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Raouf Shawky: the father of photogrammetry at UoN

Prof. Rostom in his office.

T his is a description of Raouf Shawky Rostom, Professor of Photogrammetry, and father of the Department of Geospatial and Space Technology at the University of Nairobi. Born in 1938, in Cairo, Egypt and brought up as an Egyptian Coptic Orthodox, Raouf , now 74 years old was educated in Cairo and joined the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University, graduating in 1959 with a B.sc degree in Civil Engineering. Because he was at the head of his group, the faculty decided that he should get a government scholarship to study for a Ph.D in the Soviet Union.

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Faculty of Engineering Strengthens Global Partnerships through Strategic Visit to Université Paris-Saclay Institutions

The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nairobi continues to expand its global footprint following a successful courtesy visit by Prof. Thomas Mbuya Ochuku and Eng. Muthomi Munyua to leading French institutions within Université Paris-Saclay, including Chimie ParisTech and CentraleSupélec.

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Green Tech Conference: Student Engineers Admitted into Jacob’s Ladder Africa Greenlabs Incubator

Green Tech 4.0 Conference

Three engineering student teams from the University of Nairobi have secured direct entry into Jacob’s Ladder Africa’s GreenLabs Incubator after standout performances at student-led Green Tech Conference 4.0. These student teams are stepping into a tailored ecosystem: gaining high-level mentorship, market development support, and deep entrepreneurial networks needed to scale their prototypes into profitable green enterprises.

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