Purpose

This blog will detail a ten week engineering design project assessing the advantages and disadvantages financially, environmentally, and qualitatively of the production of GMO products versus non-GMO products. The ultimate goal of the project is to draft a written policy memo addressed to a Pennsylvania farm as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture outlining a plan of action to improve and optimize GMO and non-GMO production.

Biographies



Meet the members of the team:


Beth Katz

blk57@drexel.edu




A Chemical Engineering student at Drexel University, Beth is a freshman who finds herself drawn to a wide spectrum of engineering topics. Her passion for innovation has led her to pursue endeavors that cater to the biomedical applications of a Chemical Engineer. She hopes to impact the pharmaceutical industry in some way in her future.





Rebecca Bitterman

rjb364@drexel.edu



Coming from an outdoor loving family, Rebecca spent her life gaining an appreciation for the natural world. This appreciation in conjunction with her interest in math and science led to her attendance at Drexel University as an Environmental Engineering major. She is currently in the third quarter of her Freshman year.





Laura Pena

lcp52@drexel.edu




Laura is a first year student at Drexel University. She is still unsure of which Engineering major she wishes to pursue at Drexel, but her high school's extensive engineering-based curriculum has made it clear to her that Engineering is the field she wishes to form a career in. Besides focusing greatly on her academics, Laura loves to play sports and travel as much as she can.




Our Advisors:

Sabrina Spatari

spatari@drexel.edu






Dr. Sabrina Spatari is an Associate Professor at Drexel University. She specializes in:  Research in Industrial Ecology; development and application of life cycle assessment (LCA) and material flow analysis (MFA) methods for guiding engineering and policy decisions; specific interest in biomass and bioenergy, biofuels, and urban infrastructure.





Mohammad Nazari

mn468@drexel.edu

Mohammad Nazari is a Chemistry graduate student at Drexel University. He is a PhD student, a teaching fellow in the College of Engineering, and a family man. He is experienced in the lab for both organic and inorganic synthesis for chemistry. He is also established in the characterization of organic and inorganic compounds using analytical instruments. Apart from teaching, he is currently working on synthesizing novel ligands that may be used in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. 




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