ISEF · 2023
O.D.O.B.A
Environmental Engineering
The goal is to determine if the scientist could create an easily accessible database of sea turtle blood images and an open-sourced machine learning algorithm that partners with a developing…
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ISEF · 2023
Packaging Waste Reduction by Optimal Cardboard Box Selection
Environmental Engineering
Nowadays, packaging waste is a prevalent issue due to the increase in deliveries from online shopping. In this research, a new approach to the issue of cardboard box packaging waste is propo…
ISEF · 2023
Pollution Tracker
Environmental Engineering
Benzene, a pollutant found in air is a carcinogenic agent. This is mainly found in gasoline. The chemical can spread out as it is released through the car’s emissions. Residents who live in…
ISEF · 2023
Pura Aerem: A Five-Stage Extension to Catalytic Converters Designed to Purify the Gasses and Pollutants Exiting Gas-Powered Vehicles
Environmental Engineering
Ambient air pollution contributes to a 7-million annual mortality rate, with gas-powered vehicles among the leading contributors. The current technology being used within gas-powered vehicle…
ISEF · 2023
Rational Protein Engineering of PETase From Ideonella sakaiensis to Stimulate the Bioremediation of PET Pollution
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Despite vigorous recycling efforts, nearly 350 million tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)—plastic commonly used to package foods and beverages—accumulate annually, posing a serious thr…
ISEF · 2023
Recycling Polyethylene Terephthalate to Reduce Plastic Waste
Environmental Engineering
Each year, 76% of plastic waste is sent to the landfill, 16% incinerated polluting our airways, and 7% lost to pollute the environment. I wanted to find a way to recycle plastic water bottle…
ISEF · 2023
Resiblock Based by Marble Powder
Environmental Engineering
Today, the largest economic activity in the Mixtec region of Tepexi de Rodriguez, Puebla is the marble industry. This has brought great benefits to its inhabitants. However, large amounts of…
ISEF · 2023
Resource Recycling of Shield Tunnel Waste Soils Improved by Industrial Waste Phosphogypsum
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Currently, massive shield muck generated from urban metro construction is being transported outside and dumped regarding its undesirable engineering properties. Meanwhile, large amounts of i…
ISEF · 2023
Rusty: The Social Mirror Technology
Environmental Engineering
Walking through the streets of Budapest, Washington, and the biggest cities we can notice a common issue: we have failed to develop and sustain an accurate waste management system. Behind th…
ISEF · 2023
SMARter: Soil Moisture Artificially Intelligent Regression in a Domestic Garden Environment to Conserve Water
Environmental Engineering
This project aims to demonstrate the potential to predict soil temperature through a machine-learning approach, within a South African domestic garden environment. The vision of the project…
ISEF · 2023
Smart Wildlife Sentinel (SWS): Preventing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions and Monitoring Road Ecology With Embedded IoT Systems and Deep Learning
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Every year in the US, millions of roadkill accidents occur making wildlife vehicle collisions (WVCs) a significant danger to both animals and humans. In addition, road networks become abioti…
ISEF · 2023
Solar Powered Water Purification Devices: Which Color Is Best?
