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 The purpose of this project is to understand whether plants, such as Peace Lily, Snake Plant, and Spider Plant, can help clean our air especially when smoke or other bad chemicals…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The increase of non-point source agricultural chemical runoff and inadequate waste disposal systems has made remedying eutrophication one of China's most pressing issues. Phytoremediation is…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
In the 1900s silver was used extensively as an antimicrobial agent. When antibiotics were developed they became very popular and silver as an anti-bactericide decreased (Alexander, 2009). Th…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives After horrific oil spills, think of a tainted image of minimal access to sunshine and prime gateways to deadly industrial chemicals for aquatic wildlife. In today's day, companies…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Over a year ago now I asked myself a question: did an affordable, efficient solution for measuring soil condition exist in the marketplace? Acting on my curiousity I performed some research,…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
One of the most dangerous components of an oil spill is the emulsion that forms between the spilled oil and surrounding seawater, as this submerged emulsion can last for many years and is di…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Oil-based substances in pools combine with chlorine to create disinfectant byproducts that are respiratory irritants. These are difficult to filter because they only partially dissolve. The…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
This project demonstrates, for the first time, that Cyperus esculentus (tigernuts) can be used as an economical and eco-friendly solution for over 2.1 billion people who lack access to clean…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Fossil fuels are non-renewable, and combustion of fossil fuels releases pollutants and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, causing global warming. Ethanol is a renewable and env…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives First, to discover an alternative, eco-friendly biodiesel fuel in place of petroleum or other fossil fuels we use today. Second, to find a way to reduce the input into landfills.…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives It is estimated that 200 million gallons of oil is disposed of improperly in the United States annually, a portion of which is used engine oil. This project is designed to determi…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Over 2 billion people lack access to clean drinking water, and 844 million lack basic water services. The United Nations estimates 80% of countries can’t financially meet future water needs,…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives To find out if a pellet or powder form of calcium carbonate will buffer the negative effects of acid rain on a plant more efficiently. Methods Materials: 6 purple flowering kale p…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Anionic dyes are commonly used in the paper, dyeing, petroleum, and textile industries, contributing to global water pollution that harms microbial populations and can be carcinogenic to mam…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this experiment was to use Waxworms to biodegrade different types of plastic and household waste. It lowers the amount of time it takes for plastic to biodegrade…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives The world s waters are continuously being contaminated and polluted by microplastics and microfibers with almost 30% of marine pollution coming from microplastics and microfibers…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Solid waste is a huge problem in Qatar, it is produced as a rate of 2.5 Kg/day Out of this, polymers and carbon black constitute a significant percentage of it. This project aimed at synthes…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Effective remediation of oily wastewater includes the oil-water separation and the decontamination of organic pollutants. Although membranes with a characteristic selective wettability of wa…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Having tested a prototype of the Water is a Right for Everyone project, it is confirmed we can control the process of water distribution to assure fairness based on population density and av…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Water Pollution Indicator(WPI) Water is a basic component of our daily life. Water contamination takes concern in all world due to an increased death rate of children in addition to water sh…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
An increasing number of leakage incidents have been reported when shipping chemicals and these leaked chemicals have caused irreparable damage to the marine environment. In the present work,…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The biggest problem the world faces today is the water shortage. Agriculture consumes water more than domestic and industrial fields usage by ratio 70:30 It wastes much of that through ineff…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to design something that could help different parts of the world obtain clean water. Our problem that we were addressing was the lack of clean, drinkable water…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In order to prevent wildfires, this project develops a mathematical model to predict the ignition of a wildfire based on fire indicator factors including relative humidity,…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Clean air is vital for a healthy body and a healthy mind. We spend much of our time indoors breathing poorly ventilated/polluted air. My goal was to create an intelligent ve…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Radon is a radioactive gas that emerges from Earth’s surface. A product of the radioactive decay of Uranium, radon and its daughters present a serious health hazard that is often neglected.…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals In spite of many benefits that plastics offer, negative impact has become a global problem that is affecting us economically and environmentally. Only 25% of plastic is recy…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Air pollution levels in Medellin, the second largest city of Colombia, is a serious problem of public health. During last year, the city experienced the highest levels of pollution ever reco…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Given the considerable threats pollution outbreaks pose to reservoir freshwater supply, we aim to develop a deep water monitoring robot that can conduct constant and comprehensive data colle…
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…