The Engineering Students Association is an association of students from five departments in the School of Engineering at the University of Nairobi. The association is over 40 years old and has been instrumental in bridging the gap between academia and the engineering industry. The association endeavors to keep students informed about opportunities and trends in the engineering industry.
To Empower Future Engineers, To Lead As They Follow, To Generate Innovative ideas
To Empower Future Engineers, To Lead As They Follow, To Generate Innovative ideas
To Create, Preserve and Promulgate knowledge of Engineering.
To promote the academic welfare of ESA members in the Engineering.
Our association is ever active and always making sure our members get out and be interactive as well as gain exposure and opportunities.
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The Movenpick Hotel and Residences, the only dining hotel with a revolving restaurant, was the venue for the Annual ESA Dinner 2019 that took place on the 11th of October. The Engineering Students had an amazing dinner planned out for…
On the 9th of August 2019, as from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, the Building Information Modelling (BIM) talk held in the UoN towers room 404 by CoRE Awards in partnership with ESA was an event few could afford to miss. The…
Glamour. Professionalism. Efficiency. Innovation. All these and more describe the Second International Engineering Students’ Conference. An event that had been organized for over 5 months came alive finally on the 21 st and 22 nd February and was a masterpiece…
With a European visage and a Kenyan hospitality, the 5 Star Villa Rosa Kempinski hotel offered an exquisite venue for the 2018 Annual Engineering Students Association Dinner on the cold Friday night of October 19 th . ESA holds its…
Greetings from ESA 🚨The long awaited trip to *Kyambogo University* is around the corner. Students are kindly reminded to prepare their projects in advance. They will be required to make a presentation on the theme, ‘ *Effective use of Resources…
The Mood 12th March, 2016 – the Central Catering Unit (CCU) and the Chancellor’s Court in University Sports Ground was packed to capacity as early as 11.00am. The various groups of students, lecturers, organizers and guests were all in different…
On the 28th and 29th March 2018, the organizing committee of the Engineering Students’ Conference led by the very able Phelister Bogonko, stood in awe and marvelled as the events of the first ever student engineering conference unfolded. All their…
Many would say that the 2017 Engineering Students Association dinner was glamorous; that the plethora of delicacies was amazingly tasty; that the student engineers were smartly and elegantly dressed; but those are understatements. The dinner was fecund and memorable. It’s…
“There is no difference between in the mind-set of the young people in Silicon Valley (who are coming up with the next Uber and WhatsApp) and the mind-set of the young people in this room today. Geographical phenomena could be…
“There is no difference between in the mind-set of the young people in Silicon Valley (who are coming up with the next Uber and WhatsApp) and the mind-set of the young people in this room today. Geographical phenomena could be…
One of the most amazing authors that I would highly recommend his reads is Jeffery Archer. ‘Sons of Fortune’ is the best book of his I have ever read. Archer develops healthy political competition as one of the major themes…
The 2017-2018 Student Engineer Issue was launched on the 2nd of May 2017 by the ESA Editorial Board. The magazine which featured the crème de la crème of articles sampled from an article writing competition themed The Future of Transport…
This article barely covers nuclear fusion. For clarity please visit the inserted hyperlinks. Nuclear fusion energy is always 30 years away. Nuclear fusion energy is the energy source of the future and always will be. These are some of the…
This article was written aimed at helping the freshmen in the engineering school of the University of Nairobi to settle and navigate through campus. We, however, believe that the truths documented here are applicable by any student in any field…
Image Source: Pedanco Blog WILL A MACHINE TAKE YOUR JOB? In my previous article, I made a big deal of investing in relevant skills before a student graduates. Over the course of students’ campus lives, they will be bombarded by…
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Please give a brief background of yourself: My grandfather was an “engineer”. He used Hydro energy to mill grains into flour using what may be called a crude but ingenious technology. A heavy stone spun by water ground grains on a second heavy stone. I remember spending time at the milling plant as a…
In three words how would you describe VoSpine? Connecting same-interest individuals What made you to think of creating VoSpine? There exists a very big gap between people with same interests as at now and our main aim is to bridge that gap. For instance, how can an engineering student from The University of Nairobi…
To the freshman who is Dr. Kevit Desai? K: I could describe myself as a partner and friend to the engineering community in Kenya. Since 2000 and a little bit prior to that, I have been promoting innovation amongst the youth through the Engineering Exhibition and I felt that there was a lot of…
Why did you prefer to pursue your degree (BSc. Electrical and Electronics Engineering) in the University College of London in the UK and not in Kenya? I was admitted to the University of Nairobi, given a room, registration number and even started attending lectures. However, after three weeks, I was among a group of 6…
