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 3301–3330
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to explore how the viscosity of slime (a non-Newtonian Fluid that happens to be fun) changes as the pH of the cross-linking solution (sodium…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The Objective of my project was to see which bridge type was able to hold the most weight, with the weight applied in the middle of the bridge. The different types of bridge…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to design a solar powered floating apparatus that can effectively heat swimming pools. This system eliminates the need for traditional swimm…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Certain tests such as mammographies and colonoscopies are recommended for people every few years when they reach a certain age to detect medical conditions before symptoms a…
CSEF · 2018
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to show how one can extract power from water. The experiment hypothesizes that, if you drip water through suspended silica dust onto a me…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Standby power, the power consumed by appliances that are plugged in but not in active use, wastes an estimated 23% of residential electricity. Existing methods to reduce sta…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to help prevent terrorist attacks in one of the provinces of Afghanistan by discovering the factors that significantly affect the rate at whic…
CSEF · 2018
Mathematical Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in older people. Despite considerable efforts to find a cure for AD, there is a 99.6% failure rate of c…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to confirm or refute equations I have derived predicting the interference pattern from double and triple slit experiments. Methods/Materials I wrote a progra…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals To objective of this study is to determine the preferred playtime toy for 3 different dogs. Methods/Materials 3 dogs were individually tested with 12 dog toys of various siz…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to measure the content of Vitamin C in different conditions of fruits (dried, canned, and fresh) and determine which had the greatest content…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project studies the effects of introducing photons into polarization sets. Specifically, this project applies and extends Malus' Law, which states that…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which plants, native to Northwestern California, are least likely to start roadside fires and will produce the least amount of carbon dioxide w…
CSEF · 2018
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to test whether various mixtures of non-Newtonian fluids would deflect small projectiles. Methods/Materials A fixed slingshot was used to propel ¼…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Every spring, people drown in local rivers because they underestimate the power and danger of the river flow from melting mountain snow. Project POWER (Predicting Onsite Wat…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This project is to test which angle of rose stem cut can increase the longevity of roses the most. Methods/Materials 18 fresh uncut roses of same conditions harvested on the…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project was to compare how a physical model of the Venus Atmospheric Maneuverable Platform responds in Earth's atmosphere when filled with air or helium. The…
CSEF · 2018
Mathematical Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Develop an open-source software application to simulate circle inversion and prove Pappus' theorem. Methods/Materials MacBook Pro to develop a web page in HTML5 and JavaScri…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Understanding the world through scientific and mathematical laws can be overwhelmingly difficult. But the laws don't change, and there are constants that act like anchors th…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our science fair project was to compare antioxidant content of different polyphenol rich food samples and to use a Raspberry Pi to automate data capture. We u…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective was to design an umbrella that would be more effective for use with a walker, providing convenience to make a user's life easier, drier, and safer. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2018
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if there is a difference in reaction time for people that play action video games versus those that do not play action video games. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2018
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals About 31.4 million acres are irrigated with sprinkler systems. In addition, 26.2 million acres are irrigated with surface water. Surface water evaporation is a key reason fo…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to identify if high school students face test-taking anxiety and the best way to curb test-taking anxiety. Methods/Materials First, I identified…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Problem: The leading cause of scald burns among children age five and under is due to a child pulling a pot or pan with hot contents in it off of a stovetop and the pan cont…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine whether or not an unripened fruit can be ripened faster by apples when they are stored together. Another goal was to see if eith…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to further study guest-host interactions in clathrate hydrates by analyzing isotopic clathrate hydrates - bromine clathrate hydrates formed fr…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to find out which aquatic plant absorbs the most carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to reduce global warming. My hypothesis was that algae wou…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Dye waste generated by the textile industry is now the second leading pollutant of water worldwide and is expensive to remediate due to its chemical and physical properties.…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to see if chewing gum removed bacteria just as well as teeth cleaners did. Methods/Materials A doctor, Up & Up 1.5L mouthwash, Filtered water…