ISEF · 2020
Moth.NET
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…
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ISEF · 2020
Optimizing Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Using Olivine and Sodium Hydroxide in a Flow Through System
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
Particulates and Toxic Gases: The Hidden Harm in Wood Fires Used in Traditional Hogans and Their Correlation with Asthma and Lung Cancer
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
Plastic Problem or Solution: Screening for Polyethlyene Terephtalate Degrading Bacteria in Arkansas
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
Portable Aerosol Sampler with Liquid Phase Set on a Drone for Biohazard Monitoring
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
Power and Water Backup for Natural Disasters: Tracking Concentrated Solar Collection with a Simultaneous Cooling and Water Distillation System
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
Precycling: Novel Strategies for Dealing with Household Plastic Recycling
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
Removal of Pb Heavy Metal from Water Using Edible Marine Algae (Undaria pinnatifida)
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
SAMMI: Smart Autonomous Mercury Monitoring Instrument
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
Single-Step Pyrolysis of Phosphoric Acid-Activated Bagasse as a Sustainable Method of Adsorption of the Antibiotic Ciprofloxacin
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
Smart Green Farm
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
Smoke Particulates: An Analysis of Reduction Methods Using GC-MS and Laser Particle Counting
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
Soil Moisture Sensing Robot: A Novel Agricultural Device
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
Solar-Powered Water Purifier
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
Static Electricity Sea Microplastic Extractor
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
Testing the Waters: Engineering an Innovative Method of Water Health Analysis
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
The Adsorption of Safranin O and Crystal Violet Dyes onto Pyracantha coccinea Biosorbent
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
The Effect of the Decay of Organic Matter on the Energy Output of a Renewable, Solar Energy Storage System
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
The Effect of Titanium Dioxide on the Photodegradation of Plastic
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
The Effect of Weather Conditions on the Efficiency of Solar Panels
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…
ISEF · 2020
The Future of Plastic
Environmental Engineering
Procedure: Bananas of the same color index were chosen. (greenish yellow bananas were used). Banana peels were removed using a stainless steel knife. A 0.1M sodium metabisulphite solution wa…
ISEF · 2020
The Use of Eggshell Waste as a Bio-Adsorbant of Phosphates for Water and Soil Quality
Environmental Engineering
Phosphate run-off into natural waterways from agricultural fertilisers and animal manures can cause eutrophication. Agricultural operations are large consumers of non-renewable fertilisers a…
ISEF · 2020
Using an Arduino-Controlled Tide Simulator to Selectively Breed Ulva lactuca for Increased Lignin Content
Environmental Engineering
Carbon sequestration is a key part of climate change mitigation efforts. Plants naturally pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis, but when they decompose, the CO2 is r…
ISEF · 2020
Using Pyrolysis to Recycle Polymers into Synthetic Fuels
Environmental Engineering
Polymer waste processing is a pressing issue because disposal requires much energy and the garbage must first be sorted –adding labor costs. Scientific and engineering literature showed that…
ISEF · 2020
Utilizing Desktop Fabricated Sensors to Measure Transpiration Rates in Glycine max
Environmental Engineering
By the year 2050, the global population is projected to reach nine billion people. This means that the global food supply will need to double to keep up with the demand. Unfortunately, even…