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 7951–7980
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals In the US alone, alcohol disorders affect over 18 million people and cause 100,000 deaths annually. Despite this significant social and economic impact, there are only a few…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to apply refraction principles, including Snell#s Law, and basic trigonometric principles, to differentiate known and unknown materials and their properties…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals We sought to develop the first predictive model of alcohol dependence and analyze the model to pinpoint the biological mechanisms that underlie the onset of the disease. Met…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to create a hydrophobic material that can exhibit a contact angle that exceeds 90 degrees, hopefully achieving close to or surpassing the Lotus Effect. A pa…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Our project is to build a submersible Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)to provide assistance for Search and Rescue teams in their attempts to save lives. Methods/Materials To…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals Diabetes is one of the major causes of illness and premature death worldwide. Diabetes causes neurovascular complications, which result in the development of high pressure a…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In September 2011, The Dr. Oz show investigated levels of Arsenic in many brands of apple juice. Their studies indicated that Arsenic has been found in apple juice at concen…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find out if the wetlands in the Goleta Slough had any kind of an impact on the amount of bacteria, specifically E. coli, and Total Coliform, found downstream…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals A virtual workout is a type of workout that helps people lose weight by just using a simple video game to play with. A standard gym exercise is a workout that also helps you…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to create a robot that will autonomously map trails in parks while recording its position and take 360º immersive photos of hiking trails for v…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals This project was to determine whether aroma therapy of eucalyptus spearmint oil and lotion can really help to reduce a person's stress level or not. Methods/Materials A sphy…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our purpose was to create a computer program that can learn to play tic-tac-toe. We were interested in how artificial intelligence works and wanted to see if we could create…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the pattern of inheritance of the particular gene that allows one to smell an unpleasant odor in his or her urine after the consumption of aspa…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Unlike sifting and chemical purification, which respectively are too superficial and too costly for regular implementation, phytoremediation, the process by which plants vac…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals This purpose of this project is to study the California gnatcatcher(Polioptila californica)bird population in a newly restored California sagebrush(Artemisia californica)hab…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine which type of tape has the greatest adhesive force from among five types of tape: duct tape, scotch tape, black electrical tape, masking tape, medical tape. Met…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if there was any possible correlation between eye dominance and hand dominance. Methods/Materials Subjects will be looking into a special box t…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This experiment compares two base isolation techniques [ball bearing and lead-rubber bearing] and documents their behavior during a simulated earthquake. Using a shake table…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if the Anacharis plant would grow more rapidly when placed in glass bowls occupied by goldfish. I believe that the Anacharis plant will grow faste…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Would the magnets increase the growth of the radishes at a faster pace? Methods/Materials Mathods: Soak seeds in bowl of water for 6 hours. Plant radishes in pots and plug i…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to identify and document the airborne fungi present in the Sacramento area. I believe this can be achieved by a combination of a new method of collection, cu…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals The problem that is addressed in this project is that currently operation of greenhouses involves wastage of water and electricity as well as high labor costs for maintenanc…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The main goal is to create an algorithm that efficiently differentiates stationary objects from the background using the optical approach and limiting the system to one sens…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to identify which of the selected arthropods is covered in the most bacteria. Methods/Materials Bees, flies and pill bugs were tested for bacteria. Bees wer…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to generate electricity from a motor utilizing water and the force of gravity. Methods/Materials A ten foot tall wooden derrick was construct…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if non-toxic disinfectants work as well as those which contain toxic materials in eliminating bacteria from a wooden cutting…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of beta-lactam antibiotics on otitis media pathogens. Methods/Materials Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and S…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Antibiotic resistance is a big problem and there is a great need for new antibiotics. Turmeric is a natural spice commonly used in Eastern cultures. Curcumin, the active com…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Salmon populations are decreasing, in part because they can not reach their spawning grounds due to poorly designed culverts. Engineers have been putting baffles (devices th…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My main objective was to determine if banana briquettes are a viable fuel source for firewood in places that have a lot of banana peels, but little firewood (Africa is the p…