About this project
Our team has prior experience with similar projects from our time in STEM schools, where we engaged in intensive research and practical applications. One of our main projects focused on groundwater purification, integrating IoT technology to monitor and remove excess minerals and contaminants in real time. The project underwent rigorous evaluation by university professors, whose feedback contributed significantly to improving our design. We also participated in a national competition organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, which exposed us to other innovative solutions and best practices.
Additionally, we developed an air purification system capable of generating electricity from the processed airflow. These projects taught us the importance of combining innovation with environmental sustainability, conducting precise data collection, and performing thorough testing to ensure efficiency and reliability. We also gained valuable skills in presenting complex technical solutions to both expert and non-expert audiences.
These experiences directly informed the design of our current project. We have applied lessons learned in interdisciplinary collaboration, integration of smart technologies, and alignment of our solutions with real-world environmental challenges. This ensures our project is not only scientifically sound but also practical, scalable, and capable of delivering measurable impact.
Goals and Objectives
No one can deny the numerous challenges facing the world today, and these challenges represent obstacles that hinder the progress of various countries worldwide. One of these challenges that faces the whole world is water scarcity, which is considered the most vital challenge, as water is the secret of life because no one can live without it. In our project, we aimed to address the issue of water scarcity and provide a stable source of water to all those in need by creating a new resource for clean water through the purification of polluted water sources. This creation not only helps in providing a new source of water for people in developing countries that suffer from water deficiency, but also helps in reducing pollution in the world by purifying the polluted water resources. For all of that, we decided on a shrimp filter project to filter polluted water by using shrimp shells.
We, as owners of the shrimp filter project, aim in this project to provide a suitable amount of clean water every day per person all over the world, especially in developing countries. We also direct our efforts to provide a stable source of clean water to help them have a good life. As we aim to help people in developing countries, we must create an inexpensive solution to make sure that anyone can get it. For that, we choose the shrimp shells, which are treated as rubbish, and this means that they will be inexpensive.
Expected result
To check anything in the world, we must use more than one test to be insure and have no doubts. For that, we decided to test our project to make sure that it is good enough to achieve its aim. So that we can determine the number of tests to check the efficiency of our project. The first one is to check the purity of the chitosan material by using uv lamp or performing the infrared test, and it's expected to have zero impurities. The second test is done by testing the purity of water produced after the purification process by using the TDS meter (total dissolved solids) or by using the basic boiling test, and it's expected to have no contaminants. We have to be certain that the clean water will arrive for the deserving people as soon as possible, as this step means that our project is already successful
Partners
About me / organisation
Habiba Mahmoud - Malak Osama
We are students in the faculty of science who have a passion for solving environmental issues