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  Lucas Acaba, Dan Bara, Carley Dykstra, and Ana Restrepo

  Massachusetts’ suburban homes are energy inefficient which creates a high demand for energy from fossil fuel power plants. These plants emit carbon dioxide, resulting in rises in surface and ocean temperatures and ocean acidification . Our goal is to inform homeowners of energy efficient practices and systems that can be incorporated into their daily lives to decrease carbon dioxide emissions and provide an economic benefit.

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  Downsizing the Dump

  Laura Auerbach, Jane Lockery, Victoria Lusk, Karina Naras, and Karen Noble

  Thirty-four million tons of food are thrown away in the United States every year. Wasted food that could be feeding the millions of hungry people worldwide is instead harming the environment.

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  Asian Carp: A Great Lake Problem

  Katelyn Burke, Daniel Champlin, Austen Crawford, Anis Medjahed, and Nicholas Songer

  Asian carp are an invasive species that are in the Mississippi River moving towards the Great Lakes. If Asian carp entered the Great Lakes region, the biodiversity of the ecosystem and the fishing industry would suffer significantly.

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  YES WE TRASH CAN

  Alex Czurchra, Alisa da Silba, Claire Dickenson-Burke, Ngan Huynh, and Sarah Sanchez

  The city of Worcester is undergoing a substantial problem with illegal dumping. This issue affects the whole community because it is detrimental to the environment, negatively impacts health, and is a financial burden to the city. These effects are caused by the expensive Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) garbage removal program and a lack of information/resources available to the public.

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  Bean Town to Green Town

  Cole Godzinski, Liana Nguyen, Alana Sher, and Tyler Wilson

  Temperatures in cities are higher than surrounding areas. This is known as the urban heat island effect (UHI). UHI poses a threat to the environment, human health, and biodiversity. We looked at strategies to reduce the UHI effect for the city of Boston by looking at data from previous studies, conducting interviews, and performing cost analyses. These address economic, environmental, social and political aspects to find the optimal solution.

  Poster Presentation, Judge's Winner (2015)

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  Coral BAE

  Romelle Jack, Macy Mello, Ben Nickerson, and Katherine Novak

  The Summer’s End Group, LLC, has proposed the construction of a mega-yacht marina in Coral Bay, St. John, USVI. This development would severely alter the socioeconomic and environmental landscapes of the region.

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  Unconventional Potential: An Analysis of Glacier Meltwater as a Means of Energy Generation

  Erik Langberg, Ryan McA'Nulty, Jason Morgan, Kellen Randall, and Zhihao Xie

  There are underutilized natural and renewable energy resources in Alaska. Glaciers are like rechargeable batteries, fueled by the snow of past eons, they provide a virtually endless supply of running water via the hydrocycle. In addressing the methods that Alaskan communities generate power now, sustainable technologies should be implemented to lessen the impacts that fossil fuels have had on Alaska’s pristine environment.