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 · 2015
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, enzymatic and acid hydrolysis of the starch were performed to alter the structure of bioplastic. The alteration in the structure was then studied by compari…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This experiment is intended to determine how a Fresnel (magnifying) lens affects the water output of a solar still. The outcome of this research could possibly provide insig…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to test the effectiveness of iron fertilization as a method of fighting ocean acidification. As the ocean absorbs nearly 30% of the carbon di…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine when vitamins are added to various polluted Artemia salina (Brine Shrimp) habitats, if the added nutrients would increase the amount of hatched B…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if ferrofluid and magnets will work as efficient agents to remove oil from water and to determine if the match between the type of oil spilled…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Finding a way to decontaminate oil-polluted water would benefit the health of aquatic organisms as well as the quality of the water. An attempt is made here to use ferromagn…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to determine whether Corn Starch, Wheat Starch and Potato Starch each mixed into a solution with biodegradable biopolymers Xanthan Gum and Beta…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to use an alternative means of energy for desalinating seawater instead of using conventional methods (burning of fossil fuels). The alterna…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to find the most efficient roof material and design for rainwater catchment for storage and later use. We also looked in to whether a hydro turbine could b…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My main goal was to Implement a sustainable, low-cost dual-filtration system to clarify contaminated domestic water sources in rural communities. Methods/Materials I created…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals California is facing a severe drought. Water is an important resource that needs to be conserved. This study examined the question of which mulch material covered on soil co…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The biggest challenge in 21 century is atmosphere pollution. There are many reasons of atmosphere pollution but the most important is launching polluted air in the atmosphere from factories.…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Heavy metal contamination of water poses a serious threat to the global ecosystem, since heavy metals are toxic even at low concentrations. Lead, copper, and chromium have b…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Concrete is the most used construction material in the world. Unfortunately, Portland cement, a major ingredient in concrete, has a massive carbon footprint. A coal byproduct, fly ash, has a…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Marine sediment is a viable substrate in producing power in microbial fuel cells (MFCs); design is, consequently, the limiting factor in marine sediment MFC technology. MFCs were designed to…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The objective of this study is to understand the effects of wildfire on Southwestern willow flycatcher (SWFL) habitat and behavior to determine if fire could potentially benefit the bird whe…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Plastics made from non-renewable petroleum by-products are major causes of environmental pollution to our environment. Alternatives are found to replace plastic in many daily products, such…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Bioaugmentation is a developing method of remediating the disastrous effects of oil spills. If the existing species of hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria can be augmented through the addition of n…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if a top bioremediation agent, (OSEII -the only 1st response EPA listed bioremediation agent) used for cleaning oil spills could be applied to…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering First Award
Due to the increasing awareness of conserving environment through reducing pollutants, the aim of finding natural colorants and mordants to substitute synthetic dyes and chemical mordants is…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see if the #winter penalty# of cool roofs, i.e. the potential for increased heating demand in winter due to reflected solar radiation by…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The object is to test if manure produced by a feed modified chicken diet can reduce eutrophication effects on algal bloom. Methods/Materials Experiment includes 50 test spec…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Global warming caused by CO2 emissions is a threat to mankind. Plants have been absorbing CO2 since the dawn of time. But the answer is not planting more trees. Land is limi…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Reduce HDPE #2 Bags time to photo-degrade and contain HDPE Bags residues. Methods/Materials Using the UV Radiation from the Sun as well as heat to photo-degrade HDPE Bags an…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Shortage of natural resources is a serious problem for Earth. This project aims to solve this problem by converting Plastic garbage to Combustible Oil so it may be used as an energy source.…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Streets suffer from dust rubbish and dumps especially in deserted and arid countries , sometimes workers cannot clean all the streets especially in sunny days due to high temperatures that c…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This project focuses on comparing two different species of cyanobacteria, Fischerella muscicola and Tolypothrix distorta, and their ability to sequester carbon dioxide in the form of calcium…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The project wanted to find out the feasibility of using the extracted oil from cow‘s yellow bone marrow into something very useful in today’s society; biodiesel. The specific questions that…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Citronella is a traditional plant that is abundance source and easy to found in Southern Asia. It is rarely use for medication in modern world and never be a main material for anything. So ,…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Enzymes used in the de-inking process detach ink particles from the fibers by partially hydrolyzing the cellulose fibers on the fiber/ink inter-bonding regions. The purpose of this experimen…