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 · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I investigated wheatear microorganisms can biological convert carbon into oxygen.My thought was lake microbes can be fed plastics and use carbon from plastics as food source…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test whether polystyrene foam (styrofoam) are able to sustain mealworms as represented by their weight gain or loss, as compared to wheat bran (a common…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project was designed in order to determine the ability of Aurelia aurita mucus to bioaccumulate different types of oils. The project stemmed from another study that det…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Food wastage is a massive problem globally, with one-third of all the food produced getting wasted. Roughly one trillion dollars worth of food ends up in landfills every yea…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to create an alternative for plastic that holds the same properties such as flexibility and tensile strength, but is much better for the susta…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In modern times, the demand for more environmentally-friendly and clean energy is booming around the world. Besides wind, solar, and nuclear power, there is a developing sou…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test alternative, inexpensive materials to design a cost-effective microbial fuel cell (MFC) that can still produce usable amounts of…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted to determine if a homemade, non-commercial, sump/refugium style filter system could effectively maintain safe water chemistry levels for marine fi…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of our research was to develop a sustainable and economically viable device for water purification. Our innovative methodology integrates filtration with an enhance…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Access to clean water is a pressing issue worldwide. Large-scale, solar-powered desalination systems are viable but the investment is too costly for developing countries or…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The main issue associated with solar power is its high costs, caused by the expensive tracking systems required for solar energy systems to remain efficient. Furthermore, cu…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to develop a simple low cost technique to reduce evaporation loss of water by blocking with a disc or hemispherical cover. Evaporation loss is e…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my science fair project was to determine whether recycled or non recycled paper would biodegrade faster and how moisture will affect the process. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals More and more people are vermicomposting rather than just composting because vermicomposting creates more fertile soil and is a significantly faster process. The goal of my…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to see if YO12N can be used in reducing impacts from eutrophication.Eutrophication is the process by which a body of water becomes rich in diss…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals Heavy metal pollution is a pressing global environmental threat and public health concern, responsible for several hundred thousand deaths annually. However, current methods…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals With 1.2 to 1.3 billion McDonald's Happy Meals being sold worldwide, a Happy Meal produces a lot of material waste. My objective is to reduce at least one-third of the mater…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out which material, out of 3, collected the most amount of water tested by our interpretation of fog catchers. Methods/Materials 6 Wood Planks(45 c…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project sought to answer the question of whether or not plastic pollution could be reduced by integrating polystyrene into bricks while maintaining structural stability…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if raising the ambient temperature without any additional energy sources will increase the output of purified water in a solar po…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I wanted to create an inexpensive air filtration system that cleaned particles from smog-filled air. Methods/Materials Peat moss, ductwork, powdered titanium dioxide, fan, c…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Halophytes are plants that can tolerate and grow in high levels of salinity and are also potentially a rich source of biofuel. The purpose of this study is to see if halophy…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study was to provide greater insight in terms of which aspects are most capable of reducing soil erosion utilizing a natural, practical method such as plant…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to evaluate how well activated carbon, graphene oxide, and Mag-PCMAs serve to adsorb pesticide contaminants, in order to ascertain the poten…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if phytoremediation can reduce lead levels in soil. Methods/Materials My materials include soil samples, brassica plants, te…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if crude oil can be separated from seawater using a paraffin wax plug, heat, and centrifugal force. Methods/Materials The firs…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine if different variables can be added to soil to increase a plant#s decomposition rate. Methods/Materials Decomposition Litter bag…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The object of this study is to determine if different ash configurations will have different percolation rates through soil. Methods/Materials Three different types of ashes…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I wanted to determine the effectiveness of various organic substance in changing the nutrient levels in soil. Methods/Materials I used soil and nine ounce plastic containers…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective is to use my previous knowledge of hydrophobic & hydrophilic properties to simulate a new farming technology called Film Farming that is supposed to maximize wa…