Graduate Students Receive Awards at 9th Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition

Wednesday, Mar 12, 2025
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We are thrilled to announce that two CEGE graduate students received awards at the 9th Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®) that was held in-person at the Boca Raton Campus Student Union (March 10-12).  
 
Laura Rojas presented "Developing Materials for Direct Carbon Dioxide Capture from Ambient Air" and received the First-Place Award ($1,000) in  Preliminary Round 3 held on March 11th. Laura obtained a bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering (2023) and a master's degree in Civil Engineering (Water Resources and Environmental Engineering concentration area; 2024) from FAU. She is now a Ph.D. student in Transportation and Environmental Engineering working under the supervision of Dr. Jahandar Lashaki.   
 Laura
Dennis Asante-Sackey, a second-year Ph.D. student in Transportation and Environmental Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Yalan Liu, presented "The Emerging Menaces in Landfill Management: Black Goo and PFAS" and received the Third-Place Award (i.e., Second Runner-up; $250) in Preliminary Round 3 held on March 11th.
 
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