Westford Academy announced last week that Chiraag Lathia, Akhil Sontakke, Philip Dominici and Evan Wang won $350 and a second-place prize in the Intel-OAR Environmental Innovators Contest for their project, "Solving the Problem of Milfoil in the Assabet."
According to the school, their proposal identified the best herbicide and included designing a prototype boat to optimize herbicide application and plant removal.
- Name: Chiraag Lathia, Akhil Sontakke, Philip Dominici and Evan Wang
- Age: High school
- School: Westford Academy
- Accomplishment: Won second place in an environmental innovators contest.
- Key to Awesomeness: Identifying to combat milfoil in the Assabet River.
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