Sharanya Natarajan: An Integrated System to Detect and Treat Water Contaminants
An Integrated System to Detect and Treat Water Contaminants.
Sharanya Natarajan designed an integrated detection-and-delivery system for reducing contaminants in bodies of water. Linking sensing with treatment can shorten the time between discovering pollution and applying a response.
Innovation mindset: Environmental monitoring should create an action pathway, not end with a dashboard that merely confirms the problem.
Official project title: An Integrated Detection & Delivery System to Abate Contaminants in Water Bodies (Environmental Engineering).
IP note
No public IP record; any filing made around the May 2025 fair would not yet be published under the 18-month rule — register check due from late 2026.
Recognition
Regeneron ISEF 2025 — Second Award ($2,400).
What this means for a student inventor in India
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- Deepika Kurup — Solar photocatalytic water purifier
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