The award honors students who have made “significant research contributions in the area of environmental and/or energy sustainability”. For his dissertation, Jeremy is evaluating the sustainability of using phototrophic microorganisms to recover energy and fertilizer from municipal wastewater, and the implementation of a sustainable design methodology for resource recovery design in wastewater management. His co-advisors are Drs. Nancy Love and Steve Skerlos.
Mr. Bobby Levine from the Chemical Engineering department was a co-recipient of the award this year.