Lafayette Campus News (www.lafayette.edu), September 4, 2007 — This summer, a group of students participated in groundbreaking research called the “Sustainable Development Roadmap.”

The students involved are A.B. engineering major and project leader Nigel Martin ’10 (Elkins, W.Va.), A.B. engineering major Alison Disbrow ’08 (Belvidere, N.J.), and chemical engineering majors Jeshua Gonzalez ’09 (Alburtis, Pa.), Martha Were ’09 (Kampala, Uganda), Daniel Goldberg ’09 (Avon, Conn.), and Richard Martin '09 (Doylestown, Pa.). Javad Tavakoli, professor of chemical engineering, and Sharon Jones, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and chair of A.B. engineering, led the students in their research. David Taschler ’75, Director of Global Applications at Air Products & Chemicals Inc., promoted the project and assisted Tavakoli and Jones in receiving a grant to conduct the research.

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