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 7591–7620
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To create a more efficient and economically feasible alternative energy source, that could potentially save our planet from global warming and pollution by using the surplus…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to develop a computer system that can reliably detect when a swimmer is underwater and possibly drowning. Methods/Materials A video was take…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Many birds are dying in the Altamont pass from the wind turbines. Wind turbines are getting so large that birds must fly very high to pass by them without being injured. Our…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine what factors affect the radius of the ring that forms in a sink when a stream of water from the faucet hits it. This ring is cal…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I have been fascinated with paleontology for as long as I can remember. Several months ago, I visited an area of exposed fossils from the Delmar formation, a middle Eocene l…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals To determine the affect of atmospheric inversions on ground particulate matter 2.5 levels. And to compare San Lorenzo Valley's particulate matter 2.5 levels to neighboring a…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to determine the most effective mechanism to reduce structural vibration during earthquakes. Methods/Materials A plywood and metal struct…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Our project tests the suitability of ultrasonic and infrared sensors for use with haptic devices to help the blind live a normal life. This concept can be further extended t…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if I do not use the light, ultrasonic, or touch sensors then my NXT Lego Mindstorms Robot will run just as consistent as a NXT Lego Mindstorms Ro…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted in a full-scale, low speed wind tunnel in order to test the aerodynamic properties of a soapbox derby car and to create a racing strategy based…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see how a boats hull shape can affect its speed and to show the more displaced water by the hull or the hull that is more submerged will go faster. Metho…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The goal of our project was to determine if reusing and refilling disposable water bottles is potentially unsafe to the consumer due to increased levels of bacteria growth.…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals If I test which arm length will go the farthest, then I believe that the longest arm shall fire the farthest and the shortest arm will fire the shortest. If I test which sli…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals The main objectives of my project are (1) to develop a simple and cost-effective detection method using an electrochemical sensor made with gold nanoparticles and (2) to eva…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Due to its respiratory vesatility, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is widely employed as a model organism for the study of electron-transport processes including subsurface biore…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals For a long time natural substances have been used to cure different types of injuries. With the evolution of medicine, injuries are now being cured with chemically produced…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals If an object in water can change the flow of the water and decrease its momentum, could a structure be placed in the path of a tsunami to weaken its impact? Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Most public areas such as malls and convention centers use up a lot of energy invested into lighting, heating, and air circulation. These areas gain energy usually through s…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to seek a performance improvement over current body armor by using more economical materials in a novel way, changing the orientation and conto…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to find a soccer headgear that will lessen the probability of concussions when playing soccer. Methods/Materials concussions when playing socc…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To identify bacteria growing on soccer shin guards in order to figure out how to prevent this growth. Methods/Materials Materials: Cotton swabs, Blood agar plates, sweaty sh…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the social pressures that teenagers have on other teenagers and to determine the variation of heart rate between individuals and groups of part…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if soil bacteria could generate energy as in a battery by decomposing organic matter. Theoretically speaking if this worked it could be put into a ge…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals To test soil compaction in 5 different locations Methods/Materials Knitting needle Spool Rubber band Permanent Marker 5 1/2 pound weight Creek flood plain Creek bank Tempera…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to study how temperature affects the maximum power produced by a photovoltaic. The performance of batteries decreases when the temperatu…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if a solar panel charges an iPod 2 faster when it has an ice or heat pack underneath. I hypothesized that the solar panel would charge the iPod 2…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Solar panels collect the most energy when pointed directly at the sun. Most solar panels are mounted in a fixed position. My project tests if a panel that tracks the sun gen…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find which out of five RGP contact lens solutions: Boston Advance Conditioning Solution; Lobob Soaking Solution; Boston Simplus Multi…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my Science Fair invention is to develop a computer programming language that solves linear and quadratic equations and shows its steps in the process of solvi…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Purpose was to find chemicals from the PMRA/PMRP libraries that would cause resistance in the Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings in a salt stressed media. The PMRA 1 library wou…