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
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…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to measure the efficiency of using nanotechnology and magnetism to clean up oil spills and determine if it is a viable alternative compared to other methods…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment is to reduce the environmental impact of burning fossil fuels by removing carbon dioxide from the flue gas that is the produced during this process. CO2 is a p…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This project solves an ongoing issue of the organic wastes, it became a worldwideproblem. After a long time research we finally came up with a solution to have a great benefit by making this…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Water availability and quality are universally important issues. The imbalance between fresh water demand and supply is expected to worsen. To date, water technology has been focused on desa…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This experiment builds on further testing of percolation of phosphate through soil rather than homogenization to remediate lead contaminated soil. The experiment tested if percolation of a p…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
This research project aimed to prevent O-Zone Layer through at low cost, most efficient and easy to assemble Environmental pollution Filter. Environmental pollution is the biggest menace to…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Electroplate is to plate a thin layer of special metal or alloy on surface of certain metals using electrolysis. Nickel plating is one of the most widely used electroplate processes, generat…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The Styrofoam® (Expanded Polystyrene) is an odorless rigid cellular plastic that doesn’t contaminate the soil, water and air, is 100% reusable and recyclable and can return to the condition…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to reduce the amount of electrical energy used by computers by using green technologies such as thermoelectric and solar technologies. Methods/…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
In this project, the ability of dried date palm leaflets and dehydrated carbon that prepared from it was proved to remove some light and heavy metal ions from aqueous solution and well water…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Carbon emissions from the energy and transportation sectors are the most significant contributors to the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. Increasing green…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to utilize nanotechnology in the form of ferrofluid to remove waste oil from water effectively. Further testing will determine the amount o…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Disposable diapers are one of the top contributors to waste in landfills. In the US alone, nearly 25 billion diapers are deposited into landfills each year. This project aims to reduce the t…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
My project involves developing a sustainable, affordable, and environmentally sound building material for seismically active regions in the developing world to use in place of adobe. This ma…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The water situation in the Atacama region is entering a critical stage, especially in the north of Chile, which is supplied by groundwater. "In the fourth sector of the watershed, where the…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The concept of sustainability provides the framework for this technological project. The study consists in designing and creating a device to recycle organic household waste, with the object…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In my experiment I tested which material would best absorb petroleum oil out of water: straw, wood shavings, shop towels (ultra-absorbent paper towels), Swiffer Dry Sweepers…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The evolution of the human civilization requires increasing energy consumption. The contemporary energy supply systems were developed mainly on fossil fuels and nuclear energy, but these are…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
First of all, as a country with almost no source of petroleum, the Jordanian society faces countless issues in regards to any field that requires the use of petroleum such as industry, trans…