Team Mission: The community engagement team's main purpose was to serve as the mediatory body in communication between stakeholders and the students. We represented the class and shared any updates in their stead, as well as voiced the needs and concerns of the residents to ensure the project stayed community-centered. 

Role: Networking Liaison

Responsibilities: My tasks on this team involved establishing connections with members, organizations, and authorities of the community to help with the progression of the other teams's goals. I conducted the most site visits, attended the most community events, and obtained the most interviews & relations. 

Team Mission: The main objective of this team was to understand the primary  contamination suspects and their sources, to which they could address with remedial solutions in strong collaboration with the Water Remediation team. After redirection from legal and logistical infeasibilities, as well as community feedback, our team shifted our focus to the design and installation of a river litter bandit.

Role: Team Lead

Responsibilities: I operated as the project manager who communicated between the professors, other groups, stakeholders, and the team to delegate tasks and plan timelines. My background in environmental science, chemistry, and lab work was useful to demonstrating research and sampling techniques.