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 9511–9540
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to determine if there is significant difference in the time of reaction rate between colors by taking two sets of tests, one reading and one multip…
CSEF · 2011
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to find an ingredient that would make buttercream frosting heat resistant without changing the main properties of the frosting. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals A microbial fuel cell is a bio-electrochemical system that creates electrical power by copying bacterial interactions found in the natural world. The bacteria within the fue…
CSEF · 2011
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to see if I could make a functioning rocket using table sugar as fuel and to see which of three commonly available sugars, Sucrose, Fructose…
CSEF · 2011
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted for the purpose of answering the following question: Can a computer be combined with a projector and infrared cameras to create a pocket-sized…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which gender can best identify the 3-dimensional mystery shape inside a masked box the most accurately. I hypothesized that males…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find out the reflectivity of near infrared ray (NIR) of different types of roofing materials. The three roofing materials that were used i…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Pharmaceutical companies have marketed Ginkgo biloba leaf extracts as a memory and concentration enhancer as well as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease and dementia patient…
CSEF · 2011
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if scent affects work efficiency. I hypothesize that scent does affect work efficiency. Methods/Materials Informed consent was obtained from 33…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals Last year, the Bp oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, devastating wildlife. The purpose of our experiment was to determine how mineral oil affected the photosynthesis of…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if the size of the sand grain, fine, medium, or coarse, affects how motor oil percolates through the sand. Methods/Materials Sand was sorted into…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I love roller coasters and I have always wanted to learn more about how they work. My goal for the experiment was to create a model of a roller coaster track and drop a car…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals Balloons are similar to many mammalian organs such as the heart, bladder, lungs and arteries. Balloons are also used in angioplasty to unclog blocked arteries. In all of the…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals Our research objectives were to: -Study the properties of the oil coming from both oil yielding trees and annual crops to confirm their potential as a fuel. -Determine the p…
CSEF · 2011
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if the electrolysis of water is affected by the type of electrolyte used, and the voltage of the energy source (battery). My hypothesis was that…
CSEF · 2011
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective is to discover if wind energy obtained from small wind turbines attached to an electric car can provide enough power to charge the battery of the car while driv…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if left handed people were more proficient with their right hand than right handed people with their left hand. Methods/Materials 30 left hande…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover which roof worked best in cooler temperatures and warmer temperatures and to determine whether the use of a plant roof could be a solution to th…
CSEF · 2011
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project will determine whether cattle grazing affects the ratio of native to nonnative plant species on the Santa Rosa Plateau. Methods/Materials Materials: 1.Herd of cat…
CSEF · 2011
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Polyketide chains are natural products with antitumor, antibiotic, and immunosuppressive properties. The Aromatase/Cyclase (ARO/CYC) is a PKS domain that cyclizes and aromat…
CSEF · 2011
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to discover which form of oxygen a hydrogen fuel cell car would run more efficiently on- forced oxygen, forced air, or ambient air. I believ…
CSEF · 2011
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out whether thermopiles could be made more effective through type change, temperature change, and number change. Methods/Materials Thermopiles (The…
CSEF · 2011
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to integrate electromagnetic heat induction and infrared (IR) thermograph technology for nondestructive detection of steel corrosion in concrete, by taking…
CSEF · 2011
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to learn whether hepatocyte apoptosis exists in the rat high fat diet (HFD)-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease model, and if so, wheth…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to characterize the role of the parabrachial nucleus (PBN) in regulating sympathetic cardiac reflexes during myocardial ischemia. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2011
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to learn whether and how the texture or the angle of a blood splattered surface might affect the interpretation of the evidence found at a…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to identify how information such as age, gender, familial status, and criminal record affected whether or not a "prisoner" in a Prisoner…
CSEF · 2011
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Diabetes is a devastating disease with formidable impact on personal and societal health. Research has indicated that when osteoblasts are treated with insulin (INS), bone i…
CSEF · 2011
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project is to create a three-dimensional solar collector that will be more efficient and versatile than the commonly used flat panel. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2011
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how large is the space between two middle school girls, two middle school boys, and a middle school boy and girl, when they meet or start engagin…