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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 8191–8220

CSEF · 2012

Fishy Fertilizer

Pharmacology/ Toxicology

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine what effect fertilizers have on aquatic life. Methods/Materials In this experiment I used nine one gallon graduated containers,…

CSEF · 2012

Five Channel Open Source Multimeter

Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award

Objectives/Goals Often, when working with electronics, one needs more than one multimeter. Which takes up more space on the bench, can be expensive , and requires one to have more back up ba…

CSEF · 2012

Fixing the Graymodel

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals A population dynamics model of gray whales by a biologist John Brandon does not "work" for unknown reasons. My goal was to discover why and attempt to fix this "graymodel."…

CSEF · 2012

Foam Home

Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which type of off-the-shelf insulation of approximately half-an-inch thickness, contained heat the longest - Reflective Foil, Cellulose, Polyur…

CSEF · 2012

Focus: Effects of Distracted Driving

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals To determine if distractions do affect a person#s ability to operate a motor vehicle. Methods/Materials Portable table, Television, Forza Motorsports 4, Xbox, Steering Wheel…

CSEF · 2012

Fresh Water Galore: Greywater Recycling II

Environmental Science

Objectives/Goals The United States and many other countries are currently experiencing a fresh water shortage crisis. A major portion of this shortage crisis comes from excess use of water i…

CSEF · 2012

Gauss Magnetic Linear Accelerator

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if the amount of neodymium magnets and the amount of chrome ball bearings affect the speed at which the last ball bearing is going. Methods/Materi…

CSEF · 2012

Glove Wars

Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award

Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how the sterility of the economical medical grade exam gloves including latex, nitrile, and PVC vinyl compare to the six times more costly steril…

CSEF · 2012

Going Green with Grey Water

Pharmacology/ Toxicology

Objectives/Goals My project tested the survival rate of red worms to seven dilutions of 4 dish soaps (2 conventional and 2 eco-friendly)to determine if grey water with eco-friendly soap resi…

CSEF · 2012

Got Connection

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test which material will block a satellite signal the strongest. Also, to see if a material can increase the signal#s reception. This proje…

CSEF · 2012

Got Protein?

Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology

Objectives/Goals To measure the amount of protein in commercial milk products:cow, goat, soy, almond, rice, and coconut. Methods/Materials Preparation and analysis: 1. If necessary, dilute e…

CSEF · 2012

Go with the Flow!

Mammalian Biology Third Award

Objectives/Goals I live on a busy intersection, Brookhurst and Hazard, in Garden Grove, California. There is a lot of traffic passing by all the time. I did an experiment for my school scien…

CSEF · 2012

H(2)O: Making Every Drop Count

Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find an effective covering method that would significantly reduce water evaporation in aqueducts. It was hoped by the experimenter, t…

CSEF · 2012

"Handy" Solutions

Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals Our objective was to find out if hand sanitizer is really as effective at killing bacteria when cleaning hands as liquid hand soap. Methods/Materials Materials used:Water,Li…

CSEF · 2012

Harder to Breathe

Mammalian Biology

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to see if there is a difference in peak flow between Filipino children and adolescents and the Caucasian standard reference chart. Methods/M…

CSEF · 2012

Hay! Pick Me

Mammalian Biology

Objectives/Goals My project is about finding what hay horses prefer. I believe that if I put a horse in an arena for five minutes and watch him eat three different hays, oat hay, grass hay,…

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