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 2791–2820
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to find the most accurate integration scheme using planet trajectory simulations. Methods/Materials Computer, Python Programming Language (VPy…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals At LHC, the largest particle accelerator, the discovery of Higgs boson and confirmation of Higgs fields rattled the world in 2013, sealing a major unverified gap in SM. Ener…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals It is well known that the burning of fossil fuels causes the acidification of rain. Plant life makes up the base of our food chain and food supply. We must understand the re…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the tensile strength and elastic modulus of mammalian ventricles in order to compare these values between hearts of different…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to compare the difference in height between arugula grown using a traditional soil system and an aquaponic system. Methods/Materials 2 plastic…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals This computer simulation was created to produce a more accurate model of traffic, taking into account realistic driver behaviors. Methods/Materials The simulation was writte…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In order to prevent wildfires, this project develops a mathematical model to predict the ignition of a wildfire based on fire indicator factors including relative humidity,…
CSEF · 2018
Mathematical Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to create a highly-accurate, automated detection platform that would be able to predict breast cancer by classifying histology slides from biops…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals The main goal of this project is to provide one of the most in-depth analyses of the core vs. cusp controversy, which jeopardizes our current understanding of the universe,…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Clean air is vital for a healthy body and a healthy mind. We spend much of our time indoors breathing poorly ventilated/polluted air. My goal was to create an intelligent ve…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Using gamma rays from Na-22 matter-antimatter annihilation, we can generate entangled gamma rays, we hope to design quantum gate using aluminum. Methods/Materials Geiger cou…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The 2017 California Wildfire Season was the most destructive on record. Over 9,054 fires burned 1,381,405 acres. I wanted to learn if wildfires affect soil fertility by stud…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Dyes are used in many industries. Because the process of cleaning dye out of wastewater is expensive, a cost-effective, eco-friendly method is needed. The purpose of this pr…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find if dimples on the top of an airfoil would allow it to generate more lift and less drag than a conventional airplane wing. Methods/Materials 9-inch…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals I wanted to test the range of AirPrinting and what effect distance & materials would have on the signal strength and print properties. Methods/Materials Tape measure, Paper…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals In spite of many benefits that plastics offer, negative impact has become a global problem that is affecting us economically and environmentally. Only 25% of plastic is recy…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to determine whether a common relative of an exotic plant known to produce anti-cancer compounds has the same properties that would make it a good…
CSEF · 2018
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective and goal of my science project was to test if the Boston Marathon Qualifying Standards are accurate for both male and female participants of all ages. The ques…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this engineering model is to discover a reasonable alternative for sand in concrete. One of the central ingredients for engineering is sand, and it is becoming i…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to see if Aluminum is linked to Alzheimer's disease by causing brain degeneration in fruit flies. Tested with both a behavioral assay and a pr…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to apply machine learning algorithms to predict whether an NBA rookie will become an all-star based on his first year statistics. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals When creating our Machine Learning model, our objective was to be able to correctly identify the malignancy of the Lung presented based on the CT scan images. This was achie…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals There are no drugs to treat galactosemia, a life-threatening genetic disease in which patients can't metabolize galactose, a sugar found in food. As a result, galactose buil…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The concrete industry creates over 86.7 million metric tons of concrete every year, and unfortunately emits over 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide as well. In order to minimi…
CSEF · 2018
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to create a more reliable renewable energy source that can outperform current methods for clean energy collection. Methods/Materials Crea…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to provide clean drinking water to people in third world countries. Methods/Materials 2 liter plastic bottles, 1 liter plastic bottle, vario…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The present study aims to assess the impact of Glyphosate on the fecundity and mortality of Daphnia magna in an aquatic environment. Methods/Materials Daphnia magna were exp…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals The project intends to find differences between fibril structure around quiet region filaments and active region filaments by calculating the magnetic flux around each. Meth…
CSEF · 2018
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals Analyze the ability of a 2D Convolutional Neural Network to learn random 3D objects as obstacles by training it with fixed set of 3D objects of varying color and orientation…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effect of substituting Ni in iron silicate compounds used in cathodes on the battery performance. Methods/Materials A Li ion…