Naisargi Nitinkumar Dave, master's graduate student in BSE working with Aaron Mittelstet, earned first place in the 2017 Water for Food Conference Graduate Student Online Poster Competition. She has earned complimentary registration as well as a $1,000 prize.
Other award winners included:
2nd - Mustapha Alhassan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, "Smallholder Irrigation Farmers' Preferences for Groundwater Protection under the Vea Irrigation Scheme in Ghana"
3rd - Brandon Noble, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, "Experience Matters: Accuracy of Water Quality Data Gathered by Citizen Scientists"
Honorable Mention - Emmanuel Ahenkorah, University of South Africa, "A Critical Investigation into the Effectiveness of Environmental Remediation Efforts in Steel Valley, South Africa"