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ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
In the 21st century, 780 million people are without clean water, and 2.5 billion people do not have access to water with improved sanitation. Dirty drinking water can cause dysentery, infert…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
In this study, silver-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) (Ag-MOF) and copper-based MOF (Cu-MOF) were reinforced by graphene-oxide (GO). The reinforced GO-Ag-MOF and GO-Cu-MOF were studied…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Air pollution is a major problem in metropolitan areas around the world. Even though it affects the health of all, its impact is more severe in the underserved communities in developing coun…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
The chemical compound bisphenol-a (BPA, classified as an endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC) for its ability to mimic the body’s hormones and therefore disrupt the naturally-occurring hormon…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
In 2050, it is estimated that approximately 5.7 billion people will suffer due to the lack of clean water. Many studies have been developed to treat the water from various contaminants. This…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
The industrial revolution impacts in ecosystem and animal's wild, while there are many organizations to protect this animal and environment from human’s behavior. However, Oman has variable…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Surgical instruments must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each usage. During the drying process, frequent usage of pressure air guns leads to bioaerosol generation, which can eas…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Improving air quality is a goal of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The purpose of this study was to reduce pollutants in car exhaust using a filter designed and cons…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Air quality affects human health all the time. With the rapid development of urbanization and industrialization, Air quality in cities is polluted. In order to purify the suspended particles…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
The Earth’s population is growing at an exponential pace and with it synthetic pollutants. For instance, plastics or synthetic polymeric materials, are well-known ocean and land pollutants w…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
HEALIR aims to be a smart and Eco-Friendly air filter for domestic use to allow a sensitive reduction in atmospheric pollution to the benefit of both the environment and health of a possible…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
This research paper aims to effectively tackle modern day problems of industrial pollutants such as NOx or SOx and fine dust by combining the principles of a wet scrubber and an impeller. Im…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Bacteria and viruses are the main culprits responsible for causing stomach problems and related sicknesses. By making use of ozone, we made a prototype to test the hypothesis that water can…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering First Award
An estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation and 780 million people to improved water sources worldwide. This is due to the high expense and difficulty of traditional f…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Our global cargo ship fleet emits 4% of climate change emissions and particulate pollutants, leading to roughly 7.6 million childhood asthma cases, and 150,000 premature deaths annually. A n…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Paper industry is hugely contaminating, releasing 55 trillion tons of CO2 and cutting down 15 billion trees annually. We aim to solve this problem by using Kombucha as a sustainable alternat…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
The hazardous Ala Wai Canal, suffering from hypereutrophication and an abundance of pollutants due to the combined drainage of the Manoa, Palolo, and Makiki, streams, carries its toxins into…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The problem of polyethylene pollution provides a solid basis for the creation of the new eco-friendly materials, such as bacterial cellulose. Objective of this project is to increase the eff…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
In 2020, our world entered a new normal that includes virtual school, mask wearing and voluntary quarantines. The reason? SARS-Cov-2: COVID-19. To go back to ‘in-person’ safely, precautions…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Microplastics are a rapidly emerging contaminant in water sources. California is in the process of adopting a standardized testing method to monitor microplastics in drinking water (Bill SB1…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Liquid transport in porous materials is used in many industries: in everyday life, medicine, liquid filtration. These processes are of great practical importance: for example, they help to e…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Following my last year’s project, I continue to be concerned by the environmental impact of polymeric waste – how it scars the land and poisons water – and ways to improve its recyclability…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering First Award
Produced water generated during oil and gas production is primarily disposed of through deep-well injection, which is costly, has limited receiving capacity, and induces seismicity. Produced…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
As climate change transforms the world, it is essential to identify and counter global threats to the environment and its people - especially in the case of wildfires. On the rise over the p…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Fishing is one the most significant drivers of declines in ocean wildlife populations. Overfished stock numbers have nearly tripled in half a century and a third of the world's assessed fish…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Single use plastics are increasingly common in society, with waste from bottles, packaging, and containers filling up landfills and damaging ecosystems worldwide. At the same time, 3D printi…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning coal for industrial and energy purposes account for a sizable portion of the United States total CO2 emissions. Commercially viable CO2 sequestrat…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
In order to solve the short supply of vegetable during the Covid-19 pandemic, this project sets up a aquaponics system based on the artificial intelligence in family environment by using cle…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Oil spills pose significant threat to all environmental, political, economic aspects in global settings. However, current oil absorbents that are most commonly used are made of polypropylene…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Since the mass haunt of jellyfish due to global warming causes serious damage to many fishing grounds, a method of resourceization using the adhesive component of jellyfish gelatin was inves…