On 20th June 2024, Prof Ngila attended an Awards Ceremony for the Engineering Entrepreneurs in East Africa via ASME’s HardTech Social Innovation Accelerator known as the ISHOW. https://thisishardware.org/
ASME- https://www.asme.org/about-asme, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ vision is to promote the art, science and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe. The ISHOW is open to individuals and organizations, taking physical products to market that will have a positive social and environmental impact.
ASME’s Call to Engineers and allied scientists interested in social innovation says that: ‘whether you are selling your product directly to customers or employing a service model to drive accessibility, we want to hear about your idea’.
Applicants for ASME’s ISHOW should have an existing prototype and be interested in receiving financing, technical support and access to industry networks to assist in taking their product to market.
ASME hosted its Annual Regional Event in Nairobi on June 19th-20th at the Hyatt Regency Westlands, Nairobi in Kenya.
Prof Ngila indicated that she was excited to join the ISHOW Awards Ceremony in the evening of June 20th, 2024, and was extremely happy to see Young Women Engineers winning Awards in Mechanical Engineering contributing to the manufacturing sector.
Organizing team #IanaAranda, Sr. Director, Engineering for Sustainable Development, ASME and President, Engineering for Change LLC; and #ThomasCostabile, The Executive Director/ CEO, ASME.
# LeahPutman; #Jonathan Kemp