Robbie Venis (PhD student supervised by Professor Onita Basu) is helping to develop a cost effective water filter system in Tanzania

Robbie Venis is a PhD student studying environmental engineering at Carleton University. This summer, he travelled all the way from Ottawa to Longido in an effort to bring clean drinking water to this remote African community. The project is conducted under Dr. Onita Basu’s supervision.

He has been featured in CBC’s Quirks and Quarks for the work in Tanzania