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 7051–7080
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This project investigates the effect of antenna height, receive antenna on human body, and path distance on the loss of wireless signal power in order to systematically deve…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if air movements across the surface of a body of water have a greater influence on the development of water currents that form "trash islands"…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals According to Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, there are two methods of thinking: System 1 (intuitive) and System 2 (rational). When an individual is stressed, they are less a…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This research seeks to examine the characteristics and traits of shapes of unvarying heights regardless the orientation. Through simple proofs using geometric/trigonometric…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our goal is to build a multi-touch computer interface that combines both the powerful processing power of a modern day computer and effective interface of a touch screen dev…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the various Vitamin C levels in differing orange juice samples (bottled orange juice, frozen orange juice, and freshly squeezed orange juice),…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals 1.) To design a method to "print" vortices, on physical permanent medium, like the Richter Scale recording earthquake activities, could facilitate comparison and historical…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to derive a mathematical model for describing multi-substrate enzyme kinetics, particularly focusing on the harmful degradation of the tumor…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if home solar panel electric output can be increased without using any extra energy. This is tested by using a unique method…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The Voice Coil Motor is a miniature autofocus component widely used in cellular phones and tablets, with yearly shipment close to 1 billion units. However, the VCM has two m…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The first objective of this project is to determine the exact structure of the protein complex that comprises the T4 bacteriophage's molecular motor. The second objective is…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma, and 5-year survival rates for children have remained at 20% despite efforts to uncover chemotherapeutic agents…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Biofilms are strong bacterial communities that adhere to surfaces due to certain gene expressions in reaction to the environment. They are 1000 fold more resistant to antibi…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals $200 million. That is the annual costs pests like the Screwworm fly gifts to the US agricultural industry, by infecting cattle, destroying crops, and proliferating, producin…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our project is about the antibiotic properties of a bacterium carried by the Black Desert Harvester Ant (Messor pergandei). In a previous test, we determined that this speci…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find an easier, more effective way to form a stable antibubble. Methods/Materials Room temperature carbonated water, distilled water, beer, and corn oil…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if a Cownose rays epidermal mucus will inhibit three types of bacteria: Micrococcus luteus, Staphylococci epidermidis, and Escherichia coli. If…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, the antimicrobial effectiveness of cinnamon oil and the antimicrobial effectiveness of clove oil were tested against the Gram-negative Escherichia coli. The…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This is a two year research project that is focused on the antibacterial properties in plants.This time, we are trying to identify the specific compound Oxalis pes-caprae pr…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Cancer vaccines boost immunity, the natural ability of the human body to destroy cancer as Hepatitis B vaccine greatly reduces liver cancer incidence worldwide. As advanced…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To study the behavior of the saltwater fish during feeding time with a simulation of Pavlov's bell both on the open space and isolated chamber in the aquarium. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Type 1Diabetes, or diabetes mellitus, is a genetic disease where the body#s immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, or beta cells. In a person wi…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to create an apparatus that would successfully increase the intake of air, while decreasing backpressure after it passes through a velocity stack and carbu…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to compare and contrast growing vegetables using aquaponics, pH-controlled aquaponics, hydroponics and soil farming to determine the best gro…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see which method of gardening was better: aquaponics or soil gardening. Aquaponics is the combination of hydroponics and aquaculture, which means growing plan…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a clinical syndrome manifested by characteristics, signs and symptoms resulting from an entrapment neuropathy of the median nerve at the wris…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to create a software program, usable by non-programmers, for recording continuous streams of data from sensors. The data logger is physically an…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out whether playing the piano increases one#s manual dexterity and if so, to find a numerical percentage of increase. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if finger print patterns can be inherited. I believe that since every finger print is different, the patterns must be different t…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to test the protective abilities of three select helmets that represent the three different levels of lacrosse helmets, beginner, interm…