MEMBERS & VISITORS: How to Turn Your STEAM Passion into a Thriving Career “Hello everyone, I’m Prof. Singer. Today, we’re diving into a topic that’s close to my heart: turning your passion for STEAM into a thriving career. STEAM is an acronym which stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics referred to in […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Yes, Engineers Innovate Roller Coasters Inventiveness and innovation takes place in all fields of human endeavor, including playing and having fun. Personally, I’m playing and having fun designing products and systems designed to raise the economies of Africa and increase the well-being of the people around me. Perhaps my ideas and […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Engineering Failure Case Study 3 Innovation and creativity has lead to gigantic leaps being made by mankind away from hunter gatherer societies of the past. Always keep in mind however that these leaps have invariably had their share of failures. The explosion of the space shuttle and now this underwater submersible […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS: Everything You’ll Learn in Mechanical Engineering Here is a summary of pretty much everything you’re going to learn in a mechanical engineering degree. You have additional choices in case you choose to minor in some subjects that you find particularly attractive or interesting. I am so thankful I pursued this field […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS CYBER INVENTION CURRICULUM The Tharaka Invention Academy Cyber Curriculum uses a framework that follows steps we’ll take in the invention process. It includes introductory courses to help students get started. It also introduces students to entrepreneurial concepts to get them thinking about what happens beyond the invention process. This curriculum framework […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS Ghana Invests Heavily in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Education Ghana is taking bold steps to insure its future prosperity by investing heavily in STEM education for its youth. Apparently, the students love the quality of the education they are receiving. This is an example of top down leadership headed by a […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS A BETTER MOUSETRAP YOUNG AFRICAN INVENTORS HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door” is a phrase attributed to the writer Ralph Waldo Emerson in the late nineteenth century. The phrase has turned into a metaphor about the power of innovation and […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS Get Students Hooked On Science Here’s a look at several popular websites that can get students hooked on science. Teachers A collaboration between the New York Hall of Science, IBM Corporation, and teachengineering.com, Teachers TryScience is all about offering design-based learning strategies and lesson plans to teachers who believe in the […]

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  MEMBERS & VISITORS   OUT WITH THE OLD Prof. Singer and Deputy Director Miriam Muthoni are establishing a local Invention School in Kenya and will enroll selectively and evenly chosen local boys and girls to attend as apprentice inventors. The learning regimen is described in the table below and is structured to develop five […]

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MEMBERS & VISITORS I PROMISED TO RETURN TO AFRICA I PROMISED TO RETURN TO AFRICA After spending five years in Ghana with my wife and young daughter, We left Ghana to return to the United States to study mechanical engineering. I cried when I left, knowing how much I would miss it. The friends, the […]

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MEMBERS & VISITORS Ghana wins World Robofest Championship All-girls robotics team from Ghana for the senior division of the World Robofest Championship in the United States and they won the topmost position by beating teams from the United States, Mexico, Egypt, South Korea and dozens of others. Methodist Girls’ High School Named Team […]

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