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The KENET web conference platform which runs on the BigBlueButoon open-source software is used for group collaboration and remote teaching. The interactive platform supposrts real-time sharing of audio, video, chat, screen, slides (with whiteboard controls) and allows instructors to remotely engage with students using polls, emojis, multi-user whiteboard and breakout rooms.
Some of the updated features include distinguishable moderator messages in the public chat, network connectivity icon, webcam background, setting the name of the breakout rooms as you create them, extending the duration of ongoing breakout rooms and...
KENET was among the sponsors of the IEEE Kenya Students and Young Professionals Congress which was held on November 10 -11, 2022 at the Panari Hotel, Nairobi. The Congress themed “Innovation for Growth and Sustainability to drive Technological Change” brought together representatives from different industries to share and exchange ideas.
2022 SIG in Engineering Small Grants Projects
KENET awarded three (3) SIG in engineering grants to SIG in engineering with a focus on device development for Climate Resistant Agriculture (DDA), Device Development for Improved Healthcare Provision and Device Development for Environmental Monitoring.
Engineering Grantees 2022
The three (3) engineer...
KENET successfully held an in-person forum for 2022 cohort of grantees on July 29, 2022 in Nairobi. The main purpose of forum was to for the research team to meet with KENET research services team, that includes the part-time research associate and learn about the KENET research computing platform The forum was also an opportunity for the different teams drawn from different university or research institutes in order to promote research collaboration. The grantees also received feedback from their proposal reviewers.
The forum was attended by a total of 38 participants, consisting of the following:
The Computational Modelling and Materials Science (CMMS) is one of the Special Interest Group supported by KENET to enhance research capacity development in the use of computational modelling in science and technology. Research grants support the research projects of early career PhD faculty and researchers in computational biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, environmental and engineering sciences. In order to increase the research output from research groups with standard experimental infrastructure, CMMS has embraced computational modeling which is now considered an important decision support tool. In this regard, CM...