Browse 36 real Environmental Engineering projects entered in 2003, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals A study was conducted to determine if water temperature, salinity, barometric pressure, substrate, precipitation and/or pollution factors effect sand crab and sandpiper popu…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to build a model of a desalination chamber and to extrapolate my findings to propose a desalination system feasible for residential communities. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to deduce the grazing rates of the toxic algal bloom, the isolation and culturing of the algea by using protozoan communities, and the usage of mescocosm ex…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals We are using up all our trees to make paper and soon we will start to run out of trees. I want to know if I can find a sustainable paper source that can be used to make writ…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Enough solar energy reaches the earth in a half hour to provide the world's energy needs for a year. My objective was to see how easy it is to capture solar energy and to de…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objectives in this experiment were to first determine the most effective fire-retardant and method to drop the fire-retardant so as to maximize survival of aquatic organ…
CSEF · 2003
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 · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To see if toxins such as Malathion can be filtered from water using natural waste products such as Almond, Pistachio and Walnut shells. Methods/Materials Gather Almond, Pist…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This investigation centered on the effects of utilizing heat of condensation of water from an ambient source, induced by a structural net-matrix, on growth and crop developm…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I believe that I can get lots of fresh water out of the ocean through Reverse Osmosis using the equivalent natural water pressure of the deep ocean, I believe this will be g…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective or goal of this experiment was to see how runoff affected the growth and development of Artemia Nyos, a type of brine shrimp very closely realted to the type of…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out how the soil's gradient, the type of soil, the flow rate of water, and the presence of plants affect erosion. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if the application of direct electrical charged plates would reduce the amount of impurities from different samples of water. I believed that the pro…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project is a study of solar energy collection. California has been faced with an energy crisis. Could solar energy provide a possible solution? I believe it could, but I…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to quantify classroom radon concentrations in the schools of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District (PVPUSD), in order to determ…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Observing air quality and visibility in Los Angeles, the following was found: Air was more polluted and visibility was lower before than after rain. Hypothesis: water can cl…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine which cellulosic waste product (newspaper, grass and eucalyptus sawdust) produces the greatest amount of ethanol through concentrated acid hydro…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This year I am running PCRs and gels to try and detect the transgene for Roundup Ready resistance. This gene is inserted into the DNA and it make the plant resistant to Roun…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To find if Salt Cedar trees effect the salinity of the Mojave River. Methods/Materials Standard method; go to study sites, and collect Total Dissolved Solids information, us…
CSEF · 2003
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…
CSEF · 2003
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…
CSEF · 2003
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…
CSEF · 2003
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…
CSEF · 2003
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…
CSEF · 2003
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…
CSEF · 2003
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…
CSEF · 2003
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…
CSEF · 2003
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…
CSEF · 2003
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…
CSEF · 2003
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…