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ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The accumulation of expanded polystyrene foam waste in landfills and oceans is an increasing global problem. Every year in the U.S. alone, a staggering 900 million kilograms of polystyrene f…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Arsenic contamination of water sources is a global problem, affecting numerous countries across the world. Natural weathering and anthropogenic sources, such as mining and use of coal-fired…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
In Minas Gerais, Brazil, grows the Macaùba Palm. The fruits of this palm contain a lot of useful components. We made a business plan for the use of these components for the purification of w…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Solar Water Disinfection(SODIS) is an inexpensive and effective method for disinfecting water using cost-effective materials like PET bottles and sunlight. Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) i…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this project is to be able to provide a sustainable method of water filtration and to purify water safely and easily. Moringa Oleifera is a highly-valued plant, distributed in…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
We spend billions of dollars to clean up our environment from oil disasters all over the planet. The current methods never fully remove all of the oil that is spilled. The winds and ocean cu…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Throughout our research project, we will be analyzing the properties of a relatively new yet potentially pivotal scientific breakthrough, which is Newspaper Cuttings, occasionally recognized…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Current post-combustion CO2 capture technologies are energy intensive, require high temperature heat sources, and dramatically increase the cost of power generation. This work introduces a n…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that can be harnessed using technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy and solar architecture. These technolo…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
It has been reported that, unless new deposits are discovered, the world’s phosphorus reserves will be depleted in 40 to 400 years. Nutrient over-enrichment primarily by phosphorous in storm…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The potential salinization of agricultural land in Hawai?i due to tsunami inundation or storm surges would make the soil unsuitable for growing crops. Finding a sustainable way to remove sal…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The world of 3D printing is thus far not closely aligned with the world of the consumer. In the eyes of the average consumer, 3D printers are large, abstracted, industrial machines like inje…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Forward Osmosis (FO) is an alternative method of desalination that uses a hypertonic “draw" solution to leach water molecules from a hypotonic "feed" solution such as seawater across a semip…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Originally an idea to plot the course of meteorites through the Earth's atmosphere, fragmentation of meteors proved too difficult to include. The project was modified into a way to lessen th…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
In this project an environment friendly, multi purposed, biodegradable bag dissolved in short span of time is going to be produced. As natural raw material, Wild Asphodelus aestivus Plant Ro…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Cement production industry suffers from a huge increase in the Cement Kiln Dust (CKD) as a solid waste; the fine powder separated in the dust collection system when burning the cement clinke…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
In the RecycloTrash project, a trash can which sorts between recyclable and unrecyclable items that are thrown into it was designed and built. After the trash can was designed using the Auto…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Automotive exhaust emissions are of much environmental concern due to toxic pollutants such as Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Hydrocarbons (HC). One role of the standard catalytic converter in an…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
A photobioreactor is used for cultivating multiple phototrophic microorganisms to generate a biomass that can be utilized for energy or biofuel refinement. The objective of this project was…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Heavy metal contamination of both soil and water by industrial wastewater is currently an environmental and public health issue of great concern. These metals, unlike multiple others, which…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The negative environmental impacts associated with the reliance on fossil fuels for energy production has led to the growth of nuclear energy; however, nuclear power bears its own risks. Str…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Empirical studies have shown that we spend several times more laundry detergents than is actually required for efficient washing, which inflicts a double blow on the environment due to exces…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
“Clean, accessible water for all” is one of the seventeen sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. Electrocoagulation, which uses electricity to remove contaminants, can help…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The signal buoy is an electric device for fishers, who use a fishing net. With a signal buoy it is very easy for fishers to locate the fishing nets. Without the buoy the fishing net may get…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are a more renewable, cost efficient, and more effortless form of energy production. MFC take advantage of specific ion producing exoelectrogenic bacteria (G.sulfu…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
This investigation was a response to the devastating impacts of oil spills on marine ecosystems, and further, the lack of effective modern technologies available in the remediation process.…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Given the considerable threat water pollution poses to the ecosystem, Smart Pleco, an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) designed to track pollution sources in relatively small water bodies, cou…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Spent mushroom substrate (SMS) is waste after harvesting mushrooms and it is high in organic matter. The objectives of this study are to evaluate the usability of SMS for restoring soil ecos…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
As water scarcity and the extraction of oil collide, Produced Water (PW) has become a vital asset to commercial and organic farmers. Questions surrounding the uptake of residual toxins prese…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Turbidity is an underestimated concern when it comes to water quality. Turbidity, how much sedimentation is in water(measured in NTU), is a severe problem when it comes to killing of plants,…