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'''Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich''' (born c.1991) is a [[Kenya]]n engineer, and a [[Rhodes scholar]],<ref>[https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholars/rhodes-scholars-class-of-2015/gladys-ngetich/ Rhodeshouse]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Rhodes Scholars Class of 2015|url=https://web.archive.org/web/2019*/https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/community/list-of-rhodes-scholars/scholars/rhodes-scholars-class-of-2015/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-12|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> pursuing a [[doctorate degree]] in [[aerospace engineering]] at the [[University of Oxford]], in the United Kingdom.<ref name="1R">{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.co.ke/news/-Gladys-Ngetich-rejected-for-298-KCPE-marks-shines-in-UK/1056-4679954-r39yqi/index.html |title=Student rejected for 298 KCPE marks shines in the UK |access-date=26 July 2018 |date=25 July 2018 | newspaper=[[Daily Nation]] |first=Stella |last=Cherono | location=Nairobi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/31708-gladys-ngetich-listed-among-10-rising-stars-uk|title=Kenyan Girl With 298 KCPE Marks Shines In UK|date=2018-07-25 |work=Kenyans.co.ke |access-date=2018-08-02|language=en}}</ref> She is the recipient of the Tanenbaum Fellowship and the Babaroa Excellence Award.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42655179|title=Why are there so few female engineers?|last=Briggs|first=Helen|date=2018|work=BBC News |access-date=2018-08-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/filla/lazy-student-rejected-in-africa-wins-uk-s-best-student-award-id8654617.html|title='Lazy' student rejected by African schools wins UK's top 10 best students award|last=Kamasah|first=Andreas|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich''' (born c.1991) is a Kenyan engineer, and a [[Rhodes scholar]],<ref>[https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholars/rhodes-scholars-class-of-2015/gladys-ngetich/ Rhodeshouse]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Rhodes Scholars Class of 2015|url=https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/community/list-of-rhodes-scholars/scholars/rhodes-scholars-class-of-2015/ |access-date=2021-10-12|website=The Rhodes Trust}}{{dead link|date=October 2022}}</ref> pursuing a [[doctorate degree]] in [[aerospace engineering]] at the [[University of Oxford]], in the United Kingdom.<ref name="1R">{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.co.ke/news/-Gladys-Ngetich-rejected-for-298-KCPE-marks-shines-in-UK/1056-4679954-r39yqi/index.html |title=Student rejected for 298 KCPE marks shines in the UK |access-date=26 July 2018 |date=25 July 2018 | newspaper=[[Daily Nation]] |first=Stella |last=Cherono | location=Nairobi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/31708-gladys-ngetich-listed-among-10-rising-stars-uk|title=Kenyan Girl With 298 KCPE Marks Shines In UK|date=2018-07-25 |work=Kenyans.co.ke |access-date=2018-08-02|language=en}}</ref> She is the recipient of the Tanenbaum Fellowship and the Babaroa Excellence Award.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42655179|title=Why are there so few female engineers?|last=Briggs|first=Helen|date=2018|work=BBC News |access-date=2018-08-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/filla/lazy-student-rejected-in-africa-wins-uk-s-best-student-award-id8654617.html|title='Lazy' student rejected by African schools wins UK's top 10 best students award|last=Kamasah|first=Andreas|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en-US}}</ref>


==Background and education==
==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]].<ref name="1R"/> She was admitted to the [[Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[mechanical engineering]], in 2013.<ref name="1R"/>
Ngetich was born in Amalo Village, [[Nakuru County]]. She attended Lelaibei Primary School in Olenguruone. She studied at Mercy Girls' Secondary School in [[Kericho]].<ref name="1R"/> She was admitted to the [[Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[mechanical engineering]], in 2013.<ref name="1R"/>


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.<ref name="1R"/> She also tutors engineering undergraduate students at [[Oriel College, Oxford|Oriel College]].<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R">{{cite web| url=https://www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/people/miss-gladys-chepkirui-ngetich |title=Oriel's People: Miss Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich BSc
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.<ref name="1R"/> She also tutors engineering undergraduate students at [[Oriel College, Oxford|Oriel College]].<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R">{{cite web |url=https://www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/people/miss-gladys-chepkirui-ngetich |title=Oriel's People: Miss Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich BSc |access-date=26 July 2014 |date=24 July 2014 |publisher=[[Oriel College, Oxford]] |location=Oxford |author=Oriel College |archive-date=13 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013125027/https://www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/people/miss-gladys-chepkirui-ngetich |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gewin|first=Virginia|date=24 Oct 2019|title=Where I Work - Gladys Ngetich|url=https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-019-03077-3/d41586-019-03077-3.pdf|journal=Nature|volume=574|issue=7779|pages=590|doi=10.1038/d41586-019-03077-3|pmid=31641269|s2cid=204836362|doi-access=free}}</ref>
|access-date=26 July 2014 |date=24 July 2014 |publisher=[[Oriel College, Oxford]] |location=Oxford |author=Oriel College}}</ref>


