Growing Africa’s next Scientists: Meet NASA’s Ashitey Trebi-Ollenu

Dr. Trebi-Ollennu (FIET, FRAeS, SMIEEE, PMP)
“We run a programme called RISE – Robotics-Inspired Science Education – and the key thing is to inspire science education,” Dr Ashitey Trebi-Ollenu told the BBC’s Exchanges at the Frontiers programme broadcasted on the BBC World Service Sunday January 25, 2015.

Dr Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu (FIET, FRAeS, SMIEEE, PMP) is a Group Lead and Robotics Engineer at the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena, CA and a Fellow of the IET (U.K.), a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, U.K., a Senior Member of the IEEE and Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Dr. Trebi-Ollennu received the 2008 NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal for his contributions to the Mars Exploration Rover mission, 2007 Outstanding Engineer Award from IEEE Region 6 READ MORE