The Coagulation Filtration System is an innovative approach to water filtration aiming to provide safe drinking water to the more than 2 billion people worldwide that currently draw drinking water from contaminated sources. The solar-powered technology is also designed to remove ecosystem-damaging microplastics from water through the employment of plastic-eating microbes Ideonella sakaiensis. Using the processes of coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, the CFS can be easily and quickly employed in settings ranging from disaster areas to our own homes, ensuring quick access to safe, efficient, and sustainable drinking water for people everywhere.
ExploraVison National Science Competition Winners
1st place
Upper L to R: Andrew Mechling (coach), Liesel Benecke (mentor); Lower L to R: Julia Stewart (student), Jacob Park (student)
Coagulation Filtration System
2nd place
L to R: Anya Gupta (student), Annabella Meisner-Lopez (student), Jennifer O’Sullivan (coach)
The BioBot
Plastic pollution in our waterways has become an overwhelming environmental crisis. The BioBot Super Enzyme will rapidly break down plastic collected from rivers and oceans, converting it into micronutrients for the ecosystem.This super-enzyme that has such a rapid plastic-eating ability that it can take the most polluted rivers in the world and prevent that plastic from being dumped into the oceans. The BioBot Super Enzyme is contained in a device with AI technology, drone technology, solar panels, and supercomputers to manage the enzymes and their containment. This new Interceptor can find the most polluted areas, process, sort, and convert millions of pounds of plastic, and share this information with scientists. The BioBot Tracker App will allow scientists to see what’s happening in real-time in the Interceptor and with the SuperEnzymes. This invention is the perfect partnership between technologies that will eliminate plastic pollution and provide micronutrients to oceanic wildlife.