UBC civil engineering professor and entrepreneur Donald S. Mavinic received the Ernest C. Manning Awards’ $25,000 Dave Mitchell Award of Distinction at a ceremony held in Ottawa last week. A world expert in wastewater treatment, Mavinic is recognized for developing a unique technology to turn pipe-clogging and polluting phosphorus compounds in wastewater into environmentally friendly fertilizer.
For more information, visit http://blogs.apsc.ubc.ca/apscnews/2010/09/08/don-mavinic-wins-manning-innovation-award-for-waste-to-fertilizer-technology/.
