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CSEF projects, 2002–2026

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.

Years

Category breakdown

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.

Projects

17387 projects · showing 13711–13740

CSEF · 2006

Refrigeration 9-1-1

Environmental Engineering

Objectives/Goals After reading about the tsunami in Indonesia, Hurricane Katrina, and the earthquake in Pakistan, I wondered what people do in case of natural disaster if they don#t have ele…

CSEF · 2006

Rich Soil or Not Rich Soil? That Is the Question

Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine in which environment of the Monterey Peninsula plants thrived most, and to determine if this correlated with the soil of that en…

CSEF · 2006

Ride the Energy Tide

Electricity & Electronics

Objectives/Goals My main objective for my project was to find whether or not it was possible for me to create a new way to generate energy from the power of waves, and if it could be cost co…

CSEF · 2006

Rocket Fins

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics

Objectives/Goals My objective is to learn if rockets with larger or smaller fins fly the highest and are the most stable. Methods/Materials The materials I used were: Balsa Wood, 8 Viking Ro…

CSEF · 2006

Rolly-Pollies Finding Their Way Home

Zoology

Objectives/Goals I wanted to learn the survivablity and adaptive behavior of the isopod Armadillidium vulgare. Ultimately, I wanted to know what would happen to these bugs if they were displ…

CSEF · 2006

Salt and Ice

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals My goal was to see if the speed at which a salt melts ice is related to the salt's molecular structure. Methods/Materials I used three types of salt: Sodium chloride, Potass…

CSEF · 2006

Save Our Seas 4

Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals I have been studying different ways of remediation for oil spills, for the past 4 years. This year my project was comparing two components of one form of a severity and a we…

CSEF · 2006

Save The Babies

Pharmacology/ Toxicology

Objectives/Goals Aluminum toxicity may cause weak bones and other problems in people. This is a greater problem in babies because they do not have the ability to get rid of aluminum or other…

CSEF · 2006

Save Your Teeth!

Microbiology

Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine how common foods affect the growth of oral bacteria; I want to discover which of those foods would be good for fighting against oral bacteria,an…

CSEF · 2006

Saving the Olive Crop

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals The olive fruit fly, (Bactrocera oleae,) could wipe out the entire olive oil industry in California. Because its maggot feeds on the inner pulp of the olive, it allows bacte…

CSEF · 2006

Sea Hermit Crabs

Zoology

Objectives/Goals Imagine going through life in a borrowed home. The hermit crab understands this as it must find a suitable shell to live in and protect its soft abdomen. Most research says…

CSEF · 2006

Secrets to Better Plant Growth

Plant Biology

Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if watering with Liquid Plant Food will help plants grow faster than using other solutions. The purpose of this project was to find out whether dif…

CSEF · 2006

See This!

Behavioral Sciences

Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to see if illustrations enhance a child#s comprehension of a reading passage, and if so which type of child, (struggling reader, average…

CSEF · 2006

Seize That Stain!

Materials Science (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals My project goal was to determine which laundry detergent works most effectively on a pizza sauce stain. I used five different detergents. Besides the detergents, nothing in…

CSEF · 2006

"Selfish" DNA Alu Polymorphism

Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to identify a family tree through the chromosome 16 Alu allele of each member and understand the mechanism that passes on the gene. I predi…

CSEF · 2006

Semiconductor Lighting

Electricity & Electronics

Objectives/Goals My objective is to understand the operation of Light Emitting Diodes (LED) and determine if modern LEDs have the advantages to replace incandescent light bulbs for energy-sa…

CSEF · 2006

Shake, Rattle, and Roll

Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals In Shake, Rattle, and Roll, I tested three different shaped structures: a tower, a rectangle, and a pyramid, to answer the scientific question: Which shaped structure can su…

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