2021 World Water Day Student Video Competition Submissions
MIT Research for a Water Secure Future
*Judges Choice Award: Research Originality* Moving Towards Ocean IoT
Sayed Saad Afzal, PhD Candidate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Waleed Akbar, Masters Student, Media Lab
Osvy Rodriguez, Undergraduate Student, Media Lab
*Judges Choice Award: Raising Awareness* MIT Water Club Blind Taste Test
Andrew Bouma, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
A New Paradigm for Water Management
Lidia Cano Pecharroman, PhD Candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Cities and the Future of Water
Nadia Christidi, PhD Candidate, Department of History, Anthropology, Science, Technology, and Society
*Third Place Winner* Treating Water from the Bottom Up
Ty Christoff-Tempesta, PhD Candidate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
*Judges Choice Award: Elegant Solution* Improved Renewable Energy Desalination
Grace Connors, Masters Student, GEAR Lab
*Judges Choice Award: Potential for Impact* Rethinking Waste: Powering Desalination with Aluminum Waste
Peter Godart, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
*Judges Choice Award: Potential for Scalability* Micelle-laden Microparticles for Water Purification
Devashish Gokhale, PhD Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering
*First Place Winner* Inventing Adaptive Hydraulics to Improve Pump Efficiency
Hilary Johnson, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Downstream Dilemmas: Policy Challenges in Egypt's Rice Irrigation Planning
Eman Lasheen, PhD Candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Development of Water Filters Using Plant Xylem
Krithika Ramchander, Recent Alum, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Lab
UV Water Disinfection: UV Jal
Ankita Singh, Masters Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Deborah Go, Masters Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Cultural Dynamics of Water
Elena Sobrino, PhD Candidate, Department of History, Anthropology, Science, Technology, and Society
Water Delivery in Challenging Environments
Jonars Spielberg, PhD Candidate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
*Second Place Winner* Growing Living Smart Filters from Kombucha Culture
Zijay Tang, Recent Alum, Department of Biological Engineering
Zijay Tang: Growing Living Smart Filters from Kombucha Cultures
Separation by Shock Electrodialysis
HuanHuan Tien, PhD Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering
*Judges Choice Award: Research Originality* 3D Water Biofab: Removing Inorganic Micropollutants from Drinking Water
Filippos Tourlomousis, Post-doctoral Researcher, Center for Bits and Atoms
Patritsia Stathatou, Visiting Scholar, Center for Bits and Atoms
Fillippos Tourlomousis & Patritsia Stathatou: 3D Water Biofab: A Bioprinting Platform for Removing Micropollutants from Water