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 9691–9720
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Social psychology is a major science applicable to almost every city on the planet, a subject of intense research over the past few decades. Prosocial, or helping, behavior,…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals A recent theory about the pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the inflammation hypothesis, which suggests that the inflammatory response in the brain is central to the…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out which conductor works best with a rheostat dimmer, or more commonly known, a potentiometer. Scientific Question: What conductor…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Because of the various environmental concerns, cellulosic ethanol was tested as a possible renewable fuel source. Both ADC green and wood waste were tested in order to produ…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal is to establish a database of DNA sequences for the rubisco gene (rbcL) for crustose coralline algae found in the intertidal region of Shell Beach, California. Meth…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals Unwarranted variation, a phenomenon in the healthcare sector, refers to wide ranges of discharge rates, Medicare payments, and, most crucially, care delivery. Unwarranted va…
CSEF · 2010
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if a solar cell attached to a sun tracker is more efficient than a stationary solar cell perpendicular to the sun's rays at noon. The scientist…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My primary goal was to determine which of my three plants would survive in car exhaust contaminated climates and to determine which of my plants were the most adversely effe…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The drift speed of electrons traveling through a circuit is directly related the current traveling through the circuit. Based on the idea that the current through a transist…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project determines whether or not Ballona Creek has high levels of bacterial contamination. I will also determine if the Del Rey Lagoon impacts the contamination of the…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Test six distinct species of plant leaf, Plumeria, Jasminum, Hibiscus, S. romanzoffiana, C. limon, and, S. oleracea each with different characteristics on their ability to p…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to make progress toward the proof of the Primitive Cycles Existence Conjecture. Also, the project intends to present an analysis of total st…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to learn at what angle an arrow will fly the farthest distance. Methods/Materials The materials used were: a bow (with a set draw length and we…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Around 5 million years ago, long after the spread of basaltic magma over the southern California region, the Brodiaea Santarosae came into play. Despite it's long existence,…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Greening (citrus), Psyllid Yellows (tomato) and Zebra Chip (potato) are diseases caused by 'Candidatus Lieberibacter' bacteria. Symptoms include yellow leaves, poor growth a…
CSEF · 2010
Human Biology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Does the style of grasping a pencil affect the quality of the penmanship? Hypothes:Peoples penmanship depends on the way of grasp Methods/Materials Materials # 15 Pencils, #…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR) is an optical phenomenon important in many practical applications. The greatest difficulty in studying FTIR is designing an appar…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Is it possible to alter the pH of a selected fruit juice (orange) by varying the volumetric exposure to oxygen? Methods/Materials Fresh oranges were obtained, washed, peeled…
CSEF · 2010
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Viscosity can be determined using the falling ball viscometer and Stokes' law. It is, however, limited to flows at Reynolds Numbers (Re) less than one. A method is needed to…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Chlamydomonas reinhardtii algae are a potential means for producing renewable hydrogen gas. However, current methods to produce hydrogen using these algae are inefficient, c…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project investigated a novel approach to text compression using principles of natural language. After observing traditional algorithms compress small text files and yie…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Goal 1 - Grow the diatoms Goal 2 - Get the diatom to engulf the LAL molecule - to create packaging for LAL Goal 3 - The LAL engulfed diatom must detect endotoxin consistentl…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The initial idea was to determine the reasons for Korea to have the strictly low rate of flu affects such as SARS, AI, and SI compare to other countries such as the United S…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I came across an article about people in India who are throwing copper and silver coins into their rivers. They believe copper and silver coins will be able to disinfect the…
CSEF · 2010
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This study sought to identify the potential of a novel biocide system consisting of chitosan nanoparticles encapsulated by the peptides found in green coconut water (GCW). M…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To extract antioxidants from natural sources and to compare their polyphenolic content by Folin Ciocalteau Assay, and activity by DPPH Assay, and also to determine their ant…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out which vehicle has a better effect on the environment for the geographical area of the Bay Area, a Toyota Prius Hybrid or a Toyo…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if non-native species that occur in a young growth forest can invade an adjacent old growth forest. Background research suggested non-native species…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if medium chain triglycerides found in coconut oil could become an alternative fuel in bringing glucose to the dormant regions…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if natural products are as effective in cleaning oil spills as commercial products. My goal is to reduce needless pollution at an oil spill by…