student engineer sept-nov 2011 outlook

8/6/2019 Student Engineer Sept-Nov 2011 Outlook

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Felix Aringoeditor-in-ChieF

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IN THIS ISSUE ContentSnewS-ENERGy cRISIS-GMO MAIzE-cOLLApSING STRUcTURES-A REvIEw Of vISION 2030

-NEw ESA TEAM

FeAture-BROADBAND OvER pOwER LINES

-DIGITAL MIGRATION

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I take this opportunity tointroduce to you an outlookof the Sept Oct 2011Student Engineer journal. In thisissue, we will look at the various

challenges that face Kenyanstoday, these including energycrisis, GMO maize importationand environmental issues.

There will also be an overview of the progress of the attainment of

the vision 2030 and the hurdles that have been encountered so far.In addition to that, there will be a feature on the 2011 Linking IndustryWith Academia (LIWA) Conference which provides a platform to unveil,discuss and seek consensus on the proposed Kenyas linkage of industry with academia program and a student exhibition which aimsat showcasing the students prowess in providing solutions to the keystakeholders like the government, the industry and academia itself.

To the corporate world, I would like to extend our gratitude for supportingus in the production of previous issues of the same. It is through your assistance that we are able to relay information to the students.Information that is useful in ensuring the students are enlightenedthereby giving the ability to participate in seeking the services or gettingproducts from various companies. This in turn helps give some level of awareness to not only the students but also other organizations.

It is therefore, in the spirit of corporate social responsibility that Iwelcome the corporate world to participate in this publication in anyof the three levels of participation namely; providing advertisements,sponsoring the publication and the student activities or giving articlesfor informative and educative purposes.

Thank you all as we look forward to your esteemed support.

Sept oCt 2011

GMO MAIzE

DIGITAL MIGRATION

cOLLApSINGSTRUcTURES

THE LADy ENGINEER

ENERGy cRISIS


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the lAdY engineer

Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit and a never ending process that ful ls that best that is within ones self.It is the spirit that has set pace for the modern woman intechnology, to strive and beat the odds to .......................................................

MY CAreer, MY proFeSSionEngineering elements are fundamental, training is elemental. We meetin institutions of knowledge, cities noted for progress, states noted for strength yet we stand in need of all three for we meet in hours of change and challenge, in decades of hope and fear ages of knowledgeand ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.... says John F. Kennedy.

As our responsibilities grow to better our esteemed professions, our humane....................

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eld of concern in his/her world.

Given the nature and jurisdiction of this issue and the de nitelydiscriminate mandate bestowed upon me by the worthy authorities of this engineering magazine.......................

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The Engineering Students Association (ESA) a professional body within the school of engineering of the University of Nairobi. ESA brings together students taking courses in the departments of Electrical and Information Engineering, Civil andConstruction Engineering, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental and Bio-systems Engineering andGeospatial and Space Technology Engineering. As a link to the Industries, Corporate and the Government on Engineeringstudents professional concerns, ESA has been playing a pivotal role in the academic life of engineering students. ESAhas been organising talks, exhibitions and even industrial trips to enable the members appreciate the practical aspect of the engineering eld.

We have been actively linking with professional bodies such as the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and theInstitute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). We also do have attachment linkages with the Centurion Systemswhere they train some of our student members over the academic holidays. We are always seeking to partner with other institutions and companies for the betterment of the welfare of the engineering students.

ESA is currently actively sourcing for sponsorship for the annual Engineers dinner to be held at the Laico Regency. Thisalways acts as a forum for the students to interact with the engineers in the eld share experiences. We have as wellseveral other activities in our plan like the students academic tours and the annual career fair and exhibitions.To enable ESA serve its members effectively, we have set up committees with speci c objectives. The editorial board isone of the committees and its mandated with the production of the ESAs magazine, the Student Engineer. The committeeis as well authorised to source for advertisements and sponsorship in relation to the production of this magazine.

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