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 6481–6510
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to show the comparison between robots and humans in the real world. One of my major goals during my science project was to prove that robots c…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to explore the possibility of replacing fresh water with sea water to create an effective hydraulic fracturing fluid. Hydraulic fracturing…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project Hydro-Power was to find the increase of voltage from three different water column heights, five feet, ten feet, and fifteen feet. The operationa…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The Milky Way (MW) is host to a population of two dozen satellite galaxies. However, observed properties of these MW satellites differ significantly from those predicted by…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to test how changing the temperature of water affected the concentration of dissolved oxygen in the water, and also see how global warming…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The discovery and development of fluorescent proteins, recognized by the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, enabled a revolution in biological microscopy and sensing. Biosensors…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The experiment is being preformed to see which drink would provide the best electrolyte replacement for people doing physical activity. The hypothesis is "If various liquids…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if the fastest freestyle swimmer in an IM race would have the fastest time. The experimenter hypothesized that 85% of the fastest freestyle swimmers…
CSEF · 2014
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Does the circumference or the mass of an impactor cause a larger impact crater as measured by the crater diameter, depth, and/or longest ejecta ray? Methods/Materials 6 impa…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if pre-processing mammographic data with KDA (Kernel Discriminant Analysis) increases the accuracy of a machine-learning breast cancer diagnosi…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to identify the most aerodynamic pickup truck tailgate configuration, to lower drag, increase efficiency, and reduce the amount of hydrocarbon…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Security is a ubiquitous concern, vital for counterterrorism, wildlife reserve protection, crime prevention, and many other critical applications. Strategic resource allocat…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Modern technology has always been a part of my life and I wanted to learn more about biometrics and how they can be applied to weapons in the armed forces and child safety.…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to confirm if rupture of the rat tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta ova oncosphere is required for continued hatching and development to the cystic…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Does the composition of a roof that has been painted white, and therefore the albedo of the structure increased, impact the interior and exterior temperature of the structur…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to increase the lipid per cell of Chlorella vulgaris through natural nitrogen depletion by 130% compared to the control. Methods/Materials A sample of Chlo…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals As the blade of a horizontal axis windmill passes through the air, air pressure creates lift which improves blade performance. However, air pressure forms a vortex at the ti…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Many people who are suffering from osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis use gelatin to help with their conditions. It also can be used to strengthen bones,…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals In medicine today, treatments for patients are based on the diagnosis, not the patient individually. It has been shown that this is only effective for about 60% of people. T…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Cancer cells, unlike healthy human cells, have perpetually active telomerase, which allows their cells to reproduce indefinitely. I wanted to see if I could interfere with t…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to design and install a pressure sensor in an existing infant car seat and integrate this system with a vehicle, which will reduce the occurrence…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Daytime driving is generally safer than driving at night due to an abundance of light. The purpose of this project is to test if there is a relationship between the intensit…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine whether gender has an influence on whom people choose to trust. The experimenter hypothesized that when trusting people, 90% of fem…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals In Phase I my research project goal was to arrest the development within the larval stage of Zophobas morio (mealworms). I applied UVB light to exposed Zophobas larva in a m…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) signaling pathway is commonly mutated in glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer (Huse & Holland, 2010). I investigated combination…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals If an applied electric field can affect the formation of hydrogen-bonds in water during freezing such that the molecules no longer align to form a crystalline lattice struct…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether it is possible to identify flying insects using a photoelectric device and wing beat frequencies (WBFs). If an automated trap can be u…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I was introduced to aerogel by my science teacher, and soon became curious about testing the insulating properties of silica aerogel against the properties of other common i…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The point of my experiment was to prove that being educated about autism does help that person if they were to meet a special needs child on the street or if they have to be…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to study the effect of musical tonality on the mood of the listener. My hypothesis is that if a tune is in a minor key, then it is perceived as sadder than…