Fellowship

Dara Obademi

Dara Obademi Trained as an Electrical and Electronics Engineer, I am interested in open source Electronics design, 3D printing and the Internet of things,  One project I worked on that I found very interesting was the MILT device , which is a wearable IoT device which helps travellers to store vital medical information about them on a wrist-watch like device, this will help to provide a medical Information in case of any emergency during their journey.

Simon Asare

Simon is a changemaker passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship. He is a startup coach, a business developer, a lean researcher and an astute member of the African Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem having served on the major network councils for 5years now.
He is currently a Senior ICT Assistant at the University of Mines and Technology, where he leverages his passion, experience and knowledge to transform student and staff business ideas into sustainable and scalable businesses as the Hub Manager for the University’s Business Incubation Hub.
His research interest lies in finding a cost effective scalable digital solution to improve STEM education in Ghana. He believes quality STEM education holds the key to unlocking the innovative and problem-solving potential of the African youth.

Asare, S. and Akpah, S. (2020), “Exploring the Impact of Augmented Reality on STEM Education in Ghana”, 6th UMaT Biennial International Mining & Mineral Conference.

Philip Deladem Akaboa

Philip studied metal science, welding and fabrication. He is currently offering a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering. He doesn’t limit himself to a specific hardware project, he also has an interest in digital fabrication which involves the use of 3D printers, laser cutters and others to build hardware. He has been involved and had fun in exciting projects such as building a car, the Tractor and others

Philip Deladem Akaboa is an appropriate social and technology innovator with advanced expertise in metal Welding and Fabrication. He believes that the best solution is what is developed by the people and for the people. Philip is currently the founder and CEO of Ecomake Innovations, an innovative FAB.LAB with the vision of helping students secure employment and also start their venture by giving them hands-on S.T.E.M Skills and entrepreneurial training through the building of hardware. He is also a technician at the  Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology at the Mechanical Engineering Department, where he assists students on their project work and teaches first-year students basic welding under Engineering Technology. He has 10 years of experience as a professional welder and fabricator.

Philip’s great passion and interest in solving community challenges have influenced his involvement and creation of hardware solutions including the Electronic waste recycling machine, Car project, mini Tractor, solar reactor, condom vending machine and others.

Oyelakin K. Akinlove

Studied Physics and Electronics and is interested in open source source hardware applications to Instrumentation, Automation and Robotics/Security.

Fun Fact Projects: (1) Earlier I Developed an a World-Wide-Mobile-Call-Back System using Arduino and some Shields which a fun full project for me among other projects.

Xiyao(Miranda) Shou

My name is Xiyao(Miranda) Shou. I study in New Media, minoring in Biology and Computer Science. My interests lie between human-computer interactions, microbiology, and biomaterial design. I am interested in creating open-source hardware that can build relationships between microorganisms and humans. I am currently making a sonogram machine that translates cultural and model organism yeasts’ languages and vitals to explore a holistic method in collaboration with yeasts.