The winners of the 2018-2019 AIChE Student Design Competition awards present their winning solutions.
Individual Category - Best Overall Design for Problem Statement “Design for a Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) and a Scrubber System for a Biopharmaceutical Plant”
1st Place - The A. McLaren White Award
Mason Sitar, Michigan State University
2nd Place - The A.E. Marshall Award
Hailee Perrett, Michigan State University
3rd Place - The Omega Chi Epsilon Award
Joshua Bowman, Trine University
Individual Category - Best Overall Design for Problem Statement “Manufacturing Facility for a Biopharmaceutical: Monoclonal Antibody”
1st Place - The A. McLaren White Award
Michael Li, University of California, Berkeley
Team Category - Best Overall Design for Problem Statement “Design for a Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) and a Scrubber System for a Biopharmaceutical Plant”
1st Place - The William Cunningham Award
Aleksandra Salic & Grace Jansen, Michigan State University
Honorable Mention
Madison Fain, Ayasha Faria, Kevin Omalley & Ryan Kosek, Trine University
Team Category - Best Overall Design for Problem Statement “Manufacturing Facility for a Biopharmaceutical: Monoclonal Antibody”
1st Place - The William Cunningham Award
Naomi Butler-Abisrror, Linh Pham & Aditya Ponukumati, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Honorable Mention
Cardin Hart, James MacNaughton, Colin O’Day & Sarah Rechtin, Oklahoma State University
SAChE Student Design Competition Awards for Best Applications of the Principles of Chemical Process Safety
Team Award- The Jack Wehman Design Award
Naomi Butler-Abisrror, Linh Pham & Aditya Ponukumati, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Individual Award- The Walter Howard Design Award
Vance Burnau, Trine University
Safety and Health Division Student Design Competition Award for the Appropriate Application of Inherent Safety in the Designs
(The Ted Ventrone, Ephraim Scheier & Walt Silowska Awards)
Caroline Houston, Alexander Nguyen, John Prud’homme & Karl Wieck, University of New Hampshire
Ryan Hamm, Daniel Langemann, John Nicoll & Chelsea Tam, Colorado School of Mines
Mark Elinski & Kip Mitchell, Michigan State University
Vance Burnau, Trine University