Mikela Pryor
My CAFS Experience
“Through my future work and research, I would like to make sure that engineering regulations at the local, state and national levels are based on sound, scientific research, especially when it comes to environmental regulation. Given the fact that climate change is accelerating, it is imperative that we work as diligently as possible to ensure that our planet is in a condition to service itself and the growing population that will be upon it in the decades and centuries to come. Nutrient pollution in storm water treatment is only a small portion of that work, but it leads to something bigger. If proper implementation of storm water treatment systems is applied at the local scale, it will have a great effect on its larger hydrologic system.� Mikela was the 2019 recipient of the Pharos of Alexandria Global Learning Award. This award recognizes a junior or senior undergraduate, or graduate student who has excelled and demonstrated leadership on the local, national and /or international levels as shown by their activities and offices held at each level. Mikela will be graduating fall 2019, after which she will be attending graduate school at Texas A&M University to further her studies in biological and agricultural engineering.
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