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ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Freshwater accounts for 2.5% of the planet’s water, and the U.N.’s estimated 7.7 billion people on Earth are taxing that supply. With 3,100 cubic miles of freshwater vapor trapped in the atm…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
A massive drop in bearing acres is attributed to severe damage to the trees caused by freezing temperatures. A new freeze prevention method was created through incorporating a solar energy r…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
One of the most dangerous components of an oil spill is the emulsion that forms between the spilled oil and the surrounding seawater. This submerged emulsion can persist for many years and i…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
As a result of rising temperatures and sea levels, our available land space, freshwater, and food supplies are shrinking, just when they are most needed to support a growing population. Comm…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
With a goal of reducing sand usage and providing a use for waste plastic, the research conducted studied the impact of adding varying percentages of HDPE plastic by mass into concrete blocks…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The current plastics we use take around 500 years to degrade and release harmful chemicals into our environment. Therefore, a solution to this epidemic must be found. Drawing from a variety…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
As the human population grows, more and more waste is created, most of which is non-recyclable and non-biodegradable. Styrofoam, a derivative form of the plastic polystyrene, is one such exa…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Opioid abuse is a significant public health problem. Despite over 130 overdose deaths a day and two million Americans with some form of opioid addiction, there are still very few predictive…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Global warming has had a worldwide impact with methane gas being a significant contributor. According to calculations by the Environmental Defence Fund (EDF) based on a 2018 Intergovernmenta…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The main objective of this applied science project is to demonstrate the viability of a novel, low-cost methanotrophic biotrickling filter with the ability to co-metabolise methane as well a…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Pests can ruin every healthy tree’s crop within 10-15 days. This huge loss can only be detected at harvest season. If the pests have already got inside the fruits or the fruits had fallen do…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Commercially viable carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration with magnesium silicates, such as olivine, is still primarily experimental. My previous research showed a closed system containing oliv…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this project is to identify which of the four types of firewood (pine, pinon, oak, and cedar) produce the most carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, with the addition of particulat…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Researchers in Japan have identified a species of bacteria, Ideonella sakaiensis, which is capable of degrading Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), a common ingredient in many plastics. The pu…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of the study is to develop a perspective portable liquid absorptive aerosol sampler for biohazard monitoring of surface atmospheric stratum with a drone. Early detection of patho…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Increasing photons exposed to a solar panel using parabolic mirror reflection enhances energy output, but reflection intensity could overheat the panel, so a new mechanism was engineered to…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Although recycling is a common practice in many societies, the large volume of waste and the high cost of recycling these materials has led to global problems. Much of the waste is shipped t…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Water security is becoming a new challenge for many countries as industrial waste containing heavy metals is being disposed in bodies of water. Lead (Pb) is an extremely toxic yet common con…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Water pollution has quickly become the deadliest global issue of the century, leading to 1 billion sicknesses every year. A lack of awareness of the quality of water sources means that vulne…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Unethical and inadequate regulations for waste and antibiotic disposal has led to the contamination of numerous bodies of water in India. In particular, a member of the most prominent class…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The idea of the project came up from many problems that affect the agriculture environment so that I provided solutions by using the renewable energy and the (IOT) system to solve the follow…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Wildfires are increasingly becoming an issue around the world and are correlating with the rising number of smoke inhalation injuries. Assorted prevention methods are available to decrease t…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
With less farming space and water available globally, it is important to optimize the growth of crops in available farmland. Agricultural production, including the quality and quantity of pr…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Over a billion people around the world lack access to clean drinking water. Millions of them die from the contaminated water, the majority of whom are from developing countries. Tap water ca…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Plastics have always been a part of our lives since its early discovery in the 1930's, making it one of the most ubiquitous problems in today's society. However, everything has its own downs…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Although water seems endlessly available, only 2.5% of the Earth’s water is fresh, with just 0.26% of that residing on the surface. This water supply is where much of humanity’s drinking wat…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
This project aims to develop a new, applicable, eco-friendly and efficient method to remove hazardous dye substances that are released into peripheral water bodies from textile factories as…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The Effect of the Decay of Organic Matter on the Energy Output of a Renewable, Solar Energy Storage System. This experiment was conducted to determine if placing organic matter inside an air…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if mass loss would occur in household plastic products due to photodegradation aided by non-modified titanium dioxide in the presence of ultra…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Solar energy is non-polluting, renewable, and consistently less expensive over time than other forms of energy. It was hypothesized that different panel designs, in combination with differen…