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 10921–10950
CSEF · 2009
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This research considers how efficiently elevators can deliver passengers to their intended destinations. The director behind this process is the elevator controller, which e…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to find the difference between an athlete's lungs and those of a non-athlete. I wanted to test the effect that staying active has on one's body,…
CSEF · 2009
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine whether it is more efficient to run an air conditioner in the day or night and in long or short time blocks. Methods/Materials M…
CSEF · 2009
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Why do voice recognition systems (VRS's) often misinterpret words of foreign-born English speakers-even without an accent? Is there a physical distinction between the sounds…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Is it possible to improve the efficiency of a Railgun by changing what materials are used to reduce things like friction, noise, and heat dissipation to increase the velocit…
CSEF · 2009
Microbiology First Award
Objectives/Goals With the world facing an enormous energy crisis, it is necessary to develop renewable energy sources. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a potential source of renewable hydrogen e…
CSEF · 2009
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Experimentally influencing the chemotaxis of Schmidtea mediterranea, a planarian oft chosen for biomedical research because its genome (which is currently being sequenced) s…
CSEF · 2009
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I hypothesize that the prescreened small molecules will have distinct functional groups that will show inhibitory activity. Methods/Materials Conducting Enzymatic Assays Ste…
CSEF · 2009
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, the goal is to find out what effect light intensity (luminous intensity), of an artificial light source, has on the rate of photosynthesis in an aquatic pla…
CSEF · 2009
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project was to determine if light deprivation would kill parrot feather. I looked at blocking out light for 7, 14, and 21 days. I predicted that af…
CSEF · 2009
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Older cemetery soils were tested to see if there was any arsenic contamination in the soil. Older cemeteries were tested because arsenic was used as an embalming fluid, part…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Because of our dependence on fossil fuels, there has been significant interest in the potential of biodiesel as an alternative fuel. Researchers have suggested using used ve…
CSEF · 2009
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The San Dieguito Lagoon is a newly restored wetland with recently created homes for waterfowl. Many millions of dollars have been spent to return this lagoon region back int…
CSEF · 2009
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see if the appearance and presence of a dog of effect how much, if anything people would donate to the local SPCA. With this knowledge I can help local organi…
CSEF · 2009
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate the anomalous behavior in operation of the Nintendo Wii system and identify the cause of this anomaly. The anomalous behavior…
CSEF · 2009
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science fair project is to compare the effect of different environments on the contamination level of coins. The reason why I am doing this research is bec…
CSEF · 2009
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the study is to test whether urine (Latin name:Urina) could be used as a cheap alternative to preventing wrinkles and acne especially in middle-aged women. Me…
CSEF · 2009
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if water containing trace amounts of automotive fluids has an effect on planarians regeneration. Methods/Materials I conducted my experiment by fi…
CSEF · 2009
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see how different pollutants in the environment will effect the growth of plants. Methods/Materials Collected pollutants (Exhaust, motor oil, fertilizer, soapy w…
CSEF · 2009
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which countertops are best at taking extreme heat Methods/Materials Obtained 12 X 12 inch slabs of common counter top materials: granite, wood,…
CSEF · 2009
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I want to determine which type of soil will have the greatest amount of stability for a foundation with buildings. Also, does vibrating the soil before building on it make t…
CSEF · 2009
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to learn if different members of the brassica (mustard) family are different from each other in their morphology, physiology, growth, and genomics. This gr…
CSEF · 2009
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My first objective is to discover how far the volatile fluid I am using percolated down the test soils. My second objective is to find any effects during the process before…
CSEF · 2009
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see which type of grass would grow the tallest, densest, and greenest with the least amount of water. I wanted to determine if one grass is more drought…
CSEF · 2009
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to determine if a horse's stride length is affected by its shoulder angle or height. Methods/Materials This experiment included measurements…
CSEF · 2009
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Part 1: To determine how much copper is in the wells and tap water in the Santa Cruz Mountain homes and research factors and treatment systems that affect it. Part 2: Analyz…
CSEF · 2009
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In past experiments, I found that 70 % of human subjects malabsorbed 50.0 g of fructose dissolved in 8 oz of water and that none of the same subjects malabsorbed 29 oz of 7u…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to investigate if natural environmentally friendly cleaning products are more effective and longer lasting for killing bacteria than conventiona…
CSEF · 2009
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if "green" cleaning products are better for the environment,your budget and your household cleanliness than conventional cleaners. My hypothesis…
CSEF · 2009
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if mercury is released from silver amalgam dental fillings in different acidic environments that simulate the human body. Met…