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 1321–1350
CSEF · 2023
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
After recently undergoing a chemotherapy treatment for cancer, our grandfather suffered from the unpleasant side effects of the treatment including fatigue and nausea. Since spices are known…
CSEF · 2023
Materials Science Second Award
The industrial manufacture of concrete contributes to an estimated 6-10% of all global anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The main carbon-producing constituent in concrete is Ordi…
CSEF · 2023
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
In this project, I explored the possibility of whether network analysis can be used to predict the popularity of TV series. Specifically, I investigated the potential relationship between IM…
CSEF · 2023
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Pickleball is a rapidly growing sport, but there have been many complaints about games being too loud. The average noise level from a pickleball game is 70 decibels when measured at 100 feet…
CSEF · 2023
Mathematical Sciences Second Award
Modern computer chess programs capable of easily beating any human player are causing a crisis in the world of competitive chess. These programs are simple to use and can be run on personal…
CSEF · 2023
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
The ongoing problem of medical malpractice, which accounts for nearly 251,000 deaths per year, highlights the need for a more sophisticated solution to the issue of human error. To address t…
CSEF · 2023
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
The Kirsten rat sarcoma viral (KRAS) gene is the most frequently mutated oncogene, responsible for many types of highly fatal cancers — notably, pancreatic, colorectal, and non-small cell lu…
CSEF · 2023
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Over the last decade, astronomers have documented more than 90% of the Near Earth Objects (NEOs) larger than 1 km in diameter, but have missed detections of smaller NEOs. Small NEOs are hard…
CSEF · 2023
Zoology Third Award
The genus Chroicocephalus consists of eleven small-sized gull species. Despite being an ecologically important group of birds, the evolutionary relationship among its species remains unresol…
CSEF · 2023
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Advancement in transit photometry has led to large transit datasets. Searches of these datasets have yielded exoplanets with low accuracy due to false positives. Common methods of identifyin…
CSEF · 2023
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, and disruptions to the circadian system, which is regulated by a set of clock genes, can lead to tumorigenesis. In previous research, a generali…
CSEF · 2023
Toxicology First Award
Greenhouse gases and nutrient loading have contributed to the proliferation of harmful algal blooms. The overgrowth of diatoms and dinoflagellates forms hypoxic dead zones and produces letha…
CSEF · 2023
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
1 in 44 children in the USA are impacted by autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but only <50% of children received effective early intervention due to delayed diagnosis. This represents a huge m…
CSEF · 2023
Cognitive Science Third Award
Problem Statement The growth of automatic speech recognition in the past decade, including Siri, Alexa, and Cortana, has unveiled a serious problem: the implicit racial bias. Studies have sh…
CSEF · 2023
Zoology First Award
Pollination services provided by managed honey bees are essential to a variety of agricultural crops. In February and March, more than 80% of the nation’s beehives are rented by almond growe…
CSEF · 2023
Alternative Energy Honorable_mention Award
Current energy sources are not sustainable and harmful to our environment. There is an urgent need to find a renewable solution. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is one of the promising solutions f…
CSEF · 2023
Chemistry (Senior Division)
Molecular Orbital Theory is a method of modeling molecules through complex quantum mechanical calculations. This theoretical framework relies on the electron probability density of a region…
CSEF · 2023
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
As we continue to understand the origin of the universe, the study of galaxy evolution has become essential to reconstruct the mechanisms that led to our present-day galaxies. Quasar absorpt…
CSEF · 2023
Physics & Astronomy First Award
The longstanding question of how ultra-short-period (USP) planets form and survive so close to their host stars signifies a gap in our understanding of planetary formation in the Universe. W…
CSEF · 2023
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Music is an important part of our everyday lives, especially with the growth of businesses like Spotify. At the same time, anxiety and depression seem to be more common. Is music merely a di…
CSEF · 2023
Cognitive Science Honorable_mention Award
This project analyzes how chess improves cognitive test scores. To answer this question, we had subjects take a cognitive test, learn chess, and then take the test again. The results conclud…
CSEF · 2023
Materials Science Honorable_mention Award
Americans alone put more than 45 billion plastic water bottles into landfills every year. Edible water bottles could help reduce that number, but they are not very durable. So I wanted to fi…
CSEF · 2023
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals: The success of Ingenuity, the Mars helicopter, opens up new possibilities for drones in space. Our goal is to demonstrate “proof of concept” for braiding with drones, expan…
CSEF · 2023
Chemistry (Junior Division)
Heavy metals are naturally present in our environment - in our land, atmosphere, soil, and water. Some of the commonly occurring heavy metals found in water are lead, nickel, arsenic, iron,…
CSEF · 2023
Toxicology First Award
Caffeine pollution is a form of wastewater pollution prevalent in the United States and other parts of the globe. We hypothesized that certain spices might be able to counteract stressful st…
CSEF · 2023
Earth & Environmental Sciences Second Award
The objective of this study is to predict the longevity of the sewer pipes and determine the optimal type of pipe in the case of replacement. The scope of the conditions was within the LA re…
CSEF · 2023
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Users with visual impairments should be able to access the internet without getting blocked by CAPTCHA. CAPTCHA is a technology that helps differentiate humans from SPAM Bots. For users with…
CSEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Being a drought-impacted California resident, I wanted to do something about water conservation. I have observed that there is a lot of reusable water while we take showers that can be used…
CSEF · 2023
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Chat GPT is a groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence (AI) application that can write essays in under a minute. Since its release in November 2022, it has sparked a worldwide debate about its…
CSEF · 2023
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
A recent CDC study showed that 3 in 5 teenage girls are depressed, a rise from last year. What’s also on the rise? Iron Deficiency Anemia. Teenage girls are 2 times more likely to be depress…