Two key technologists at the Engineering workshops have returned from China loaded with much and vital knowledge in their respective workshops. The two studying at the now well-known city of Wuhan being the place the first case of the Corona Virus COVID-19 was reported, waded the high risk and the extreme containment measures put in place against the virus to finish their courses and graduated. “In the period 2017-2020, we were privileged to pursue our Masters degrees in Wuhan City in China, courtesy of Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) in collaboration with both the governments of… Continue reading →

The team from Netfund comprised of two technical judges and two representatives from Netfund arrived at the IPIC labs in a bid to complete a verification visit, a prerequisite for the teams qualifying for the National Environmental Trust Fund for 2020 group IV. The Knights’ pair was eager to showcase the weeding bot being an aggregate of a lot of effort, time and money. Confident about the impact the weeding bot stands to do in the agricultural sector to be specific to small-scale farms which constitute more than 80% of farms in Africa, they were… Continue reading →

The County Government of Kiambu through leaders who made a visit to the University starting with the Engineering Workshops has earmarked areas of collaboration among them mechanizing agriculture with the aim of ensuring that Agricultural Enterprise is adapted within the County. Led by Industrialist Mr. Zeph Mbugua representing the Community and Mrs. Ruth Nganga representing the County Executive Committee, the leaders lauded the team of Technologist at the Workshops for the various innovations they had developed which they said are exactly what the community in Kiambu County needs. Additionally, they pointed out that these innovations… Continue reading →

Mr. Daniel Omondi Onyango is then new Engineering Workshops Manager.  This follows his appointment by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Victoria Wambui Ngumi upon the end of Dr. Peter Kihato’s term.  Prior to his appointment, Mr. Onyango was in charge of the Center for Scientific Equipment Maintenance (CeSEM).  CeSEM is an initiative supported by the University and the Africa-ai-JAPAN project to ensure that teaching and research equipment are well maintained and available for use.  Already, a number of departments have benefited from the services offered by the Center, which has become very popular and highly sought… Continue reading →

Kiambu County leaders are set to make a special visit to the University on Friday 11th 2020. This is in relation to implementation of the JKUAT-Kiambu County proposed Agribusiness Projects. In their visit, the leaders are scheduled to visit the Engineering Workshops including the innovation Prototyping Integrated Centre (iPIC) which are usually the epitome of Innovation within JKUAT. The Engineering Workshops’ fraternity welcomes the leaders and assure them that their experience at the workshops will be both exciting as well as informative of the various ways in which the department through the University Community collaboration… Continue reading →