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Ufuoma Ovienmhada Speaks at STEM@Starlight

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STEM@StarLight

Tuesday
January 25, 2022
5:00pm — 6:30pm ET

Ufuoma Ovienmhada will speak at STEM@Starlight on "Low Cost Water Sensors."  STEM@Starlight is a regional intellectual exchange group designed to facilitate interaction and collaboration among East Carolina University faculty. Its mission is to promote the utilization of biotechnology through scientific communication and collaboration in the eastern region of North Carolina. The event will be introduced by Randall Etheridge, of ECU Engineering. 

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Ufuoma Ovienmhada is a third-year graduate student conducting research with the Space Enabled research group. She graduated from Stanford University in 2018 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. Ufuoma has worked in the IRIS lab for sustainable design and at Public Lab, an organization that develops community science tools and practices for environmental exploration. She has also worked at an Ivorian company called Somated, as part of the Stanford Seed program to support entrepreneurship in emerging economies. 

Also interested in education, Ufuoma has worked with several STEM initiatives for underrepresented groups—most notably StreetCode Academy of Palo Alto as a Lead Curriculum Facilitator. 

Ufuoma's thesis focuses on  applications of space technology for invasive species and water management  in West Africa.

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