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 5311–5340
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to identify whether synesthesia is rare or is synesthesia more prevalent than we think? I believe that synesthesia is rare. My research stat…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see the effect that pesticides have on plant growth. Methods/Materials 10 organic garlic, 10 conventionally-grown garlic, 10 organic potatoes, 10 convent…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective in the project was to discover whether students who kept gratitude journals over a 10 day period showed a more positive outlook on life and performed better in…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals We discuss arrangements of equal minors in the totally positive Grassmannian. It was previously shown that arrangements of equal minors of largest value correspond to the si…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to test and compare a number of sources in both America and Bangladesh for arsenic and various parameters like pH, total dissolved solids,…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Stable interactions between kidney cells allow them to adhere to each other. Kidney cell adhesions allow functional control of each other. The objective of the experiment is…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals To date, over 5000 exoplanet candidates have been discovered orbiting around isolated stars. All of these stars once existed in open star clusters, yet the existence of exop…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research project is to assess the mutagenicities of three major herbicides: 2,4-D, atrazine, and trifluralin, in an effort to determine if the substances…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In the absence of human intervention, an asteroid impact with Earth is inevitable. In an attempt to predict and prevent possible impacts, scientists are currently detecting…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if the higher specific heat value of a gas used in a Stirling engine would increase its efficiency. Methods/Materials Four…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to devise a method for the detection and analysis of ultra-low concentrations of bacterial contamination in public places, such as bathrooms…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals With global warming taking the center stage, more and more research is being done on CO2 and greenhouse gases. However, another lesser known, but equally important contribut…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals One of the most challenging problems in the field of medical science is predicting the drugs that will work for specific individuals diagnosed with varying cancer types. Tod…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The bouba kiki effect is the psychological mapping of physical features with sounds. I chose this project after watching a dance performance and noticing how much the dancer…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to discover when and if children develop a gender bias towards different day to day occupations. Methods/Materials I needed to make 8 display…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Over 60% of people with dementia die without ever being diagnosed as dementia patients. The reason for this is the lack of precise tools, and the extent of time and effort i…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals In 2014, California avocado farmers lost over 40 million dollars in crop damage due to root rot caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi. This pathogen infects the roots of avocado…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The prevalence of respiratory illnesses such as Asthma and COPD has been growing rapidly across the world, with more than 900 million currently afflicted. The spirometry equ…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals Autism spectrum disorder is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects 1 in 68 children and lasts a lifetime. Autistic people periodically experience intense, fr…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether the presence of one Lumbriculus variegatus affect the regeneration abilities of another Lumbriculus variegatus. Methods/Materials Segm…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I was trying to find out if there is more bacteria upstream or downstream and if it is safe to swim in the water. Methods/Materials To conduct my experiment, I built an appa…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Dirtier, nonrenewable fuels, like diesel and gasoline, seem to be used much more extensively that the cleaner burning and renewable fuels, like biodiesel and ethanol. This e…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective is to invent a glove using ultrasonic sensors and vibration modules that is more effective to assist mobility in blind people than the typical white cane Metho…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In our daily life, Bernoulli#s principle is being applied. We will understand how Bernoulli#s principle works and its importance in everyday life. This project will show us…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective in this project was to find patterns in the changes in CO, NO(2), and particulate matter levels due to time and weather in my local area. In particular, I was l…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of education on the attitude towards sunscreen. Exploring this topic is extremely important because wearing sunscreen an…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test different types of metal cooking pots to determine which one would leach the most amounts of metals when boiled in a 25% citric acid solution for 30…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective was to build an operational miniature ice hockey rink. I hypothesized that I could keep the surface of the ice rink frozen by running a super-cooled saturated b…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to find out if the brand or price of children#s bicycle helmets affect the integrity of the helmet in a crash. Methods/Materials I tested va…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My goal was to compare the heats of combustion of three different fuels I made from peanut oil, olive oil, and canola oil. Methods/Materials I used a mini camp stove, water,…