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 7681–7710
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Wildfires threaten thousands of people each occurrence including fire-fighters and citizens; furthermore, these wildfires are usually caused through natural means such as he…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if antioxidant beverages with higher rankings on the USDA Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) scale will more effectively protect a cut a…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Computers are a source of great information and have helped mankind achieve the impossible. Yet the full potential of computers has still been untouched. Utilizing computers…
CSEF · 2013
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to observe the regeneration of planaria exposed to an acid rain solution. Methods/Materials Using vinegar as a household substitute for aci…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals If I put varying amounts of Tiger 90 Sulfur, diesel, motor oil, and regular gasoline in jars with live Daphnia magna, then the death rates will be higher in motor oil, lower…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find the optimum airfoil design and angle of attack to generate the most amount of lift. In doing so, I hope to find whether the bernoulli principle or n…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine the effect of ambient temperature on the performance of a hybrid car. Methods/Materials A lithium-polymer battery was used…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if the amino acid mutations N364D, N391D, or N364D/N391D assist with the refolding of the active fragment of thrombomodulin (TM456t). Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP) and silver ions (Ag+) have been shown to inhibit the nitrite production of ammonia oxidizing bacteria, a discovery that can affect the efficacy…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to see the effect of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) on the rate of planarian eye receptor regeneration. Methods/Materials I used 75 planaria f…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This experiment aims to determine if asynchrony in a speech video will cause a significant difference upon a viewer#s opinion of the main speaker, which will be determined b…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to test the effectiveness of biodegradable dye on the evaporation rates of a 20% brine solution. My hypothesis was that blue dye, as indicat…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment's intent was to find the effect of biodiversity (more specifically species diversity as measured by the Simpsons Diversity Index) on the overall health of an…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see which design out of the 3 truss designs of 30-60-90 triangles, right isoceles triangles or eqilateral triangles sustain a larger weight load. Methods…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to investigate how cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment can affect tumor growth and alter the effectiveness of different therap…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine whether oleandrin and neriin, the two cardiac glycosides in nerium oleander, can be as effective as digitoxin, the cardiac glyc…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The non-enzymatic reaction of a sugar with a protein is referred to as glycation. The glycation of the therapeutic proteins has the potential to alter the structure, functio…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Current systems of magnetic levitation transportation are restricted by its high costs, its inability to become compatible to conventional tracks, and the weight of the larg…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This experiment investigates the relationship between the interfering agent, dextrose and crystal formation in sugar solutions. What is the least amount of dextrose that can…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to test the strength of different glues on holding 5cm incisions in store bought pigskin closed when stretched. Methods/Materials In my exper…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The project examined Tesla turbines to measure how changing the disk number changed the efficiency of the device. Methods/Materials A Tesla turbine was constructed, using be…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the viscosity of the dye used in the dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) had an effect on the cells power output. It was hyp…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Hydrogen is most commonly obtained through a process of decomposing water in a process known as electrolysis. Hydrogen can be used to store electrical energy for use in hydr…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals If elodea is placed in polluted water, will it counteract the effects of the pollution in the water by increasing the amount of dissolved oxygen and maintaining a healthy le…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals 13% of people above age 65 have dementia. The objective of my project is to detect dementia presence from MRI data through machine learning. In my work, I used the OASIS dat…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To test which flavonoid is most effective at inhibiting the Tobacco Mosaic Virus: Quercetin, Fisetin, or Rutin. Methods/Materials Materials: #Nicotiana Glutinosa tobacco pla…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My science fair project is about the effect of flavor on the dissolving rate of various mints. I was trying to find out which flavor dissolves the quickest. My hypothesis is…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Plants are all around us and are essential to our survival, providing us with oxygen, food, medicine, and so much more. Despite years of research, there is still so much tha…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine whether or not exam results were affected by: a) different genres of music playing and/or b) different learning styles. Methods/Materials For my exp…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our project is to determine how music affects reaction time. We also attempted to determine what type of music would have the best affect on reaction time. Th…