AzSEC 2019 Fast Pitch Awardees
"Fast Pitch" is competition and an opportunity for students to summarize their research presented in their posters. Each student is allowed two minutes and up to two slides to present with the goal of enticing the audience to visit their poster. 2019 garnered 40 contestants who competed in one of five self-selected categories: Cross-Border Energy/Water/Food Issues; Energy Economics & Policy - Water Law & Policy - Behavioral/consumer research; Systems Level Energy; Systems Level Water/Food; Basic Energy/Water/Food Science. Presentations were judged on the following criteria: delivery, relevance to the conference, slide content, clearly stated methods & conclusion. Two students from each school were selected for a prize of $200 with the generous contribution by this year's sponsors - TEP, APS, and SRP.
Congratulations to our 2019 Awardees!
Northern Arizona University
Nguyen Trong-Doan | Data-driven Energy Demand Prediction and Analysis of Buildings
Category: Systems level Energy
Co-Authors: Zhaolu Yang, Truong X. Nghiem
Brandon Begay | Genetic Algorithm Application to Off Grid Desalination
Category: Systems level Energy
Co-Authors: Acker, T.
Arizona State University
Maxx Patterson | Resilient PV Systems for Disaster Response: A Case Study in Description Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Category: Cross-Border Energy/Water/Food issues
Co-Authors: Nietzold, T.
Mounir Adil | Technological, Environmental, and Economic Dimensions of the Water-Energy Nexus in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area
Category: Basic Energy/Water/Food Science; EWF Nexus
Co-Authors: Mascaro, G., White, D. D.
University of Arizona
Nicholas Lyons | Design and Characterization of a Translucent Solar Module (TSM) for Greenhouse and Building Integrated PV
Category: Basic Energy/Water/Food Science; EWF Nexus
Co-Authors: Ketchum, R. S.
Manuelito Chief | Indige-FEWSS: Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security-Sovereignty Program Overview and Research Spotlight
Category: Cross-Border Energy/Water/Food issues
Jose Luis Ruiz Duarte | Sustainable Operations of Vertical Farm with Onsite Renewables Integration
Category: Cross-Border Energy/Water/Food issues
Co-Authors: Fan, N.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Ana Cristina Garcia Alvarez | Synthesis and Characterization Mn, Co and Ni Cubane Compounds Bioinspired in the Active Center of the Photosystem II from Benzimidazole Derivatives
Category: Cross-Border Energy/Water/Food issues
Co-Authors: Castillo, I.
Arturo Ramos-Bueno | Spatial Analysis and Estimation of Water Demand on Mexico City
Category: Systems level Water/Food
Co-Authors: Perevochtchikova, M.
Universidad de Sonora
Carlos Ahumada | Numerical Study of the Effect of Feedstock Composition on Products Yields of Lignocelullosic Biomass Pyrolysis in a Continuous Reactor
Category: Basic Energy/Water/Food Science; EWF Nexus
Co-Authors: Hinojosa Palafox, J. F.
Yesica Raquel Quijada | Zero Discharge Solar Assisted Desalination of Brine Using Spray Dryer Process
Category: Basic Energy/Water/Food Science; EWF Nexus
Co-Authors:Cabanillas López, R. E.