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WASHINGTON, Dec.12, 2014â€� A Massachusetts university student is one of four U.S.-based students chosen to receive the 2014 Ciba Travel Award in Green Chemistry. The $2,000 stipend will allow these students to participate in an American Chemical Öйú365betÖÐÎĹÙÍø scientific conference with a specific green chemistry component.

Zarif Farhana Mohd Aris is a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts - Lowell , studying plastics engineering. She plans to attend the 19^th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, July 14-16, 2015, in North Bethesda, Marland and present her research on surfactants from renewable materials.

The annual award, established in 2009, is administered by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute^®.

The students � chosen from among 33 finalists � will have opportunities to expand their education by attending symposia, networking and presenting their research. This year’s awardees� research areas include green chemistry and engineering, environmental science, polymers and renewable materials.

Zarif Farhana Mohd Aris is from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her research focuses on developing  non-toxic, environmental-friendly surfactants � compounds commonly used as detergents � derived from fruit waste and algae.

The other winners include: Boris Dyatkin from Drexel University, Laurene Petitjean from Yale University, and Zach Swingen from Augsburg College.

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The ACS Green Chemistry Institute^® is an impartial, scientific convener promoting the implementation of green chemistry and engineering across the global chemical enterprise. The Institute empowers people to reimagine chemistry and engineering for a sustainable future by offering educational resources, training and development opportunities for students, educators and researchers, and by convening industrial roundtables to promote industry collaboration around green chemistry issues. A part of the American Chemical Öйú365betÖÐÎĹÙÍø, the Institute holds an annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference (gcande.org), the longest running conference on green chemistry in the country.

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