UC Project STEP :: Participants > Graduate Fellows

Biography
Sarah Pumphrey is a second year graduate student, pursuing a PhD in Environmental Engineering. This is Sarah’s second year as a Fellow in Project STEP. Sarah’s main interests include social justice, education, environmental stewardship and technological solutions, thus inspiring her to participate in this program. Sarah hopes that STEP will position her to spread her enthusiasm for science and technology to the high school students she meets. Sarah was inspired by the research activities she experienced as an undergraduate. Her co-op experience took her abroad to Germany, where she did research at the Technical University of Munich and traveled with an international group of engineers and scientists to explore various options for waste management and water treatment. Sarah’s interests have also taken her to Guatemala where she helped build and install several cisterns for families in an impoverished village. Among her activities, she is a member of the University of Cincinnati’s Environmental Sustainability Committee, which meets with university administrators and officials to uphold sound environmental practices on our campus.