Browse 44 real Environmental Engineering projects entered in 2008, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to compare the efficiencies of ancient water purification methods against the efficiencies of modern water purification methods. It was hypothes…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals Global Warming is one of the biggest problems in the world. In my experiment, I wanted to prove that algae would grow better with exhaust pumped in and the algae would clean…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To find an alternative method for absorption of oil spills
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to produce ethanol from green garbage, in this case, grass and wood and calculate the amount of ethanol yield from each substrate, otherwi…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine whether CO(2) emissions could be reduce by exposing CO(2) gas to microwaves Methods/Materials Fifty (50) empty water bottles…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my environmental engineering project is to determine which fabrics will do the best job of filtering the turbidity out of the water. My hypothesis is: If th…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Objective: Determine whether magnifying (convex) mirrors (MM) intensify more solar radiation than regular (planar) mirrors (RM). Manipulated variable is type of mirrors (RM…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The initial impetus for this project was to see if a solar furnace could generate temperatures hot enough to make glass, and to determine how different factors affect the ma…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Blue green algae blooms are the cause of environmental, economic, and health problems world wide. In small quantities blue green algae is not a problem, but when it grows ra…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out which sorbent is the most effective in cleaning ocean oil spills. I became interested in doing this project when I read about a…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I was trying different filteration materials to determine which filter will clean up pond water the best. If there was a natural disaster, is there household materials you c…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals For my project, I experimented with gray water, which is household wastewater from showers, sinks, and laundry. My primary testable question was "Can you sustain a garden us…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Title & Purpose of Exhibit: Corn, Cornstalk, Bamboo, or Sugar Cane? The theme of this exhibit is ethanol production using different materials. Ethanol is alcohol that is pro…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how quickly different pollutants would travel through different soils Methods/Materials I Collected Clay Loam, Sand, and backyard Soil (a mixture…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine if adding super absorbent polymers to topsoil will help prolong the effects of pesticide. Methods/Materials For my experime…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Renewable, alternative energy sources such as photovoltaic and crop biomass (ethanol and biodiesel) are essentially solar energy conversion. If the efficacy of insolation co…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Can I collect and store solar energy for our future needs? I hypothesized that if I create a vertical salinity gradient layer in a body of water in a solar-pond like environ…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals A key issue regarding water quality is an excess of nutrients. Fruit processing wastewater poses a unique problem due to the high level of nutrients and the lack of prior em…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My experiment was to find out which everyday products biodegrade the most and the quickest. I was very interested in discovering which products were harmful to the environme…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I want to make the planet a better place to live in and keep it healthy. As well I want future generations to be safe and have the same habitat as the generation before them…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My question was, "How can we help our school's biodegradable plates decompose faster using environmental assistance?" I chose my topic because my sister studied biodegradabl…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if solar-heaters work efficiently for household use, eliminating the consumption of natural gas and reducing the green-house gase…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to monitor the water quality of the San Lorenzo River in Felton specifically levels of nitrate, turbidity and dissolved oxygen in addition to water velocity…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine the contribution of water hyacinths in nutrient purification and to find the rate at which they reduced ammonium hydroxide…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to identify the concentration of sodium phosphate tribasic at which oil-degrading bacteria would most effectively remediate oil-contaminated water.…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine what kind of mirrored parabola produces the most heat. Methods/Materials Three solar ovens were constructed each using a different parabola. One…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine an economical and efficient method of MTBE, DIPE, ETBE, and TAME removal in an acute situation of fuel oxygenate contaminatio…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals Soil contaminants form negative impacts on our ecosystem: ruining groundwater supplies, killing organisms, and posing a threat to our health. Certain plants can decontaminat…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The project objective was to determine if pine needles or oak leaves in forest floor leaf litter have diferent a caloric content when burned. Methods/Materials Three forest…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to see if it is possible to find a simple and inexpensive way to purify water. I feel this would best be achieved with a solar still that has…