This year’s Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) is being held in
Los Angeles, California from May 15 – 19, 2017.
It is a program of Science for Science and the Public (SSP).
It is the world’s largest International Pre-College Science competition. SCLP Samaj school is representing Kenya and East Africa.
In the past our students have always represented our school and the country well and come home with awards.
This year, the ISEF 2017 Grand Award Winners for the different categories were:
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Fourth Award of $500
ENEV075T – Activated Carbon: Houseplant System as a Low Cost Method of Air Purification for Improving Indoor Air Quality in Urban and Sub Urban Areas in Kenya
• Priyen Pindoria, Shree Cutchi Leva Patel Samaj School, Nairobi, Kenya
• Zeel Patel, Shree Cutchi Leva Patel Samaj School, Nairobi, Kenya
CATEGORY: MATERIALS SCIENCE
Fourth Award of $500
MATS069T – A Composite Material Made from Wastes of Glass, Polymers and Industrial Rubber as a Waste Management Initiative in Urban and Sub-Urban Areas in Kenya
• Mitesh Varsani, Shree Cutchi Leva Patel Samaj School, Nairobi, Kenya
• Bilhah Ontiriah, Shree Cutchi Leva Patel Samaj School, Nairobi, Kenya
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2017 Special Awards Ceremony
U.S. Agency for International Development
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is the federal government agency responsible for administering foreign aid. USAID works to promote economic and social development in more than 100 countries around the world. The U.S. Global Development Lab works to accelerate the transformation of the development enterprise by opening development to people everywhere with good ideas, promoting new and deepening existing partnerships, bringing data and evidence to bear, and harnessing scientific and technological advances.
USAID Global Development Innovation Second Award of $2,000
MATS069T – A Composite Material Made from Wastes of Glass, Polymers and Industrial
Rubber as a Waste Management Initiative in Urban and Sub-Urban Areas in Kenya
• Bilhah Ontiriah, Shree Cutchi Leva Patel Samaj School, AZ, Kenya
• Mitesh Varsani, Shree Cutchi Leva Patel Samaj School, AZ, Kenya