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 3841–3870
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, we prove certain properties about the Rado Graph. In order to do that, we first consider a simpler case of the graph, a modified version, and prove that it'…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to build and test a prototype hardware and software to detect fire in the earliest stage possible and produce an automated warning response vi…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to compare the effectiveness of non-traditional recycled materials versus commercial materials as thermal insulation. Methods/Materials The…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine the effectiveness of antibiotics, lysozymes and EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid) on weakening the antibiotic resistance o…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to examine the ways in which solar radiation affects the heat of two different surfaces, land and water. The purpose of my experiment was to ans…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effect of different natural antifungal agents, the level of concentration, structure, and behavior on the treatment of candid…
CSEF · 2017
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to examine the effects of wind patterns on carbon dioxide concentrations by using data showing the effect of the Santa Ana winds on the…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to determine the effects of varying concentrations of phytoplankton on the larval arm to body ratio of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, which is esse…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Over the span of three years, I tested the effects of three aspects of climate change on the mortality rates of freshwater microorganisms at the Arcata Marsh: increases in s…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment used malathion and carbaryl, known neurotoxicants, at a sub-lethal concentration (0.05 mg/L, approximately 1/100 of LC50) to induce neurodegeneration in Duge…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if exposure to red and blue light, absorbed specifically by chlorophyll a and b, improves growth and chlorophyll content in corn…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals More and more people are vermicomposting rather than just composting because vermicomposting creates more fertile soil and is a significantly faster process. The goal of my…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals Parkinson#s Disease (PD) is a locomotor disease characterized by toxic aggregation of the protein a-syn in neurons. Recent research: mice with a PD-causing mutation failed t…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Modern sewage treatments do not remove majority of pharmaceuticals from the filtrate, releasing 30 to 60% of a contaminant in the outflow. Arid regions such as Pakistan are…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Every year there are 1.2 million high school dropouts in the United States. The most effective way to reduce this alarming data is to find the most effective form of motivat…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals Oceans make up seventy percent of our world#s surface, and contain some of the most diverse ecosystems. The ocean also serves as a gigantic carbon #sponge#, absorbing humani…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find the rate of photosynthesis in aquatic plants during oil spills. I believe oil will not let the sunlight pass through and reduce the rate of photosyn…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Using vegetable oil to make polyurethane foam is gaining interest to make foam renewable and biodegradable. This research project is designed to test if polyol (a precursor…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to investigate the effects of recommended treatments of oxalic acid or formic acid for Varroa mite on honeybee memory. This project is the first…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to see if YO12N can be used in reducing impacts from eutrophication.Eutrophication is the process by which a body of water becomes rich in diss…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Previous studies have shown that BIBR1532, a non-competitive inhibitor molecule to the protein telomerase, may be a promising approach to inhibition of cancer cell prolifera…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to impact the human population, by 2050, 10 million people will sta…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to learn what sweep of wing has the greatest lift to drag ratio. Methods/Materials 3 different wings, a fuselage, a wind tunnel. Results Each…
CSEF · 2017
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to find the effect of change in diameter on the amount of power generated by an oscillating water column. Methods/Materials My project method…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals Heavy metal pollution is a pressing global environmental threat and public health concern, responsible for several hundred thousand deaths annually. However, current methods…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Renewable energy is one of the major themes of research today; scientists are working on energy types such as solar energy, hydrogen fuel cells, and hydroelectric power, but…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find out which of these citrus fruits (oranges, lemons and grapefruits) will produce a consistent electrical current the longest when zinc nails and coppe…
CSEF · 2017
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The experiment was to see if changing the amount of potassium chloride(a compound mostly found in salt substitutes) and oxidane(water) would change the ampere and voltage a…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to test how the conductivity of different materials change when pressure is applied to them. Methods/Materials 3 10in. pieces of wire, 9-vol…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of my goal was to see which electrolyte solution would conduct electricity the best through the process of electrolysis-saltwater, sodium bicarbonate + water o…