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Undertaking a structured industrial attachment within KeNHA's Corridor Management division, gaining exposure to highway asset management and maintenance planning. Performing laboratory materials testing and supporting technical documentation and site data capture.

Industrial attachment in KeNHA's Corridor Management division under senior engineering supervision, supporting national highway asset management and maintenance planning. Conducts laboratory materials testing and supports technical documentation and site data capture for corridor quality assurance decisions.

Led an approved transport engineering research project on queue spillback and mainline flow disruption at the Museum Hill Interchange of the Nairobi Expressway. Designed a mixed-methods data collection plan using manual traffic counts, spot-speed studies, and a structured public survey, applying HCM 7th Edition and LWR shockwave-velocity frameworks.

Leading an approved research project on queue spillback and mainline flow disruption at the Museum Hill Interchange of the Nairobi Expressway. Designed a mixed-methods data collection plan and applied HCM 7th Edition and LWR shockwave-velocity frameworks.

Leading an approved research project on queue spillback and mainline flow disruption at the Museum Hill Interchange of the Nairobi Expressway. Designed a mixed-methods data collection plan and managed the project independently.

Freelance remote specialist completing production audio transcription for Appen's Poliwag project for Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) and supporting technical/engineering-domain data annotation. Performs prompt evaluation and content quality assurance across multiple AI training platforms while maintaining accuracy under throughput standards.

Performed technical and engineering-domain data annotation, prompt evaluation, and content quality assurance across multiple AI training platforms, maintaining accuracy under production throughput standards.

Completed production-level Kikuyu audio transcription for Appen's Poliwag project via CrowdGen, applying guideline-based quality rubrics to a low-resource language dataset.

Performed technical and engineering-domain data annotation, prompt evaluation, and content quality assurance across multiple AI training platforms, maintaining accuracy under production throughput standards.

Performed technical and engineering-domain data annotation, prompt evaluation, and content quality assurance across multiple AI training platforms, maintaining accuracy under production throughput standards.

Completed production-level Kikuyu audio transcription for Appen's Poliwag project via CrowdGen. Performed technical and engineering-domain data annotation, prompt evaluation, and content quality assurance across multiple AI training platforms.

Conducted quality-control review of 80+ CBC-aligned primary school manuscripts, evaluating content against accuracy, clarity, and curriculum-alignment rubrics. Delivered structured written feedback reports under production deadlines.

Conducted quality-control review of CBC-aligned primary school manuscripts, evaluating content against accuracy, clarity, and curriculum-alignment rubrics. Delivered structured written feedback reports under production deadlines.

Reviewed CBC-aligned primary school manuscripts for accuracy, clarity, and curriculum alignment using fixed quality rubrics. Delivered structured written feedback reports under production deadlines while maintaining consistent output quality across high-volume batches.

Performed systematic inspections and classification of road and bridge construction materials and site conditions against technical specifications. Maintained structured site logs, measurement records, and progress reports in a precision-critical environment.

Pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Transport and Highway Engineering.

Activities and societies: Relevant coursework includes Transport & Traffic Engineering, Urban Transport Planning, Bridge Engineering, Construction Project Management, and related infrastructure subjects.

Final-year B.Eng in Civil Engineering with specialization in Transport and Highway Engineering at the Technical University of Kenya, expected graduation in 2026.

Completed CS50: Introduction to Computer Science and CS50W: Web Programming with Python and JavaScript via edX.