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4 Silvina A. Di Pietro Florida International University Silvina A. Di Pietro is a graduate student from Florida International University pursuing a Ph.D. in environmental chemistry. She is currently a graduate research assistant in the Applied Research Center ARC at FIU as a Department of Energy Fellow. This program is funded by the US Department of Energys Office of Environmental Management DOE-EM and promotes students within the STEM disciplines to pursue research regarding the Department of Energys ongoing environmental cleanup challenges. Under the mentorship of Dr. Yelena Katsenovich and Dr. Hilary Emerson Silvina focuses with assisting in the development of the ammonia injection project. This project is a remediation technique that has the potential to treat and remove inorganic contaminants. One particular contaminant of concern is uranium which is found in the vadose zone at the DOE Hanford Site in Washington State. Scholarship Recipients - Graduate Level - 5000 Thilini Kaluarachchi United Nations University Japan Thilini has graduated with a B.Sc. Hons. First class degree in Environmental Science from the Faculty of Science University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka. Her research focus was on waste management therefore she selected it as her undergraduate research area and did a research on optimizing moisture content in Municipal Solid Waste composting in collaboration with the Central Environmental Authority - Sri Lanka. Due to the quality of her research work she won a scholarship to attend the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Geo-technics held in Melbourne Australia. She presented her work in a poster presentation at the Conference. Currently she is enrolled as a Masters student MSc. Sustainability in the United Nations University Headquarters- Institute for the Advanced Study on Sustainability. Jordan Evans Texas AM University Jordan Evans was born and raised near Houston Texas. He earned his B.S. in nuclear engineering from Texas AM University TAMU in 2011 with a thesis related to resolving the corrosion problem associated with the Gen. IV liquid fluoride thorium reactor LFTR. He earned his M.S. in nuclear engineering from TAMU in 2013 and his thesis topic Improving Targeted Radionuclide Therapy using Nuclear Nanotechnology won 1st prize in the TAMU annual university-wide research competition Student Research Week. Jordan has conducted research in collaboration with Shell Oil Company Westinghouse Electric Company Lockheed Martin and others. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering with a focus on nuclear nanomaterials at the TAMU Fuel Cycle and Materials Laboratory FCML under Dr. Sean McDeavitt. In addition to his studies and research Jordan enjoys basketball working out music camping and spending time with his wife family and friends. Wei Ding University of Leeds United Kingdom Wei Ding is undertaking PhD research in nuclear engineering at the University of Leeds UK studying the solid state and solution chemistry of doped uranium oxides relevant to long term waste disposition or storage using advanced synchrotron and laboratory techniques. Prior to his current work Wei has studied the biogeochemical immobilisation of toxic chromate in the geosphereasanenvironmentalanaloguefortechnetium.Thiswassupportedbyhisplacementat the Low Level Waste Repository understanding the challenges faced by consignees in accepting nuclear waste packages. During his undergraduate studies in chemistry at the University of Bristol he defined organic degradation mechanisms of lactones with extracurricular activities focusing on novel nano-palladium synthesis routes and the performance of nanoparticle doped engine lubricants. In addition to his research Wei currently volunteers his spare time with St. John Ambulance and the Orthopaedic Trauma Unit in Leeds General Infirmary respectively.