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 11431–11460
CSEF · 2008
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which reflective materials are the most effective in amplifying the energy output of a photovoltaic cell. Methods/Materials Eleven different re…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to invent an efficient algorithm to minimize the memory usage of software applications that use graph data structures. Based on analysis of…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if it is possible to detect mercury in water using light and the electromagnetic spectrum. I hypothesize a red shift of the spectrum when light is…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which brand of soda causes the egg to lose the most amount of mass. Methods/Materials Twenty-one [21] Wal-Mart clear plastic cups; Twenty-one […
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Inside the circulatory system, sodium prompts the kidney to reabsorb water into the capillaries, increasing blood pressure. Although scientists are not sure why, ingesting p…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my research is to find the effects certain patterns of iPod useage have on our hearing both at rest and when exercising. Methods/Materials I required an iPo…
CSEF · 2008
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals To investigate magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) thrust, an intriguing force that can quietly power a boat without moving parts. To design, test and improve a series of MHD engines…
CSEF · 2008
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to produce ethanol from green garbage, in this case, grass and wood and calculate the amount of ethanol yield from each substrate, otherwi…
CSEF · 2008
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This study examined the effect of an external magnetic field on the conductivity of a Fe(3)O(4) ferrofluid. Methods/Materials A ferrofluid was prepared using the published U…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the best control algorithm for a system where energy and time is important. The project considered the more prevalent PID and…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to optimize path finding around polygonal obstacles in 2-dimensional euclidean space. An increase in performance was achieved by allowing for im…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Castor bean plants are invasive shrubs that often have Argentine ants crawling on them. The ants are attracted to extrafloral nectaries, which are nectar producing glands ou…
CSEF · 2008
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see if Helix aspersa or Gastropoda pulmonata would exhibit any preferences for anthocyanin pigments over anthoxanthin pigments in pansi…
CSEF · 2008
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The California sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) has been highly endangered since being nearly hunted to extinction one hundred years ago by fur traders. The population is t…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The antibacterial effects of electrical stimulation on bacteria cultures have been examined to see if infections can be prevented or treated. Low-voltage pulsed current has…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The goals of these studies were 1.to determine whether antibiotic resistant bacteria could be isolated from store bought chicken breasts, 2.to determine whether organic prod…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if some natural antibiotics are as effective as synthetically or pharmaceutically produced antibiotics in either arresting the g…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Disseminated candidiasis occurs in hospitalized patients when the fungus, Candida albicans, enters the bloodstream and infects almost all organs of the body. The mortality r…
CSEF · 2008
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Whether 2.4GHz Electromagnetic Field (EMF) will have an impact on Drosophila melanogaster's antioxidant enzymes. Methods/Materials 1. Collect 3000 randomly selected Drosophi…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Antioxidants are said to prevent the damage of cells caused by ultraviolet radiation. To observe the effect of antioxidants on the survival rate of nonpathogenic MM28 and QC…
CSEF · 2008
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the effects of various levels of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) on the oxidation in apples. The experiment observed the antioxidant…
CSEF · 2008
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the viability of freeze desalination (FD) as a preliminary treatment process to reverse osmosis (RO) by measuring its efficiency…
CSEF · 2008
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals Space travel is a major concern for the 21st Century. Astronauts will need to provide much of their own food for lunar habitats and deep-space travel. The engineering goal w…
CSEF · 2008
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to test the hypothesis that children with ADHD have a better memory when the period of memorization is short. Methods/Materials Gather and assemble six larg…
CSEF · 2008
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The periodicity of X-ray bursts from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) appears to be dependent on the recovery interval between mass-infall events. This recovery interval is prop…
CSEF · 2008
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine if dandelion roots and/or peppermint leaves are as effective in fighting E.coli as erythromycin and penicillin. I believed that the man-made antibiotics would b…
CSEF · 2008
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Slender models and their effect on society has been a hot topic in the media and fashion world lately. The media claims that slender models in fashion negatively effect soci…
CSEF · 2008
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I wanted to know if taste preferences of children change when they become adults. My next question was if children of parents who ate, and now serve certain foods to their c…
CSEF · 2008
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals This research experiment was done to study the effect of different temperatures on the growth of yeast. Our goal was to determine at which temperatures do yeast cells grow t…
CSEF · 2008
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to test if one's ability to read would interfere with their capability to differentiate between the written word and the color of that word…