Additively Manufactured Novel Media for the Enhancement of Biological In Situ Stormwater Remediation	4
Novel Membrane Fabrication for Improved Flux, Reduced Fouling and Efficient Treatment of PFOA	4
Removal of Microplastics from a Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant	5
A Smartphone-based Colorimetric Sensor for Household Lead Detection	5
Hybrid Filtration/AOP Membrane Process for Point of Use PFAS Removal from Drinking Water	7
Developing the Chemical Health Risk Identification System (CHRIS) for Drinking Water Sources	8
Optimizing Biochar Adsorbent Production through Semi-gasification	10

Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Project Title	Region
Recycling of Asphalt Pavements Using Environmentally Benign Recycling Agents	2
Enhancing the Anion-exchange Capacity of Biochar for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) Stabilization in Contaminated Soils	3
Making Extreme-event-stable Shorelines with Hyacinth (MESH)	6

Chemical Safety
Project Title	Region
Elimination of Microplastics and Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Problems upon the Disposal of Single-use Packaging	5

16th Annual National Student Design Competition Presentations

Safe and Sustainable Water Resources
Project Title	Region
Practical PFAS Treatment with Sawdust	5

14th Annual National Student Design Competition Presentations

Air, Climate & Energy
Project Title	Region
PanCeria: Catalytic NO and CO Emission Control Unit for Small Off-road Engines	9