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ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Purpose: In Zimbabwe 72% of schoolgirls can’t affordable sanitary products. Globally, 500 million women and girls have inadequate access to sanitary products contributing to period poverty.…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Plastic waste, especially polyethylene (PE), persists in the environment and is difficult to treat efficiently by existing biological methods. This study evaluated a two-stage biological app…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals with strong carbon-fluorine bonds that resist breakdown in the environment and are associated with serious health effects,…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
91% of waste plastic bottles are not recycled in Nigeria and many other developing countries, driving a global environmental crisis. This project focuses on transforming waste plastic bottle…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Developing low-cost, eco-friendly sensors for detecting PFAS-like pollutants is critical for environmental monitoring and agricultural runoff. This study investigates the electrochemical res…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Wildfire suppression agents commonly rely on synthetic surfactants that pose environmental persistence and runoff concerns, particularly in island ecosystems. This study evaluates the feasib…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Equabin is an intelligent IoT based waste management system. The system is built around a micro-controller integrated with multiple sensors, standard communication protocols, and a database.…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Heavy metal pollution caused by activities such as improper disposal of mining waste, ore smelting, and the burning of fossil fuels by automobiles or power plants is especially prevalent in…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
We wanted to do this project to show the importance of ph levels on soil and plant health and to prove there's organic yet effective ways to solve problems. We wanted to know which organic a…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Due to high ultrafine particle (UFP) concentrations on freeways and the lack of effective UFP prevention technologies in vehicles, passengers may be exposed to elevated cabin UFP levels duri…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
This research addresses the problem of marine pollution from heavy hydrocarbons (C10–C40), highly persistent petroleum-derived substances that compromise aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity,…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, are pervasive environmental pollutants linked to cardiovascular, neurological, and carcinogenic health risks. Although fe…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Marine oil spills are a severe form of pollution, causing lasting ecological and economic damage. Polypropylene sorbents are non-biodegradable and pose environmental concerns. Thus, our aim…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Widespread contamination of surface and groundwater systems from heavy metals, excess nutrients, and other hazardous pollutants has intensified the need for sustainable water remediation tec…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most common plastics used worldwide, and is used to create products like water bottles, food packaging, and textiles. PET is difficult to break…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Globally, pests destroy over 40% of crops annually. Traditional pesticides are highly harmful to the environment and human health, and current application methods—either wasteful mass sprayi…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
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ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Marine ecosystems are paramount to the planet's health, but they are threatened by human-introduced pollutants. In particular, microplastics have proven to be detrimental to aquatic wildlife…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Moyle (1944) found that lakes with high sulfate levels do not contain wild rice. In wetland soil with low oxygen concentrations, bacteria convert sulfate from municipal or industrial sources…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
This research investigated whether the presence of pure copper bars in water containers is associated with changes in visible algae growth and water quality indicators in an agricultural set…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
This project was designed to tackle the growing problem of the invasive Burmese Python in the Florida Everglades. Since these snakes are hard to find, standard hunting methods did not work w…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
The lack of control over nitrate and phosphate levels in soil and water is becoming one of the most serious problems facing the Baltic Sea. Eutrophication and uncontrolled nutrient runoff le…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Water pollution remains a significant issue for aquatic ecosystems, as most available absorbents for remediation are either non-biodegradable or toxic to aquatic life. The main goal of this…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
A serious worldwide environmental problem is the increasing generation of agro-industrial and food waste and its improper disposal. Peanuts' global annual production, for example, is approxi…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
This experiment is continuation of my earlier research evaluating the feasibility of converting waste peanut shells into value-added cellulosic materials. The objective is to extract purifie…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Low-lying regions are inherently vulnerable to storm surge threats during a hurricane, yet many communities in those areas lack integrated coastal defense systems. Not all types of shoreline…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
This study presents the design and evaluation of a solar-driven hybrid plasmonic–photocatalytic system based on ophiolite-supported nanomaterials for the treatment of oilfield produced water…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Plastic pollution represents a major environmental challenge. This project investigates the potential of oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) to biologically degrade plastic waste using a…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
An estimated 92 million tons of textiles are discarded annually, yet fabric-to-fabric recycling accounts for less than 1% of production due to quality degradation and financial barriers. Thi…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Minnesota’s 4 million drivers release heavy metals into the environment through their vehicles’ emissions. Copper, Lead, and Zinc account for 90% of vehicle-derived heavy metal pollution, wh…