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 6181–6210
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine whether E.coli would be inhibited more by natural herbs (turmeric, coriander, ginger) or commonly prescribed antibiotics (Amo…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which type of milk has the most bacteria; soy, pasteurized, or raw. I think raw milk has the most bacteria, then pasteurized milk and soy milk.…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test which type of sanitizer kills bacteria most effectively. Methods/Materials Bacteria were swabbed from the bottom of a sink and streake…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment aimed to determine the effect of caffeine extracted from used tea bags on the growth of E. coli. My hypothesis was that caffeine would inhibit E. coli growth…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to assess the bacterial populations found on commonly handled surfaces of fast-food restaurants. It was hypothesized that the bathroom floors would…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the susceptibility of gut bacteria to natural antimicrobial agents compared to antibiotics. I chose two types of gut bacteria Candida Albicans…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals One of the biggest problems faced by our society is antibiotic resistant bacteria. One alternative antimicrobial strategy is photodynamic therapy (PDT), involving the use of…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals BACKGROUND: Evolutionary algorithms (or EAs) are used by engineers to optimize and improve designs with many input variables. A population of simulated designs (called creat…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out why balloons make a loud noise when they pop. I wanted to get enough data to choose between two main conflicting ideas for what creates the nois…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The pH scale is used to measure acidity of an object. Acidity is measured with pH paper which turns red in acidic and blue in basic/alkaline solutions. My objective is to cr…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to study how processors affect the speed of a robot following a track and to study how steering design affects the speed of a robot following…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The project tested the difference in rotation speeds between the modern three blade wing shaped windmill design and the older eight blade flat windmill design. The author hy…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test the allelopathic (seed growth suppressing) properties of four different types of trees on Oat Grass. Methods/Materials The trees u…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Locally, Goleta Beach erosion has become a problem so we chose this area for study and Mesa Lane beach is physically different from Goleta. Methods/Materials Materials:2, 5…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The existing literature regarding social anxiety and self-esteem among those with tattoos is limited and conflicting. Some findings suggest that those considering getting a…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Assess the levels of pollution in the fresnos rivers by testing and looking at the diversity of the macroinvertebrates. Methods/Materials After I selected three rivers I wad…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Benthic macroinvertebrates (BMI) such as mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies are highly sensitive to fine sediment and other types of pollution. This is why regulators oft…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals In this project we determined which berry juice would absorb the most light and convert it into potential energy in a dye-sensitized solar cell. We hypothesized that if anth…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The rapid rise of unnatural carbon dioxide is beginning to negatively impact our planet and will continue to do so. Biochar is a solution. The purpose of my project is to ma…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals New advances in stem cell therapies have promising implications for victims of many diseases, especially post-stroke patients who suffer from physical, cognitive and emotion…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how exposure to light affects how bright bioluminescent dinoflaggelettes glow and how exposure to increased acidity in the water affects how br…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals DCIS is heterogeneous without clear prognostic indicators for recurrence defined in terms of DCIS or IC. While the Van Nuys Prognostic Index (VNPI) has been used clinically…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if a top bioremediation agent, (OSEII -the only 1st response EPA listed bioremediation agent) used for cleaning oil spills could be applied to…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals In this project, I monitored the biodiversity and abundance of birds in four different habitats (meadow, river-meadow, river-redwood, and redwood) in Henry Cowell Redwoods S…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Night vision while driving can be impaired by bright lights from on coming car headlights causing a period of blindness until the eye recovers. We wanted to build photo-prot…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Questions: When do flashlight fish light up the most and what may cause it? Hypothesis: I believe the flashlight fish will light up the most during a feed as flashlight fish…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I set out in this experiment to determine if exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) from canned food has long-term effects on the spatial memory of mice. I hypothesized that the mice…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project compares the efficacy of NEOSPORIN# Original Ointment with generics Good Neighbor Pharmacy and CVS Pharmacy antibiotic ointments on Bacillus cereus (gram positi…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) have been identified as the root cause of atherosclerosis, cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetic neuropathy, retinopathy and nephropathy. A…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The question to be answered is what is the breeding season of the Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. The main objective was to record a definite breeding season of the California s…