Innovation Wins Kenyan Student Date With Obama

Mbugua is a Kenyan student who, together with a Nigerian colleague Christian Emiyah, presented a project on using visible light for the dual purposes of illumination and communication at the White House recently. Mbugua is currently pursuing a Masters in Electrical Engineering at Morgan State University, Baltimore.

Samuel Mbugua and Christian Emiyah.

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