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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…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Free radical damage to skin caused by particulate matter and ultraviolet (UV) radiation takes over nine million lives per year. Current creams can be remedial barriers; however, particles, (…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Approximately 7 x 10^8 kilograms of dye are produced annually and 15% are released into aquatic bodies, causing global human and environmental health problems. Many conventional purification…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
New York City process approximately 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater daily and with such quantities, wastewater treatment has become increasingly energy intensive and costly (DEP, 2016). In…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The Research group SYNAPSES of the Educational Institution Ismael Perdomo Borrero, noted that the use of the notebooks is set in a problem because they are discarded after fulfilling their m…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Air pollution has become the deadliest environmental problem, leading to more than seven million deaths per year. People are forced to wear masks in China to protect themselves from the heav…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Expanded Polystyrene(EPS) called Styrofoam is a porous material with characteristics of high insulation and light weight. However, EPS is threatening the environment significantly as it is n…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Hydroponics is a method of growing plants that involves the use of a water-based solution and inert medium such as perlite or peat moss to support the root system as an alternative for soil.…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Many people in the world, especially in rural locations, are under high water scarcity; however, many of these areas grow banana plants, which require a large amount of water. The hypothesis…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
A) Stopping carbon emissions now is a start, but it’s not enough. We’ve already passed the point of no return. Even if every single coal fired power plants was shut down, every car converted…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The development of human activity and industry has led to various environmental pollution. One of the biggest problem is chicken feather waste created during food processing. Another problem…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The widespread use of petrochemicals often leads to substance spills in aquatic environments during transfers or offshore drilling/exploration, resulting in catastrophic pollution, economica…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Can Raton Basin produced gas well water be reused for agriculture? Last year’s project determined produced water is comparable to other water sources for agriculture in a hydroponic system.…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Efficiency and resourcefulness are fundamental to all space missions due to an association to high costs and limited resources. Currently, however, products which are no longer required on t…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas emitted by human activities and its quantity is constantly growing. 20% of rice production results to be waste and its ashes are rich in s…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Improper disposal of expanded polystyrene (EPS) can cause major environmental and social problems, as it takes 150 years or more to degrade. Knowing that there is no way to inhibit its consu…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
More than 8 tons of plastic enters waterways as pollution. Plastics degrade over generations and slowly breakdown into micro pieces which are eaten by marine life and eventually by humans. H…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
One big issue faced by many today is water shortages, especially in developing countries. These areas are found with water but not drinkable water, due to the lack of sanitation. Even in are…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) is a practical and inexpensive method for disinfecting water and that, traditionally, requires Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles and sunlight.…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
The purpose of this experiment was to measure the decrease in temperatures of warm water that a re-circulating fountain system can produce compared to that of a re-circulating waterfall syst…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
What is the problem? First, we studied the biggest problems facing humanity in the twenty-first century, we found that the pollution of water with heavy metals, is an extremely serious probl…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
I propose an international collaborative infrastructure (ICI) along with an ICT based public participatory business model (SWARN) for waste management. ICI will assign countries yearly Ecolo…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
It is estimated that only 1% of Earth’s water supply is freshwater available for use by humanity and other organisms for survival. With 70% of this freshwater being contaminated, the need fo…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
When we started our project, we looked for a material which can capture carbon dioxide. We had many choices , we studied the possibility of using all the those choices , we selected the most…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The internal combustion gasoline automobile is the most used transportation mode in Mexico and the world. The burning of this fossil fuel generates polluting substances such as oxides of nit…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Synthetic polymers, like Polystyrene (PS), are a severe environmental problem. Recently published studies prove that the larvae of Tenebrio molitor (mealworms) are capable of biodegrading PS…