Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Can salt water be converted to drinking water using solar energy, and if so, what glazing material would perform the best? Methods/Materials The project involved the constru…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see if common kitchen waste products: potatoes, orange peels, and cabbage, will produce methane gas, and if so, which will produce the most. Methods/Mate…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Objective: The purpose of this project is to find an agriculturally and environmentally friendly solution to suppressing fugitive dust and particulate matter created by curr…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study is to determine if horse manure can effectivly be used in the active, ex-situ bioremediation of soil contaminated with diesel hydrocarbons. Methods/Ma…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to determine if the oil degrading activity of Pseudomonas bacteria in colder climates, like Alaska, can be enhanced by the introduction of…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis: A soluble calcium solution will increase an aquatic plant's ability to survive global warming Methods/Materials 1. 9 healthy ulva plants 2. 3 small (approx. 1.5…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to see if earthworms would cut through the ash and hydrophobic layer of soil after a fire. If the earthworms succeeded, this would be an additi…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to reduce the amount of harmful nitrogen due to chemical fertilizers in the runoff water of golf courses. This can be achieved by using legume…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The recent series of storms in December 2002 caused severe flooding in Freshwater Creek. One of the causes of flooding is soil erosion, which results in the transport of sed…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine which plants would prevent erosion on hillsides the best. Methods/Materials The materials consist of dirt, wild grasses, ice plant, two curved pip…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine how receptive a cross-section of retail business owners would be to implementing a recycling program, how much of an impact the…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To filter out microorganisms from water using a new method which includes the use of hydroxides. Methods/Materials The source of sand was ¡"All Purpose Sand¡". For coating t…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Santa Cruz County is looking for more water options because our current supply of water is overused. Officials have limited choices because of environmental issues with dams…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Objective: The purpose of this experiment was to determine the most efficient design for a portable, candle-powered desalination plant that would give people a way to make p…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our objective/goal was to determine which shape of jetty works the best to prevent shoreline erosion. We believe the straight jetty will reduce the most amount of erosion. M…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The Purpose of this experiment was to determine which plant produced the most oxygen, thus converting carbon dioxide to oxygen by means of photosynthesis (Carbon Dioxide is…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The project was conducted to determine which type of mulch would be most effective in preventing soil erosion from raindrop impact on hillside vineyards. The mulches used we…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if a family could produce an alcohol fuel from their kitchen wastes that a household could consume on a regular basis. Also, I wanted to find out if the…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine how ashes pollute the air. I will also compare which type of commonly burned materials pollute the most. I theorize that ashes from…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if water hyacinth, a common aquatic plant, could improve water quality in a local pond. The pond is polluted with nitrogenous compounds from ur…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to harness the heat of decomposing organic material to heat water. If water is pumped through tubing surrounded by compost, then the water…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals These experiments were conducted to find the most critical parts of a solar box cooker. The variables of insulation, conduction/conversion, transparency and reflection were…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To design, construct and test a device which reduces natural gas use in waterheaters by reducing the passive heat loss up the flue pipe. The device had to be safe, easy to c…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is (1) to refine the construction of the previous laser spectrophotometer by making the instrument more sensitive and more susceptible to environ…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Oil spills occur in rivers and oceans in a variety of locations around the world. The purpose of these tests is to find out if the same procedures should be used in cold and…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To discover whether putting various waters through a reverse osmosis process would lower the levels of pH, total dissolved solids, and alkalinity in them. Methods/Materials…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find a way to reduce the loss of drinking water due to evaporation from Crystal Springs Reservoir. Methods/Materials Materials: 2 trays water 7/8" styro…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine the factors or conditions that would affect the speed and efficiency of biodegradation in cleaning up an oil spill. Methods/Ma…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find which treatment group in landfill models had one of the fastest rates of decomposition, while releasing less amounts of gas. Method…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals According to a report released by the United Nations Population Fund, the world's population is approaching the point where there will not be enough fresh water to go around…