YP Connections - Water Environment Federation

PAGE 3YP CONNECTIONSStudent Design CompetitionSunday September 30, 2012 | 8:00 - 3:00 PM | NOMCC 275Come cheer on the students representing your Member Association! The MAs have proudly selected their top Student ChapterDesign Team to participate in this year's WEFTEC Student Design Competition. Each design team will have 30 minutesto present their exciting designs and field tough questions from our judges provided by the sponsors. Winning teams will beannounced at the end of the competition. Through sponsorships, award money will be presented to the 1st through 4th placewinners from each competition.Six teams will present in the wastewater division and include North Dakota State University, University of Colorado at Boulder,Southern Methodist University, University of South Florida, University of UtahRyerson University.Five teams will present in the environmental division and include University of North Dakota, North Carolina State University,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of South Florida, Virginia Military Institute (VMI).Topics will include nutrient reduction, WWTP upgrades, biosolids handling, sustainable designs in Nigeria and Haiti, stormwaterBMPs, and landfill gas recovery.Sponsors include Black & Veatch, CDM Smith, HDR Engineering, Greeley and HansenJudges include Jason Beck and Jonathan Kunay with CDM Smith; Ed Cronin with Greeley and Hansen; Stuart Oppenheimwith HDR Engineering; Katie Werner with Black & Veatch; and Bob Wimmer with Black & Veatch.Contact Design Competition Chair Lauren Zuravnsky at lzuravnsky@greeley-hansen.com or Co-Chair Allison Reinert atamreiner@ncsu.edu if interested in volunteering to help out onsite with this event.2011 Winner of the EnvironmentalDesign Competitionfrom the University of FloridaFuture of Water Sponsors2011 Winner of theWastewater DesignCompetition from theUniversity of Wyoming