University at Buffalo (UB)
Release Date: November 30, 1999 This content is archived.
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A research project using high-frequency sound waves to disinfect wastewater has earned a UB engineering student first prize in a national competition sponsored by the Water Environmental Federation (WEF).
Bethany Madge, a doctoral student in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, submitted her winning entry in WEF's master's-division student-paper competition. Madge's advisor is James N. Jensen, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department.
Her entry was based on her master's degree thesis in UB's environmental-science graduate program.
She received the award at WEF's 72nd Annual Conference and Exposition, which was held recently in New Orleans.
Founded in 1928, WEF is a 40,000-member, non-profit educational and technical organization of water experts.
One of its major objectives is to provide its members and the public with the latest information on wastewater treatment and water-quality protection.
Its members include environmental, civil and chemical engineers; biologists; chemists; government officials; researchers, students and professors; treatment-plant managers and operators; laboratory technicians, and equipment manufacturers and distributors.
Madge lives in Amherst.