- Royce Fellowship
Noah
Weiss
Concentration
Engineering
Award Year
2004
Degradation of Commercial Polymers in Use for Water Storage and Transport, and Its Effects on the Migration of Organic Compounds into Drinking Water Supplies
Faculty Sponsor: Yongsong Huang
Noah studied the effects that photo, chemical, and thermal stresses have on the degradation of various polymer types used for water storage and transport, such as water bottles, water storage tanks and plumbing pipes. In particular, he observed how these stresses influence the migration rates of potentially harmful organic compounds into drinking water supplies, with emphasis on possible health effects from ingestion.