ChE Student Received Seasteading Grant

Chemical Engineering senior Melissa J. Roth (’12), a Seasteading Institute scholar, receives a grant from the Chemical Engineering Department and the College of Engineering Dean’s Office for a presentation she will be giving in San Francisco in May 2012.

Melissa’s work focused on a project related to providing energy to a city located at sea through a group called The Seasteading Institute. She became a Seasteading Institute scholar in spring ’12 as a result of a special topics course directed by Professor Ronald Willey.