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CSEF projects, 2002–2026

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.

Years

Category breakdown

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.

Projects

17387 projects · showing 3241–3270

CSEF · 2018

Mixing Iodine and Bleach

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals I wanted to know the exact ratio of iodine to bleach to make 100mL of water stay clear. What is the bleach doing to the iodine in this demonstration? Why is it happening? Wi…

CSEF · 2018

Modeling Kidney Filtration

Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The primary objective of this study is to show how the filtration system in the kidney works and how different amounts of salt affect the efficiency of filtration. My hypoth…

CSEF · 2018

More Effective Hearing Protection

Applied Mechanics & Structures

Objectives/Goals In America, one out of every three people over the age of 65 have hearing loss. Sixty percent of those people worked in a noisy environment. People with hearing loss are mor…

CSEF · 2018

Motivation vs. Actual Energy

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to measure motivation and actual energy to see which drives young children and young athletes to succeed during performance. Methods/Material…

CSEF · 2018

Natural Ways to Dye a Tagua Nut

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals The objective of this science fair project was to determine the effectiveness of natural pigments at dyeing a Tagua nut, an Ecuadorian plant also known as "vegetable ivory"…

CSEF · 2018

Neutralizing Soil pH Levels

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals Our project displays a simulation of a common rainfall in the San Joaquin Valley. The objective is to determine what rate common soils (sandy, silt, clay, and topsoil) found…

CSEF · 2018

Now You See Me, Now You Don't

Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether people more proficiently recognize faces of their own race or those of others. Methods/Materials 40 subjects, 8 different…

CSEF · 2018

Ocimum tenuiflorum: Phyto-medicine Extraordinaire

Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals When you are sick, you look for medicines or soups and other remedies, but have you ever thought that a plant could cure you? The Ocimum tenuiflorum is a plant that is nativ…

CSEF · 2018

Oil Spills and Nanotechnology

Environmental Engineering

Objectives/Goals My project's purpose was to determine the effectiveness of cleaning up an oil spill with ferrofluid and a neodymium magnet. Methods/Materials Materials: 6 identical Petri di…

CSEF · 2018

Optimal Ballista Launch Angle

Applied Mechanics & Structures

Objectives/Goals Ballistas were weapons of war used to launch projectiles at enemy fortresses. Attackers would want to fire the ballista from as far away as possible, so the army would want…

CSEF · 2018

Optimal Multi-Renewable Energy Generator: Year 2

Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The combustion of fossil fuels is the leading contributor to global warming. Reducing emissions of toxic elements by switching to renewable resources by harnessing energy fr…

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