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Georgia Southern University Engineering Students Win EPA National Competition

A team of students from Georgia Southern University surpassed teams from top-tier universities across the US by tying for first place (with the Johns Hopkins University team) in the 9th Annual EPA National P3 (People, Prosperity, and the Planet) Student Design Competition for Sustainability.  In the first phase of the competition, the Georgia Southern University P3 team competed for and won a grant to develop their prototype.  In April 2013, they took their design to the National Sustainable Design Expo on the Mall in Washington, DC, and won the prestigious American Institute of Chemical Engineers/Youth Council on Sustainable Science and Technology Award.  The Georgia Southern University P3 project is:  “Low Temperature Combustion with Reduced PM and NOx Emissions, Achieved by n-Butanol in-Port Injected in an Omnivorous Diesel Engine.”

The Georgia Southern University P3 team is mentored by Associate Professor of ME and Allen E. Paulson Chair of Renewable Energy Dr. Valentin Soloiu, and Spencer Harp.  The team members are Marvin Duggan, Alejandro Rivero-Castillo, Brian Wolfe, Henry Ochieng, Jabeous Weaver, Julia Christian, Sherwin Davoud, and Daniel Olender.

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