EPA's Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award
The International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is the world's largest international pre-college science competition. It is the premier global science competition for students in grades 9–12. The Regeneron® ISEF 2024 will take place May 11 - 17, 2024 in Los Angeles, California at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Since 2009, EPA has participated as a Special Award Organization, and shared information about environmental protection with the ISEF participants and visitors. In 2011, the EPA Sustainability Award was renamed in honor of Patrick Hurd, who managed the effort behind EPA's first Sustainability Award. At Regeneron® ISEF 2023, in addition to judging for our award, EPA experts participated in the 2023 ISEF Finalists Career Fair and air quality and air sensors experts were available in the Device Discovery Zone during the Education Outreach Day on May 18th.
2023 Patrick H. Hurd Awardee News Release: Greenwich, Connecticut High School Student Wins EPA’s Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award at International Science and Engineering Fair for Research Project that Tackles Environmental Issues.
Name | School | Topic | Project Title |
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Naomi Park | Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut | styrofoam waste, water quality, and soluble oil remediation. |
Concurrent Removal of Rising, Soluble Ocean Carbon Dioxide and Oil-in-Water Contaminants via Multi-Functional Remediation Framework |
EPA’s 2023 Honorable Mention went to Abhinav (Abhi) Avvaru, a student at Nashua High School South in Nashua, NH for his project, “An Economical and High-Precision Approach for Nitrate Detection and Filtration to Ensure Quality Drinking Water.”
EPA's award provides funding for the winning student and chaperone to participate in and display the students' project at EPA's People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Student Design Competition for Sustainability. P3 is an annual event that brings together young environmental innovators and scientists to showcase their designs for a sustainable future.
- International Science and Engineering Fair
- People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Student Design Competition
Year | Name | Topic | News Release and Related Resources |
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2022 |
Jacqueline Prawira Olivia “Liv” Pollock |
reclaiming polluted water alternative to standard plastic bags |
Jacqueline's Project: Cyclo.Cloud: Development of Fish Scale Waste-Derived Materials for Adsorbance of Aquatic Pollutants Liv's Project: Developing and Assessing Fucose-Based Water-Soluble Bioplastics |
2021 | Sohi Patel | Sustainable building materials | |
2019 | Harshal Agrawal | water quality | Innovative Water Quality Project by New Jersey High School Student Wins EPA Award |
2018 | Melanie Quan | water quality |
U.S. EPA Awards Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award to Walnut Creek, Calif., Student. Video of Melanie Quan explaining her project: California High School Student Wins EPA Sustainability Award at ISEF 2018 |
EPA did not select a Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award winner in 2020 as no Special Awards were given at the 2020 Virtual Regeneron ISEF.