• Breanna spent the summer of 2022 as an intern at Denver Water, doing a Hydraulic Engineering Internship.  As an intern she had the chance to get involved in pressure studies, meter studies, and flow testing in the Denver Water potable and non-potable distribution systems.  
• As a result of her internship, she has pivoted her interest to research and development of clean water technologies.
• Travel experiences have also given her an interest in helping to secure reliable and clean water resources for people everywhere. 

Aron Griffin
Colorado School of Mines

Aron is also attending Colorado School of Mines and is a PhD Candidate in Environmental Engineering, studying advanced water and wastewater treatment processes.  

• Aron’s research focuses on the removal and destruction of PFAs through high pressure membranes and hydrothermal alkaline treatment (HALT).
•  Membrane work has included pilot scale investigations with industrial wastewater
• HALT work has focused on destruction of PFAs in industrial wastewater to understand the impact on co-contaminants on PFAs destruction rates.

• After his undergraduate degree, Aaron worked for 4 years as a consultant gaining experience in water and wastewater engineering
• This summer he worked with a clean tech start-up on commercializing and scaling the HALT destruction technology.
• He is planning to pursue a career at the intersection of research and application.  Perhaps, a professor at a research institution.