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The U.C. Riverside team is designing a device to reduce emissions from lawn and garden equipment; the USC team is developing a visual apparatus that will control lighting conditions and increase energy savings in office buildings.
More than $463,000 was awarded to 31 student teams around the country through EPA’s People Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) program.
“This year’s P3 teams are applying their classroom learning to create valuable, cutting-edge technologies,” said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. “This next generation of scientists is designing sustainable solutions that will help protect public health and the environment and ensure America continues to lead the world in innovation and science for decades to come.”
“Improving air quality in our communities and increasing energy efficiency in our buildings makes environmental and economic sense,” said Alexis Strauss, EPA’s Acting Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “Projects such as these encourage students to pursue solutions to our environmental challenges.”
The goal of the U.C. Riverside project is the development of an inexpensive catalytic converter prototype for small off-road engines such as lawn mowers, gasoline-powered generators and leaf blowers.
The device aims to reduce carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxide (NOx), particulate matter (PM) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Students will also hold educational and outreach events on campus and in Riverside focusing on sustainability, air pollution and purification.
“The UCR team is very excited to have been selected to participate in the EPA P3 competition,” said David Cocker, Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the U.C. Riverside. “This work will enable a diverse team of UCR engineers to build and evaluate a catalytic control device for reduction of NOx emissions from small engines.”
Students at the University of Southern California will develop a system that can control indoor lighting levels based upon the pupil sizes of occupants in the room.
The team’s goal is creating a system that can set optimal lighting conditions based upon pupil response, helping to increase energy efficiency and save costs in office environments.
“Professor Joon-Ho Choi’s innovative research analyses data collected from building occupants that correlate human eye pupil size with building lighting systems. His interdisciplinary work unites the fields of architecture, medicine, and engineering and aims to address indoor environmental quality issues that are prevalent in many contemporary buildings,” said Vittoria Di Palma, associate dean for academic affairs, USC School of Architecture. “The support of the United States Environmental Protection Agency gives Professor Choi the ability to generate novel environmental control and design approaches that contribute to occupant comfort, increased work productivity, and well-being, as well as environmental benefits.
Funding for the P3 competition is divided into two phases. Teams selected for Phase I awards receive grants of up to $15,000 to fund the proof of concept for their projects, which are then showcased at the National Sustainable Design Expo.
The 2018 Expo is scheduled to be held at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, DC, April 7 to 8. Phase I teams are eligible to compete for Phase II awards of up to $75,000 to further develop and implement their designs.
These students, who represent the future workforce in diverse scientific and engineering fields, are following in the footsteps of previous P3 teams. Some of these teams have gone on to start businesses based on ideas and products developed through their P3 project.
For example, Sunn, a high-tech lighting start-up, spun out of a project by Cornell University students who won a P3 award in 2012 to design and test a fiber optic hybrid lighting system. Sunn now creates energy-efficient LED light fixtures and apps that mimic outdoor light, inside.
For a full list of 2017 Phase I winners and their projects, visit https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipients.display/rfa_id/632/records_per_page/ALL.
For more information on the P3 Program, visit http://www.epa.gov/P3.
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The grant, awarded through the People Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) program, was one of 31 awarded nationwide totaling $463,000.
The P3 program supports student teams in developing sustainable technologies to solve current environmental and public health challenges.
“This year’s P3 teams are applying their classroom learning to create valuable, cutting-edge technologies,” said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. “This next generation of scientists is designing sustainable solutions that will help protect public health and the environment and ensure America continues to lead the world in innovation and science for decades to come.”
“Reducing landfill waste is critically important to conserving land, water and air resources,” said Alexis Strauss, EPA’s Acting Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “Projects such as the UC Davis beetle pilot encourage students to pursue solutions to our environmental challenges.”
The project, “Beetle larvae as biodegraders of Styrofoam and organic waste,” will use darkling beetles to biologically break down (biodegrade) polystyrene (commonly known as Styrofoam), a leading component of landfill waste. The research team will produce a strain of high-performance, beetles and design a pilot program to test their effectiveness for breaking down waste. The beetles may also be used in animal feed and compost after breaking down the waste.
“Organization of our food systems will be a defining challenge in the upcoming century and I believe insects will play a significant role in transforming our agricultural sectors,” said Trevor Fowles, University of California, David PhD student and project lead. “Opportunities for pioneering research in this field are palpable, and failing to support progress in this sector will result in depriving the United States of valuable sustainable jobs. This is why programs such as the EPA’s P3 competition are so valuable, because they offer an avenue for investment in long term economic and environmental sustainability not often offered via private capital or seed funding.”
