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.
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Cigarette smoke promotes renal fibrosis but the direct effects of acrolein (acrylic aldehyde), a constituent of cigarette smoke on renal fibrosis had not been determined. Heat shock protein…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The intent of this experiment was to discover which method of irrigating plants grew the plants in the most efficient manner. I tried a new irrigation system that consisted of injecting the…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
a) purpose of the experiment Air pollution is threatening to our health so we are going to invent a machine to kill bacteria and clean the air. b) procedures used First, some information was…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to reduce the emissions from an engine using activated carbon (AC) as a supplemental filter while a catalytic converter is warming up. This experiment measure…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Cimex lectularius, commonly known as the bed bug, presents a resurgent public health hazard characterized by its hosts’ allergic reactions, secondary skin infections, and psychological distr…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This project was inspired by recent studies expressing a substantial need to increase food supplies. To accommodate the expected human population growth, developing more efficient protein so…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The growth of population has created problems like increase of fCO2, food shortage and contamination to our water resources. Would it be possible to create a self-sustaining small portable 7…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Although there are some stove types in our life like gas stove and wood stove, all of these types can be harmful for humans and our environment. For example, the gas stove could burn the are…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Septic systems and other small-scale waste-water processing systems do little to remove NH4+, NO3- and inorganic phosphorus from waste-water. Emission of the effluent from these systems can…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Neutralization of hydrocarbon contamination of soils by natural microbial populations is one of the primary mechanisms. Its intensity and direction to a large extent depends upon the quality…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Production of bio-ethanol from rice straw has some limitations, as it can also be used for important cattle feed. Ideally, research is needed to develop a protocol that can produce bio-ethan…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this investigation was to learn which filtration material: marsh plants, oyster mushroom spores, ceramic balls, charcoal, or gravel and drainage rocks, purifi…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals California has been through many severe droughts such as the recent drought of 1987-1992, where Santa Barbara turned to desalination, installing a temporary emergency desali…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Near domestic and commercial agricultural settings, ammonia runoff is a threat to freshwater ecosystems. Research by scientist Milena Beniolo found that banana peels effectively absorbed pos…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals There have been disastrous gasoline spills throughout history. In addition, the runoff from the rain carries gasoline into the surrounding soil causing even greater damage.…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This project titled, Help me! I don’t take it anymore: Together we will succeed, is intended to answer the following problem: How to reduce the solid waste generated by the residents of Chac…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see if sod can reduce the amount of nitrate and phosphate runoff from fertilizer application. This is a follow-up study of last year#s pro…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Purpose of the Experiment As the demand for oil products increases so does its maritime transportation and thus enhance the risk for an oil spill to occur. Oil Spills can cause major environ…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Water use has been growing more than twice the population rate in the last century. Considering the sources of seawater account for as high as 97% of all water on the Earth, seawater desalin…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Organochlorine pesticides in agriculture are not only powerful but also pollute the soil and destroy the ecosystem. As a result, scientists are currently looking for organic pesticides that…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine how the design of storm drain grates affects the amount of flooding and the amount of trash flowing into the ocean. Methods/Materi…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Introduction: Treating the disaster of oil leaking from marine oil platforms by using sealant oil device with low costs Problem of research • Wasting billions of Dollars when catastrophic po…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see whether Pleurotis Ostreatus (pearl oyster mushrooms) can break down diesel in contaminated wheat straw substrate. The hypothesis st…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Oil spilled into land, river or ocean always causes major problems for the environment. Absorbents made from structured fiber are found to be the best material to clean up oil spilled. In th…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate the effect of magnesium sulfate on the growth of Nitrosomonas europaea, for the purpose of bioremediation. Our hypothesis for t…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine the effect of a change in the type of soil (sand, silt, clay, loam, and base, or backyard soil) used to cover red delicious apple…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Condensation plays an important role in thermal desalination, environmental control, and power generation processes with a combined global market of $300 billion per year. Hydrophobic surfac…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment is to find the best plant for using on green roofs. Our hypothesis is that Oxalis will keep a house cooler than grass or a succulent plant, whi…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to conduct multiple tests to see which sorbent is the best sorbent for cleaning up oil spills in our oceans. Methods/Materials The sorbents I…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We created a kit that used a sustainable method of reclaiming waste oil and grease into biofuel and the byproducts into compost. Methods/Materials The kit includes: safety w…