Mail delivery to the wrong office in Milwaukee’s Global Water Center sparked a research partnership resulting in a super-sensor that is a finalist in the NASA iTech Challenge competition.
Designed by David Rice of Rice Technology LLC and tested with UWM environmental engineer Marcia Silva, the sensor can quickly and inexpensively measure multiple contaminants in water, including viruses, which are so small they pass through bacterial filters.
Image: David Rice of Rice Technology and Marcia Silva, manager of the UWM Water Technology Accelerator, inspect a prototype of a sensor that can measure both bacteria and viruses in water at the same time. The sensor, which has a patent pending, is a finalist in the iTech competition, sponsored by NASA. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
