Environmental Engineering
The government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia attaches great importance to citizen's health and is concerned with the environment and its preservation. These goals have been outlined in its…
Environmental Engineering
Plastic cutlery is one of the deadliest plastics for marine life. Forty billion pieces are thrown away each year in the US, ending up in our landfills and waterways. We designed bioplastic m…
Environmental Engineering
Designing an Autonomous Solar Powered Robot Capable of Filtering out Excess Phosphorus and Nitrogen from Waterways to Naturalize the Process of Eutrophication Mohammed Omer, Abdullah Saidi A…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Annually, ~1.3 million gallons of crude oil spill into the ocean. Traditional methods of oil cleanup are difficult, costly, non-efficient, and environmentally harmful, all highlighting the n…
Environmental Engineering
Dried Distiller's grain with solubles (DDGS) is an abundant by-product of bioethanol and distiller plants with the potential to be developed into cost-effective biocomposites. Rather than wa…
Environmental Engineering
Emissions of internal combustion engines (ICEs) and general combustion processes (GCPs) are extremely harmful to our ecosphere, as they harm organisms, form smog, and accelerate climate chan…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
The majority (91%) of the world's population lives in places exceeding World Health Organization's air quality guidelines and 7 million people die every year because of air pollution. Partic…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…