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 1441–1470
CSEF · 2023
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
Individuals scoring high on the Dark Triad scale—a measure of three significantly positively correlated traits: narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism—are unpleasant and deceptive wit…
CSEF · 2023
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Every year, there are 700 million cases of mid-ear infections (Otitis Media, OM) and nearly 21,000 deaths occur worldwide because of complications arising from OM (Worrall, 2007). The method…
CSEF · 2023
Chemistry Second Award
Title: The Effect of Bile Salts On Digestion Name(s): Maryam Hashmi Purpose: To determine if the presence and concentration of bile salts affect the time taken to digest whole milk, infant f…
CSEF · 2023
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
As the world seeks safe, sustainable sources of energy storage, supercapacitors are becoming a lucrative option, with their rapid charging capabilities and long lifespans. Their adoption can…
CSEF · 2023
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Honeybees serve as the world’s most crucial pollinators and have a monumental impact on the agricultural industry of up to $577 billion. However, their population is declining due to various…
CSEF · 2023
Mammalian Biology (Senior Division)
More than 80% of women worldwide suffer from primary dysmenorrhea. NSAIDs are the main treatment, however, more than 38% of women are unable to take them due to the multiple adverse effects.…
CSEF · 2023
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Increased intestinal permeability has been linked to diseases such as type 2 diabetes and celiac disease, and the prevalence of these diseases has risen as processed foods become a staple pa…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Over the past couple of years, giant pandas have been vulnerably endangered as bamboo forests disappear from the face of the Earth. The giant panda's diet consists almost entirely of bamboo,…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Fourth Award
This experiment examined how varying Ibuprofen (IBU) concentrations affect the growth rate and germination success of Lactuca sativa (lettuce). It is hypothesized that Lactuca sativa. seeds…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Third Award
The Artemis mission has sparked curiosity about a self-sustaining lunar colony. This experiment’s purpose was to emulate earth soil fertility in a lunar simulant using two essential nutrient…
CSEF · 2023
Materials Science Third Award
Our research aims to create an eco- and cost-friendly alternative to cow leather and polyurethane leather, the most common synthetic leather. We chose this research as we are passionate abou…
CSEF · 2023
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
For our STEM Fair project, we made a robot that picks up trash, called the GOAT. It sees the trash using a camera, then does inverse kinematics to communicate to the arm where the trash is.…
CSEF · 2023
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Urban heat islands pose prevalent problems in cities, causing dangerously high temperatures as dark surfaces absorb and reemit more sunlight. Heat islands must be monitored, and devices call…
CSEF · 2023
Behavioral & Social Sciences (Senior Division)
Stress affects a person’s health in numerous ways such as headaches, sleep issues, or even illnesses. C₈H₁₁NO₂, or dopamine, a feel good chemical produced by our body is critical for functio…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Second Award
Fertilizer accessibility is decreasing rapidly. Africa is already lacking 2 million metric tons of fertilizer. In India, 55 percent of the country’s soil is deficient in nitrogen. Though fer…
CSEF · 2023
Toxicology Fourth Award
An estimated 24 trillion particles of microplastics (MPs) live alongside seaborne organisms in the ocean. A previous study successfully transferred MPs from Copepods to Ephyra and found that…
CSEF · 2023
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
As scholars debate the persuasive effect of humor, multiple theories have emerged on its impact with the audience and its ability to fuel progressive social change. While multiple experiment…
CSEF · 2023
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Transportation has always been crucial to urban development. In the future, in “smart cities” where automated robots become highly involved with urban living by taking on laborious tasks for…
CSEF · 2023
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Better therapeutics for prostate cancer are needed because over 34,000 American men are estimated to die of prostate cancer in 2022. Natural products have been a valuable source of anticance…
CSEF · 2023
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Mental health in teenagers is an important topic which we want to raise awareness on. We analyzed two aspects which can potentially impact it - genetic and non-genetic. For both genetic and…
CSEF · 2023
Computational Systems & Analysis Honorable_mention Award
This project’s goal is to solve the devastating issue of distracted driving which has caused 30% of all fatal accidents, about 10,000 deaths. To solve this issue, my app can detect a driver…
CSEF · 2023
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Childhood obesity and diabetes are on the rise in the United States and some of its major contributors are inactive lifestyles and unhealthy diets. There are hidden sugars in common foods th…
CSEF · 2023
Cognitive Science Second Award
Alzheimer's is the most widespread type of dementia with over 10 million new cases diagnosed yearly. Despite such impact, 20% of very mild, mild, and moderate Alzheimer’s cases are misclassi…
CSEF · 2023
Microbiology (General) Honorable_mention Award
Streptococcus (S.) mutans, a gram-positive, anaerobic bacterium, is a major contributor in the formation of dental caries. The effective way for prevention and treatment of dental caries is…
CSEF · 2023
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
When selecting a route to walk from point A to point B in the city, multiple options are typically available. One can choose city streets with longer or shorter blocks and decide when to cro…
CSEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Food insecurity is a pressing issue because of the effects of unpredictable weather on crop yields. The recent weather events such as drought and rainstorms have had negative effects on farm…
CSEF · 2023
Materials Science Honorable_mention Award
The purpose of this experiment was to find the optimal enclosure size for a woofer driver. My experimental question was “What effect does speaker enclosure size have on bass frequency respon…
CSEF · 2023
Materials Science Honorable_mention Award
The purpose of this project was to find the strongest and most durable 3D printed infill (inner support structure) when put through a compression test. I hypothesized that a 3D structure wit…
CSEF · 2023
Chemistry First Award
Objectives: I noticed that many people drink filtered water and bottled water rather than straight tap water. I wanted to prove that tap water has no statistically significant differences wi…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Global warming has been an issue on the rise for decades. Methane is a major gas contributing to global warming because it traps heat in the Earth’s atmosphere. Using recyclable materials as…