Drake University students from the College of Arts and Sciences were selected as finalists in the 2023 OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge. This worldwide competition tasked team to create new processes, approaches, and prototypes to remove carbon from the land, water, or air. The Drake team will present their design to judges at New York University on April 21.  The students’ design called SPARCC: Semi-Passive Algae Rooted Carbon Capture device collects carbon through photosynthesis while also cleaning local rivers of nitrate pollution due to agricultural runoff.

Congratulations to Tyler Bartolome, Bryan Coronado, Anna Miller, and Betsy Richardson and faculty advisor Prof. Edward Kelley.

Virtual tickets to the event can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carbon-removal-challenge-finalist-showcase-tickets-586069348197

— Edward Kelley, College of Arts & Sciences