Funding for the P3 competition is divided into two phases. Teams selected for Phase I awards receive grants of up to $15,000 to fund the proof of concept for their projects, which are then showcased at the National Sustainable Design Expo.
The 2018 Expo is scheduled to be held at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, DC, April 7-8. Phase I teams are eligible to compete for Phase II awards of up to $75,000 to further develop and implement their designs.
These students, who represent the future workforce in diverse scientific and engineering fields, are following in the footsteps of previous P3 teams.
Some of these teams have gone on to start businesses based on ideas and products developed through their P3 project.
For example, Sunn, a high-tech lighting start-up, spun out of a project by Cornell University students who won a P3 award in 2012 to design and test a fiber optic hybrid lighting system. Sunn now creates energy-efficient LED light fixtures and apps that mimic outdoor light, inside.
For a full list of 2017 Phase I winners and their projects, please visit https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipients.display/rfa_id/632/records_per_page/ALL.
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This is a merit-based scholarship open to high school seniors and students currently enrolled in graduate or undergraduate programs. Applicants must be interested in pursuing a degree in any of the STEM fields.
It will fund one student for one year, awarding $3,000 to assist with costs associated with their academic pursuits, including tuition, research projects, travel, training, and other costs.
Interested students can apply here, now through April 30.
The LabRoots scholarship committee will review all applicants, notifying the winner no later than June 1 via email.
To apply, students need only submit their resume, CV or transcript, accompanied by a 250-word essay.
In 2017, the first year of the scholarship program, LabRoots received more than 3,000 applicants.
This scholarship program aims to encourage and develop students’ interest in STEM and prolong research goals.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Woodland Community College’s Bruno Sabatier’s visited Carlé last week to help students get their FAFSA forms done and making sure students had plans A and B for their futures.
Sabatier also talked about financial aid and how Woodland will help you a lot with the whole process.
The event that everyone is dying to know about is prom! When is it? When does it start? How much are the tickets?
Well prom will be held on April 20 at 6 to 10 p.m. The theme of the prom is “Fiesta.”
The tickets are $20 for singles and $30 for couples so make sure you go get your tickets in the office next week.
I want to congratulate Marisa Wynn for receiving student of the week! Alan Siegel, who nominated her, said, “Marisa is a great and hard working student. She is in charge of a major project right now making awards for Lower Lake High School and she’s doing a great job at it as well as being a consummate student.” Thank you for all the amazing work Marisa!
I also want to congratulate the winners of the contests that Phil Harris put on for Carlé’s students.
The winner for the most inspirational quote was Brianna Lashley and the winners for guessing how many M&M’s were in a jar were Gabrielle Rozelski and Adrian Carpenter. All The students who participated in the contest received a $10 prize as well.
Thank you, Mr. Harris, from everyone at Carlé. Your awesome energy and enthusiasm is an inspiration to us all.
Carlé would like to welcome seven new students to our school and hope they take positive advantage of the amazing school that is Carlé. Welcome to Oscar Nueman, Ty Rankin, Khaila Hardy, Malachi Gonzales, Yohani Martinez, Emily Nichols, and Steven Saldana. Go Pegasus!
Career day/job fair was a success down at Lower Lake high school. Our students Marco Anguiano, Rayven Baldwin, David Bejar, Jose Carrillo, Tarah Denson, Maria Pizano and Ana Solorio said that they had a great time and that there were some great opportunities! We truly appreciate the invitation extended by Lower Lake High.
We also would like to thank the wonderful staff and students of Konocti Education Center for generously inviting us to their prom. What a kind and thoughtful gesture!
Spring break is coming up and it’s coming fast! We only have two more weeks until April 1 to 7 so get ready for some fun but not too much fun!
After the break is over we would only have one more week until the fifth grading period ends so make sure you guys are getting your work done.
Attention, seniors! Graduation day is coming up In May and of course we need our cap and gowns so on March 20 we will be measuring every senior so make sure to be at school.
Mrs. Koehler is also looking for a new design for our school shirts. If you have any recommendation or any of your own work, make sure to show Mrs. Koehler and give her your ideas. No ideas are put down and everyone is welcome to give input.
Coming up next week, I’ll be updating information on our four students attending Congressman Mike Thompson’s 27th annual ravioli dinner and all else that takes place at this amazing little school.
Yailin Sanchez is a student at Carlé Continuation High School.