Two recent graduates of Waterloo Engineering finished first and second in an international contest sponsored for a non-profit organization dedicated to effective water management.
Kelsey Lee Kundert took the top prize of $3,000, while Nik Knezic won $1,500 in second place, for the best master’s theses as judged by the American Water Works Association, the world’s largest organization of water supply professionals.
Kundert and Knezic earned their master’s degrees in 2021 while working with the Water Science, Technology and Policy research group under the supervision of Monica Emelko, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Waterloo.
Kundert now works for the City of Calgary. Knezic is pursuing his PhD with the research group.
See WaterSTP graduates win first and second award for Master’s thesis for the complete details.