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 8521–8550
CSEF · 2012
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to design a portable USB solar power charger that could be used while "on the go." If you out running errands, running for exercise, sightseeing, hiking, or…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals If I supercool water and then interrupt the process by shaking it, then snap freezing will occur. Methods/Materials Procedure for Supercooling Water 1. Cut a circle from the…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to determine if a super-hydrophobic surface repels ice. I believe that the surfaces with higher contact angles (and thus higher hydrophobicity)…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether teenagers can accurately measure one USDA recommended serving size of milk and cereal. Methods/Materials Collected Informed Consent Forms…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find the speed of sound in different materials and how that speed changes with temperature. In my experiment, I measured the speed of sound in 12 materia…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to develop and validate the effectiveness and performance of a novel hybrid floating foundation during liquefaction through model testing on a s…
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was see if the size or texture of pills affected a person's ability to swallow them. Methods/Materials I designed an artificial esophagus using plastic tubing.…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was twofold. My first objective was to learn if the baking times of sugar cookies are affected by sugar grain size. Secondly, I wanted to learn…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals By collecting and testing various samples of water from fresh water lakes, then I can show that a moderate amount of bacteria will be found in the majority of these lakes, p…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Electronics has depended on the concept of miniaturization, building circuitry from increasingly smaller parts to maximize efficiency and minimize cost. However, this size r…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This project was developed to discover how caffeine would affect the physiology and heart rate of organisms. A survey made by Johns Hopkins University shows that 80% of adul…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Type 2 diabetes and obesity are major public health priorities because of their high prevalence and incidence in the U.S. population. Although the mechanisms underlying type…
CSEF · 2012
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The hypothesis of this experiment is if a person is not able to smell, then they will not identify food because the cerebral cortex will not recognize the substance. Methods…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My goal for this project was to test the affects of media/commercials on 12 and 13 year old kids. Media is a huge part of the average teen and preteens life. We spend most o…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The project involved creating a teleoperational robotic hand using servos. The hand includes a Microcontroller board that sends digital signals to the motors and is linked t…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find whether surface tension and temperature effect each other. Methods/Materials I used a simple scale and a dropper to measure the surface tension of variou…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find how the amount of force put on the human knee and quadriceps muscle is affected by the knee#s angle. The results of this experiment c…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to modify and make use of a diffraction grating Belly Band with the original purpose of mounting and calibrating diffraction gratings, which focu…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Sinusitis is one of the most common disease in the United States, affecting 31 million people. A preliminary study at UCI indicated that NIR transillumination seems to be a…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to discover if bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE), a relative of bisphenol A (BPA), is present in canned foods. Methods/Materials Materials: Agilent 1100…
CSEF · 2012
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project is to determine the radiation shielding potential of residential walls; how well residential walls protect from gamma radiation. Metho…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to investigate which arch, defined by a mathematical equation, had the highest weight bearing capacity. Based on mathematical predictions, we hypothesized…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how the gender of a subject affects the way he or she responds to human-like androids that can be categorized as belonging to the Uncanny Valle…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This experiment was a physical simulation of a physical system. The purpose was to see if long polymers necessary in the creation of silicon-based life could be formed in co…
CSEF · 2012
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to discover the accuracy and usefulness of genetic testing to be used in private medical offices. Methods/Materials Ten individuals were se…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find out whether there was an optimum amount of Alka-Seltzer to water that would pop the lid of the film canister that they were contai…
CSEF · 2012
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study was to see how the thickness of the emissive layer affects the amount of light output of an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), and to see how the ch…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to independently confirm the results of a Japanese scientist named Dr. T Nakagaki who observed that the physarum polycephalum developed pseud…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which form of a natural, Ayurvedic cure, amongst cinnamon, garlic, pomegranate, and wasabi, is most effective against E. coli bacteria. Methods…
CSEF · 2012
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This work evaluated the anticancer properties of dietary substances such as curcumin and Si-Wu-Tang (SWT) by measuring the activity of NF-kB in human cell lines. Our hypothe…