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 8041–8070
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective was to accurately measure the refraction indexes of different fluids using air as the constant medium and make comparisons. To accomplish this, an apparatus wa…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To accurately assess the impacts of ever-increasing inputs of copper nanoparticles on the environment, it is important to explore their interactions with microbes, which are…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to efficiently produce charcoal from discarded palm waste that can perform well compared to other types of charcoal. Methods/Materials I designed a steel-ba…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see if hair lightening and dyeing would make human hair weaker or stronger than untreated hair. Methods/Materials I tested twenty-seven…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals American families lose an estimated $2,000 a year to food spoilage. Complex chemical reactions result in loss of taste and nutrients such as essential Vitamin C (Ascorbic Ac…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine how the addition of different materials help control the erosion of sand caused by water. Methods/Materials Materials: 300 cm segment of metal rain gutter. 2 la…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find an eco-friendly solution to the Styrofoam pollution problem. This was done by applying citrus extracts from oranges, lemons, and g…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if the brand of reed will affect reaching the pitch of the high D note on a clarinet. I will be testing three different reed bran…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Will a vectorial (laminar) flow of air cool a CPU more efficiently than the air flow generated by a traditional fan? Methods/Materials The following experiments were carried…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if plant extracts can be used to modify the behavior of German cockroaches, Blatella germanica. Methods/Materials A two-choice…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test whether cold water detergent or hot water detergent cleans better. My assumption was that cold water detergent would clean as well as hot water det…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objectives for this experiment was to find out if I change the design of a bridge into a plank, suspension, or truss bridge will it affect how much mass the bridge can ho…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if color has an effect on blood pressure. I believe that out of the six colors (blue, red, black, white, green and yellow) chosen to test; red an…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our goal was to learn whether or not age or gender have an affect on what colors 6th through 12th graders are most attracted to. Methods/Materials We tested 5 girls and 5 bo…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find out whether or not the color of a drink affect's a person's perception of taste. Methods/Materials I had to do two trials because the f…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals If ozone is introduced into the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, the fuel efficiency will increase and the emissions will decrease, because ozone is a dense…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to compare commercial, non-environmentally friendly weed killers with non-commercial, environmentally friendly substances to see which will kill weeds the f…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determin which type of food (chocolate candy or oats) would produce more biogas when anaerobically digested. Methods/Materials The manure…
CSEF · 2012
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if the time it took for a wooden structure to catch fire and burn changed based on the price of the paint used. I wanted to know i…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my investigation is to compare and determine the relationship between iron concentration of organic and non organic spinach and potatoes. Methods/Materials To…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to discover which brands and stores contained the highest level of contamination on the tops of their soda cans. The reason I am doing this i…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to explore the possibility of wave energy for the Santa Monica Bay. The voltage output and efficiency of two specific wave energy converte…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to continue research into finding the optimal ducting configurations of a fanwing propulsion system in respect to its efficiency in lift and thrust…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to implement two RAM disk file systems and test their performance under Dreckig OS. This operating system uses the experimental megalithic kernel…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test the quality of drinking water in Fresno and Clovis. Water is essential to the human body. all living organisms need it to survive. Furthermore the q…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals AI researchers have always been interested in abstract strategy games because they involve complex human thought process and a clean environment with clear criteria for succ…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This study explored the visual recall implications of grapheme-color synesthesia, a neural phenomenon in which the viewing of letters and numbers leads to the perception of…
CSEF · 2012
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to test three different green house containers in a solar oven. My hypothesis was that the plastic container will hold the most heat in the solar oven. Method…
CSEF · 2012
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals Copepods are essential food sources for captive marine animals. However, due to their slow reproductive rate in laboratories, copepods are not a viable food source for some…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Corrosion of metals costs companies millions of dollars each year either through replacing things or trying to prevent it from happening in the first place. For this reason…