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Cecilia Otieno receiving 1st Prize trophy from President IEK – flanked by TUK staff and students receives the prize she and Felix Mazinza won

TU-K Air Monitoring Innovation Declared the Best at IEK Convention

Two students from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Felix Mazinza and Cecilia Otieno, were declared winners of the student innovation presented during the 30th Institute of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) Annual International Convention. The event, themed “Engineering A New World,”  was held from the 14th to 17th November 2023 at a Mombasa hotel. The student innovation on Application of IoT in Monitoring of Air Quality was declared the best among the presentations presented from other universities. The students were awarded a trophy, a cash prize of Sh50,000 and they were also presented with certificates.

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VC speaks during the 2nd Workshop on Eco-Tanning Processes in Kenya and the East African Region in Nairobi

Research Critical in Leather Industry Revamp

The Kenyan leather industry urgently needs innovative solutions and research to become profitable. This was said during the 2nd workshop on Eco-Tanning Processes in Kenya and the East African Region held in Nairobi. The event brought together tanning industry players, researchers in areas of leather processing and marketing, environmental scholars and regulators. The industry, was termed as‘a sleeping economic giant’ but was tipped to awaken the country’s manufacturing sector, create job opportunities in line with President William Ruto’s focus on leather, pharmaceuticals and edible oil value chains to grow the economy.

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Eng. John Tanui, Prof. Paul Wambua, Prof. Edwin Ataro, and Prof. Robert Jallang’o Akello, SEEE, with the IEEE TU-K Student leaders and Cecilia Otieno

ICT PS Tips Students on Technology

Globalisation and changing trends are offering the youth a lot of opportunities for innovation, employment and socio-economic development. The Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy Eng. John Tanui urged university students to take advantage of the globalisation reality to earn a living.

The PS graced this year’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Industry Symposium at TU-K where he challenged students to venture into technology.

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Prof. Isaac Orina speaking to members of staff who participated in the Research to commercialisation (R2C) TOT training at the university. Prof. Orina awarded them with certificates of participation.

Prof. Orina Pledges Support to Researchers

Prof. Alfred Orina has challenged researches to explore opportunities for commercializing their innovations. While assuring university support for scholars, Prof. Orina, the DVC, Research and Technology Development, called on researchers to pool together with multidisciplinary expertise to raise stakes of accessing of funding. The DVC was speaking when he presented certificates to members of teaching staff who participated in the Research to Commercialisation (R2C) training of trainers (TOT) at the University.

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TU-K to hold the X-Culture Global Awards

The Technical University of Kenya will on Wednesday, 22nd November, 2023 host the X-Culture Global Collaboration Award Ceremony at the Main Hall. The event will celebrate the outstanding achievement of the 60 business students who successfully completed the X-Culture collaboration course involving theoretical training and two months of practical experience. During the ceremony, the students will be presented with certificates in recognition of their exemplary contribution to the success of the X-Culture Global Collaboration. The TU-K students working alongside 6100 students from 144 universities in over 45 countries drawn from 6 continents, developed high quality business strategies for multinational companies.

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The VC, Prof Benedict Mutua plants a guava tree at the Men's Hostel compound at South B.

VC leads Staff, Students in Tree Planting

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Benedict Mutua today led members of staff and students in marking the Tree Growing Day as declared last week by the Government. The VC indicated that the University was committed to setting up of tree nursery with key focus in planting indigenous and fruit trees. The VC was speaking at South B Campus where the event was marked. It was part of the nationwide campaign that was led by President William Ruto who called on Kenyans to participate in tree planting countrywide. The Government targets to have at least 15 billion trees grown countrywide by 2032.

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Engineers’ Society to Collaborate with TU-K in Research

The Kenya Society of Environmental, Biological and Agricultural Engineers (KeSEBAE) is seeking to collaborate with the Technical University of Kenya in areas of research and advocacy. Members of the society who were led by the Chairman Eng. Prof. Lawrence Gumbe, met the university management led by DVC Institutional Advancement and Enterprise Prof. Paul Wambua to deliberate on the collaboration.

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3rd IKM Conference - VC Roots for African indigenous knowledge

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Benedict Mutua, has challenged policy makers in Africa to embrace indigenous knowledge since it is an invaluable resource that holds the potential to address some of the most pressing global challenges. Prof. Mutua said this when he addressed participants during the third International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management held at a Nairobi hotel from 2nd to 6th October, 2023.

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University of California Professor Gives Lecture on Regenerative Medicine

On Wednesday 11th October 2023, Prof. Camilla Forsberg from University of California, delivered an inspiring public lecture on stem cell and regenerative medicine at the university. The presentation was dubbed; ‘For the love of blood: Hematopoietic stem cells functions through the lifespan. Prof. Forsberg who is also the Director of the Institute of for the Biology of Stem Cells (IBSC), is globally recognised for her pioneering research in stem cell in biology and regenerative medicine.

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VC makes whistle-stop tour of varsity sites

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Benedict Mutua, on Friday 6th October 2023, made a whistle-stop tour of the University in what was his familiarisation exercise.

The VC officially took over the mantle of leadership on 18th September 2023 and up to 6th October, he had not had a chance to site-see the entire university.

