Philippa Ngaju Makobore

Philippa Ngaju Makobore is an electrical engineer from Uganda.[1] She is the head of the instrumentation division at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI).[2]

Philippa Ngaju Makobore
NationalityUganda
CitizenshipUganda
EducationUniversity of Alberta
(Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering)
University of California, Irvine'
(Certificate in embedded systems engineering
OccupationElectrical engineer
Years activeSince 2008
TitleDepartment Head of the instrumentation division at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute

Early life and education

Makobore studied at Gayaza High School but graduated from a high school in Canada.[3] In 2008, she earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering in Edmonton, Canada.[1] She also earned a professional certificate in embedded systems engineering from the University of California, Irvine, United States.[4]

Career

From 2009 until 2010, Makobore served as an intern telecommunications engineer at MTN Group.[1] She then worked as a sales engineer.

In early 2011, she joined UIRI and later became the head of its instrumentation division. The division is regularly invited to give oral presentations at medical engineering conferences, including the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference,[5] the World Congress for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics,[6] and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[7] She once was a session chair for the medical devices track at the World Congress.[6] At UIRI, Makobore focuses on the design and development of electronic applications. Her team works on health care, agriculture, and energy projects.[1] Some of these projects have won local and international awards.[8] At UIRI, she has also built partnerships with Columbia University in New York City, Makerere University in Kampala, Addis Ababa University, and the Mbarara University of Science and Technology.[2]

In 2017, Makobore entered the Innovation Prize for Africa with the electronically controlled gravity feed infusion set (ECGF).[8] The ECGF won the second prize (US$25,000).[1] In east Africa, more than 10 percent of children admitted to hospital need IV therapy. Over-infusion in children increases the absolute risk of death by 3.3 percent at 48 hours.[9] The ECGF controls the flow rate of intravenous fluids.[10]

Awards
  • 2016: First place Innovation Award at the 2016 World Patient Safety, Science, and Technology Summit[11]
  • 2017: Second place Innovation Prize for Africa[12]

See also

References
  1. Kafeero, Stephen (22 July 2017). "Uganda's Philippa Ngaju wins innovation prize". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. "African Biomedical Engineering Consortium | Personal profile – Philippa Ngaju Makobore". Abec-africa.org. ABEC–Africa. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  3. Philippa Ngaju Makobore (2015). "Soaring On The Wings of My Science Teachers". Kampala: Gayaza Old Girls Association Magazine. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. IPAO (19 December 2017). "Philippa Ngaju Makobore | Innovation Prize for Africa". Innovationprizeforafrica.org. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. Makobore, Philippa N.; Kamugasha, Dick; Rolfe, Peter; Ssekitoleko, Robert (9 November 2016). "Medical Device Electronics Development in Resource Limited Settings: A Ugandan Perspective". CMBES Proceedings. 39 (1). ISSN 2371-9516.
  6. "Full Program - IUPESM 2015 - World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering - Toronto, Canada". IUPESM 2015 - World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering - Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  7. Ssekitoleko, S.; Niyitanga, P.; Ocheng, M.; Makobore, P. N.; Rolfe, P. (September 2015). "Design of a low-cost electronically controlled gravity-feed infusion set". Africon 2015. pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/AFRCON.2015.7331965. ISBN 978-1-4799-7498-6.
  8. "Philippa Ngaju Makobore wins 25,000 USD at the Innovation Prize for Africa". EnStartup. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. Olowe, Praise (10 July 2017). "10 Nominees for Innovation Prize for Africa 2017 - The Nation Nigeria". The Nation Nigeria. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  10. Akwei, Ismail (20 July 2017). "Egyptian energy innovation wins $100,000 Innovation Prize for Africa". Pointe-Noire: Africanews. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  11. "The 2016 World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit Was A Huge Success!". Patientsafetymovement.org. 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  12. Jill De Villiers (22 June 2017). "Ten fantastic African innovators shortlisted for IPA 2017 grand prize". Johannesburg: CNBC Africa. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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