WERC International Environmental Design
1994
- Most Creative Design
- Best Bench Scale Design
1995
- 3rd Place Overall
- Best Poster
1996
- 1st Place Task 3
- 2nd Place Task 1
- 1st Place Overall Team
- Outstanding Technical Merit
- Best Bench Scale - Task 3
- Outstanding Performance - Task 3
- Best presentation - Task 1
1997
- 1st Place Task 3
- 2nd Place Task 1
- Best Paper - Task 3
- Best Approach Task 2
1998
- 1st Place Task 3
- Judges Choice - Task 4
- Oral Presentation
- Judges Choice - Task 1
- Oral Presentation
1999
- 1st Place Task 2
- Judges Choice - Task 5 Oral Presentation
2000
- 2nd Place Task 4
- 2nd Place Task 7
2002
- 1st Place Task 1
- Judges Choice - Task 5 Innovation
2003
- 2nd Place Task 3
- 2nd Place Task 11
2004
- 1st Place Task 1
- 1st Place Task 3
- 1st Place Overall Team
2007
- 1st Place Task 1
- 2nd Place Task 2
2008
- 2nd Place Task 5
2009
- 1st Place Task 5
2010
- 1st Place Task 3
- 2nd Place Task 4
- Intel Innovation Award - Task 4
2011
- 1st Place Task 7
- Judges Choice - Task 3 Oral Presentation
- Judges Choice - Task 1 Simplicity & Innovation
2012
- 2nd Place Task 3
- Judges Choice - Task 5 Bench Completeness
2013
- 2nd Place Task 3
- Judges Choice - Task 4 Bench
- Judges Choice - Task 2 Outstanding Paper
- Bureau Reclamation Rural Energy Award - Task 3
2014
- 1st Place Task 5
2015
- 1st Place Task 4
- 2nd Place Task 2
2016
- 1st Place Task 1
- 2nd Place Task 2
- Judges Choice - Task 3 Best Presentation
2017
- 1st place Task 4
- 2nd place Task 1
- 2nd Place Task 2
The WERC Team in 1999.
The WERC Team in 2016
For nineteen years Chemical and Materials Engineering's Professor David Drown (pictured above with students) has mentored and traveled with U of I teams that compete at the WERC International Environmental Design Contest at New Mexico State University. Over the year’s Drown’s teams have been very successful bringing home over fifty awards for developing solutions that address real-world environmental problems. The 2017 teams won three 1st place awards and two 2nd place awards. Congratulations to David Drown for his success, commitment to his students and his lasting impact on their lives.