THE STUDENT ENGINEER
The Student Engineer is a quarterly publication of the Engineering Students` Association(ESA) at theUniversity of Nairobi's School of Engineering. The journal aims developing and maintaining afunctional link between the Engineering student and the industry and by extend the lecturers. This isdone by profiling relevant engineering and technology firms and various personalities in theirmanagement. The journal also highlights relevant technology stories and report on the newesttechnological trends keeping the students abreast of the happenings in the industry. The journal'sEditorial Board at a very basic level is charged with collecting articles, editing the articles, sourcing forsponsorship and advertisements, designing the journal and liaising with the printers to finally put theend product on the table.Due to professional demand, I feel compelled to give a documentation(albeit in summery) of the lastone year in office as the Editor in chief of the journal. Getting to office with five other colleagues inJune 2008, I must give a thumps up for this team as constituted by the then ESA(Engineering students'Association) executive 07/08; Ochola David, Loise Mbaria, Laibuta Ritah, Angela Hiuhu, ObikoEdward and not forgetting the late addition, Obanda Samo, whose efforts and contribution largelydefined the third and final edition(April – June edition). While the improvements made to this officeand the journal in particular are massive, I must appreciate the previous office bearers for the role theyplayed in defining what we were to achieve, and the ESA executives 07/08, 08/09 for their functionalinput towards our publications. Most of all my heartfelt appreciation to Engineer Archie McCorkindale,the Chairman of the editorial committee of the Kenya Engineer Journal, for his unconditional supportthrough out my term.
THE UPS
●
Improved volume of the Journal(from the traditional 20 pages to between 28 and 32 pages)
●
Great improvement on the print quality of the journal.
●
Increased production from the traditional 300 copies to 1000 copies per edition.
●
Increased frequency of publication from one journal in a year to a record three journals in ayear.
●
Improvement in the quality of the articles.
●
Increased Interest and participation by the students.
●
Increased awareness of the journal to technology firms and the general public.
●
Increased distribution among students and firms in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
●
On line presence of the journal.
●
Successfully keeping together a team with vast and varied ideas.
●
Development of the journal's Editorial Policy.
●
Effecting a smooth transition.
THE DOWNS
●
Inability to setup the journal website.
●
0 (zero) investment in desired tools of tread I.e. Personal computer, Laptop, Digital Camera andInternet connectivity.
●
0 (zero) appreciation to article contributors and no pay to Board members.
●
No headway attempted on lecturers.
●
Visible imbalance between the five departments at the school of engineering.
●
Instability within the board during work on the third edition(Appreciated though as a normal
Leave a Comment