38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Among the scientific community, there is growing agreement that microalgal photobioreactors are among the most effective systems for biomass generation and carbon capture to…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find the best substance to be used as a catalyst in the photocatalytic water purification. Methods/Materials I tested Titanium Dioxide, Zinc Oxide, Iron S…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to discover a plant, either naturally or through genetic engineering, that can effectively uptake lead from contaminated soils. The goal is to see whether o…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Each year, droughts cause health issues and economic damage that affect millions of people around the world. Even California, a developed state, suffered a severe drought be…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Two worm species are known to have the ability to digest certain forms of plastic and excrete environmentally safe waste. The objective of this study is to determine which o…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which plants, native to Northwestern California, are least likely to start roadside fires and will produce the least amount of carbon dioxide w…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to find out which aquatic plant absorbs the most carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to reduce global warming. My hypothesis was that algae wou…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this engineering project was to increase the water resistance to less than 35% mass loss and test the biodegradability of the protein-based films created in…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to support the idea that cheap species of plants found almost anywhere in the world can serve as mechanisms for nutrient reduction in an e…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals I created the Smart Waste Management system to optimize garbage collection by efficiently identifying and gathering solid waste and transporting it to landfills to prevent t…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to construct a parabolic trough system that desalinates water at its maximum potential by analyzing the optimal position of the absorber pipe. We postulate…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals In 2017, Devastating fires burned throughout the Napa Valley and Southern California, resulting in immense destruction, financial loss, and even casualties. In most present…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals It was hypothesized that bacteria collected from plastic incubated with ocean water, collected from Scripps pier, are capable of biodegrading plastic. Methods/Materials A sa…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine if there is a beneficial way to use hydrophobic soil to increase water storage. This is important because farmers need wate…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Biofuel producers have begun to use carbon sources as a method of stimulating continuous growth of algae through a combination of heterotrophic and photoautotrophic growth.…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to create a low-cost device that effectively filters contaminated water to produce purified drinking water using solar energy. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my study was to determine the optimal soil stabilizing biopolymer to reduce shear induced erosion and improve soil productivity. I compared 3 vegetable base…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Create inexpensive filters from materials in your home to effectively filter out microplastics found in Ocean water. Methods/Materials Constructed a screen from a hardware s…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to create a water system that cleans greywater, transfers the water to a fish pond, and extracts the fertilized water from the pond to sat…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Growing scarcity of high-quality drinking water supplies across the globe heightens the need for innovative and sustainable technologies for drinking water decontamination a…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to economically engineer and test 3-D printed Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) in a series connection for use in large scale application like a d…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine whether earth-friendly biodegradable Coconut Coir, Straw and Raffia each rolled onto jute fiber matting and made into berm covers…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my study is to accurately measure and monitor the amount of moisture in soil by setting up a wireless system and utilizing this data to conserve water. Meth…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals How do different types of weeds affect soil erosion by water? Which holds more dirt in place: soap root, milk thistle, or narrowleaf plantain? Methods/Materials For each tri…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine which type of worm - Z. morio, T. molitor, T. obscurus or G. mellonella - is most effective at degrading polystyrene (PS) and…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Are light weight, or absorbent materials more effective to prevent flood rain water damage than traditional heavy sandbags? Methods/Materials Hurricane tape, Sponges, Pipe i…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to understand which super absorbent polymer worked best in adding structure to water. The idea is that a wall of water would be a better appli…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This engineering project reverses desertification by constructing a lattice composed of biochar, basalt rock dust, and coconut coir. By reducing wind erosion, maintaining so…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals Over the past 3 years, I have conducted 3 experiments to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cells, and I realized that they have 3 major flaws: they do not generate elec…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Endangering aquatic species and threatening global ecosystems, algal blooms pose a serious environmental problem around the world; yet current control methods are costly, in…