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 5641–5670
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The determination of individuals' mood in a review of a restaurant or the public sentiment of a political campaign are incredibly important statistics that cannot be accurat…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this project is to test the efficiency of different design aspects in single stage turbine blades. Methods/Materials Six turbines of varying blade leng…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My Project was to determine how electromagnetic waves were attenuated through various materials and figure out how to make the WiFi in our house faster. Methods/Materials A…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals Since 1990, over 747 children (on average 31 per year) have died from heat stroke when left alone in a vehicle. This is an alarming situation, so I decided to solve this pro…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to examine if a corticosteroid (Advair) and a non-steroid (Ventolin) will significantly affect Drosophila melanogaster's growth. Based on personal experience…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project was to determine what objects/liquids are safe and which ones are dangerous. I play volleyball, and after playing all day at the beach, my wate…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Classical computers must use power to perform calculations, and this fundamental fact leaves them vulnerable. Since all data is bound to physical electric charge, a computer…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals The Internet as we know 5 years ago was made of mostly computers. Today it is more than computers - cars, dishwashers, clothing, keychains - the Internet of Things has arriv…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Bee pollination accounts for about $15 billion in added crop value and 1/3 of the food consumed in the U.S. For almost ten years, Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has been res…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Even a few decades, the possibility of frictionless vehicles seemed impossible, but today the new invention of floating maglev trains is more common all around the world. By…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine if equine chiropractics affects stride length and flexibility. I will be testing to see if there is a change in horses' str…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Recently, I have been researching whether music or foreign language proficiency impacts the ability to distinguish the four primary Mandarin tones. As a Chinese adoptee, I w…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I chose to study the effects of the May 2014 fires on the lichen of the Coastal Sage Scrub Community in Northern San Diego County. Lichens are sensitive to air quality. I wa…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine what plant species the French marigold (Tagetes patula), Grandiflora petunia (Petunia grandiflora), Garden pansy (Viola wittro…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine whether the current method foresters use to measure radial growth rate on redwood trees and spruce trees is accurate. This w…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Pollen germination, which results in pollen tube growth, facilitates fertilization in angiosperms. While modern technology has increased magnetic exposure to plants, current…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the effects of camber on airfoil lift. The upper surface of a cambered airfoil is longer than the lower surface. As air moves ov…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals I recently read an article about researchers trying a new method of water purification using carbon aerogel. Carbon aerogel is an amorphous form of carbon which is extremely…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Antibiotic resistance is becoming an increasingly serious threat to public health in nearly every region of the world, as resistant strains of bacteria force patients to res…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this research project was to find out how effective antioxidant protection is against skin cancer and to also find out the antioxidant that best helps preve…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find out what type of milk spoiled the quickest before and after the quickest. Methods/Materials The first thing I did was get 2%, whole…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to compare the individual and combination effects of two common macrolide antibiotics (erythromycin and azithromycin) with two plant polyphenols capable of…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To find the most fuel efficient combination of plate charge and plate distance in a gridded ion engine. Methods/Materials Materials: A computer old enough to run Java plugin…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to learn if placing a solar panel on a model car at different angles to the sun affects the speed the car traveled. I think the angle that is the most direct…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if it is safe for people to place their mouths on the mouthpieces of water fountains located at six of the busiest parks in the Ukiah area; Tod…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to test the effect of three different fertilizer microdosing application methods on the growth of Non-GMO diploid watermelon seeds. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Diabetes and obesity are affects millions of Americans each year. The objective of my experiment was to determine if Equal brand aspartame would be a viable dietary substitu…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals For my science fair, my objective was to find out if typing notes is better than to write them down by hand. I choose this because I think it is important to know what way i…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to see if there is a gender bias in different levels of competition and age divisions at the science fair. Methods/Materials First, I contacted science fair c…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine what color insects are most attracted to: white, red, orange, yellow, green, or blue. The reason I am doing this investigation is t…