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Build by Safaricom Acceleration Program Officially kicks off

Safaricom Engineering Community in partnership with the School of Computing and Information Technology on the 29th September, 2023, conducted a Build by Safaricom sensitization workshop. The workshop officially sets off a one-year acceleration program that will see engineering students, and those undertaking computing and Information technologies gain professional capacities in Data Engineering, particularly in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning as well as Data Engineering.

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24 students Travel to France to Teach English

24 students in various disciplines are set to travel to France to teach English in different learning institutions. This is part of French and Kenyan Governments exchange programme where Language Assistants from both countries have opportunities to teach English in France and French Assistants teach French in Kenya.

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Student wins Fashion Technology Award

Ms. Ivy Kendi, a 2nd year student from the School of Hospitality and Human Ecology, won the Fashion Technology Award at the WorldSkills Kenya, National Competitions and Innovation. The competition was held from the 28th August - 1st September 2023 at the Kenyatta International Conference Center, Nairobi. As a result, Ms. Kendi will represent the country in the WorldSkills International Competition set to take place in Lyon, France from September 10th - 15th 2024.

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Five of the top six students from various universities in the continent including 3 students from TU-K (Samuel Irungu, David Mwangi and Victor NgumbauMue) who won scholarships to study in China

Engineering Students Win Scholarship Awards to study in China

Three students from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME) have won scholarships to study in China after emerging top in the just concluded Africa Tech Challenge (ATC) Season 8 that attracted competitors from 9 countries. Samuel Irungu, David Mwangi and Victor Ngumbau Mue won the top challenge award, the ‘Study in China Scholarship.’ “This award is always given to top three offline winners and top three online winners,” stated a report prepared by Ag. Director, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), Dr. Fredrick Mutua. Three other students from various universities and colleges in the continent also won the scholarship award. Several other students from TU-K won more than 10 awards in individual and team categories in the ATC challenge sponsored by AVIC International Holding Corporation.

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Mr Peter Kariuki from the Public Service Performance Management Unit hands the PC scoresheet to the Chairman of the University Council, Dr Idle Farah as a Council member, Hon. David Koech and the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Benedict Mutua looks on.

TU-K Surge in Performance Contracting

The Technical University of Kenya surpassed its performance targets for the 2022/2023 performance contract period. This was disclosed after the conclusion of the Performance Contract evaluation exercise that was held in the University’s Conference Room on Friday 22nd September 2023.

Mr Peter Kariuki and Ms Mary Lokoro, senior officers from the Public Service Performance Management Unit conducted the external evaluation on behalf of the Government and noted that TU-K had scored more than 100 per cent in most of its performance indicators.

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New VC Pays Tribute to Prof Aduol, Assures Staff of Support

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Benedict Mutua has paid tribute to his predecessor, Prof Francis Aduol for the central role he played in the establishment and development of TU-K to be what it is today.

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Public Lecture on Intelligent Design

Exploratory discussion on ‘Question of Intelligent Design’ during public lecture on design and evolution held at the university with key speakers from BioCosmos - Dr. Casey Luskin, an expert in evolution and law, also Dr. Brian Miller, Research Coordinator from the Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute.
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Physics Masters Students Travel to Spain on Research Exchange

Two TU-K Masters students carrying out research on electric structure work have won an exchange research fund to visit the University of Cantabria in Spain where they will meet scholars and experience research culture in their area of study. Mr. Stephen Chege Mbugua and Mr. Bill Clinton Oyomo who are studying Masters in Physics benefited from a TU-K and the University of Cantabria collaboration that will see them spend five months in Spain where they will conduct collaborative research on predictive simulation and understanding of properties and materials.

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TU-K Remains University of Choice in Matters Technology, VC Tells Freshers

The Ag. Vice Chancellor, Prof. Paul Shiundu has praised TU-K’s quality of education highlighting practical aspects imparted on students. Prof. Shiundu said TU-K is keen on producing graduates who have a strong skills base, ready for the job market, and also who can venture into entrepreneurship. “At TU-K, we do not only produce consumers, we produce producers,” Prof. Shiundu said.

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Notices

Call for Applications to The Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (Dara) Training Programme (2024)

Applications are invited for the above training programme coordinated by the `department of Astronomy and Space Science, Technical University of Kenya. Applicants must be holders of at least a Bachelor’s degree in any of the STEM fields. The application form and the brochure are available here for more information. You may also contact Prof. Paul Baki, Ph.D., FKNAS ( Email: paulbaki@tukenya.ac.ke)

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Conference Announcement and Call for Papers 


The Technical University of Kenya in partnership with Exploring Visual Cultures will be hosting the 4th International Conference from November 27th to 29th, 2024 at the Edge Convention Centre, Nairobi. The theme of the conference is AI Media Innovations, Applications, Visual Culture, Challenges, and Future Trends. The call for papers is out and the deadline for submission of abstracts is on 31st May, 2024.

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Announcement of Postdoctoral Opportunity in The Department of Astronomy and Space Science

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The Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy ( DARA) project has announced  12 Postdoctoral opportunities in  eight  (8) SKA African partner countries.  At th…

TU-K to host the X-Culture Award Ceremony

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On 30th May 2024, TU-K will host the X-Culture Collaboration Course Award.
The ceremony will be held in the Main Hall. The event will celebrate the outstanding achievement o…