Browse 47 real Environmental Engineering projects entered in 2015, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals The present day world faces an extremely serious threat. Nearly 750 million people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water, and 82% of these live in rural areas. Diarr…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Increased use of edible biomass in the production of first generation bio-fuel has been a leading cause of increase in food price index and world hunger. The alternate fuel…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Missions has always been a big part of my life. I am passionate about loving people and helping them in any way I can. I am interning in South Africa over the summer doing m…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Cow manure has Obligate Anaerobes present which decomposes and converts cow manure to gas with the right environment. What is added to the cow manure can cause a variation i…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to build an efficient Internet of Things (IoT) application for aquaponics in order to create an autonomous, self-regulating system that can be…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this scientific study was to design a novel, effective, and highly efficient immobilized ionic liquid approach towards removal of heavy metal(s) from an aqueo…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Wastewater treatment plants consume a significant portion of the electricity produced in the U.S. Microbial fuel cells(MFC's) have been developed to mitigate this problem by…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to design and build an aquaponics C.H.O.P. (Constant height, one pump) system. We also wanted to use bell siphons to fill and drain the grow-beds. A bell s…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective is to see if I can successfully convert goat manure and grape pomace into biofuel Methods/Materials grape pomace ,goat manure, 50 gallon empty drums, totes, pvc…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my investigation is to find out if water from a pool or spa could be used to grow grass. If chemically treated water can be used to effectively grow grass, th…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test different methods to disinfect pond water. The goal was to make pond water safe to drink. Methods/Materials Methods: 1) Collect pond water. 2) Prep…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if the efficiency of removing oil from water using ferrofluid, a magnetic liquid, would change by varying the amount and temp…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To find out the best compost preparation method (chop, blend, or freeze) that will make compost worms the healthiest. Methods/Materials I tested 12 compost bins with 50 gram…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals There is a huge debate in Monterey right now about whether or not we should have a desalination plant. People say it is our only hope because of the drought--but is it reall…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goals of this project are to construct a device able to simultaneously apply the products of photocatalytic water splitting: hydrogen gas for electricity production thro…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project was to find which plant, Duckweed, Water Hyacinth or Water Lettuce would extract the most amount of Nitrates from fertilizer contamina…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In the past four years California's drought has been getting worse, this year is on pace to be the worse yet. California's economy depends on the farmers, and the farmers de…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to learn how using different types of wastewater in a microbial fuel cell affects the output voltage. My hypothesis was that if I use conflue…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see if grass grown from seed can reduce the amount of nitrate and phosphate runoff from fertilizer application. This is a follow-up study…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objectives of the research were to determine the effectiveness of uranium removal via electrospun nanofibers by verifying significantly increased adsorption of U(VI) ion…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project is based on determining how adding Sodium Chloride affects the power output of a microbial fuel cell. We hope to improve upon the environment through analyzing…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals Current LED Technology converts electricity into light very efficiently compared to incandescent or fluorescent light bulbs; however around 5-40 percent of electricity suppl…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Objectives/Goal: The objectives of this project were to study and compare the abilities of two widely available plants, Moringa oleifera (moringa) and Coriandrum sativum (ci…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to design and build a robot that can sort recyclable objects according to their composition, so that the recycling process may be carried out with more accu…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I recently read an article about researchers trying a new method of water purification using carbon aerogel. Carbon aerogel is an amorphous form of carbon which is extremely…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the rate of carbon sequestration by basalt sand with red harvester ants as biotic agents can be enhanced by varying sand coarseness and mois…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To determine biogas production from different biodegradable material contained with equine manure in the digesters. Methods/Materials plastic 5 gallon water bucket Large Myl…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To obtain the most biogas possible from one of the following biomasses: grated carrots, cow manure, or a mashed banana, and then measure it. Look for a way to impact the res…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Use ferrofluid and a neodymium magnet to help separate oil from water and see if increasing the amount of ferrofluid will improve the efficiency of the oil spill cleanup. Me…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Photo-degraded plastic bags are a major problem when it comes to recycling. My main objective is trying to improve the photo-degradation of HDPE #2 plastic bags. I also want…