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 15721–15750
CSEF · 2003
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to test a magnetically levitated car and a wheeled car and compare their results. Each car will be tested in three different tests multiple…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals Hepatitis B is one of the major diseases inflicting the human population. Conventional treatment with interferon-alpha is very expensive and has many serious side effects. A…
CSEF · 2003
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My project was to see how Formica rufa (wood ants) keep their nests warm. My hypothesis is that the ants may use sunlight or the heat that composting materials generate to h…
CSEF · 2003
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine how the number of aphids on a plant affects the plant height, parasites and predators. I tested to see if aphid population increa…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The project was done to discover if the normal curve applies to sets of large data. The project of this data was professional basketball player heights and weights, divided…
CSEF · 2003
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether an increase in propeller size of an indoor free flight rubber band powered aircraft will lengthen its flight duration. I believe that if…
CSEF · 2003
Electricity & Electronics
Objectives/Goals This project shows that it is possible to predict the onset of chaos in an electrical circuit, an example of a nonlinear dynamic system. It was hypothesized that if the firs…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to investigate which basic fingerprint pattern, Loop, Arch, or Whorl, had the probability to be the most common. I believe the basic Loop pat…
CSEF · 2003
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if a brace added to the structural design of a building will keep it from falling during liquefaction. I believe a brace is needed. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2003
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The aim of my project was to find out whether rats would eat more of a single kind of food over the course of a week when given that food in a variety of flavors. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2003
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if all reds contained the same pigments and had the same physical characteristics. Methods/Materials I ran a simple paper chro…
CSEF · 2003
Structural Capability & Strength of Materials (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I believe that solid wood will have greater torsional resistance (twisting) and drop resistance (bending) than a comparable piece of composite wood. In my experiments I will…
CSEF · 2003
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the concentrations of the pollutants Uranium, Cadmium, and Phosphate, and whether they stemmed from a point or non-point source within the New…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Most of the Arsenic pressure treated wood tests will be more than 10 parts per billion (ppb) which is the current Government Standard. Some tests should be more than the ars…
CSEF · 2003
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to prove that the commonly held belief "fingerprints are not hereditary" and "fingerprints are completely random" is false. Methods/Materials I…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals My purpose is to do a comparative study of bacterial counts on hamburger patties sold at 5 different fast-food restaurants. I was curious about whether the hamburger was con…
CSEF · 2003
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which laundry detergent (comparing Tide, Cheer, Oxy Clean, and Store Brand) removes stains from cotton the most effectively. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2003
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to compare three commonly used dental filling materials to see if they would leak after prolonged exposure to an acidic sugarless soft drink,…
CSEF · 2003
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if swimming and surfing in more urban areas increase your chance of illness due to contaminates entering the ocean by urban runoff from storm dra…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This study aims to develop a robust, Web-based face recognition system simulating human perception of objects and faces. After the September 11 terrorist attacks, the need f…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals I am trying to discover which odors affect certain moods. Methods/Materials Materials 1.Cotton squares 2.Small containers 3.Medium containers 4.Rosemary 5.Juniper 6.Golden S…
CSEF · 2003
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment is to determine if people judge political policies and ideas based on the merits and logic of the views expressed in the statement being made or if…
CSEF · 2003
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find if a neural network would be able to learn how to play Connect 4 (a board game where the goal is to get four tokens in a row) well enough…
CSEF · 2003
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The purpose of ARM was to create an effective system that could handle materials without a direct user interface. The user would be free to be in a remote location during us…
CSEF · 2003
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals If I can create a measurable in vitro model that can aspirinize the platelets with varying amounts of aspirin, stimulate them with a coagulant, and measure the anti-coagulan…
CSEF · 2003
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine which of the four competitve swim stroke exerts the most propulsion. I believe the breaststroke will have the most propulsion de…
CSEF · 2003
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if the age of Orcinus orca affects the respiration rate to weight ratio. Methods/Materials I did my experiment at Sea World, San Diego and watch…
CSEF · 2003
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To measure the magnitude of marine surface currents using infrared themography. Methods/Materials I utilized my connected pool and spa, and rented two infrared cameras. The…
CSEF · 2003
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment was to determine the percentage of MRSA carriers in the general, non-hospital, population and to compare the general population frequency with…
CSEF · 2003
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether or not iodine molecules will be able to diffuse through a plastic sandwich bag (cell) containing a starch solution.The second objective w…