39 projects whose affiliated fair was here, most recently in 2026.
ISEF records a state or province for some finalists and not others, so these counts do not add up to the country total.
39 projects · showing 1–30
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Braille literacy rates collapsed from over 50% four decades ago to under 10% today (National Federation of the Blind, 2020), driven by instructor shortages and fixed curricula unable to adap…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Over two million women in sub-Saharan Africa live with obstetric fistula. During prolonged obstructed labor, the trapped fetal head compresses the soft tissue lining of the pelvis against bo…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) remains absent from AI research despite serving 600,000 Deaf Kenyans. Existing recognition systems, including those for ASL and BSL, fail under real-world conditio…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
OralSense is a smart toothbrush system designed for passive, non-invasive detection of early gingival disease and pre-diabetes risk during routine brushing. It consists of a reusable electro…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
HVAC systems account for approximately 40% of building energy consumption, with significant waste arising from conditioning unoccupied spaces. While occupant-centric HVAC systems improve eff…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In 2019, a series of fires claimed nearly 100 lives in Bangladesh, and a massive fire tore through several multistory buildings in Chawk Bazar. The blaze originated at a warehouse that had a…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
The global fishing industry faces significant challenges due to plastic pollution from non-biodegradable fishing gear, which contributes to marine waste accumulation and environmental degrad…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
In 2022, global carbon dioxide emissions reached an estimated 36.8 billion metric tons, which has had a profound impact on climate change and environmental deterioration. The overall CO2 con…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
The growth of the plastic industry since the 1950s has resulted in an alarming accumulation of plastic waste, with an estimated 8.3 million tonnes of plastic produced globally and 6.3 millio…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
There is an urgent need for an awareness campaign to educate the public on the hazards of haphazard littering in urban centers, especially with plastic bottles and papers, these products are…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Kenya produces a substantial amount of maize annually. According to IPAD (International Product Assessment Division) in 2023, Kenya produced over 3.2 million tons of maize, with cobs being a…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
Kenya faces substantial challenges regarding water scarcity, sanitation, and hygiene, significantly impacting public health, economic growth and social equity. With a significant portion of…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The project focuses on the development of a solar powered, portable respirator system that utilizes an Ambu bag and incorporates an LCD user interface to allow for the setting of specific pa…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Uzuri Production is a project with the aim of making BIOCHAR an environmentally friendly product from waste with the aim of making a highly efficient and productive material that will in the…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Outbreak of pandemics such as Spanish Influenza, Ebola and Corona virus, the most recent one has had a challenge on mass testing of their infections and spread. Available medical personnel a…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
This project deals with the design, assembly, characterization and analysis of a five step water filtration system. The principles of material science, solid state physics, polymer physics,…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
The project aims to implement a dynamic solid waste collection system that relies on level sensors installed in dustbins. The sensors will monitor the levels of waste in the bins, and the da…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
In our society today the adverse effects of climate change brought about by the release of green house gases such as carbon (IV) oxide are already being felt. Carbon (IV) oxide electro-reduc…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The main aim of this project is to develop green power that will be a key enabler in the movement of goods on the increased infrastructure and manufacturing units. I am using energy boosters…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
In 2016, 44.7 million metric tons of E-waste was generated globally out of which only 20% was recycled (UN, 2017). Our project explores how components of e-waste i.e. acrylonitrile butadiene…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
According to an article by Standard Media, Kenya; water pollution levels across three continents, namely, Africa, Asia and Latin America have risen exponentially over the last ten years. (Ob…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
According to UNICEF, Kenya has a very high prevalence of child mortality rate which is approximately 49/1000 live births. In 2017 Kenya had an estimated 502,860 children who had missed the r…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
The purpose of this project is to help the visually impaired and deaf learners to measure the length of an object based on the angles subtended at the center of a revolving disc. The main pr…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
The white cane, due to its current design, is unable to offer the visually impaired a level of independence that is achievable with modern technology as it can only detect obstacles up to kn…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
Sustainable power source part in Kenya is among most dynamic in Africa. In Kenya, speculation developed has gone from virtually zero to US dollar 1.3 billion in 2010 over advancements such a…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
This project involves developing an automated system that enhances efficiency in procurement, budgeting and expenditure monitoring and tracking and was developed on a local testing server us…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Electronic gadgets used in ICT today, are dedicated to doing a lot of business and providing healthcare services amongst other services in rural and urban areas worldwide. These devices use…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
The machine will help learners with hearing impairment to read cosines,sines and tangents of an angle at the same time to improve mathematical performance in special schools(schools for the…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
In Kenya, drought conditions that are expected to persist into 2018 have left 3.4 million people severely food insecure and an estimated 500,000 people without access to water. An estimated…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
This project explores how wastes of glass, rubber and plastic polymers can be combined together to obtain a composite material that is resistant to squeezing, tearing or fragility. Wastes, s…