Space Enabled student Ufuoma Ovienmhada was chosen to receive a Takeda Fellowship.  The award was given, in part, "in recognition of [Ovienmhada's] outstanding academic record, exceptional background, and promising future." The Takeda Fellowship Fund was established by Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited in 2020 and provides graduate student support to students conducting research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and health in the School of Engineering. 

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.