Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is forcing open of fissures in subterranean rocks by introducing liquid at high pressure, especially to extract oil or gas. When water is shot into these f…
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…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Every day you charge your phone and drive your car, but have you ever wondered about the amount of CO2 you release into the air by doing those actions? Atmospheric levels of CO2 h…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The goal of this project was to determine the effect of banana peels on lead contaminated water. My hypothesis was that if banana peels are mixed into lead contaminated water, the…
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…
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…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives To develop alternative materials to plastics, inspired by the concept of marine exoskeleton composition and to test their tensile strength, flexibility, and degradability. Methods…
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…
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…
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Microalgal photobioreactors are among the most effective systems for capturing atmospheric CO2. Their capacity to generate massive amounts of hydrocarbon in biomass could be exploited not on…
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, (…
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…
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…
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…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Objectives Petrochemical waste cleanup is expensive but important. This project began with the hypothesis that polymers could be used to capture both oil and waste water. Following research…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Environmental Engineering
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives In order to minimize the Carbon dioxide emission from concrete production, our project sought to find an environmentally sustainable method that would allow for the formation of a…
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…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The objective of this study was to determine which readily available material would absorb used motor oil out of fresh water the most effectively while absorbing the least amount…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Global warming is a significant issue for the earth's environment. The temperatures around the world are rising, causing many challenges such as more intense heat waves, shrinking…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives One-third of the world's population lacks access to safe drinking water and 2.57 million people die annually from contaminated water-related illness. Adoption of currently produce…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…