Miami University

NCEES Engineering Education Award $10,000 winner

Department of Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering

Project: Rehabilitation of Water System in Rwanda

Participants

Students: Andrew LaMendola, Will Sheehan, Samuel Kill, Vivian Dao, Justin Aucreman, Sean Millard, Danish Malik, Hugo (Aung Khant Kyaw), Cameron (Lin Htet Aung), Catherine Moul, Sabrina Low, Ty Cawein, Connor Williams, Hannah Cheung, Lauren Giles, Isha Porwal, Joshua Ward, Simon Lang, Minh Tran, Natthasit Jantad, Jack Nomina, Rachael Harff, and Siena Madsen

Faculty: Dr. Catherine Almquist

What value does a real-world project bring to students?

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