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P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet

Request for Applications closing date: November 19, 2019

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# Grant Number Abstract Principal Investigator Institution Grant Amount PROJECT PERIOD Project Start Date Project End Date Extended End Date State
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# Grant Number Abstract Principal Investigator Institution Grant Amount PROJECT PERIOD Project Start Date Project End Date Extended End Date State
1 SU840140
Grant



Remediation of PFAS Contaminated Soils and Sediments Meegoda, Jay N
Kewalrmani, Jitendra
Marsh, Richard
McGlew, Brian
Rodriguez-Freire, Lucia
Wang, Boran  
New Jersey Institute of Technology $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     NJ  
2 SU840141
Grant



Single-Stage Process for Biogas Purification Lashaki, Masoud Jahandar
Ahsan, Sara
Ayub, Ali
Bloetscher, Fred
Deshommes, Julie
Lam, Dung
Li, Diego
McFadden, Megan
Meeroff, Daniel
Owen, Tyler
Thomas, Ryan  
Florida Atlantic University - Boca Raton $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to June 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
June 30, 2022  
FL  
3 SU840143
Grant



Cryptosporidium Capture in Sewage Impacted Waters Elliott, Mark
Abungu, Vivian
Davidson, Rose
Early, Tana
Gunaydin, Serhat
Jellison, Kristen L.
Maxcy-Brown, Jillian
Mayerberger, Elisa
Olson, Julie
Stahl, Leigha  
The University of Alabama, Lehigh University $24,999   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
AL  
4 SU840144
Grant



Urban Food Lab: Composting Plastic in Aquaponics Silverman, Andrea
Acklin, Josh
Charytan, Natan
Gowayed, Omar
Gupta, Yams
Moosa, Tahany
Moratos, Angelica
Ryu, Chaehyun
Sookchan, Savannah
White, Gianna  
New York University, Mount Sinai School of Medicine $24,972   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
NY  
5 SU840145
Grant



Functionalized Membranes for Removal of PFAS Esfahani, Milad R
Gothman, Christopher
Greenberg, Rebecca
Kasula, Medha
Le, Tin
Tick, Geoffrey R  
The University of Alabama $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
AL  
6 SU840146
Grant



Biochar Wattle for Enhanced Surface Water Quality Hutchins, David
LaDouceur, Richard
Pal, Robert
Prieto, Dario
Zodrow, Katherine  
Montana Technological University $24,946   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     MT  
7 SU840147
Grant



Solar-Energy-Combined Desalination Systems Kim, Seokjhin
Aichele, Clint
Austin, Aaron
Bias, Alex
Lampert, David
Mahmodi, Diako
McIlroy, Dave
Ritchie, Liesel  
Oklahoma State University $25,000   November 02, 2020 -
November 01, 2021  
November 02, 2020   November 01, 2021     OK  
8 SU840148
Grant



Wet Wipes That Turn into Toilet Paper When Flushed Lapitsky, Yakov
Choudhuri, Kunal
Griffin, Michael D
Kendall, Reece C
Seo, Youngwoo  
University of Toledo $24,985   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to August 31, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
August 31, 2022  
OH  
9 SU840149
Grant



Induction Surface Heating Membrane Distillation Zhang, Wen
Qing, Weihua  
New Jersey Institute of Technology $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     NJ  
10 SU840150
Grant



Microwave-Catalytic Membrane for PFAS Degradation Zhang, Wen
Abdali, Humza
Kokkula, Ashish
Liu, Fangzhou
Luk, Jeffrey
Potts, Courtney
Sai, Krishna Venkata
Solomon, Samuel  
New Jersey Institute of Technology $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     NJ  
11 SU840151
Grant



Electro-Assisted Wastewater Nutrient Recovery Tarpeh, William A
Chow, William
Clark, Brandon
Dong, Hang
Kogler, Anna  
Stanford University $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     CA  
12 SU840152
Grant



Distributed Fiber-optic Turbidity Sensor Network Wu, Tingting
Duan, Lingze
Rakinul, Nabil Md
Savoir, Gabrielle
Sheppard, Sarah  
The University of Alabama in Huntsville $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
AL  
13 SU840153
Grant



Biodegradation of Microplastics in Water Treatment Lin, Xiaoxia “Nina”
Gardner, Erica
Nyitrai, Jeremy
Reno, Adam
Tan, James  
University of Michigan $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2023)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2023  
MI  
14 SU840154
Grant



Tertiary Wastewater Treatment through Aquaponics Murray, Kelsey
Anderson, Todd
Denny, Kindra
Eisenbraun, Kaden
Fisher, Michele
Gonzalez, Greg
Loverich, James
Mitchell, Bryan
Ward, Jay  
Western Dakota Technical Institute $24,995   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2023)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2023  
SD  
15 SU840155
Grant



Small-Scale Solar Desalination for Drinking Water Venkatadriagaram, Sundararajan
Deuling, Ryan
Gonzalez-Almacen, Aileen
Leon, Jose de
Salameh, Yazan  
University of California - Riverside $24,995   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
CA  
16 SU840156
Grant



MAP-HABS- An Innovative Platform for the Early and Ongoing Detection of Harmful Algal Blooms. Reisfeld, Brad
Hall, Ed
Simske, Steve  
Colorado State University $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
CO  
17 SU840157
Grant



