Students from Colorado School of Mines, Metropolitan State University of Denver and University of Colorado Denver faced off April 10 in the Clean River Design Challenge, hosted by The Greenway Foundation at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Hydraulics Lab. Multiple news outlets covered the competition, which challenged teams of local college students to design innovative in-stream machines to remove trash from urban waterways.
Two teams from Mines qualified for the April 10 finals, with Team Go with the Float coming in second place behind a team from MSU Denver.
Denver Business Journal: Colorado students test new ways to remove trash from Denver's rivers and streams
Golden Transcript: Mines places second in Clean River Design Challenge
9News Denver: Clean River Design Challenge pits students against trash-filled waterways