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 17131–17160
CSEF · 2002
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To show that it is feasible to develop a role-playing game (RPG) for a personal computer in real mode without any dedicated gaming hardware, such as that found in a Sony Pla…
CSEF · 2002
Earth Sciences/ Planetary Sciences/ Physical Environments
Objectives/Goals To find out what variables might affect the eruption cycles of geysers. Methods/Materials In this project, different variables were tested in a simulation geyser, to see how…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to find out which exfoliants are most abrasive on skin. One of my goals is to find out what products are good for your skin so people may pick p…
CSEF · 2002
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test various types of natural nuts for the amount of heat energy each type gave off when burned and to determine which specie burned hottest. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2002
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Objective: The objective of this experiment was to determine if various essential oils could be effective antibacterial agents on the bacteria, bacillus subtilis. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if adding wood ashes to soil would help the soil to retain moisture and herbicides better, and if so, which type of ashes worked better. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2002
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to show how the amount of air resistance on an object would be affected by its shape. Our hypothesis was that the most streamlined shape, a bullet shape, w…
CSEF · 2002
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to determine which medium priced, non-rechargeable, D cell alkaline battery made the most mechanical energy. Based on my study of battery a…
CSEF · 2002
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if people who can taste PTC strongly would be more likely to dislike broccoli than those who cannot taste it at all. Methods/Materials First 122…
CSEF · 2002
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to find a convenient and reliable way to relieve pain from burns on the hand. My goal is to find the solution to that, and call it; The Burn Glo…
CSEF · 2002
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to compare the number of internal parasite ova in permanent pasture cattle and range land cattle. The reason I did this investigation is t…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to make a very interesting and neatly done report. Methods/Materials The materials that were used are:rubber gloves, painter's mask, field data, books on identif…
CSEF · 2002
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to see what sealent could protect marble the best from acid rain. Methods/Materials I coated marble pieces with different sealants. I put 3 m…
CSEF · 2002
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if the low levels of antibiotics fed to livestock leads to the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in supermarket meat…
CSEF · 2002
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The main focus of this experiment was to examine was how prominent the fungus, Tenia pedis, is throughout the communal bathing areas around Tracy, California. Methods/Materi…
CSEF · 2002
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals For my project I developed a new sorting algorithm in c++ programming code. This sorting algorithm used a second array that represented the range of the numbers in the array…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find if highly concentrated gelatin wrapped around an object inside a solid containter would prevent damage during an impact. Methods/Materials Six conc…
CSEF · 2002
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to learn which chemical will work best at eating away at lard in clogged household drains. Methods/Materials The procedures included the testing of four dra…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to determine if certain oil-degrading microbes are affected by acid rain. Methods/Materials Place 60 mL of distilled water, 20 drops of ref…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to test if the amount of air present in an insulator has an effect on its ability to conduct heat. My hypothesis was that if gases are poor c…
CSEF · 2002
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if air temperature affects the stridulation rate of Acheta domesticus. Methods/Materials 6 terrariums were set-up with one male and one female…
CSEF · 2002
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals What are the effects of an enriched carbon dioxide atmosphere on oxygen production from bromeliad plants, or put simply, can we sustain life on Mars? The hypothesis that was…
CSEF · 2002
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My project mainly focused in testing the effects of antioxidants in slowing the rate of oxidation in a TBA analysis using pure pork, beef, and vegetable oil. In the tests I…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to examine the role of antioxidants in the development of resistance to Tam in breast cancer. Since antioxidants reduce oxdiative stress, they should help t…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effect of arsenic trioxide, an abundant form of arsenic in our environment, on the endocrine system of tenebrio molitor beetl…
CSEF · 2002
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My project is an investigation of how the reflex bleeding rate of Hippodamia convergensis is effected by the increase of carbon dioxide in the ladybeetles' atmosphere. Metho…
CSEF · 2002
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to discover which color wavelength of light: red, blue, green, yellow, or white, would best stimulate chlorophyll production of oxygen. Metho…
CSEF · 2002
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Rats inhabiting attics and garages bother many homeowners. There are commercial ultra sonic transmitters sold that "promise" to irritate the rats and cause them to flee. At…
CSEF · 2002
Applied Mechanics/ Structures & Mechanisms/ Manufacturing
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine the effect of cross drilling and slotting on brake rotor temperature as well as the effect on the temperature of the entire b…
CSEF · 2002
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The reason that this project was chosen above others was because my dad and I were sorting through books to look for a project, and we came upon an entry on Prisms and Light…