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The 玩偶姐姐 has won 2听听(KSA) Research grants for the FY 2020-2021 towards Nanosatellite Development and Small Scale Crop Mapping using Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence.听The 玩偶姐姐 is part of a consortium of 4 public Universities comprising of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenyatta University (KU) and Technical University of Kenya (TUK) that was awarded a research grant worth three million shillings towards the development of a 3U Nanosatellite. The 玩偶姐姐 was also awarded an additional KES 500,000听towards research in small-scale crop mapping using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

The 玩偶姐姐 received these grants at an event organized by The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) on Tuesday 16th November 2021. The Dean, Prof. Ayub Gitau and Prof. Mwangi Mbuthia received the grants on behalf of the 玩偶姐姐.听Prof. Mwangi Mbuthia, will serve as the Principal Investigator for the听Nano-Satellite Platform for the 玩偶姐姐, he will work with a team of tutorial Fellows and students from the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering. Mr. Gerald Cheruiyot,听 a PHD student from the Department of Environment and Biosystems Engineering will serve as the Lead Investigator for the Small Scale Crop Mapping using Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence project and will work with a team of students and tutorial 听fellows.

The Kenya Space Agency Research Grants Programme aims to听catalyze and promote research in Space Science and Technology at Kenya鈥檚 local universities, as well as build the technical capacity in these disciplines. The programme also intends to contribute towards Kenya鈥檚 socio-economic development by building linkages between academia and the industry.

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