Plastic Pollution in the Great Lakes

Location

Thomas Gosnell Hall - GOS-A261

What types of plastic pollution are in the Great Lakes? How does it affect our community and environment? In this exhibit we will show you what tools we use to study it at RIT, how we visualize how it moves through Lake Ontario, and what our research group is doing to remove debris in the Rochester area. Visitors can get information on local cleanup efforts and our installation of new trash capture devices around Rochester. This project is part of an interdisciplinary research team spanning the sciences and engineering.

Youth testing the different characteristics of plastic pollution

The lab set up from 2022

The Seabin in the lower right corner collects plastic pollution from Lake Ontario

Exhibit sign from 2022

Exhibit sign from 2022

An adult and child learn about density bottles with an RIT student

An adult and child learn about density bottles with an RIT student

2022 event with participants

Our plastic pollution lab

7 RIT students in orange shirts with a framed award

Our students in 2022 with the Fram Chair Award for the ImagineRIT exhibit

Location

Thomas Gosnell Hall - GOS-A261

Topics

Exhibitor
Kaeti Stoss
Christy Tyler
Jayson Kucharek
Vanessa Baker
Paige Arieno
Evan Batte
Nathan Eddingsaas
Carmella Bangkong
Kristina Chomiak
Andre Hudson
Nikki Fuller
Abbey Whitney
Steven Day

Organization
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