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 6271–6300
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals A major challenge in programming is building a program that is adaptive and can make decisions that can mimic human behavior. Many programs are written on pure conditions an…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine which water source, between L.A River, Eaton Canyon, or Peanut Lake, was the least contaminated with bacteria, nitrate, and nit…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project's objective was to figure out how inertia can be controlled, how it can be eventually used as a mechanism for balancing robots. This project looked for how much i…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to determine effects of orthophosphate, polyphosphate, and blends of the two on copper levels in first-draw tap water. The hypothesis was t…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if there is a correlation between the amino acid sequence of the tumor suppressor protein p53 in twelve species and the species' susceptibiliti…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project was inspired by the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, which tested children#s ability to delay gratification by not eating a marshmallow treat for a while, and e…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the effect of anions on the corrosion of steel nails and galvanized nails. I hypothesized that nails in the sodium chloride solu…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which type of soil would best promote growing cotton. Methods/Materials I used four very different types of soil (dirt from a dormant cotton fi…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals For this year's science project I chose to investigate: Could Algal Blooms be Expelled from Water Sources Using Colored Light Filters? I am interested in this topic because…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Head injuries are a serious issue in professional sports, especially in baseball. The pitcher is the most vulnerable position for injury, and Major League Baseball does not…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals I wrote a real-time, 3D, interactive space flight simulator program. The biggest challenge was predicting the trajectory of a spacecraft. An existing simulator, Kerbal Space…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to create a digital voice assistant application for Android which can learn from the people using it. If a user tells the application somethin…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Sustainable energy never seemed so green. The use of cyanobacteria as a renewable energy source is highly innovative and current because the world has to look into new alter…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals In this project, computer processing speeds were tested while changing memory size and CPU variables to see which had a greater impact on the computer's processing speed. Me…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The project compares Dart and JavaScript, two programming languages, using the Kraken Benchmark. Methods/Materials Dart and JavaScript are both client-side languages; they r…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if a person's perceived value will be affected by store marketing tactics. Decide on the type of products. Products were chosen for the project and…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals This project explores a method of reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect, which has significant detrimental effects on densely populated cities. It is proposed that the addit…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To experimentally determine the dependence of refractive index (n) and thickness on easily varied synthesis parameters both in isolation and interaction with each other. Met…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The choice of regular polygon shape for the perimeter of a short hollow structural support column can increase a column's compression strength by several times. The objectiv…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test to see if the public should be concerned about radiation levels in everyday household objects. Methods/Materials A lead-lined radiation-shielding bo…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This research wished to develop a theoretical methodology to determine accurate molecular models of polyatomic ions in aqueous solutions. Currently, accurate models of such…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine which type of outdoor work gloves provide protection from the cold but allow the best dexterity and sensation of the hands. Methods/Materials During this study…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Human-induced climate change is a severe detrimental stress, particularly on ecological and socio-economic systems that are already affected by pollution. Carbon dioxide (CO…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to analyze the detrimental effects of commercial fertilizer on Rana catesbeiana. Rana lay their eggs in large clumps to ensure some will su…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Each year, 1 in 6 Americans suffers from food-borne illnesses; worldwide, the death toll from consumption of contaminated food and beverages approaches 2 million annually. M…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals Providing vital services to a vast variety of species, salt marshes retain the distinction as one of the most productive ecosystems on the terrestrial biosphere. Due to incr…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to develop conditions that can be used to identify C. reinhardtii individuals that are unable to export fatty acids from the plastid to the e…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals In an effort to fight vitamin A deficiency, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia, HarvestPlus and BioCassavaPlus have biof…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals With the ever increasing influence of technology on our lives and the use of devices to augment our everyday actions, the integration of man and machine has already begun. O…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology First Award
Objectives/Goals Drug discovery requires approximately 13 years of research and $1 billion to introduce a new treatment for patients. Combination therapy is promising, but current trial-and-…