“It’s so surreal, hasn’t really sunk in. I’m extremely happy but at the same time I feel like I am not where I need to be yet. It is only the beginning, a baby step in the right direction. I feel extremely blessed because of all that has brought me to this date, for getting through all that. I also have some very big shoes to fill, because Winnie Byanyima’s is a story to be revered. Her accomplishments are a huge inspiration for me. I am honoured to follow such greatness. So I feel the pressure to achieve great things but at the same time I hold on to the fact that God has already carefully crafted my success and all I have to do is my best and trust in him. I can’t fully describe the feeling but it is an amazing and thrilling feeling,” Lynnette Kebirungi revealed when asked shortly after he undergraduate graduation ceremony how it felt like to be Uganda’s second Aerospace Engineer after Winnie Byanyima.
She stayed hungry and more so focused. Lynnette Kebirungi has written history as the first female Ugandan to acquire a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering.
“Extremely grateful to God for yet another amazing achievement. It was a beautiful and glorious day,” Kebirungi said on her graduation day.
Kebirungi on her career
“I am not one of those people that made paper planes and knew what I wanted to do as a child. That answer for me changed a couple of times as I grew up. My decision making point in life was after I finished my A’level. I love mathematics and physics therefore engineering was the only course that was going to give me a healthy portion of both. When asked why I had chosen to pursue a degree in Aerospace Engineering my answer was always the same; ‘I believe I know a little bit about every other form of engineering but know nothing about aerospace.’ I’d always been known to have a futuristic mentality and while this particular idea had been drawn from a childhood cartoon, my next statement would almost always be, ‘I believe the future is in the air and personal transport will eventually be partly if not completely by air.’ And contrary to the popular engineer’s saying, ‘Follow the path of least resistance’, I have a knack for challenges and had no doubt in my career choice.”
On her social life
“The course was a full time investment but I have very understanding friends that knew when to let me work and when to snap me out of the work to relax. I always take time off to live life as I mentioned before. I like to believe I have a healthy balance. There are a lot of lessons to be learned from social life too.”
Tit bits
What’s Aerospace Engineering?
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft.
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