Every California Science & Engineering Fair project Fairfolio holds: 17,387 entries across 24 years, with the abstract, category and awards the fair published for each one.
CSEF coverage: available historical abstracts for 2002–2019; award-listed projects only for 2021–2025, without abstracts and with explicit labels where titles were not published, except that most 2023 winners carry the abstract from CSEF's archived public showcase; public showcase abstracts for 2026. The 2020 fair was canceled.
Counts cover every year of this fair and use its own category labels, exactly as the source published them. Each one links to that category's CSEF projects.
17387 projects · showing 2971–3000
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the research was to generate the orbital elements of the asteroid 1999 LO28 in order to better study its orbit and assess its potential threat for planetary…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Understanding Gene Dominance is critical for gene therapies like gene knockout or gene editing using CRISPR. Millions suffer from diseases like Diabetes, Hypertension and Co…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to create a detector, and measure and differentiate natural secondary cosmic particles above and below concrete with steel reinforcement.…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Candida albicans have been recognized as the most prevalent fungal species in humans. When C. albicans form a biofilm they become resistant to typical antifungal treatments.…
CSEF · 2018
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the optimal amount of white reflective border surrounding a photovoltaic solar cell for producing the most amount of electricity…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate how different quantities of Aloe vera (A. Barbadensis miller) gel applied on different types of fruits affect the growth of mol…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if Equisetum hyemale can inhibit the growth of Penicillium italcium fungi. Methods/Materials Potato agar was mixed with Equisetum…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to create an artificial pancreas and provide a solution to increase efficiency of the closed-loop system. It is tested to see if it can model…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The current, commonly-used technique of systemic drug delivery for modulating brain function lacks specificity, decreases efficiency, and threatens patient safety. An urgent…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals RNA analysis requires multiple lab processes that are expensive, tedious, susceptible to cross-contamination, and reliant on skilled operating. The goal of this project is t…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Alternative, inexpensive approach in the development and structure of a portable compact respiratory analysis device. Include FeNO, pulse-oximetry, and heart rate in additio…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) affects 347 million people in the world, of whom 10% will lose their sight. The goal was to develop a tool to be used in diagnosing DR. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals The identification of new antibiotics and new methods for antibiotic testing can fight the antibiotic resistance crisis. The goals of this project are to (1) find antibacter…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Have you ever thought of having a nice smoothie from Starbucks? Or just a Strawberry Banana Smoothie? This project will be covering the different hidden sugars in homemade a…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project focused on the effectiveness of different mouth cleaning products that claim to destroy damaging bacteria from the mouth. Because my dentist recommended that I us…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project was to determine if there is discrimination against women pursuing STEM careers and a stereotype of men being more competent in STEM fields that is preventing y…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this build is to create a cheap, non-electric, hand-powered centrifuge for people in third-world countries to use to identify and prevent the spread of vari…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My engineering goal was to classify stars as binary or non-binary stars using machine learning. When the classifier is given a feature, it should accurately label the star,…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The Carlsbad desalination plant began operating in December of 2015. I wondered if the desalination process might have impacts on the water quality at the Agua Hedionda Lago…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Many gardeners dissolve Aspirin in the water they use to water their plants and are convinced it helps them grow. The reasoning is that plant produce small amounts of salicy…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effect of coffee on the growth of spinach. Methods/Materials Spinach seeds, planter pots, potting soil, plastic cover, graph…
CSEF · 2018
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine which text color has the greatest positive impact on comprehension. I hypothesized that red will have the most considerable impa…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Everyone says radiation is bad for you. Therefore, we wanted to study its effect on different types of organisms in our project. We predicted that exposing both unicellular…
CSEF · 2018
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effects of drinking Red Bull on the test subjects' performance of cognitive tasks. Methods/Materials Stopwatch, "Perfection"…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see if the use of electronic devices before bed affects the quality of your sleep. I also hope to find an amount of time you can use elec…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The volume of a violin is an important quality that affects the way music is perceived by the audience. This experiment aimed to find how the tension of the violin bow affec…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if common antibiotics have the same effect in different temperatures and beyond their expiration date on Bacillus subtilis. Metho…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find out whether the number of turns within a coil per inch affects the speed of an electric train traveling through the coil. My hypothes…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My experiment is addressing the following question: Does the Type of Wind Turbine Affect Energy Produced? Methods/Materials Construct the four turbines (Savonius VAWT, Girom…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine whether the experiences and prior knowledge was superior to the better physical attributes of younger dogs at a series of test…