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Philippa Ngaju Makobore

Philippa Ngaju Makobore is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Philippa Ngaju Makobore rather than just read about it. In short: Philippa Ngaju Makobore is a Ugandan electrical engineer. She is the head of the instrumentation division at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI).

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Reference excerpt

Philippa Ngaju Makobore is a Ugandan electrical engineer. She is the head of the instrumentation division at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI).

Early life and education Makobore studied at Gayaza High School but graduated from a high school in Canada. In 2008, she earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering in Edmonton, Canada. She also earned a professional certificate in embedded systems engineering from the University of California, Irvine, United States.

Career From 2009 until 2010, Makobore served as an intern telecommunications engineer at MTN Group. She then worked as a sales engineer. In early 2011, she joined UIRI and later became the head of its instrumentation division. The division is regularly invited to give oral presentations at medical engineering conferences, including the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, the World Congress for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. She once was a session chair for the medical devices track at the World Congress. At UIRI, Makobore focuses on the design and development of electronic applications. Her team works on health care, agriculture, and energy projects. Some of these projects have won local and international awards. At UIRI, she has also built partnerships with Columbia University in New York City, Makerere University in Kampala, Addis Ababa University, and the Mbarara University of Science and Technology. In 2017, Makobore entered the Innovation Prize for Africa with the electronically controlled gravity feed infusion set (ECGF). The ECGF won the second prize (US$25,000). In east Africa, more than 10 percent of children admitted to hospital need IV therapy. Over-infusion in children increases the absolute risk of death by 3.3 percent at 48 hours. The ECGF controls the flow rate of intravenous fluids.

Awards 2016: First place Innovation Award at the 2016 World Patient Safety, Science, and Technology Summit 2017: Second place Innovation Prize for Africa

See also Kwatsi Alibaruho Brian Mushana Kwesiga

References

External links Brief Biography of Philippa Ngaju Makobore BSc Electrical Engineering, MSE Biomedical Engineering As of 2017.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Philippa Ngaju Makobore

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Philippa Ngaju Makobore claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Philippa Ngaju Makobore before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Philippa Ngaju Makobore ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Philippa Ngaju Makobore

In research: Philippa Ngaju Makobore appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Philippa Ngaju Makobore in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Philippa Ngaju Makobore is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Ugandan engineers, 21st-century Ugandan women engineers, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Philippa Ngaju Makobore outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Philippa Ngaju Makobore in simple terms?

Philippa Ngaju Makobore is a Ugandan electrical engineer. She is the head of the instrumentation division at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI).

Why does Philippa Ngaju Makobore matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Philippa Ngaju Makobore?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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