Browse 35 real Environmental Engineering projects entered in 2002, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
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…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project was to see which recycling works best at reducing trash that ends up at a landfill in two different cities. Methods/Materials I picked 10 households in Hawthorne…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Current farming methods used to protect agricultural crops from frost are energy consumptive and expensive. This investigation is an attempt to practically apply the theory…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if paper, plastic, and organic material in household garbage is biodegradable. Methods/Materials We collected household garbage from our homes.…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal is to see if applying electrical charge plates helps in improving the process of dirt from dirty water. Methods/Materials 2 glass jars,wires,12 volt battery,aluminu…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to produce and analyze biodiesel, an alternative fuel created from vegetable oil. The study of biodiesel involves comparative analysis with…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our Planet is plagued by more and more landfills by the day. My objective was to help reduce the amount of waste that goes into our landfills by experimenting with common la…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if hillside vineyards covered with a layer of mulch will have less erosion than soil covered with straw, seeded with erosion control mix or left…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My experiment tested the effectiveness of non-chemical water sterilization processes.I believed that non-chemical methods could be just as effective as the standard methods…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my investigation into oil spill clean-up was to find the best method of clean-up. My definition of best method included: removal of the greatest percentage of…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of test was to determine whether a synthetic sorbent was faster and more efficient in removing oil from salt water than an organic microbe sorbent product. Met…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether directed parking could reduce emissions of pollutants from motor vehicles and, if so, to identify strategies that shopping malls and o…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In my experiment I wanted to find out how different filters(coal, charcoal, kelp and sand)effected the time it took the water to filter and on quality of the water. Methods/…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Eutrophication, the process by which a lake becomes rich in dissolved nutrients due to point and non-point pollutant sources, is a major cause of the loss of natural lake ec…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find out which of three water plants absorbs the most nitrates and phosphates in water. The three plants I used were: Ceratophyllum demersum…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine which filtering material works the best when filtering a mixture of oil and water to aid in oil spill clean-up. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if adding wood ashes to soil would help the soil to retain moisture and herbicides better, and if so, which type of ashes worked better. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to analyze the three bacteria's efficiency and characteristics concerning biodegradation, and determine the potential for application in oil s…