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to determine which color of solar powered water purification device would purify water at the fastest rate. The hypothesis was if the bottom of a water pur…
ISEF · 2023
Super Paramagnetic Nanoparticles as a Reusable Delivery System of Pesticides
Environmental Engineering Third Award
The utilization of pesticides to protect agricultural productions and insect infestations for health and hygienic purposes has raised great concerns in the literature associated with soil, w…
ISEF · 2023
Sustainable Hydroponic Production Using Automated Agricultural Nutrient Reclamation
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Agricultural tile drainage, a method of providing drainage for fields, can cause large amounts of nutrients to be leached out of fields. Nutrients can be absorbed into the rainwater, which i…
ISEF · 2023
Sustainable Rice Straw
Environmental Engineering
According to World Health Organization, by 2030, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths annually. One of the most critical factors leading to increased c…
ISEF · 2023
Sustainable Solutions: Comparing Electrochemical vs. Traditional Methods of Wastewater Remediation
Environmental Engineering
2 billion people lack access to safe, clean drinking water in their homes. Of those, 8 out of 10 lacking basic drinking water services live in remote or rural areas without coordinated water…
ISEF · 2023
Sustainable Water Purification by Indigenous Fruit Waste Technology (SWIFT): Ingenious Solution to Reuse Food Waste to Reduce Environmental Pollution
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Clean water scarcity and food waste management are major environmental concerns worldwide. Food wastes are rich in bioactive compounds that are currently being disposed of in landfills, gene…
ISEF · 2023
Testing the Effectiveness of a Bioplastic Layer Bonded to Natural Chelating Agents on the Minimization of Lead Iodide Leaching in Perovskite Solar Cells and a Novel Antireflective Coating Derived From Corn and Lotus Leaf Imprints on the Cell
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Due to the inefficiencies of silicon solar cells, scientists developed perovskite solar cells that are 20% more effective. Unfortunately, they are environmentally harmful and contain lead io…
ISEF · 2023
Testing the Effectiveness of Sabellastarte spectabilis as a Potential Bioremediator
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Water pollution is an issue that affects living organisms worldwide. As human activity continues to increase pollution in our oceans, the livelihood of all marine creatures is affected, from…
ISEF · 2023
Testing the Tensile Strength of Cordage Made of Fibers From Plants Found on St. Croix
Environmental Engineering
Cord-making is a simple skill that has been used for thousands of years, yet very few people in the modern world know anything about the process. The purpose of this project was to determine…
ISEF · 2023
The Development of a Mobile, Arduino-Based Water Quality Testing Apparatus
Environmental Engineering
Water quality describes the condition of water based on its chemical, physical, and biological state. Poor water quality poses health risks to humans and the environment, causing disease, an…
ISEF · 2023
The Dual Roles of Activated Carbon as an Adsorbent and Photocatalyst for Azo Dye Removal
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The rise of the fast fashion and textile industries has proliferated the release of toxic azo dye effluent into the environment, contributing to ~20% of global industrial pollution. Azo dye…
ISEF · 2023
The MiPlaFi 2.0: Washing Clothes With a Clear Conscience
Environmental Engineering
The project deals with how microplastics can be filtered out of washing machine wastewater. 35% of the microplastic released into our environment comes from washing machine wastewater. Our t…
ISEF · 2023
Toxicity Evaluation of Two Surfactants With Anticorrosion
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Surfactant research is a rapidly developing field due to its booming applications in many fundamental industries such as detergents, fabric softeners, emulsions, and most importantly, corros…
ISEF · 2023
Toxicological Study of Treated Produced Water for Water Conservation, Reclamation, and Reuse
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Produced water (PW) generated during oil and gas production is primarily disposed of through deep-well injection, which is costly and induces seismicity. PW treatment and reuse can enhance e…
ISEF · 2023
Use Of Aerial Drone Technology To Monitor Air Quality in Urban Communities
Environmental Engineering
The Researcher plans to investigate the use of drones for air quality sampling in urban areas to detect harmful pathogens or toxic gasses. With his background in aerospace engineering and dr…
ISEF · 2023
Use of Graphene Associated With Nanoporous Inorganic Membrane for Water Treatment
Environmental Engineering
Among the worst domestic and industrial pollutants that affect water resources, we have oils, since one liter of this substance can contaminate up to twenty-five thousand liters of water. Al…
ISEF · 2023
Using Chlorella vulgaris and Spirulina major To Create an Open System Bioreactor Generating Electricity While Running an Air Purification and CO2 Sequestration System (A 3rd Year Study)
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Air pollution, from the burning of fossil fuels, is associated with health issues and CO2 emissions linked to climate change. “Clean energy” sources reduce fossil fuel consumption but have o…
ISEF · 2023
Using Plants to Remove Heavy Metals From Wastewater
Environmental Engineering
I chose this experiment to try to reuse waste from paper mills to make them more environmentally friendly. I discovered the steam from some factories contains trace amounts of ammonia, and t…
ISEF · 2023
Utilizing 3D-Printed Engineered Living Materials To Break Down Environmental Pollutants
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Textile dyes have been a leading environmental pollutant for decades, causing mass degradation of ecosystems and wildlife. Although methods have been derived to break down these dyes, none a…