Gladys Ngetich Explained

Gladys Ngetich
Birth Place:Amalo Village, Nakuru County, Kenya
Nationality:Kenyan
Citizenship:Kenya
Education:Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

University of Oxford
(In progress)
Occupation:Engineering tutor & doctoral student

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]

Background and education

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholars/rhodes-scholars-class-of-2015/gladys-ngetich/ Rhodeshouse
  2. Web site: 2015. Rhodes Scholars Class of 2015. 2021-10-12. The Rhodes Trust.
  3. Web site: Student rejected for 298 KCPE marks shines in the UK . 26 July 2018 . 25 July 2018 . . Stella . Cherono . Nairobi.
  4. News: Kenyan Girl With 298 KCPE Marks Shines In UK. 2018-07-25 . Kenyans.co.ke . 2018-08-02. en.
  5. News: Why are there so few female engineers?. Briggs. Helen. 2018. BBC News . 2018-08-02 . en-GB.
  6. News: 'Lazy' student rejected by African schools wins UK's top 10 best students award. Kamasah. Andreas. 2018-08-02. en-US.
  7. Web site: Oriel's People: Miss Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich BSc . 26 July 2014 . 24 July 2014 . . Oxford . Oriel College . 13 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181013125027/https://www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/people/miss-gladys-chepkirui-ngetich . dead .
  8. Gewin. Virginia. 24 Oct 2019. Where I Work - Gladys Ngetich. Nature. 574. 7779. 590. 10.1038/d41586-019-03077-3. 31641269. 204836362. free.
  9. Web site: 24 July 2018 . Gladys Ngetich: Student, Skoll Centre For Social Entrepreneurship . 26 July 2018 . Skoll Foundation . Skoll.
  10. Web site: Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya, 2018 . September 2018 . 16 October 2018 . . Business Daily Staff . Nairobi.
  11. News: Five women shaking up the science world. Briggs. Helen. 2019-07-21. 2019-07-21. en-GB.
  12. News: Udesky . Laurie . How to train early-career scientists to weather failure . Nature . 30 June 2023 . 421–423 . en . 10.1038/d41586-023-02168-6.