A team of undergraduate and graduate students from UNM’s Department of Civil Engineering has won first place in the First Annual Rocky Mountain Region Water Treatment Competition. The competition required teams to treat simulated contaminated drinking water with materials that might be locally available in rural Bangladesh.
Photo (l. to r.): UNM's Civil Engineering Water Team Elizabeth Field, Josh Goldman and Kelly Isaacson.
UNM’s system received high marks for its innovative and modular design and performed best or second best in many of the water quality categories.
They competed against teams from Colorado State University, Texas Tech, University of Colorado-Denver and New Mexico Tech.
Team members include Jim Ellis, Elizabeth Field, Josh Goldman and Kelly Isaacson. The team advisor is Kerry Howe, assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering.
Media Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627; email: kwent2@unm.edu