The Resnick Sustainability Institute and the Dow Chemical Company have awarded a number of exceptional young scientists and engineers with the Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award (SISCA) for outstanding student achievement in sustainability innovation. Graduate students Jinglin Huang and Cong Wang from Professor Gharib’s lab are this year’s runners up for progress in developing a superhydrophobic surface out of carbon nanotubes that will improve the efficiency of solar powered seawater desalination systems.
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Briana Ticehurst
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