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 5161–5190
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to see which acid mixture or chemical would prevent the most rust. Methods/Materials For this experiment I used 24 finishing nails, 261 grams…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to measure how different substances cooked with beans affects bean hardness and cooking time. My goal was to determine what substances short…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our research aimed to more effectively model the extragalactic background light (EBL), which is the sum of all the optical and infrared light that has been emitted since the…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Across the globe, freshwater cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) are increasing in frequency, and toxic blooms produced by several common species can pose significant…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year is wasted. Wasting food also waste…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My projects goal is to find out if I am able to test a commercial trailers light system without having a truck available as a power source. The tester I will build needs to…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if NaOH as a catalyst (substance used to speed up transesterification) or Hydrochloric acid as a catalyst would produce more biofuel…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Develop resistance to Gentamicin and Ciprofloxacin in one strain of E. coli, then transform the resistance to the wild type E. coli. Methods/Materials Tested the transferenc…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This investigation assess the effect of magnetic fields on a model organism: garden cress (lepidium sativum). Methods/Materials Eight samples of garden cress seeds were grow…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to resolve how different blood types, with varying antigens and Rhesus factors, react to other antibodies in their rates and severity of aggl…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to explore how polygonal robots move. Engineers have created cube robots that flip by using flywheels that spin fast and stop abruptly. My proje…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Biogas represents a promising alternative fuel to combat our increasing dependency on fossil fuels and rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For my project, I sought to des…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine which SPF value protects the skin from skin cancer, skin aging, sunburns, cataracts, a weakened immune system, and other eff…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Fractures in the elderly that result from falls are often due to impaired eyesight and are a major health problem. These falls are estimated to exceed 2 million per year in…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This study examined how ultraviolets (PUVA/PUVB) effect the protein structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, yeast cell metabolism compared to other carboxyl- amino acids afte…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the study was to see how UV levels changed as altitude increased. Methods/Materials A weather balloon is a large balloon that can go into the upper atmosphe…
CSEF · 2016
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to use aerial photography with a drone to measure cover crop canopy development to determine which planting arrangement (one versus three lin…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our object is to see if multiple neural networks can be used in a pipeline to parse various types of offline math problems and generate a handwritten answer as well as a hum…
CSEF · 2016
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Early detection of Cognitive Impairment Diseases (CID) is challenging. Overlapping symptoms cause misdiagnosis & catastrophic effects. For e.g., Robin Williams's DLB (Dement…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals I did this project to see if left-brain and right-brain hemispheric activity could be recorded on an EEG to indicate sustained concentration and good mental discipline or im…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to find out what type of basic salt melts ice the fastest. Methods/Materials The materials used were a scale to weigh the salt (30 grams), tab…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Inefficient emergency response causes an average of 100,000 deaths per year worldwide. Autonomous flying robots have tremendous potential to enhance emergency rescue operati…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if rice can safely and effectively delay or prevent the forming of mold on stored, preservative-free bread. Rice is a known desiccan…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test if it is possible to use sound frequencies to put out a fire. Methods/Materials Subwoofer, lighter, computer, timer, video camera,…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The object of this study was to determine whether environmentally friendly hydrogel mixed with soil would retain water, decrease water usage and reduce drought stress on Lim…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Using DNA repair deficient yeast to model expired sunscreen's effectiveness to absorb ultraviolet light. Hypothesize that expired sunscreen has a significant decrease in eff…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether Zipf's law applies to state of the union (SOU) speeches given throughout U.S. history. Methods/Materials Get the full text of 57 SOU sp…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In 2015, California experienced the worst drought in history and reservoirs have been highly affected by it. Water levels in reservoirs slowly decreased, but there is a solu…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Design goal is to create an inexpensive and intuitive motion-based controller for a robotic arm. Methods/Materials Using components such as an Arduino Board, RC Servos, Pote…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals While Landoltia punctata, commonly known as duckweed, has many potential uses, very little of its genome has been sequenced and cataloged. The purpose of this research was t…