==Achievements/Awards==
==Achievements/Awards==
In 2018, Ngetich was credited with a [[patent]] in collaboration with [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce Plc]].<ref name="1R"/> Her research work has been in ''[[BBC Science Focus|BBC Science]]'' and the [https://www.bbc.com/news/science_and_environment '''Oxford Science Blog and Medium'''].<ref name="1R"/> 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.<ref name="1R"/>
In 2018, Ngetich was credited with a [[patent]] in collaboration with [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce Plc]].<ref name="1R"/> Her research work has been in ''[[BBC Science Focus|BBC Science]]'' and the Oxford Science Blog and Medium.<ref name="1R"/> 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.<ref name="1R"/>


Ngetich is the co-founder of the ILUU, a [[Nairobi]]-based non-profit that aims to inspire girls and women.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="4R">{{cite web|date=24 July 2018 |url=http://skoll.org/contributor/gladys-ngetich/ |title=Gladys Ngetich: Student, Skoll Centre For Social Entrepreneurship | access-date=26 July 2018 |publisher=Skoll Foundation | author=Skoll}}</ref>
Ngetich is the co-founder of the ILUU, a [[Nairobi]]-based non-profit that aims to inspire girls and women.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="4R">{{cite web|date=24 July 2018 |url=http://skoll.org/contributor/gladys-ngetich/ |title=Gladys Ngetich: Student, Skoll Centre For Social Entrepreneurship | access-date=26 July 2018 |publisher=Skoll Foundation | author=Skoll}}</ref>


In September 2018, ''[[Business Daily Africa]]'' named Ngitech among its "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya in 2018".<ref name="8R">{{cite web| url=https://cdn.nation.co.ke/pdfs/Top40under40Women2018.pdf |title=Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya, 2018 | date=September 2018 |access-date=16 October 2018 |newspaper=[[Business Daily Africa]] | author=Business Daily Staff |location=Nairobi}}</ref> In 2019 she started investigating sustainable space science using a Schmidt Science Fellowship.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48953793|title=Five women shaking up the science world|last=Briggs|first=Helen|date=2019-07-21|access-date=2019-07-21|language=en-GB}}</ref>
In September 2018, ''[[Business Daily Africa]]'' named Ngitech among its "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya in 2018".<ref name="8R">{{cite web| url=https://cdn.nation.co.ke/pdfs/Top40under40Women2018.pdf |title=Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya, 2018 | date=September 2018 |access-date=16 October 2018 |newspaper=[[Business Daily Africa]] | author=Business Daily Staff |location=Nairobi}}</ref> In 2019 she started investigating sustainable space science using a Schmidt Science Fellowship.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48953793|title=Five women shaking up the science world|last=Briggs|first=Helen|date=2019-07-21|access-date=2019-07-21|language=en-GB}}</ref> As of 2023, she is involved in satellite and rocket fuel research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Udesky |first1=Laurie |title=How to train early-career scientists to weather failure |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02168-6 |work=Nature |date=30 June 2023 |pages=421–423 |language=en |doi=10.1038/d41586-023-02168-6}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
As profiled in ''Nature'', Ngetich enjoys running, Bongo dance music and Swahili hip-hop, and keeping a clutter-free work space.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gewin|first=Virginia|date=24 Oct 2019|title=Where I Work - Gladys Ngetich|url=https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-019-03077-3/d41586-019-03077-3.pdf|journal=Nature|volume=574|issue=7779|pages=590|doi=10.1038/d41586-019-03077-3|pmid=31641269|s2cid=204836362|doi-access=free}}</ref>


==See also==
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== External Links ==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTT68YXzI6g Brief Video Presentation by Gladys Ngetich, PhD. Published on 14 November 2019.]
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Latest revision as of 04:46, 16 June 2024

Gladys Ngetich
Ngetich at the Rare Rising Award Ceremony
Born1991 (age 32–33)
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

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

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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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rhodeshouse
  2. ^ "Rhodes Scholars Class of 2015". The Rhodes Trust. 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2021.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Cherono, Stella (25 July 2018). "Student rejected for 298 KCPE marks shines in the UK". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Kenyan Girl With 298 KCPE Marks Shines In UK". Kenyans.co.ke. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ^ Briggs, Helen (2018). "Why are there so few female engineers?". BBC News. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ^ Kamasah, Andreas. "'Lazy' student rejected by African schools wins UK's top 10 best students award". Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  7. ^ Oriel College (24 July 2014). "Oriel's People: Miss Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich BSc". Oxford: Oriel College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  8. ^ Gewin, Virginia (24 October 2019). "Where I Work - Gladys Ngetich" (PDF). Nature. 574 (7779): 590. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03077-3. PMID 31641269. S2CID 204836362.
  9. ^ Skoll (24 July 2018). "Gladys Ngetich: Student, Skoll Centre For Social Entrepreneurship". Skoll Foundation. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  10. ^ Business Daily Staff (September 2018). "Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya, 2018" (PDF). Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 16 October 2018. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ Briggs, Helen (21 July 2019). "Five women shaking up the science world". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  12. ^ Udesky, Laurie (30 June 2023). "How to train early-career scientists to weather failure". Nature. pp. 421–423. doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02168-6.
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