Case Studies

Placement with Jomo Kenyatta University in Kenya: “Milling the test piece”

Jane Kendall received her Award in March 2004. Jane is studying Engineering Science at Oxford University. Jane has made use of her Award to study French at the EF School in Nice and travelled to Kenya for a work placement at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, where she produced a laboratory experiment for undergraduates in Production Engineering.

With reference to her experience in Kenya, Jane commented:

“I feel I have benefited from my time at JKUAT in many ways…I have gained some technical knowledge and more importantly problem solving experience…Working with people from such a different background was occasionally difficult and I have learned from dealing with that… I have a lot of respect for the people in the Mechanical Engineering Department at JKUAT and am very pleased to have had the opportunity to work with such talented and friendly people.”

Jane commences a permanent position in 2007 with Shell Exploration and Production.

 

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