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 · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives One-third of the world's population lacks access to safe drinking water and 2.57 million people die annually from contaminated water-related illness. Adoption of currently produce…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The widespread use of petrochemicals often leads to substance spills in aquatic environments during transfers or offshore drilling/exploration, resulting in catastrophic pollution, economica…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Can Raton Basin produced gas well water be reused for agriculture? Last year’s project determined produced water is comparable to other water sources for agriculture in a hydroponic system.…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Efficiency and resourcefulness are fundamental to all space missions due to an association to high costs and limited resources. Currently, however, products which are no longer required on t…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas emitted by human activities and its quantity is constantly growing. 20% of rice production results to be waste and its ashes are rich in s…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Improper disposal of expanded polystyrene (EPS) can cause major environmental and social problems, as it takes 150 years or more to degrade. Knowing that there is no way to inhibit its consu…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
More than 8 tons of plastic enters waterways as pollution. Plastics degrade over generations and slowly breakdown into micro pieces which are eaten by marine life and eventually by humans. H…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
One big issue faced by many today is water shortages, especially in developing countries. These areas are found with water but not drinkable water, due to the lack of sanitation. Even in are…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) is a practical and inexpensive method for disinfecting water and that, traditionally, requires Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles and sunlight.…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Noise pollution, such as generated from airplanes, traffic, and construction can have negative effects on human health and lower quality of life. The objective of my experiment is…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
The purpose of this experiment was to measure the decrease in temperatures of warm water that a re-circulating fountain system can produce compared to that of a re-circulating waterfall syst…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
What is the problem? First, we studied the biggest problems facing humanity in the twenty-first century, we found that the pollution of water with heavy metals, is an extremely serious probl…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Challenge: Design a device that would help clean trash and garbage from the ocean. Constraints: The device must be: Handy Portable Easy to use and manage (clean the machine) Compl…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
I propose an international collaborative infrastructure (ICI) along with an ICT based public participatory business model (SWARN) for waste management. ICI will assign countries yearly Ecolo…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The goal of our experiment was to determine the best coastal erosion prevention method based on three criteria: effectiveness at mitigating erosion, aesthetic appeal, and cost. Me…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
It is estimated that only 1% of Earth’s water supply is freshwater available for use by humanity and other organisms for survival. With 70% of this freshwater being contaminated, the need fo…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
When we started our project, we looked for a material which can capture carbon dioxide. We had many choices , we studied the possibility of using all the those choices , we selected the most…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The internal combustion gasoline automobile is the most used transportation mode in Mexico and the world. The burning of this fossil fuel generates polluting substances such as oxides of nit…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Synthetic polymers, like Polystyrene (PS), are a severe environmental problem. Recently published studies prove that the larvae of Tenebrio molitor (mealworms) are capable of biodegrading PS…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The goal of this experiment was to reduce the concentration of total suspended solids (from pollutants and organic sources) in local lake, river, creek, and reservoir waters to dr…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The polystyrene cups annually thrown away by the Americans could circle the Earth 436 times. The 500 years of degradation makes styrofoam the problem of the future; however, the styrene - le…
AJAS · 2019
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Heavy metal contamination in the environment, specifically in aquatic systems, has been a top concern for nearly 100 years. This heavy metal contamination is found at nearly every one of the…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Access to a clean water is a pressing issue that we face worldwide. According to WHO (World Health Organization) and UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
This study details the effects of alkali-treated bamboo fiber on the tensile strength of tapioca-based bioplastic, by incorporating bamboo fiber treated in a 0.5 molar solution for 24 hours…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Through deep sea drilling and hydraulic fracturing, California annually produces about 8 billion gallons of oil and 130 billion gallons of oil-produced waters. Aluminum sulfate is…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The purpose of my science experiment is to determine the effect of compost type on blocking water run-off. My hypothesis was that the cow manure compost will block the most water…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Carbon dioxide makes up 72% of all greenhouse gases produced, which makes it the leading source of air pollution. Certain green algal species such as Chlorella vulgaris are able t…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The purpose of this experiment was to determine if Bacillus subtilis could degrade High-density and Low- density polyethylene in Freshwater, Brackish water, and Ocean water enviro…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The objective is to analyze different types of methods to minimize hillside erosion after a forest or hillside fire and define which method is the most effective in reducing sedim…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Not only human, but environments also affected as the human is polluted by oil spill, metal ions and dyeing colour.In this study, a new super adsorbent polymer (SAP), fabricated by adding na…