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ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Water quality is one of Vermont’s largest problems; contaminated water limits the state’s drinking water and is detrimental to Vermont’s tourism industry. Harmful algal blooms, (HABs) which…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
According to NOAA, “the ocean absorbs about a quarter of the CO2 we release into the atmosphere every year.” The significant increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations resul…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Plastic today has become one of the most used materials in the world. From 1950 to 2018, more than 8 million tons of plastics were produced, of which 79% were discarded after use. Plastic pr…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Thermal insulation plays a key role in our everyday lives and it is used in a variety of environments ranging from housing to industrial and scientific work. Commonly used thermal insulation…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
In India, small shops and houses are constructed from cement bricks with metal sheets as roofs due to which temperature is high inside particularly in summer. Biodegradable thermal insulator…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Solid waste management is a major concern for Pakistan like many other developing countries. Now with arising climatic impacts on hand, waste management has become an inevitable problem for…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
In Brazil, the consumption of coconut products (Cocos Nucifera) has grown substantially in recent years. This contributed significantly to the intensification of fruit production and cultiva…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Rapidly developing industrial processes and manufacturing are releasing an alarming and overwhelming surplus of 29 gigatons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year, adding to the natural disch…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
In the place that we live, an extremely rare and beautiful plant is on the verge of extinction. It is being threatened by the fungus known as Rapid Ohia Death (R.O.D). Rapid Ohia Death can b…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Weathering and erosion of soils causes fine-grained silts and clays to flow with water and clog the navigation channels in the State of Maryland. Dredging these fine-grained soils with lots…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Taking into account the environmental problems associated with plastics, it is increasingly necessary to look for less harmful alternatives, such as bioplastics. However, most existing biopl…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Graphene is a one-atom-thick allotrope of carbon that has a hexagonal lattice structure, and it has good adsorption and conduction characteristics. Graphene sand is a composite of sand coate…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Oil spills are a daunting threat all around the world and the current forms of remediation are costly, inefficient and toxic. Oil spills, therefore, are economically burdening and have a dev…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
There are already hundreds of different ways to create clean water. Yet in the world today, thousands of people don't have access to this necessity because of their lack of time, money and t…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
In search of higher productivity, some farmers are installing drain tile systems in their fields. Although they can increase yields, drain tiling can harm the environment through fertilizer…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
In a polluted world driven by energy consumption, one innovative idea, the microbial fuel cell (MFC), has risen as a solution to anthropogenic demands. MFCs are biological reactor systems th…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Contaminated water, caused by organic dyes pollutants, is a serious problem and concern worldwide. It could cause waterborne diseases and chronic health consequences. Photocatalysts have bee…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Approximately 300 million tons of single-use plastic each year is discarded. It takes 450 years for a bottle to decompose. This project’s focus is to identify environmentally friendly method…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Over 300 million tons of plastic waste is produced annually, and over 270 million tons of that waste is sent to landfills. This research hopes to better characterize plastic consumption in B…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Lowering the Level of Toxic Wastes in the Environment with the Use of Ionization Principles Nigar Bakhshaliyeva School-Lyceum N6, Baku, Azerbaijan The purpose of my project is to make our pl…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Harmful algal blooms (HAB) is a catastrophic phenomenon brought by high phosphate levels affecting bodies of water causing negative impacts to the environment, economic and public health con…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Water scarcity affects upwards of a billion people worldwide. Big cities like Cape Town, Mexico City, Melbourne, and Jakarta are threatened by the water crisis today. Ironically, these very…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Mirror manufacturing costs less than solar panels, and when a mirror reflects light rays onto a panel, power increases, so utilizing mirrors can develop more efficient and affordable solar e…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Nowadays, plastic bag is used widely due to its low cost and lightweight, even though it isn’t environmental friendly. So, there are campaigns to replace a plastic bag with biomaterial packa…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Eutrophication is a process triggered by the enrichment of the aquatic environment with nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients - both descendent of human effluents and agricultural activities. Du…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
PURPOSE: Daily activities like driving a car, charging a phone and many other routine activities leave a carbon footprint by releasing carbon dioxide into our air. Atmospheric levels of carb…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Background: Mussels are increasingly being utilized as a natural method to remove and filter harmful algae and other natural debris from our water systems. In the context of concerns for cli…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Cigarette filters (CF) and plastic straws are the number one pollution source because they are not biodegradable. It could take up to 25 years to degrade CF and straws under UV light, but th…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
An interesting dilemma in today’s society is that even in the most underdeveloped nations, there is an unprecedented, widespread access to smartphones. Adapting the increasing technological…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Globally, 844 million people lack access to clean water and having potable water is fundamental for a civilization to survive. During the crisis of Hurricane Maria at Puerto Rico, made neces…