Sengeh was offered a scholarship to study in Norway, and joined the
UWC Red Cross Nordic College in 2004. His uncle was a surgeon. He studied biomedical engineering at
Harvard University. He researched aerosolised vaccines for tuberculosis and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2010. During his time at
Harvard University, he was cofounder of
Lebone Solutions, a start-up that developed inexpensive batteries from microbial fuel cells. He was listed in the 2013
Wired magazine Smart List. Sengeh joined
Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his postgraduate studies, working under the supervision of
Hugh Herr. He was inspired to work on prosthetics because he grew up surrounded by victims of civil war. He used
MRI to map amputee's limbs, then assessed where artificial materials could create pressure points, and used
3D printing to generate new sockets. He was named as a
TED fellow in 2014, delivering a talk entitled
The sore problem of prosthetic limbs. He was selected as one of
Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2014. He won the 2014
Lemelson–MIT Prize for his innovations in healthcare. He completed his PhD at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016. During his PhD research, Sengeh founded the
NGO Global Minimum Inc
, a program that supports the
Innovate Salone entrepreneurship program in Sierra Leone, Kenya and Cape Town. He wanted to change 'aid to Africa' to 'Made in Africa'. The "A De Mek Am" Innovate Salone program supports teams from secondary schools to develop solutions to local problems. It was created in collaboration with the
MIT Media Lab and
MIT Public Service Center and modelled on the
MIT innovation competitions. Sengeh became
Kelvin Doe's mentor. He returned to the
TED stage in 2015, speaking to Kate Krontiris about innovation and inspiration. He has spoken at the
NextEinstein Forum. == Career ==