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WEFTEC 2025 STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS

(GWS Winner)
Alex Clarksen, Elliot Hill, Lauren Lodico, Jacob Yach
Centralized Wastewater Treatment for Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

Washington University (Water Environment Winner)
Grace Duong, Lindsey Feeley, Naomika Raveendran, Alexa Wienhoff
Coldwater Creek Restoration: A Dual-Process for Uranium Sequestration


 (Wastewater Design Winner)
Joy Wambua, Natalie Andert, Marvina Muhorane, and Nicholas Schlichting
Nitrogen Reduction at the St. Cloud Nutrient Energy Water Recovery Facility (NEWRF)

Costa Rica Institute of Technology (GWS International Winner)
Evald Brenes Chaves, Pablo Mora Bravo, Daniela Agames Moreno, Valery Vargas Quesada, Ángel Arguedas Araya, Isaac Madrigal Jiménez, Michelle Redondo Molina, Camila Tünnermann Picado, Diana Zambrano Piamba, & Mary Luz Barrios Hernández
GWS – Santa Teresa de Cóbano, Costa Rica

WEFTEC 2024 STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS

Illinois Institute of Technology (WEF Water Environment Winner)
Constantine Giattina, Ryan Griepentrog, Judith Rackow, Francis Gilleece, Mathis Lucet
ChASM Project – Chatham Aqueous Stormwater Management

Marquette University (WEF Wastewater Winner)
Keagan Morgan, Zachary Molczyk, Jessica Calteux, David Zeller
Novel Pyrolysis of Municipal Wastewater of Solids for Energy and Biochar

Marquette University (GWS Winner)
Ben Craighead, Veronica Bevan, Giuseppe Camarda, Maya Adelgren, Ashley Tan
Sanitary Sewer and Treatment Design for Horquetas, Costa Rica

WEFTEC 2023 STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS

University of Wisconsin Madison (WEF Water Environment Winner)
Megan Beaulieu, Anna Cardinal, Josh Nemser-Sher, Emily Strand, Ethan Hanewall
Koshkonong Creek Watershed Flood Control

Milwaukee School of Engineering (WEF Wastewater Winner)
Molly Stewart, Brigid Doyle, Drew Esson
Analysis of Biosolids Management Options at South Shore Water Reclamation Facility

Marquette University (GWS Winner)
Matt Cerven, Claire Connelly, Colton Herbert, Mia Ketelhohn, Mackenzie Allen
Global Water Stewardship: Bijagua, Costa Rica

Universidad de Costa Rica (GWS International Winner)
Roberto Roldan Lopez, Sofia Abarca Rodriguez, Alejandro Rodriguez Vargas, Mauricio Alpizar Murillo, Madison Arce Jimenez
Global Water Stewardship: Bijagua, Costa Rica

WEFTEC 2022 STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS

Illinois Institute of Technology (WEF Water Environment Winner)
Emma Dutkiewicz, Anna Slominski, Cornelio Estrella, Kane Liu, Nevin Abdelghani
Water Reuse Design at It Takes a Village Farm

Milwaukee School of Engineering (WEF Wastewater Winner)
Grace Cushing, Brandon Garrido, Josh Kleinschmidt, Jack Ferrante, Bennet Harris, Alexis Countryman
Village of Raymond Sanitary Sewer Main Design

Marquette University (GWS Winner)
Faviola Perez Mercado, Shayden Harvey, Alondra Gonzalez, Alondra Rodriguez
Global Water Stewardship: Montezuma, Costa Rica

Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica (GWS International Winner)
Sol Carpio, Valeria Castillo, Maricel Chaves, Fabiola Pérez, Adriana Rojas, Denisse Saborío, Melany Trujillo
Global Water Stewardship: Montezuma, Costa Rica

WEFTEC 2021 STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS

University of Wisconsin – Platteville (GWS Winner)
Ashlin Caelwaerts, Jonessa Haas, Timothy Kunshier, Travis Noel, and Mathew Vincent
Samara, Costa Rica Sewer and Treatment Design

