47 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.
47 projects · showing 1–30
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
This project presents the design, construction, and testing of a miniature autonomous Mars rover The Red Planet Trailblazer engineered to investigate the feasibility of robotic missions for…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Purpose: In Zimbabwe 72% of schoolgirls can’t affordable sanitary products. Globally, 500 million women and girls have inadequate access to sanitary products contributing to period poverty.…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Aviation emergencies caused by pilot incapacitation remain a critical safety risk, particularly in regions with limited access to advanced automated systems. This project developed H.A.L.O.,…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Schizophrenia is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder. In low-resource settings like Zimbabwe, stigma and limited psychiatric infrastructure delay diagnosis. This study investigated whether…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
With 70% of rural healthcare clinics lacking basic ophthalmic equipment, most parents only end up taking their children for professional eye exams when the problem has already escalated, but…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
As cyber threats like malware and ransomware evolve, traditional antivirus solutions struggle to keep pace. Inspired by bacteriophages, viruses that selectively target bacteria, this project…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
This study investigates the combined effects of cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) and silver orthophosphate (Ag3PO4) as potential materials for water purification. Innovative magnetically seperable A…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Globally, over 2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water leading to 3.4 million waterborne deaths yearly. Existing purification methods are often ineffective against both biologica…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
Facing a global challenge of freshwater scarcity, this project presents a novel approach thus a portable, low-temperature solar thermal desalination system. Despite covering over 71% of the…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Zimbabwe is a net importer of petroleum-based fuels. These are non renewable, expensive and environmentally unfriendly. Petroleum based fuels are expensive and the country has suffered from…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Globally, 775 million people don’t have access to electricity. Maximizing the use of renewable energies could enable more people to have access to electricity, however renewable energies are…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Introduction: Climate change, population growth and poor water conservation continue to worsen water shortages in the world. Engineering Goal: To develop a low cost, water-on-demand, soil mo…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Worldwide, Climate change is increasing both the intensity of rainfall and the resultant flooding risk. Developed countries are addressing the problem by using forecast rainfall by combining…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Hydrogen as a fuel is a clean source of energy to support zero-carbon energy strategies. However, most of the current major methods of producing hydrogen are fossil fuel reliant thus affecti…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The sign language interpreter with built in translator is a communication device that aims at improving communication between deaf and able hearing communities. The research was conducted wi…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Due to the shortage of electricity in Zimbabwe, many people are now using solar panels as an alternative. The shortage is still there since fixed solar panels generate less energy because th…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Evidenced by mass load-shedding and power-cuts on a local & global scale, energy shortages and their effects on sustainable development are becoming more prominent especially in the developi…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
In my country, Zimbabwe, there is a lack of utilities in many underserved schools. One of these is a record management system, to store data such as student details, grades and sporting poin…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
According to the World Health Organization, roughly 2.6 billion people continue to heat and cook using unvented open fires and stoves, fueled by kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung and crop…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The last 40 years have seen monumental advances in the understanding of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a neurodegenerative illness that affects upper and lower motor neurons. Th…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
In Zimbabwe, access to clean water is one of the greatest challenges that has resulted in about 100 000 people getting infected and about 4000 people dying annually to waterborne diseases be…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
The size and complexity of e-waste is increasing at a much faster rate than the efficiency of our strategies to contain it. Lake Chivero is heavily polluted with metal ions and is the main s…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Salinization has slowly developed behind the scenes of each agricultural advancement. The accumulation of water soluble salts in soil is a problem that has come about due to farming practice…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
In Zimbabwe, only 19% of female students graduate from STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects, compared to 39% of male students. This project unveils the barriers…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Due to the use of fossil fuels and industrial activities ,carbon dioxide emissions are continuously increasing .The current carbon dioxide concentration exceeds 415 ppm, highlighting the pre…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
The world is scrambling for renewable and environmentally friendly biofuels in the hopes of omitting fossil fuels that have harmed the earth. The environmental impacts of these malicious fue…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Availability of fresh water sources is reducing rapidly due to accelerated population growth and billions die to waterborne diseases annually because of poorly treated wastewater supplied to…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Given the current rate of emissions and level of human-induced warming, and assuming the emissions trend over the past five years continues, how long will it be before the remaining allowabl…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Bacteria and viruses are the main culprits responsible for causing stomach problems and related sicknesses. By making use of ozone, we made a prototype to test the hypothesis that water can…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
A) PURPOSE The desire for energy is causing major land degradation, pollutions, increase in ozone layer depletion, causing diseases in mankind and increasing the rate of depletion of Mother…