All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 November Inspiring female students to tackle microplastics in urban waterways Inspiring female students to tackle microplastics in urban waterways 04/11/2021 | 3 MINS An innovative solar-powered filtration prototype that effectively removes microplastics from water devised by students from Santa Maria College in Perth has taken out first prize in Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs 2021 Emerging Engineers Competition. Run by LITΓÇÖs Student Equity program Girls in Engineering and OceanWorks, this yearΓÇÖs contest was focused on the problem of tiny fragments of plastic in urban water ways. Designed to introduce female primary and high school students to engineering research and design principles, the competition saw participants plan, design, and develop a solution to reduce, remove or mitigate microplastics entering urban waterways to protect marine environments. Image: The winning Santa Maria team (l-r): Sienna Pitt, Isabela Fernandes, Chelsea Smith, Ava Scafetta and Lilianna Renton. On September 3, 68 primary and high school students
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 November Inspiring female students to tackle microplastics in urban waterways Inspiring female students to tackle microplastics in urban waterways 04/11/2021 | 3 MINS An innovative solar-powered filtration prototype that effectively removes microplastics from water devised by students from Santa Maria College in Perth has taken out first prize in Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs 2021 Emerging Engineers Competition.
Run by LITΓÇÖs Student Equity program Girls in Engineering and OceanWorks, this yearΓÇÖs contest was focused on the problem of tiny fragments of plastic in urban water ways.
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Designed to introduce female primary and high school students to engineering research and design principles, the competition saw participants plan, design, and develop a solution to reduce, remove or mitigate microplastics entering urban waterways to protect marine environments.
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Image: The winning Santa Maria team (l-r): Sienna Pitt, Isabela Fernandes, Chelsea Smith, Ava Scafetta and Lilianna Renton.
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