The students found that when mixed with a solution containing chromium in normal concentrations, the peels worked very well to absorb and bind to the metal. The found that bananas worked better than oranges.
Rizki Prasetyaningtya, left, and Saskia Putri got their classmates, professors and everyone they knew to eat bananas and oranges so they would have enough peels for their research. “Luckily, we like bananas and oranges,” Prasetyaningtyas said.
Graduate students in environmental pollution control Rizki Prasetyaningtyas, left, and Saskia Putri are testing whether fruit peels can be used to remove heavy metals from wastewater coming from textile mills like the ones in their native country Indonesia, which produces much of the world's textiles.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold its fall 2019 commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 21 at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
The robotics competition helps strengthen relationships between the region’s students and educators in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Piscataway Nation Singers & Dancers will give a free performance on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at Penn State York. The performance, at 12:15 p.m. in the conference center of the Main Classroom Building, is open to the public.