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CSEF projects, 2002–2026

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.

Years

Category breakdown

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.

Projects

17387 projects · showing 7981–8010

CSEF · 2012

Band vs. Guitar

Mammalian Biology

Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine who has a better lung capacity before and after running band students or guitar students. Methods/Materials the material i used were: a hot pla…

CSEF · 2012

Battery Performance at Different Temperatures

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals The objective was to measure how well alkaline batteries perform at different temperatures. Batteries produce electrical energy using a chemical reaction. Since chemical rea…

CSEF · 2012

Battle of the Baseball Bats

Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which type of material used on a baseball bat would hit the ball the furthest. Methods/Materials To obtain results,one composite, aluminum, and…

CSEF · 2012

Best Battery Temperature for Maximum Performance

Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine how temperature will affect the power output of batteries. Methods/Materials Pairs of AA batteries were brought to different te…

CSEF · 2012

Best Shields against Electromagnetic Radiation

Materials Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to measure how different objects shield against electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell phone towers, high tension wires, electrical po…

CSEF · 2012

Biodegradability of Single-Use Plastic

Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to test the biodegradability of various single use plastic bags and utensils, as well as paper bags, in various environmental conditions over…

CSEF · 2012

Biodegradable Plastics: Our Environmental Solution?

Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Second Award

Objectives/Goals The US produces eighty-two million football fields of trash every year. Over 90% of this trash ends up in oceans and landfills, and 80% of this is plastic. Society needs a t…

CSEF · 2012

Biodiesel: Fuel for the Future

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals Is algae oil biodiesel a comparable fuel source when compared to olive oil biodiesel in terms of viscosity, freezing point, and heat combustion? Methods/Materials The materi…

CSEF · 2012

Bio-Friendly Ant Repellant

Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project iss to create an effective, bio-friendly, ant repellant. Methods/Materials This project uses 5 different spices, and water. The spices are papr…

CSEF · 2012

Biomass to Biogas

Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to figure out which combination of food wastes creates the most biogas. My experiment will lead to making more biogas gasoline or electrici…

CSEF · 2012

Biomimetics and the Lotus Effect

Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals Many living organisms have microstructures and nanostructures that allow them to have sophisticated effects in order to create structural colors, hydrophobic properties, adh…

CSEF · 2012

Biomimicry in Action: Hypertufa vs. Soil

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals In this experiment, my goal was to test the difference in plant height and width between two medias. I grew one set of plants in soil, which was my control. I planted the ot…

CSEF · 2012

Blasting Blades

Applied Mechanics & Structures

Objectives/Goals Experiments were performed to determine which hockey stick blade length would produce the most speed. The focus was on the speed that was being produced by the different len…

CSEF · 2012

Bon Appetite

Zoology

Objectives/Goals My Ojective was to learn if desert tortoises prefer iceberg lettuce over spinach and/or romaine. Methods/Materials In this experiment i used two desert torioises, a desertli…

CSEF · 2012

Boyling Down: The Effects of Pressure on Air

Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award

Objectives/Goals The experiment measured the effects of pressure, at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 meters underwater, on air contained in multiple containers of varying lengths, widths, and volumes.…

CSEF · 2012

Brine Shrimp and pH

Environmental Science

Objectives/Goals My project objective was if I had five tanks, of equal size also holding equal volumes of water, and I changed the pH to different extremes (acidic, more acidic, neutral, ba…

CSEF · 2012

Bug-a-licious

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals Many different insects are used as food for reptiles, birds, and carnivorous plants. Which are the most nutritious for Sundews? To find which feeder insect is the most nutri…

CSEF · 2012

Building an Earthquake Safety Desk

Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award

Objectives/Goals My goal was to design a desk that would protect a person during an earthquake. Based on my research, the greatest risk of serious injury or death during an earthquake was be…

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