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 7801–7830
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This experiment aimed to determine whether or not Methanol(CH3OH) would be a more efficient coolant in electricity production processes than water. In order to accomplish th…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to discover whether a time-variant damping coefficient in tuned mass dampers is more effective than constant damping coefficients at reducing earthquake mov…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Speech disorders such as Apraxia and Dyspraxia are very common in our society. Unfortunately, they have been known to affect more than just one's ability to communicate verb…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals I am comparing the amount of glucose in canned fruit and fresh fruit. I want to learn the difference between the two; which has more glucose. I believe the fresh fruit will…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Objective: The purpose of this project was to determine which toothpaste really worked to protect the eggshell against the acidity of vinegar. Methods/Materials Materials an…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to observe whether or not stress from academic exams had an effect on the pulse rate and blood oxygen level of students (SpO2). It was hypo…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Model USBR Monograph 17 describes the surge issues causing water loss in the Coachella Valley Water Districts (CVWD) gravity fed canal system. I tested to see if the surging…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals WHEN ASKED IF YOU WANT TO SWITCH TO ANOTHER DOOR SHOULD YOU SWITCH OR STAY WITH YOUR FIRST CHOICE? WILL YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING? HYPOTHESIS:I BELIVE PEOPLE WHO S…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of this engineering project is to improve the usability of upper-extremity prosthetics for amputees by creating a tactile feedback device that would allow them to f…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objectives goals were to find a less time consuming more effective way of training dogs other than verbal commands that will benefit dog owners all over. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find the change in a trampoline's force when an object is dropped onto it off-center. Using this data, we tried to find the relationship between these t…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this work is to identify the true authorship of student writings using an authorial invariant, a metric based on word and punctuation usage. This project ex…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out which of four barrier designs would be most effective in reducing the impact of a tsunami wave on land. Methods/Materials Testing was done by c…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Air transportation has become an integral aspect of today's society. The FAA Aviation Safety record documents hundreds of aircraft accidents that have resulted in thousands…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if the composition of a football field's surface has an effect on the amount of microbial growth. I believe that a synthetic, artificial turf foo…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project's main goal is to show that using time delays on the microsecond scale is a viable way of determining the source of a vibration caused by an impact on a two dim…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to try to create a general model (using set parameters) of cancer stem cell (CSC) induced tumor growth by combining discrete mathematical models, automata…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project was to determine if college students display gender stereotypes towards professors. Methods/Materials Three hundred forty-three college students c…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to design, construct, and analyze a simple portable robot that can climb-up and climb-down staircases. This type of robot has many applicati…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My problem for the experiment was, "Do winglets increase the amount of lift created by a wing?" My hypothesis was that winglets do increase lift because they decrease wasted…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals While observing wildlife in San Diego County, it became apparent that some natural habitats are surrounded by noise from busy highways, railroads and flying aircraft. I wond…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The use of FTA paper to transport biological specimens is important for remote areas to get access to laboratory services. Although some research studies have shown that nuc…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to send a USDCSA (Upper-Stratosphere Data Collecting Systematic Apparatus) to make observations of key variables that determine how temperature, light, win…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine which herbs would increase mineral bone density and which would protect against bone loss caused by the caffeine in Coke. My…
CSEF · 2013
Earth & Planetary Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals Our investigation asked whether animal and plant fossils from the Barstovian Miocene period could be used to reconstruct an ancient ecosystem. We compared isolated Merychipp…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if it is possible to use a red laser beam and the index of refraction to find the speed of light traveling through four different substances; w…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Using graphene oxide to improve power output of a PEM fuel cell. Methods/Materials Graphene oxide was created using the Hummer's method and thin films were created on the po…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine which type of medicine pill bottle is most effective in blocking UV rays. Methods/Materials Equal amounts of UV beads were placed in a plastic bag (control) and…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether ultraviolet absorption varies throughout water depth. I believe an object at greater depth would absorb less ultraviolet rays than an o…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how the velocity of a projectile is affected by adding additional stages to a Gaussian Rifle (or Magnetic Linear Accelerator) that is made up of…