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Mechanical engineering deals with the study, design, construction, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that is mostly associated with the construction of machines and to this extent, is normally seen as the archetype branch of engineering. Mechanical engineering is typically closely connected with other disciplines of engineering such as materials engineering, metallurgical engineering, aerospace engineering, automotive engineering, and manufacturing engineering, and in many cases >> read more

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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.

The competition was offered two majors - CNC Lathe Machining and Computer Aided Design (CAD) Software Application. CNC Lathe Machining competition was held offline in Kenya at TU-K from 24^th July 2023.

INDUSTRIAL LIAISON MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(ILMIS)

The ILMIS Platform was created within the UDIP project “Upgrading Curricula for Industry Purposes” in order to create a link between universities and companies in the engineering field.

The UDIP project lasted from October 2019 to May 2021 and had one main objective to build capacities of Kenyan technical and vocational training in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and biomedical maintenance in two Kenyan partner universities – the Technical University of Kenya and the Technical University of Mombasa. It was financed by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, managed by the French Embassy in Kenya with the University Paris-Saclay as a main French partner university.

Throughout the project, many trainings were implemented for lecturers from these universities to develop project-based pedagogy and more practical teaching. Curricula in electrical and mechanical engineering were audited and recommendations were made towards the inclusion of these new methods of teaching. One major aspect of the UDIP project was also to create linkage between the universities and the industry. In this regard, the idea of creating the ILMIS platform was raised with three main objectives :

Give engineering students a better access to work opportunities in companies
Encourage universities to include academic content adapted to the needs of the industry
Give the companies a better knowledge about potential human resources available among the students and about interesting research initiatives

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