Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this scientific study was to design a novel, effective, and highly efficient immobilized ionic liquid approach towards removal of heavy metal(s) from an aqueo…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Wastewater treatment plants consume a significant portion of the electricity produced in the U.S. Microbial fuel cells(MFC's) have been developed to mitigate this problem by…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to design and build an aquaponics C.H.O.P. (Constant height, one pump) system. We also wanted to use bell siphons to fill and drain the grow-beds. A bell s…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective is to see if I can successfully convert goat manure and grape pomace into biofuel Methods/Materials grape pomace ,goat manure, 50 gallon empty drums, totes, pvc…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my investigation is to find out if water from a pool or spa could be used to grow grass. If chemically treated water can be used to effectively grow grass, th…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test different methods to disinfect pond water. The goal was to make pond water safe to drink. Methods/Materials Methods: 1) Collect pond water. 2) Prep…
Environmental Engineering
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if the efficiency of removing oil from water using ferrofluid, a magnetic liquid, would change by varying the amount and temp…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To find out the best compost preparation method (chop, blend, or freeze) that will make compost worms the healthiest. Methods/Materials I tested 12 compost bins with 50 gram…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals There is a huge debate in Monterey right now about whether or not we should have a desalination plant. People say it is our only hope because of the drought--but is it reall…
Environmental Engineering
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goals of this project are to construct a device able to simultaneously apply the products of photocatalytic water splitting: hydrogen gas for electricity production thro…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project was to find which plant, Duckweed, Water Hyacinth or Water Lettuce would extract the most amount of Nitrates from fertilizer contamina…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In the past four years California's drought has been getting worse, this year is on pace to be the worse yet. California's economy depends on the farmers, and the farmers de…
Environmental Engineering
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to learn how using different types of wastewater in a microbial fuel cell affects the output voltage. My hypothesis was that if I use conflue…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see if grass grown from seed can reduce the amount of nitrate and phosphate runoff from fertilizer application. This is a follow-up study…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objectives of the research were to determine the effectiveness of uranium removal via electrospun nanofibers by verifying significantly increased adsorption of U(VI) ion…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project is based on determining how adding Sodium Chloride affects the power output of a microbial fuel cell. We hope to improve upon the environment through analyzing…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Current LED Technology converts electricity into light very efficiently compared to incandescent or fluorescent light bulbs; however around 5-40 percent of electricity suppl…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Objectives/Goal: The objectives of this project were to study and compare the abilities of two widely available plants, Moringa oleifera (moringa) and Coriandrum sativum (ci…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to design and build a robot that can sort recyclable objects according to their composition, so that the recycling process may be carried out with more accu…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I recently read an article about researchers trying a new method of water purification using carbon aerogel. Carbon aerogel is an amorphous form of carbon which is extremely…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the rate of carbon sequestration by basalt sand with red harvester ants as biotic agents can be enhanced by varying sand coarseness and mois…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To determine biogas production from different biodegradable material contained with equine manure in the digesters. Methods/Materials plastic 5 gallon water bucket Large Myl…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To obtain the most biogas possible from one of the following biomasses: grated carrots, cow manure, or a mashed banana, and then measure it. Look for a way to impact the res…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Use ferrofluid and a neodymium magnet to help separate oil from water and see if increasing the amount of ferrofluid will improve the efficiency of the oil spill cleanup. Me…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Photo-degraded plastic bags are a major problem when it comes to recycling. My main objective is trying to improve the photo-degradation of HDPE #2 plastic bags. I also want…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine which of three different types of plastic would decompose at the fastest rate when exposed to the bacteria Pseudomonas fluo…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals With the energy crisis and environmental concerns in mind, I started a project last year to see if I could reduce the amount of energy used by computers that come from envir…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to effectively measure the concentrations of nitrate found in ground and drinking water and to use a commercially available titanium dioxide pho…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if solar desalination of ocean water can be used to help end California#s water issues. Methods/Materials A solar panel was used to capture ene…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I have asthma and allergies which becomes worse someone is cooking in the kitchen. This made me think what pollutants were causing me to cough. I decided to investigate more…