Gladys Ngetich

Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich (born c.1991) is a Kenyan engineer, and a Rhodes scholar[1] pursuing a doctorate degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom.[2][3] She is the recipient of the Tanenbaum Fellowship and the Babaroa Excellence Award.[4][5]

Gladys Ngetich
Ngetich at the Rare Rising Award Ceremony
Born1991 (age 29–30)
Amalo Village, Nakuru County, Kenya
NationalityKenyan
CitizenshipKenya
EducationJomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
(Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering)
University of Oxford
(Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering) (In progress)
OccupationEngineering tutor & doctoral student

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.[2] She was admitted to the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, in 2013.[2]

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.[2] She also tutors engineering undergraduate students at Oriel College.[2][6]

Achievements

In 2018, Ngetich was credited with a patent in collaboration with Rolls-Royce Plc.[2] Her research work has been in BBC Science and the Oxford Science Blog and Medium.[2] 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.[2]

Ngetich is the co-founder of the ILUU, a Nairobi-based non-profit that aims to inspire girls and women.[2][7]

In September 2018, Business Daily Africa named Ngitech among its "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya in 2018".[8] In 2019 she started investigating sustainable space science using a Schmidt Science Fellowship.[9]

Personal life

As profiled in Nature, Ngetich enjoys running, Bongo dance music and Swahili hip-hop, and keeping a clutter-free work space.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Rhodes Scholars". Rhodes Scholarship. Rhodes Trust. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. Cherono, Stella (25 July 2018). "Student rejected for 298 KCPE marks shines in the UK". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. "Kenyan Girl With 298 KCPE Marks Shines In UK". Kenyans.co.ke. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. Briggs, Helen (2018). "Why are there so few female engineers?". BBC News. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. Kamasah, Andreas. "'Lazy' student rejected by African schools wins UK's top 10 best students award". Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. Oriel College (24 July 2014). "Oriel's People: Miss Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich BSc". Oxford: Oriel College, Oxford. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  7. Skoll (24 July 2018). "Gladys Ngetich: Student, Skoll Centre For Social Entrepreneurship". Skoll Foundation. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  8. Business Daily Staff (September 2018). "Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya, 2018" (PDF). Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  9. Briggs, Helen (21 July 2019). "Five women shaking up the science world". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  10. Gewin, Virginia (24 October 2019). "Where I Work - Gladys Ngetich" (PDF). Nature. 574: 590.
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