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 4411–4440
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Normal RNA analysis requires multiple lab processes and manual handling that is tedious and prone to human error. The goal of this project is to develop an integrated lab-on…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals If algae grew in sixteen ounce galvanized steel, silicone, colored plastic, or ceramic bowls placed in simulated light, shade, or darkness which would have: A higher light a…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find the best nourishment (in the form of various types of water) for algae to be used to create biofuel. Methods/Materials Homemade grow-…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to locate the frequency the frequency that controlled and extinguished the fire the best. It was hypothesized that if low frequencies were…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to build a robot that can guide the visually impaired in an indoor environment. Design goals of the robot include the ability to create a m…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if clay amendment can stabilize the soil and decrease soil displacement in front of a base when a player slides into it. Methods/Materials A soil…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My main objective was to create a set of affordable devices that will allow people to monitor the efficiency of sunscreen protection in real-time and aid visually disabled i…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test which ratio of amoxicillin and vitamin C is most effective in combating Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria. Methods/Materials Duri…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to gain better insight on how the changes in cultural settings directly influence changes in social values. Methods/Materials In this pro…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To see what toilet paper dissolves most in water or water and septic tank treatment. The hypothesis was that 1-ply toilet paper would dissolve the most and the flushable wip…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Determine whether mealworms be able to consume greater quantities of a condensed polystyrene variety compared to a non-condensed variety. Methods/Materials 2.5 grams polysty…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Research was conducted in order to assess the toxicity of the surfactant, cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB), to the arthropod species, Artemia salina, by observing the hatching…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine how the amount of hidden neurons in an artificial neural network affect its performance in the game "Dots and Boxes." The o…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if different soils had different absorption and capillarity rates and if environment temperature affects those rates. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal is to determine the impacts that aerosols after ozonolysis have on climate. One of the unresolved questions is to what extent can originally white aerosols become c…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the water quality of the Santa Ana River as a result of the effluent flowing through the water treatment plant located next to t…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are rising at an alarming rate, putting many marine ecosystems at risk of irreparable damage. The objective of this study was to isol…
CSEF · 2016
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to discover whether or not an increased concentration of zinc oxide nanoparticles leads to decreased levels of viable soil bacteria, spe…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals Swarms of robots offer an alternative to the conventional single-robot approach in navigation and exploration problems. In this project, I show the viability of using Artifi…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to design an efficient algorithm that creates assignments that maximize overall satisfaction, and to then make software specifically applying the a…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I tested which natural egg substitute best mimicked the binding, thickening, and rising properties of eggs in baking. Methods/Materials Four variables were compared to the c…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This project designs and fabricates a programmable mechatronic platform for universal neuromuscular and joint systems rehabilitation through interchangeable end-effectors. T…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Spinal vertebrae come in a variety of shapes, but how do the angles of each vertebra change the shape of the corresponding plate. Can an exoskeleton following these angles b…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) is an angiogenic factor secreted by activated endothelium that has been shown to play a role in inflammatory diseases. Ang-2 signals on endothelial ce…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was build a scintillation counter using inexpensive, easily available materials and to demonstrate the applications of the scintillation counter in…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Image recognition technology is a hot field in computing that is currently applied in areas including health, security, gaming, autonomous vehicles, and virtual reality. The…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals The goal is to develop an incremental self-learning model that helps in the prediction of drug behavior effectively increasing the net knowledge without human intervention M…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Effective mechanical component failure diagnosis for consumer applications is an ongoing need in the automotive industry. The goal of my project is to prove the effectivenes…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to engineer a product that helps relieve the drought by reducing water consumption of agricultural plants. It focuses on the stage of germi…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals To establish predictors of readmission in patients admitted with primary complaint of chest pain. Methods/Materials The study was performed at Community Regional Medical Cen…