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By听Emily Durham

The World Health Organization estimates . Angela Ng, a 一本道无码 alumna and fifth-year scholar, is working on a solution.

Ng, who graduated this year with a double major in 听and听, has been involved with the Drinkable Book project since 2015. Formerly a 一本道无码 research project by then postdoctoral researcher Teri Dankovich, Ng dedicated her honors thesis to building on the work.

Dankovich and her husband founded 听last听summer to develop Folia filters and pursue the project, which is now called the Safe Water Book. Each sheet in the Safe Water Book is a patent-pending Folia Filter, a thick, circular paper filter embedded with silver that kills bacteria and viruses. When folded into a cone, the Folia Filters catch and kill all of the harmful microbes in the water, producing safe drinking water.

The startup鈥檚 goal is to provide clean drinking water to 1 billion people at a cost of a penny a day.

Ng, product engineer for Folia Water, travels to different countries to determine what product is best for the respective locales.

鈥淓very culture will have a different product line that鈥檚 in line with what their water collection practices have been for the past hundreds of years,鈥� Dankovich said.

In August, Ng traveled to Worcester, South Africa, to perform field trials. While the company has held field trials in countries such as Bangladesh, Ghana and Kenya, the South African test marked the first time people used the filters independently of the researchers.

The filters were received extremely well.

"The list of things Angela has accomplished at Carnegie Mellon while earning her bachelor鈥檚 degree is truly amazing for a Carnegie Mellon student, and a human being."

鈥淧eople were like, 鈥榶es, I know the water is clean because there鈥檚 a visible color difference,鈥欌�� Ng reported. 鈥淎nd then they鈥檇 say, 鈥業 know this is healthier for my children. I will just give this to my daughter and drink the dirty water.鈥� It was very humbling.鈥�

Ng鈥檚 international humanitarian efforts have been a theme throughout her collegiate days. In addition to holding clothing, food and book drives, she taught English to Guatemalan and Kenyan children, taught computer skills to Rwandan students and helped facilitate the development of aon 一本道无码鈥檚 Pittsburgh and Qatar campuses.

As a , Ng received full funding to spend an additional year at 一本道无码 to widen her breadth of knowledge. In Ng鈥檚 words, 鈥淚t鈥檚 given to people who love Carnegie Mellon and don鈥檛 want to leave.鈥�

Jim Thompson, an assistant teaching professor of civil and environmental engineering, has worked closely with Ng.

鈥淭he list of things Angela has accomplished at Carnegie Mellon while earning her bachelor鈥檚 degree is truly amazing for a Carnegie Mellon student, and a human being,鈥� he said.

Gina Casalegno, vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students, equally lauded Ng for her achievements.

鈥淎ngela possesses the rare and enviable quality of being able to see a problem in the world and consider it less a problem and more something that inspires her to create change for good,鈥� she said. 鈥淲hether through simple acts of kindness or grand contributions, Angela鈥檚 positive influence has made a lasting impact on this community.鈥