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 6091–6120
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to demonstrate that at certain level of a propeller angle and at certain level of RPM's can generate more propulsion by the wind generated by an airplane. Me…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project investigated various blade configurations in order to optimize wind turbine efficiency. Methods/Materials * Build a wind tunnel; assemble the Kidwind Wind Exper…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to see if it is possible to transfer power wirelessly, and to see if changing the diameters of the transmitter and receiver coils will affect t…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was whether the change in elevation would affect the performance of different masses (5g, 6g, 10g, and 12g) on a Straight Slope and an Angled Curved Slope. Met…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether sound-wave-induced vibrations would promote the freezing rate of pure, distilled water using researches conducted on the Mpemba Effect…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to use titration of orange juice with iodine to find when an orange contains the highest amount of Vitamin C after being picked, so that it would be the hea…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this experiment was to try and determine if cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) of algae differs among taxa, and also what role hydrophobicity plays in h…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test whether zeolites, a group of porous, altered volcanic minerals, can enhance plant growth in combination with chicken manure beyond…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals G-protein coupled receptors are heptahelical transmembrane receptors that convert an extracellular signal to an intracellular response. They are implicated in multiple physi…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find an accurate homology model of the powerful antimicrobial and potential cancer treatment naegleriapore A. Methods/Materials Materials:…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to investigate the use of ultrasonics on a mobile device to help prevent collisions that involve pedestrians distracted by cellphone use. The ob…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine how different leaf species affect the abundance and diversity of aquatic insects that colonize them, and whether different leaf…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find an efficient mixture that can protect cacti from being plagued by Wild Grana Cochineal for the longest amount of time. Methods/Materials I washed di…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see how acceleration, G-forces, affect the cellular regeneration of a fresh water planarian. Methods/Materials 60 planarians were divided into two groups…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to provide doctors an automated and accurate method to diagnose skin cancer from dermoscopic skin lesion images. This system must exceed 95%…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find out what types of bridges can hold the most weight, and which are best for different distances. Methods/Materials Popsicle sticks, glue, w…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science project is to determine which growing method, soil or hydroponics will allow strawberries to maintain the most Vitamin C. Strawberries are a heal…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To determine which proximity detector - ultrasonic or infrared - yields a more comprehensive range of distances and angles. It was hypothesized that the ultrasonic would yie…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which materials have best sound-proofing properties. Both propagation and reflection of sound waves of different frequencies are studied for va…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals Hand tremor affects more than 1 million Americans in the form of Parkinson#s Disease and Essential Tremor. These diseases increase the difficulty in performing fine motor mo…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project addresses the need to enhance math learning to prepare students in secondary education in STEM. The project was created to teach trigonometry by incorporating v…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The concept of an adaptive unmanned aerial vehicle with variable camber morphing wings has been proposed to evaluate its flight characteristics and to investigate the feasib…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if water filtered through a Brita carbon-based water bottle filter is more effective at lowering levels of bromine and chlorine and maintaining…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My research aims to develop a tool to enable the first ever genome-wide analysis of genetic variants, specifically single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), in transcription f…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Heavy metal contamination of water poses a serious threat to the global ecosystem, since heavy metals are toxic even at low concentrations. Lead, copper, and chromium have b…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals There are two goals for my project: 1) Develop an easy and inexpensive method to fabricate microscale devices (with feature size as small as 10 µm) at home. 2) Develop a hom…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if biodegradable airsoft BBs biodegrade and whether they biodegrade faster than non-biodegradable airsoft BBs. I also examined…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Resistive random access memories (ReRAMs) are currently under intense investigation because they are promising alternatives to flash-based non-volatile memories, which are n…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal purpose of this project is to detect the predicted bow shock of extrasolar planet Hat-P-20b by looking at the way its magnetic field reacts with different wavelengt…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Many Americans suffer from food allergies, including my mom, my sister, and myself. Allergy testing usually means needles and pain and is very difficult for children. We fou…