Zach Van Vechten
3rd Place
Science, Engineering & Mathematics, 2025
My use of advanced search filters and keywords — which I learned through a library workshop in my UWP 102B class — allowed me to find the research most pertinent to my review.”
— Zach Van Vechten
Stratospheric Aerosols: A Potential Tool for a Warming Climate
Literature review for UWP Writing in the Disciplines: Biological Sciences
Project Description
Van Vechten’s literature review analyzes existing models for stratospheric aerosol injection — a promising method for climate change mitigation that involves seeding the atmosphere with aerosols that scatter and reflect solar radiation back into space — and suggests directions for future research. A library workshop helped him navigate research databases and identify more than a dozen relevant peer-reviewed sources.
In Their Own Words
Read Zach’s reflective essay (pdf) from their Lang Prize application.