Smartphones to Reduce Food Waste and Insecurity Krupp, Brian
Everly, Autumn
Fitzgerald, Dan
Gifford, Elizabeth
Johnson, Dylan
Lebo, Franklin
Marek, Hastings
McDowell, Terrell
Medved, Leighton
Sheptak, Bronwyn  
Baldwin Wallace University $24,180   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     OH  
18 SU840158
Grant



Waterborne NIPU Epoxy Hybrid Coating Zhou, Qixin
Huang, Kuan-Chen
Ling, Zichen  
University of Akron $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     OH  
19 SU840159
Grant



Nanoclay Reinforced Recycled HDPE to Replace PVC and PE Water Pipe Materials Na, Sukjoon
Youn, Sungmin  
Marshall University $24,946   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
WV  
20 SU840160
Grant



GSI-Informed Urban Groundwater Monitoring Networks Miller, Carol
Dabney, Brittanie
Ekhator, Kate
Hatrick, James
Hunt, Darrin
Kakaris, Dimitrious
Kamjou, Amir S
Kashian, Donna
LaCroix, Ashley
Linn, Colleen
Lyon, Natalie
Mitra, Rahul
O’Leary, Brendan
Pruett, Adam
Serreyn, Michelle
Steis Thorsby, Jamie
Teimoori, Sadaf  
Wayne State University $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     MI  
21 SU840161
Grant



Perstraction for the Removal of PFAs from Water Almquist, Catherine B
Armstrong, Ryan
Badahman, Akram
Chen, Sean
Flood, Megan
Garza, Linda
Goddard, Tai
Hanzel, Samantha
Jung, Will
Marcellino, Chris
Neal, John
O’Hare, Isabelle
Sanus, Ibrahim  
Miami University - Oxford $24,979   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
OH  
22 SU840162
Grant



Desalination using 2D MoS2 Nano-solar Evaporator Lee, Woo Hyoung
Han, Sang Sub
Hwang, Jae-Hoon
Jung, Yeonwoong
Osorto, Brando
Stoll, Stephanie
Watson-Bajorek, Amaya
Yoo, Changhyeon  
University of Central Florida $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     FL  
23 SU840163
Grant



Efficient Solar-Driven Water Desalination based on Nanomaterial Design Zhu, Zhengtao   South Dakota Schools of Mines and Technology $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
SD  
24 SU840164
Grant



Advancing Next Generation Genomic Tools for Detection of Naegleria fowleri in Potable Water Sherchan, Samendra
Patel, Jeenal
Phan, Nati
Shahin, Shalina
TatahMentan, Mom  
Tulane University $24,998   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
LA  
25 SU840165
Grant



Solar Window for Water Collection and Purification Dyson, Anna H
Jeon, Inhyeong
Kim, Jaehong
Novelli, Nick
Pretorius, Mandi
Ryberg, Eric
Wu, Xuanhao  
Yale University $24,851   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
CT  
26 SU840166
Grant



Rare Earth Elements Recovery Using Food Waste Zhang, Wencai
Amini, Hassan
Gibson, Kayla
Huang, Haibo
Jin, Qing
Jones, Baxter
Li, Qi
Lobeda, Katherine
Muhoza, Emmy  
Virginia Tech $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     VA  
27 SU840167
Grant



VOC Sensors for ppb-level Detection and Speciation Presto, Albert   Carnegie Mellon University $25,000   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     PA  
28 SU840168
Grant



Biochar Filter for Philadelphia Water Pb Removal McKenzie, Erica
Al-Amin, Abdullah
Attenborough, Ivy
Boyce-Davis, Nassier
Nataraj, Susha
Rodriguez, Gabrielle
Thomas, Sarah
Tran, Katherine
Wasch, Michael
Zenonos, Alexander  
Temple University $18,705   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2022)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2022  
PA  
29 SU840169
Grant



Biodegradation of PFASs from Groundwater and Soil Goel, Ramesh
Dentinger, Bryn
Diaz, Ruby
Nallappan, Namratha
Podder, Aditi  
University of Utah $24,978   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021
(Extended to November 30, 2023)  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021  
November 30, 2023  
UT  
30 SU840170
Grant



Increased Sensitivity for Lead Detection in Drinking Water Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Dong, Lifeng
Coffler, Samantha
Grace, Sideena
McCutchen, Sydney
Morales-Balbuena, Raphael
Sedarski, Josh
Sowinski, Maddie
Walsh, Alex
Wendorf, Kyle  
Hamline University $24,518   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     MN  
31 SU840174
Grant



HAB Early Mitigation by Magnetic Photocatalysts Liu, Jia
Adhikari, Pratima
Alshammari, Bader A
Baral, Sudip
Chen, Kang
Goodson, Boyd
Khan, Nafeesa
Lanier, Elle E
Li, Ruopu
O’Brien, Emily
Prado, Luis
Pugh, Margaret D
Regmi, Sushmita
Senanayake, Ishani M
Wu, Di
Xia, Chunjie
Xia, Yuxuan  
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale $24,991   December 01, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 01, 2020   November 30, 2021     IL  
32 SU840180
Grant



Sorbent-Amended Caps for PFAS-Contaminated Sediments Lampert, David
Atoufi, Hossein
Davis, Cornelius
Khanolkar, Janhavi
Manoharan, Monika
Manwatkar, Prashik
Sandhu, Amandeep
Slominski, Anna
Snitovsky, Claire
Taher, Hibatullah
Tomasek, Anastasia  
Illinois Institute of Technology $25,000   December 28, 2020 -
November 30, 2021  
December 28, 2020   November 30, 2021     IL  


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