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 · 2017
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Waterborne diseases cause more than 3.4 million deaths annually. Yet, conventional detection methods, which many in the developing world cannot afford, can take several days and have detecti…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The goal of this research is to show an innovative way to reuse food waste that is cost effective and environmentally friendly. An engineered recycled food supplement was developed for use i…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Although there are existing methods of cleaning up oil spills, many methods of cleaning the spill up, such as chemical dispersants, can harm marine wildlife or leave large a…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to help save water from evaporating by finding a material that could prevent more evaporation than shade balls, which are black foam balls tha…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if genotypes (thus species) influenced wheat#s phytoextraction capabilities for metals observed at fracked sites. Methods/M…
AJAS · 2017
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Oil spills are a pressing issue and cleanup methods often further harm the environment. Two eco-friendly methods of oil spill collection are mycoremediation and phytoremediation, which break…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment was to determine and measure the effect of plastic bottle pieces on water containing copper. My hypothesis was that if plastic bottle pieces are used to reduc…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my study was to determine the optimal biodegradable coagulant and the optimum pH for clarification and repurposing of graywater for domestic irrigation. Met…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Chromium VI is a known carcinogen with numerous studies establishing its link with cancer. It is difficult and costly to remove from the environment particularly in water supplies. Phytoreme…
AJAS · 2017
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Abstract Category: Earth and Environmental Engineering Purpose: The purpose of this project is to 1) examine the leaching of heavy metals from fly ash concrete by testing water samples for m…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
We face a big problem nowadays!!! Will we depend on the nonrenewable energy resources until they finish? Or shall we try to use the very big amount of renewable energy available ? Energy is…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Natural fibrous materials have been studied to address noise and high heat indices. Many studies did not sufficiently support claims of better acoustical and heat insulating materials. Thus,…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals When using vertical gardens, there always seemed to be one problem, they don't hold moisture very well.The purpose of this experiment was to find an effective and efficient…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project has two objectives. 1) To study how Ocean Acidification affects the health of seashells. 2) To analyze which is the best solution to mitigate Ocean Acidification…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering First Award
Due to the recent Flint Water Crisis, much attention has been directed again towards the presence of heavy metals in water and its health and environmental implications. There also remains a…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Pollution is a very widespread problem in our world and one of its main sources are car emissions. Using physical principles and renewable energy, we created a new device that highly improve…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Among the many biomass sources that can be used as biofuel, coffee grounds are a viable source of fatty acids for producing biodiesel. Over 500,000 tons of coffee ground waste is created yea…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Modern mankind is at odds with two issues: waste management and access to potable water in developing nations. Current water treatment methods such as reverse-osmosis have proved to be energ…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
My research this year aimed to design a novel process to utilize landfill leachate and wastewater centrate, two highly prevalent forms of waste around the world, to recover valuable nutrient…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Thailand’s palm oil production is 1,340 million tons/year, the third in ASEAN. However, oil palm kernel cake, waste of the production, causes disturbing smell upon piling up and is a breedin…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to discover how the diet of Lumbricus terrestris and Eisenia foetida affects their growth, reproduction, and the quality of the soil they proc…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
This experiment deals with the application of electro-oxidation for the generation of sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) from salt (NaCl) water for utilization in destruction of Cyanobacteria (blue…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals An estimated minimum of 5.25 trillion microplastics weighing 268,940 tons is in our oceans. By 2020, that number is projected to increase tenfold. Microplastics lead to detr…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Determine whether mealworms be able to consume greater quantities of a condensed polystyrene variety compared to a non-condensed variety. Methods/Materials 2.5 grams polysty…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to engineer a product that helps relieve the drought by reducing water consumption of agricultural plants. It focuses on the stage of germi…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to produce a pair of eco-friendly and effective disposable chopsticks from a food waste-based bioplastic. Methods/Materials (9) individua…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals My Project Goal is to save water wasted during general purpose landscape irrigation of an entire neighborhood by building a moisture sensor based smart sprinkler system that…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find out which source produces the best quality biodiesel. These sources include, fish tank algae, chlorella algae, scenedesmus algae, duckwee…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Objective: To determine the effects of oil-eating bacteria on the bioremediation process of oil spills on Elodea canadensis#s ability to produce oxygen. Methods/Materials I…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In my experiment, I am testing the effectiveness of adding charcoal (activated carbon) layers into the traditional biosand filter build and discovering whether the addition…