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 3661–3690
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Tsunamis have been deadly forces for thousands of years, and with new and advanced nuclear power plants, they have been fueled causing devastating aftermaths. My objective w…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals Algae blooms are becoming increasingly common worldwide and are environmentally and financially damaging. In this project, I wanted to find if Southern Californian waters ar…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine if sweet pepper plants (capsicum annuum) would grow taller when they were be watered with Vitamin C solution, Vitamin D3 solution, or water. Methods…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals Artificial neural networks suffer from a phenomenon known as "catastrophic forgetting", which prevents artificial intelligence agents from learning multiple tasks. This proj…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to figure out why turf is usually hotter than grass. On hot days when my soccer team had to play games on turf, we always complained that…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals My objective is to build a low-cost device that can measure galvanic skin response and heart rate, reduce stress, and mitigate an oncoming autistic episode by playing music…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Achieving solar powered photochemical synthesis has been the dream of chemists since Ciamician in 1912. Yet due to issues with current reactors and the inability of visible…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals A major problem for marine industries is biofouling, the accumulation of undesirable organisms on immersed artificial surfaces. Antifouling is used to inhibit biofouling, bu…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Colloidal silver and silver nanoparticles have been used for decades to treat various medical conditions and are now being extensively added to a variety of textiles and hom…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to develop a motion correction algorithm to obtain high-resolution volumetric liver ultrasound images. Combining motion correction with param…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The reason why I chose to construct a wearable robotic arm that allows people to lift heavy objects they can't normally pick up. Methods/Materials 4 feet long aluminum stick…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if a state-of-the-art convolutional neural network image recognition algorithm could be developed to detect diabetic retinopathy…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My primary objective was to determine if ducted or non-ducted propulsion fans of the same size and propeller velocity would create more thrust and whether various inlet conf…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals With concerns about food safety and the exact contents of each bite of produce, it is important to see how plants absorb nutrients. This study examined macromolecule absorpt…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Impostor syndrome (IS) is a concept that describes high-achieving people who are unable to internalize their accomplishments, and often feel that they are frauds. This study…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The goal is to develop a telehealth, nonprofit app that virtually connects patients in rural parts of underdeveloped countries with volunteering doctors and mobile hospitals…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test whether polystyrene foam (styrofoam) are able to sustain mealworms as represented by their weight gain or loss, as compared to wheat bran (a common…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to create a 3D computer model of the lung using simply the video feed from the tip of a bronchoscopy tool with minimal hardware modifications…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Atmospheric Rivers (ARs) are long, narrow plumes of moisture responsible for over 90% of poleward water vapor transport across the mid-latitudes. AR events bring significant…
CSEF · 2017
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to find which way of processing information, auditory or visual, is the optimal way to remember and recall information. Methods/Materials Pre-…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals The survival rate of children with Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) cancer is under 30%. Among other challenges, existing research does not accurately classify between the subtypes of…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective is to make a device utilizing crossed polarized lenses to control the amount of light hitting a light sensor. I will see how many total lux I can reduce the lig…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to create an algorithm that could effectively maneuver an autonomous robot by analyzing the video stream from a camera. The camera, mounted on a…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals My objective is to figure out which method of crash avoidance, communication or sensing, will be better at avoiding crashes between autonomous vehicles. I hypothesized that…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals I am very interested in aviation, and I know from past research that bird strikes are a danger to air travelers. I decided to try to test devices I developed to find the mos…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The water mold Phytophthora cinnamomi has been wreaking havoc on California avocado crops for decades. It infects the roots of avocado trees, resulting in an eventual death.…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine whether four Ayurvedic plants (Aloe Vera, Brahmi, Neem, and Turmeric) can prevent E. coli bacterial growth. The objective is al…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see both the individual and synergistic antimicrobial effect of Azithromycin and Hamamelitannin on common bacteria in Surgical Site Infecti…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if antibiotics found in Sierra Nevada foothill plants are broad spectrum acting agents. In other words, are Sierra Nevada foothil…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine which horse bedding is most absorbent. Methods/Materials Containers, four bedding types, measuring cup, strainer, timer. Poured wate…