Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich (born c.1991) is a Kenyan engineer, and a Rhodes scholar,[1][2] pursuing a doctorate degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom.[3][4] She is the recipient of the Tanenbaum Fellowship and the Babaroa Excellence Award.[5][6]
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.jpg) Ngetich at the Rare Rising Award Ceremony | |
| Born | 1991 (age 32–33) Amalo Village, Nakuru County, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Citizenship | Kenya |
| Education | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering) University of Oxford (Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering) (In progress) |
| Occupation | Engineering tutor & doctoral student |
Background and education edit
Ngetich was born in Amalo Village, Nakuru County. She attended Lelaibei Primary School in Olenguruone. She studied at Mercy Girls' Secondary School in Kericho.[3] She was admitted to the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, in 2013.[3]
In 2015, Ngetich joined the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering. In 2016, she earned a Tanenbaum Fellowship, an annual fellowship awarded to Rhodes scholars for a multifaceted program in Israel. In 2018, Ngetich was named a Skoll World Forum Fellow for the work she is doing in Kenya to empower girls and women.[3] She also tutors engineering undergraduate students at Oriel College.[3][7][8]
Achievements/Awards edit
In 2018, Ngetich was credited with a patent in collaboration with Rolls-Royce Plc.[3] Her research work has been in BBC Science and the Oxford Science Blog and Medium.[3] She received the ASME IGTI Young Engineer Turbo Expo Participation Award, for her paper at the 2018 Annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) conference.[3]
Ngetich is the co-founder of the ILUU, a Nairobi-based non-profit that aims to inspire girls and women.[3][9]
In September 2018, Business Daily Africa named Ngitech among its "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya in 2018".[10] In 2019 she started investigating sustainable space science using a Schmidt Science Fellowship.[11] As of 2023, she is involved in satellite and rocket fuel research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[12]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Rhodeshouse
- ^ "Rhodes Scholars Class of 2015". The Rhodes Trust. 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2021.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Cherono, Stella (25 July 2018). "Student rejected for 298 KCPE marks shines in the UK". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Kenyan Girl With 298 KCPE Marks Shines In UK". Kenyans.co.ke. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Briggs, Helen (2018). "Why are there so few female engineers?". BBC News. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Kamasah, Andreas. "'Lazy' student rejected by African schools wins UK's top 10 best students award". Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ Oriel College (24 July 2014). "Oriel's People: Miss Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich BSc". Oxford: Oriel College, Oxford. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ Gewin, Virginia (24 October 2019). "Where I Work - Gladys Ngetich" (PDF). Nature. 574 (7779): 590. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03077-3. PMID 31641269. S2CID 204836362.
- ^ Skoll (24 July 2018). "Gladys Ngetich: Student, Skoll Centre For Social Entrepreneurship". Skoll Foundation. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Business Daily Staff (September 2018). "Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya, 2018" (PDF). Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Briggs, Helen (21 July 2019). "Five women shaking up the science world". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ^ Udesky, Laurie (30 June 2023). "How to train early-career scientists to weather failure". Nature. pp. 421–423. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02168-6.