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ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Currently, the use of transportation is blooming in every nation, which leads to the rise of waste lubricant emission. Waste lubricant not only does harm to human’s health but also causes en…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Indoor air quality has been an increasing concern due to abundant pollutant emission sources. We investigated on the removal of one of the most toxic and abundant air pollutants – carbonyl c…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The main objective of this experiment was to determine whether temperature affects the rate of decay of an alpha particle resulting in radioactivity. During the research it was learned that…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Wind turbines are clean alternative energy sources that are increasing in popularity. However, landowners and environmentalists have expressed concerns in regard to noise pollution and negat…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Cigarette smoke promotes renal fibrosis but the direct effects of acrolein (acrylic aldehyde), a constituent of cigarette smoke on renal fibrosis had not been determined. Heat shock protein…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The intent of this experiment was to discover which method of irrigating plants grew the plants in the most efficient manner. I tried a new irrigation system that consisted of injecting the…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
a) purpose of the experiment Air pollution is threatening to our health so we are going to invent a machine to kill bacteria and clean the air. b) procedures used First, some information was…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to reduce the emissions from an engine using activated carbon (AC) as a supplemental filter while a catalytic converter is warming up. This experiment measure…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Cimex lectularius, commonly known as the bed bug, presents a resurgent public health hazard characterized by its hosts’ allergic reactions, secondary skin infections, and psychological distr…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This project was inspired by recent studies expressing a substantial need to increase food supplies. To accommodate the expected human population growth, developing more efficient protein so…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The growth of population has created problems like increase of fCO2, food shortage and contamination to our water resources. Would it be possible to create a self-sustaining small portable 7…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Although there are some stove types in our life like gas stove and wood stove, all of these types can be harmful for humans and our environment. For example, the gas stove could burn the are…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Septic systems and other small-scale waste-water processing systems do little to remove NH4+, NO3- and inorganic phosphorus from waste-water. Emission of the effluent from these systems can…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Neutralization of hydrocarbon contamination of soils by natural microbial populations is one of the primary mechanisms. Its intensity and direction to a large extent depends upon the quality…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Production of bio-ethanol from rice straw has some limitations, as it can also be used for important cattle feed. Ideally, research is needed to develop a protocol that can produce bio-ethan…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Near domestic and commercial agricultural settings, ammonia runoff is a threat to freshwater ecosystems. Research by scientist Milena Beniolo found that banana peels effectively absorbed pos…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This project titled, Help me! I don’t take it anymore: Together we will succeed, is intended to answer the following problem: How to reduce the solid waste generated by the residents of Chac…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Purpose of the Experiment As the demand for oil products increases so does its maritime transportation and thus enhance the risk for an oil spill to occur. Oil Spills can cause major environ…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Water use has been growing more than twice the population rate in the last century. Considering the sources of seawater account for as high as 97% of all water on the Earth, seawater desalin…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Organochlorine pesticides in agriculture are not only powerful but also pollute the soil and destroy the ecosystem. As a result, scientists are currently looking for organic pesticides that…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Introduction: Treating the disaster of oil leaking from marine oil platforms by using sealant oil device with low costs Problem of research • Wasting billions of Dollars when catastrophic po…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Oil spilled into land, river or ocean always causes major problems for the environment. Absorbents made from structured fiber are found to be the best material to clean up oil spilled. In th…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Condensation plays an important role in thermal desalination, environmental control, and power generation processes with a combined global market of $300 billion per year. Hydrophobic surfac…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment is to reduce the environmental impact of burning fossil fuels by removing carbon dioxide from the flue gas that is the produced during this process. CO2 is a p…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This project solves an ongoing issue of the organic wastes, it became a worldwideproblem. After a long time research we finally came up with a solution to have a great benefit by making this…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Water availability and quality are universally important issues. The imbalance between fresh water demand and supply is expected to worsen. To date, water technology has been focused on desa…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This experiment builds on further testing of percolation of phosphate through soil rather than homogenization to remediate lead contaminated soil. The experiment tested if percolation of a p…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This research project aimed to prevent O-Zone Layer through at low cost, most efficient and easy to assemble Environmental pollution Filter. Environmental pollution is the biggest menace to…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Electroplate is to plate a thin layer of special metal or alloy on surface of certain metals using electrolysis. Nickel plating is one of the most widely used electroplate processes, generat…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The Styrofoam® (Expanded Polystyrene) is an odorless rigid cellular plastic that doesn’t contaminate the soil, water and air, is 100% reusable and recyclable and can return to the condition…