ACE Fresh Ideas Poster Competition

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Students & Young Professionals

ACE Fresh Ideas Poster Competition

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Participation

Participants in this competition are students & YPs that have competed at their local Section conference and were selected to compete at ACE among the other Section champions.

ACE Fresh Ideas Poster Participants get their travel expenses and full ACE Registration paid in order to compete at this competition.

Want to know how to compete at your Section?  Find your local Section contact here or email students@awwa.org.

2025 Winners

The American Water Works Association has announced the winners of its annual poster competition. AWWA’s “Fresh Ideas” Poster Contest debuted at the Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE) more than a decade ago as part of its students and young professionals programming.

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First Place: Molly Bledsoe, University of Minnesota, Minnesota Section

Innovations in Sampling to Characterize Disinfectant Use Tradeoffs in U.S. Water Systems for Minimizing Exposure to Opportunistic Pathogens

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Second Place: Michael Thompson, P.E., Delaware River Basin Commission, New Jersey Section

Tapping into Water Loss: Using Water Audit Data for Resilience Planning in the Delaware River Basin

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Third Place: Julia Kendall, The University of Alabama, Alabama/Mississippi Section

Training Tomorrow’s Water Leaders by Expanding STEM Education and Engagement to Middle School Students

Photos From ACE24

Past Winners

Past Recipients

First Place: Hatice Yildirim, South Carolina Section
Second Place: Kalani De Silva, Ontario Section
Third Place: Deandrah Cameron, New Jersey Section

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