COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ALUMNA WINS THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS GOLDEN TORCH AWARD
Miss Mariama Alidu, a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with a first-class honor in BSc Petrochemical Engineering has won the 2022 National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Golden Torch Award for promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics in rural communities. She is the Digital Manager of Afroscience Network and a national service personnel at the National Petroleum Authority, Quality Assurance Department.
She won the NSBE fulfilling the legacy scholarship where she received an amount of $1,500.00 in March 2021. Each year, the National Society of Black Engineers Scholarship team honor individuals, companies, and institutions that have produced a consistent body of highly distinguished work, served as role models for others and advanced opportunities for African Americans within the industry. The team recognize accomplishments that have enriched both engineers and the world with intelligence, talent and vision.
The 25th Annual Golden Torch Awards (GTA) ceremony, one of the most prestigious awards in the United States was held on 26th March 2022 in Anaheim, California where Miss Mariama Alidu was given the 2022 NSBE Golden Torch International Member of the Year 2021-2022 award.
In her speech she said her accomplishment is not something that did alone. “Many others deserve to share in this award, I would like to thank NSBE Ghana and NSBE Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Chapter and the Chapter Advisor, Professor Mark Adom-Asamoah, Provost of the College of Engineering for their time and immeasurable support”, she intimated. She spoke about her plan to pursue a doctoral study in Chemical Engineering abroad in an institution that has an NSBE local chapter so that she can still help the community.
