Browse 29 real Environmental Engineering projects entered in 2005, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My experiment attempted to answer the question #Do varying pH levels affect shelled creatures in the ocean?# Through my research I discovered that the ocean#s pH level was 8…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I'm trying to fird out which diesel fuel works the best on a CAT tractor from the 1970? Because I'v learnd that there are other types of diesel that our natural fuels. My hy…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment is to determine if an #antifreeze# can be created out of frost hardy plants by grinding them and extracting juice. Methods/Materials A containe…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Nitrogen Pollution is caused by the leaching of nitrate fertilizers. When watering plants, much of the water is not absorbed and drains through the soil. As the water flows…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether or not urban contaminants have a negative effect on the health and safety of the Santa Ana River and if pollution increases as one trav…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine how key physical and chemical parameters such as carbon:nitrogen ratio, moisture, and aeration, affect biodegradation efficiency an…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my study was to do determine preventative measures to urban trees destroying nearby sidewalk via root growth. I believe that a combination of large trees, s…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to prove two things: the effects of the filtering and screening processes standard in sewage disinfection plants, and the best disinfecting agents used in t…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to measure the rate of respiration in mL of carbon dioxide produced per hour in a sample of mixed liquor from the secondary wastewater treat…
CSEF · 2005
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether a model of the Stenocara beetle, which harvests all of its water from desert fog, would collect more or less water vapor than models o…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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…
CSEF · 2005
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,…