Marquette University (Wastewater Design Winner)
Jake Smith, Mathieu Stafford, Bryar Jensen, Jim Lindsay and Cal Papineau
City of Escanaba Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade

WEFTEC 2020 STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS

Costa Rican Institute of Technology (GWS Winner)
María Jesús Peralta, Sharon Castillo, Antony Torres, Lidia Rodríguez, Deilin Ureña, Nicolás Morales, Raúl Garita, Jafet Castro, Alejandro Morales
La Fortuna, Costa Rica Sewer and Treatment Design

Milwaukee School of Engineering (Environmental Design Winner)
Christine Boland-Prom, Blake Bostwick, Rebekah Janquart, Jamie Nguyen, Julian Sonn, Jamie Sykora
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility - Joyabaj, Guatemala


Marquette University
Caitlyin Graeber, Nicole Heyniger, Rebecca Joseph, Grace Scarim, San Marie Thomson
La Fortuna, Costa Rica Sewer and Treatment Design

WEFTEC 2019 STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS

Milwaukee School of Engineering (GWS Winner)
Miranda Durbin, Sydney Shaffer, Alexis Countyman, Jamie Sykora, Christine Boland-Prom, Guissel Davila, Rachel Montavon
Monteverde, Costa Rica Sewer and Treatment Design

University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign (Environmental Design Winner)
Jinglin Duan, Jonathan Kolweier, Javier Mulero, Justin Shen and Alana Rosenbaum
Solutions for Houston Flooding

WEFTEC 2018 STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS


UW-Platteville (GWS Winner)

Erik Papenfus, Joseph Lapastora, Jessica Zemen, Elizabeth Ebert
"Palmar Sur, Costa Rica Sewer and Treatment Design"


University of Minnesota
Noah Germolus, Kade Kearney, Michael Sidell
GWS – Palmar Sur, Costa Rica


University of Wisconsin (Environmental Design Winner)
Abdul Bashar
"Integration of Biogas Water Wash and Struvite Recovery Process with MMSD's Jones Island WWTP"

WEFTEC 2017 STUDENT DESIGN TEAM

UW-Platteville (Winner)
Andrew Szymaszek, Linjie Tang, Megan Wolfe, Catherine Terando(not pictured)
Global Water Stewardship – Dominical, Costa Rica

CSWEA 2017 STUDENT DESIGN TEAMS

UW-Platteville
Taylor Hundley, Quinn Kramar, Brian Heiden, Daniel Molini
Global Water Stewardship – Dominical, Costa Rica

University of Illinois – Urbana & Champaign
George Gunter, David Litwin, Grant Balkema, Tianjiao Pu
Wastewater Solution for Dominical, Costa Rica

MSOE
Lila Johnson, Karissa Brunette, Guissel Davila, Nicholas Kallmyer, Finn Finucane
Dominical, Costa Rica Project

WEFTEC 2016 STUDENT DESIGN TEAM

MSOE
Professor Doug Nelson and Jill Vande Boom
Global Water Stewardship – Bahia Ballena, Costa Rica

UW-Platteville
Titus Rubietta, Zack Wallin, Gage Thompson, Jordan Fure
Global Water Stewardship – Bahia Ballena, Costa Rica


University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Zeinab Takbiri, Maria Garcia-Serrana, Anne A. Wilkinson, Abigail Tomasek
A New Approach for Retrieval of Harmful Algae Bloom Concentrations Using Satellite Observations

WEFTEC 2015 STUDENT DESIGN TEAM

Wastewater Category
University of Wisconsin – Platteville | Advisor: Dr. Mike Penn
Team: Sarah Beam, Josh Koopmann, Bryce Corrigan
Project Title: Baraboo, Wisconsin Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvement Plan


Environmental Category – 4th Place Winners
University of Wisconsin – Platteville | Advisor: Dr. Mike Penn
Team: Devin Peterson, Dylan Friss, Curtis Veit
Project Title: Piedras Blancas Collection and Treatment System

WEFTEC 2014 STUDENT DESIGN TEAM

Marquette University, L-R Andrea Dunn, Sarah Walsh and WEF President Ed McCormick (Wastewater Design Team)


University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign (Environmental Design Team)