Tag Archives: Age 14
William Kamkwamba: Harnessed the Wind at Age 14
Posted on 24. Sep, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
William Kamkwamba, from Malawi, is a born inventor. When he was 14, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap, working from rough plans he found in a library book called Using Energy and modifying them to fit his needs. The windmill he built powers four lights and two radios in his family home.
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Ty Hobson-Powell: Howard's 14 year old Sophmore
Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Ty Hobson-Powell is Howard University’s 14 year old sophomore this year and seeks to combine Law and Medicine as a career. He wouldn’t knock President Obama’s job either….
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Ayanna Howard receives NSBE's 2009 Torch Award
Posted on 24. Aug, 2009 by Leshell Hatley.
Dr. Ayanna Howard is the first tenured African-American woman to obtain tenure in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. She is the Director of the HumAnSLab (Human Automated Systems Lab). She has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Brown University, a Master’s and Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from Claremont Graduate University.
