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 4111–4140
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Investigation of the chemical structure of hexavalent chromium through multiple experiments and changing variables regarding the remediation through the use of the catalyst,…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Nitrate pollution is a major issue around the world, and has contributed to much environmental damage. Many experiments have been conducted to explore the effects of nitrate…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this science experiment is to show how the contents in soil are in relation to water erosion inflicted upon the soil. Methods/Materials Soda Bottles, plants…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, a piano of blues is made to find how changing the concentration of copper sulfate in a solution affects the sound frequency produced from an electrical c…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The visual system of a planarian is relatively rudimentary, allowing for them to perceive incoming light and move away accordingly in a response known as negative phototaxis…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The Mudgett laboratory hypothesized that WRKY transcription factors bind to the tomato DH1 promoter to regulate DH1 gene expression during pathogen infection and that XopD m…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Drought is an environmental stress that affects the establishment, survival, and growth of plants. Researchers have discovered that karrikin, a compound found in smoke, acce…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Pneumatic/hydraulic systems are used in a wide variety of applications such as toys, construction equipment, and robotics. The goal of my project was to determine whether a…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Observed the efficacy of polyphosphate-rich mustard algae on kale plant growth to determine its organic fertilizer potential, transforming a prevalent swimming pool pest int…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to build a device that makes it easier for the visually impaired service dog owners to know when their guide dog is excreting waste. Methods…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals I studied plant numbers and species (native vs. non-native) that grew in burned (BA) and unburned areas (UBA) after fire in Coast Sage Scrub (CSS). I measured Artemisia cali…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I wanted to learn which way was most efficient to desalinize seawater and find a usage for the remaining salt. Methods/Materials Materials: seawater, heater source, TDS mete…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My project goal was to create a program that could automatically classify a given text document with >80% accuracy into three levels of Formality: Formal, Casual and Semi-Fo…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to produce bioplastics from vegetable wastes like banana peels, potato peels, and avocado pits. It's been estimated that 200,000 barrels of o…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Wood with a density between 0.6 and 0.8 g/cm^3 will burn hotter than wood with a density above 0.8 or below 0.6 g/cm^3. Methods/Materials To conduct this experiment I used s…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our experimentation is to determine if ultrasonic sensors and vibration motors attached to walking canes help the visually impaired avoid obstacles better t…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find the best environment to keep produce that usually goes bad quickly edible for long periods of time to save money, stop food waste, and help families use…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to find out the most efficient propeller design for a nanobot moving in the blood stream. My hypothesis is that if I use a propeller desig…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to build a prosthetic limb support for a disabled family dog who has only a deformed front leg and two healthy rear legs. Methods/Materials Moldable plastic…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to design a reliable omnidirectional drone collision avoidance system to assist drone users and expand drone capabilities. Methods/Materials The task of cr…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Many people spend money on lipsticks marketed as long-lasting (eg,"16-hour kiss-proof lip color",etc.). My goal was to i.d. which brand of 6 long-lasting lipsticks is the mo…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Will performing one set of pushups to failure prior to performing one set of pull ups to failure effect the number of repetitions completed in the one set of pull ups to fai…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Increased antibiotic resistance in bacteria has rendered many antibiotics useless; thus, the objective of this project was to develop a novel antimicrobial compound of pyrim…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals Amyloids comprise of the amino acids that, when misfolded, are the primary cause of Alzheimer's; an antibody that binds with high affinity to the amyloid has great potential…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment aims to assess the feasibility of using the CRISPR-Cas9 system to generate Geminivirus resistance in plants by targeting a site in the viral genome that is e…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to test if changing the angle of a neodymium magnet would affect the amount of time it would hover over a superconductor. Methods/Materials F…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to analyze how superconductors can be used to decrease the amount of power loss due to power transmission and to reveal how quantum levi…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to discover if it was possible to harden low carbon steel by exchanging the quenching medium. Methods/Materials In my project I tested four differ…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to develop an efficient method of aligning an optical telescope. Optical telescopes are expected to have a very small wavefront error in order to…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether fifth grade students, regardless of socioeconomic status and racial/ethnic backgrounds will have uniformly positive opinions of the lik…