Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The project's purpose tested a new way to suppress anthropogenic atmospheric PM-10 with water. I believe that a spray device attached to a farm disc with proximal water deli…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal was to test the affects of increased phytoplankton growth due to iron fertilization on the amount of dissolved oxygen below the water surface of an ocean environmen…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The basis of my project was to investigate if natural seawater was comparable to artificially prepared solutions in providing an efficient means of hydrogen production throu…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Determine if implementation of State of California Senate Bill No. 923 has resulted in causing lower nitrates in agricultural effluents into the Monterey Bay Sanctuary. Meth…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine an economical and efficient method of nitrate removal in an acute situation of nitrate intrusion by analyzing the chemical or…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals A way to easily determine the feasibility of any method of preserving water quality in a specific water body is critical for the large-scale implementation of the method. It…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to develop a method to naturally recycle impure water in an economic, environmentally friendly, easily maintainable, and efficient process. Methods/Materia…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out if the temperature of the water used to cool the condensation plate of a homemade solar powered desalination device affects the amount of desal…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted in order to find the effects of different concentrations of two anionic Polyacrylamides, Amber 1200 and Stockopam, on water infiltration and fl…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to identify and contras adapted chemical components of the same species of algae in environmentally different areas. The algae samples were…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to determine if Pseudomonas putida bacteria can enhance the natural phytoremediation of oil-hydrocarbon contaminated soil by increasing the…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project is a second-year study of an investigation initiated to develop basic methods of prediction for ozone concentrations. This year, we applied our new methods to o…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The basis of this project was to determine if runoff pollution entering the Chico Teichert Ponds (a city owned storm water/runoff holding facility), as proven in last years…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project is Using Plants to Remove Pesticides From Storm Water Run-Off. The farmers in the Central Valley are required to control the run off water from their farms. The r…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To determine how California Mussels affect nitrate and phosphate concentrations in ocean water, with specific regards to algal blooms and eutrophication. Methods/Materials 3…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of Phase II was to determine the effect of temperature on the formation of trihalomethanes (THMs). The experiments in Phase III were conducted to utilize the f…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal is to help people understand just how much water their sprinkler system is affectively applying to their lawn, based on precipitation rate (net) and distribution un…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if an average family can support its home's fuel needs for a week by converting a week's worth of organic garbage into alcohol fuel. Methods/M…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project was to find out what litter is most commonly found on the beach and where it comes from so in the future we can stop it from happening, clean it up,…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This study examined a strategy for increasing the efficiency of trucks and reducing the toxic emissions of acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, 1,3-butadiene, and benzene. The hypoth…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find a method of purifying water which was simple, effective and inexpensive, and so could be used in a third world country. Four methods were tested: c…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My main objective throughout this experiment was to try and discover if normal household waste products could be put back to use in our environment somehow. I was eager to o…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to note the trend in the formation of trihalomethanes (THMs), based on water type, incubation time, and the amount of sodium hypochlorite…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The basis of this project was to determine which algal species produces the most Oxygen, thereby removing an equal amount of Carbon Dioxide by means of Photosynthesis. Metho…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to compare how pesticide will penetrate through different ash and soil combinations. I want to know if slash and burn techniques are ben…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In my project, I am trying to determine which fertilizer (conventional or organic), used on festuca elatior, results in the greater amount of nitrate runoff. In doing so, I…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals A current solutions to global warming is to fertilize HNLC (High Nutrient Low Chlorophyll) ocean areas lacking iron with iron to increase CO2 absorption from phytoplankton.…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine the efficacy of water-absorbing polymers in absorbing liquid contaminants in soil. Methods/Materials Diazinon, used motor oil, an…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals California wetlands have declined by 90%. Those wetlands that occur in open lagoons support a variety of plant species, mainly Salicornia (Pickleweed) and Spartina (Cordgras…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The 1995 National Energy Policy Act required that low-flow toilets be installed in all new housing to reduce water usage. Consumers report however, that these toilets requir…