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 7651–7680
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if the genetically engineered papaya, has higher or lower Vitamin C content than that of its organically grown predecessor. Metho…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Earthquakes are inevitable; however, people can seismically design and retrofit their homes to increase structure safety. Bracing is a widely used lateral resisting system.…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find if there was a connection between a person's interactions with their community and their awareness of social issues. A side study was conducted com…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Taraxacum Officinale, otherwise more commonly known as Dandelion, is a large species of flowering plants belonging to the family, Asteraceae. The purpose of our experiment i…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This study assesses the capacity of mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) Shinorine (SH) and Porphyra-334 (P-334),secondary metabolites synthesized by macro- and microalgae, t…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Diabetes is a lifelong chronic disease where high levels of glucose are in the blood. The American Diabetes Association states that in 2011, 25.8 million Americans had diabe…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This project is meant to find out if drinking peppermint tea or chamomile tea can lower blood pressure. Methods/Materials First I asked each potential subject if they would…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test the effect of temperature on the rusting rate of steel and iron, versus the effect of acid on the rusting rate of these two metal…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals During winter, migratory ducks come to the San Elijo Lagoon from as far away as Canada and Alaska. The purpose of my project was to observe territorial relationships and soc…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective/goal of our experiment is to determine what set of conditions would lead to rapid, stable rotation of various objects within a rotating magnetic field. Methods…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test what materials would best inhibit the passage of airborne contaminants. Methods/Materials The materials I used were: 100 copies of 10x10 cm grids, c…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test the use of #bee friendly# essential oil pesticides to treat two major pests, Green Peach Aphids and Sweetpotato Whitefly. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This project tests the amount of calories on various products by using a homemade Calorimeter.The objective of this project is to find out if the Calories stated on the nutr…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to see if making a Joule Thief circuit is more efficient and uses less voltage to light an LED light bulb than a simple circuit, and has the…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My goal was to check if wingtip devices improve the flight performance of an aircraft and which wingtip device (90 degree winglet, 45 degree winglet, and wingtip fence) will…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Black walnuts (Juglans Nigra) are allelopathic trees that release toxic chemicals to poison neighboring plants. The purpose of my project is to observe the effects of black…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Why is it that some antibiotics don't work as well as others? Well, the math is in the matter! Everyone has different blood cells that react differently to any certain disea…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment was designed to determine if chia seeds have a measureable advantage over similar seeds in terms of water absorption. The chia seed is believed to absorb ove…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how effective four different essential oils (thyme, lavender, geranium, tea tree) are in killing Escherichia Coli K-12. Methods/Materials Nutri…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment is to determine whether the antioxidants Beta Carotene and Vitamin C are effective in preventing tumor (gall) formation in Mammoth Sunflowers.…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of this program is to offer an engine for creating new, phonetically-correct languages via a web service. Furthermore, this program should effectively be used as an…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective in this project was to see which chemical scrub worked better to defeat bacteria from the bottom of a horses foot better. The reason we did this is because hor…
CSEF · 2013
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn which type of construction material, among iron, wood, clay, glass and rigid foam, prevents heat transfer from the outside to the inside of the bui…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether 4 grams of bacteroidetes, 2 grams of bacteroidetes, or no bacteroidetes causes the most weight loss. My hypothesis…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is that fruit flies that eat E. coli, and fruit flies that walk directly on E. coli will become contaminated and will be able to spread the bacteria to apples.…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To analyze the background light in the sky known as light pollution, observe its affects on observations in the night sky, and test filters to evaluate their effectiveness.…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Is there a mathematical correlation in frequency between color and sound, and can the human brain detect similar frequency spans in color and sound? Methods/Materials This i…
CSEF · 2013
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine the developmental age of the cross race effect. This effect is that people of one ethnicity have a harder time identifying people of…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project presents a new algorithm to model and investigate the learning process of a learner mastering a set of grammatical rules from an inconsistent source. The compel…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this project is to measure carbon abundances, using the medium-resolution spectroscopy (MRS) technique, for stars in the Milky Way#s dwarf satellites.…