WWW.WAS.ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • JUNE 2025 15 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 17) CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Some of the USAS student subunit travel award winners were Fatin Fahim from UAPB sponsored by USAS, Kyle Wood from Auburn University sponsored by the Aquaponics Association, Samuel Garcia from UAPB sponsored by Aqualogic, and Shrijan Bairacharya from Auburn University sponsored by Hayward Flow Control. Awards). The USAS student sub-unit travel awards are also available to help cover the cost of registration for one student from each of the USAS student subunits. The travel award winners for Aquaculture 2025 are as follows. USAS Student Travel Award Winners: • Aquatic Equipment and Design Travel Award – Kyle Rafael Marcelino – “Improving Water Quality in Media-Based Aquaponic Systems with Nanobubble Aeration Technology.” • Soy Aquaculture Alliance George Martin Scholarship Award – Crystal Lodi – “Production Performance and Physiological Responses of Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus Fed Diets Supplementated with Soy Lecithin.” • Joint USAS / AFS-FCS Travel Award – Abdulmalik Oladipupo – “Humic Substances Combined with Butyric Acid and/ or Yeast Cell Walls Promotes Growth Performance and Resistance to Flavobacterium covae and Edwardsiella ictaluri Co-Infection in Channel Catfish Iclaturus punctatus.” • USAS Diversity Equity and Inclusion Travel Award - First Place – Jazea Kalea Smith – “Women in Virginia’s Shellfish Aquaculture Sector: A Gendered Perspective of Industry Involvement and Change.” - Runner-Up – Ayomide Taiwo – “Nurturing Future Aquaculture Professionals: Mentorship of Graduate Students Alongside High School Students.” USAS Student Subunit Travel Award Winners: • Samuel Garcia – University of Arkansas Pine Bluff – Sponsored by Aqualogic • Shrijan Bairacharya – Auburn University – Sponsored by Hayward Flow Control • Sandhya Lamichhane – Kentucky State University – Sponsored by Rangen, Inc. • Andrew Pothoven – Lake Superior State University – Sponsored by IF Anderson
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