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 9121–9150
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if a variety of hair samples treated with the Keratin Complex Treatment were stronger and would react less to humidity than hair samples not t…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find which brand of hand soap/sanitizer will kill the most bacteria. My hypothesis was that Dial soap would be the best and Bath & Body Work…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals That hand sanitizer is much more effective in reducing the amount of micro-organisms on hands than washing hands. Methods/Materials Materials 1. Warm running tap water 2. Di…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to create an easily manufactured solenoid generator system in order to generate clean-renewable energy with the propagation of ocean waves w…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to test if a photovoltaic cell can still absorb light through a glass panel from different angles. Methods/Materials A box was constructed to hold a photovo…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals I want to know if a dog's attention towards its owner is affected if the dog can't see its owner's face. Methods/Materials Materials 50 dogs with owners 1 person each dog is…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals My Goal is to test different combinations of shells and energy absorbing materials to find out which combination will absorb the most energy, and protect the head the best.…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which of my typical daily physical activities burns the most calories. The three activities I chose are playing tennis, playin…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Salt accumulation in agricultural soils is threatening world-wide crop production. We believe a new approach in high saline soils using a natural chemical source Humate mole…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective is to build a communications device that is inexpensive, reliable and easy to deploy during a natural disaster or terrorist attack. This device should also be a…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To determine if typical hearing students treat hard-of-hearing students differently than their non-impaired peers. Methods/Materials # Ten hard-of-hearing students from ages…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Determine feasibility of a novel concept of non-invasive lipolysis with a 1064nm Nd:YAG laser, a skin penetrating wave-length, far better absorbed by hemoglobin then skin an…
CSEF · 2011
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to make solar cells more efficient by finding which wavelength produces the most electricity and how the electricity is most efficiently…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My experiment was to find out if hermit crabs have a color preference. Methods/Materials Hermit crabs are nocturnal. During the day they seek shelter from the light. They fi…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals Design, build, and test a DC-DC switch-mode converter that could replace conventional iron core high voltage distribution transformers and provide more efficient DC power tr…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals About a year ago, I became fascinated with the idea of a Tesla coil. In September I built a Tesla coil. I observed that the sparks farther away from the Tesla coil seemed to…
CSEF · 2011
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether a ladybugs vision will become impaired from a certain amount of Lasik exposure after 10 days. From my research, lasers…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine if larger monitors would provide higher accuracy when used with an electronic whiteboard program. Methods/Materials Using an infared camera connecte…
CSEF · 2011
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals I am trying to find out which organic natural remedy (honey, olive oil or garlic) will kill Staphylococcus epidermidis and help sanitize the skin from any infections. Method…
CSEF · 2011
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to prove that a white wood roof is a better thermal insulator than other possible materials and color combination in this experiment. Met…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I conducted this experiment to determine how washing flame resistant pajamas multiple times with different laundry additives would affect the flammability of the pajamas. Me…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to see how four common pollutants (diesel fuel, pesticides, fertilizer, and fungicides) used by illegal marijuana growers affects the stream organism, Daph…
CSEF · 2011
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out if there is a relation between the area of any regular polygon and it's height. Methods/Materials First, all the areas were calcul…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective was to compare a new modified spring design to a currently used spring switch and a control fixed switch for preventing the derailment of trains that run over…
CSEF · 2011
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals For my science fair project I chose to research how different materials insulate. My hypothesis was that water resistant materials, like fleece, would insulate the best. Met…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals I wanted to learn how computer memory works, and to build basic computer memory myself. Specifically, I wanted to find a way to make the binary logic to remember a single di…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals To conduct my investigation, I will use multiple liquids (acids, bases, and neutrals) to simulate rain. The liquids will represent the independent variable as it will be cha…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the survival rate of aquatic plants after an acidic rain. My hypothesis was that the greater amount of acid in the tanks, the lower the surviva…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if and how unnaturally high levels of the hormone estrogen would impact the normal instinctive aggressive response of male Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splenden…
CSEF · 2011
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine how different types of fertilizer affect plants growth. My hypothesis was that the fertilizer urea would have the greatest effect on the plants…