WA SWP Presentation Evening 2025

The 2025 WA Student Water Prize Presentation evening is a great way to hear from student nominees on their projects as judging for the award takes place. This event is an opportunity to network with new and existing water professionals. Who knows - a nominee might just be your next graduate or team member! 

Nominations for the 2025 WA Water Awards and Student Water Prize have now closed. 

Our student nominees for 2025 are as follows:

• Carlos Andres Latandret Solana, Curtin University
  Turning Tides: Transforming Western Australia’s Seaweed into Renewable Bioenergy
  
  
• Nimesha Thathsarani, Edith Cowan University
  Boosting Microplastic Fibre Removal with Green Coagulants and Microbubble Innovation
  
  
• Kingsley John, Murdoch University
  Rational design of groundwater treatment sludge into visible-light-active photocatalyst with carbon nitride
  
  
• Ali Kandi, Edith Cowan University
  Hydrodynamic Development in Direct Contact Membrane Distillation Channels: A Particle Image Velocimetry-Based Study
  
  
• Hoda Khoshvaght, Edith Cowan University
  Machine Learning Approaches for Predicting BOD and Ammonium Nitrogen in WWTP 
  
  
• Khushil Hirani, The University of Western Australia
  Assessment of using sewer venting in Western Australia to mitigate sewer gas issues
  
  
• Masoumeh Aghaalikhani, Edith Cowan University
  Pore-Scale Insights into Water Displacement and Trapping in Basalt Formations
  
  
• Aadithya Shankar, The University of Western Australia
  Odour control unit effectiveness assessment and trial of new odour control technology
  
  
• Steve Wright, Curtin University
  To what extent can increasing pipe gradient mitigate the reduced solid transport caused by 4.5L WC flush volumes
  
  
• Mila Zhang, The University of Western Australia
   From photos of dams to data-driven decision-making using computer vision and data valuation 
  
  
• Raymond Fielden, Murdoch University
  Water Quality Monitoring for Remote WA Homeland Communities

Event Details

Registration

This is a free event for AWA members and students. Canapes and light refreshments will be available and is a no-alcohol event. Please select one of the options from below. If you wish to find out more about AWA's membership benefits, contact membership@awa.asn.au.

Registrations are due by 2pm WST Friday 19 September 2025