Congratulations to the 2011 ESE Symposium Poster Competition winners! Please share with your department/program. Everyone that participated did an excellent job!
Graduate
1st Place
Title: Discovering Material Recovery Scenarios for Industrial Machinery: A Case-Based Approach
Authors: William Z. Bernstein, Devarajan Ramanujan, Mikko Koho, Fu Zhao, Karthik Ramani
Program / Department: Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering (Tampere University of Technology), and Environmental and Ecological Engineering
2nd Place
Title: An Experimental Investigation of Coal and Biomass Gasification in a Laboratory Scale Optically Accessible Gasifier
Authors: Indraneel Sircar, Anup Sane, Brent Rankin, Rohan Gejji, Daniel Guildenbecher, Robert Lucht and Jay P. Gore
Program / Department: Mechanical Engr.
3rd Place
Title: Parameterization of Perennial Bioenergy Feedstock Grasses Miscanthus x giganteus and Upland Shawnee Switchgrass Cultivar in the SWAT Model Using a Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Authors: Elizabeth Trybula, Cibin Raj, Jennifer Burks, Indrajeet Chaubey, Sylvie Brouder, and Jeff Volenec
Program / Department: Ecological Sciences and Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agronomy, Political Science, and Earth and Atmospheric Science
Undergraduate
1st Place
Title: Effects of Surface Coal Mining on Stream Flow in Island Branch Watershed in the Southern Appalachian Forest Region
Author: Stephen Kelly
Program / Department: Environmental and Ecological Engineering
2nd Place
Title: Algae: A Solution for Limiting Nutrient Runoff
Authors: Alexandro Bazan, Kelly Eastman and Christopher Klinkhamer
Program / Department: Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
3rd Place
Title: Biodigesters as a Source of Alternative Energy Production
Authors: Ben Veenhuizen, Ethan Slagle, Dan Kotek, and Kirk Alter
Program / Department: Building Construction Management
Thank you,
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