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 Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The concrete industry creates over 86.7 million metric tons of concrete every year, and unfortunately emits over 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide as well. In order to minimi…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to provide clean drinking water to people in third world countries. Methods/Materials 2 liter plastic bottles, 1 liter plastic bottle, vario…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine the most effective soil erosion control products under wind erosion simulations and also subsequently how effective these c…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to create a device that uses cheap and readily available materials to extract moisture from the atmosphere and produce clean water without f…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The object of this study is to determine if potable water was not available could you use materials in a common backyard to filter bacteriological and suspended contaminates…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to create or find the most effective biodegradable mesh out of burlap, cotton, linen and cotton/rayon to replace the nylon or polypropylene…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To determine the highest amount of biogas generated from three waste food sources (mashed banana, chicken skin, potato peels) upon decomposition. Methods/Materials Fresh cow…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to implement the systems that Cathedral Termites have created to keep their mounds at a consistent temperature into sustainable housing. Metho…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to find out whether used coffee grounds can absorb heavy metals from lead contaminated water. Methods/Materials Materials: ~168.816* millilite…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Many plants native to the Coastal Sage Scrub plant community are being crowded out by invasive plant species that compete for space, nutrients and water. In Encinitas, the S…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals 22% of California's community water systems rely on contaminated groundwater.Activated carbon filters are expensive and nonrenewable.The goal of my project is to construct a…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Bee populations are declining rapidly. In the last year we had a bee loss of over 32%! Because bees pollinate every 1 in 3 bites we eat, I set out to find a method of effici…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals An explosion occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 due to sinking polluted soil. The use of chemicals and human industrial activity contributes greatly to soil contaminatio…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The prototype product consisted of a Shower water diversion module to divert water from the shower into the toilet tank and a Toilet tank filling module that allows the toil…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project is to learn how fast things decompose in different environmental conditions. I did this project because grocery stores are now charging for plastic bags to encour…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this research is to find the best design for a small scale anaerobic digester which could effectively transform biomass into biofuel using the least amount…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals We are designing a submersible R.O.V that collects microplastic beads in the ocean. These are particles of plastic that are mostly found in hygienic products that are harmfu…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to study how efficiently melting rate can be reduced when polyphenols are coated on Ice Methods/Materials 1. Measuring cups, 2. Thermometer, 3. 10 RED HEAT…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The average American homeowner uses an average of 360 gallons of water per day. About 40% of that water is devoid of any toxins or impurities (Green). An additional 35% can…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our project objective was to develop trash sorting habits in kids, inspire kids to contribute and help save the Planet. Waste, when properly sorted, will optimize recycling,…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Using safe, non-toxic household materials to absorb oil spills helps protect the environment and the people and animals that live in it. I wanted to determine which househol…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The primary objective of my experiment is to discover more efficient desalination methods by desalinating water samples with varying salinity percentages and conductivity le…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Approximately 50% of the plastic we use goes to waste after one use. The average American throws away 185 pounds of plastic each year. The solution: mealworms! The purpose o…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine whether or not a specific type of biodegradable plastic eating utensil can begin to biodegrade within a limited amount of ti…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals At dairies in California and around the world, bovine sewage is discharged to the ground or to percolation ponds resulting in nitrate contamination in groundwater. I investi…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In 2017, California faced one of the most devastating fire outbreaks in the history of the state, destroying 1.3 million acres of land and stripping thousands of people from…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals Microplastics are an increasingly problematic aspect of plastic pollution with an estimated 83% presence in tap water worldwide. Currently, there are no feasible water treat…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to discover how well storm drains keep out plastic of varying sizes and then design a more effective storm drain without causing an overflow. Methods/Materi…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project's purpose was to determine the effectiveness of cleaning up an oil spill with ferrofluid and a neodymium magnet. Methods/Materials Materials: 6 identical Petri di…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This year we continue our endeavor to find a more sustainable way to collect atmospheric inversion data. The previous methods using a radiosonde and sounding system are very…