Amy B. Smith

Amy Smith (born November 4, 1962)  is an American inventor, educator, and founder of the MIT D-Lab and senior lecturer of mechanical engineering at MIT.

Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi

An haifi Smith ne a Lexington, Massachusetts . Mahaifinta, Arthur Smith, farfesa ne na injiniyan lantarki a MIT. Arthur Smith ya dauki iyalinsa zuwa Indiya har shekara guda lokacin da Amy ke girma yayin da yake aiki a jami'a a can. "Ina tsammanin hakan ya sa abubuwa da yawa a cikin motsi a gare ta. Ya bambanta sosai da girma a cikin wani yanki na Boston", in ji shi. Smith ya ce kasancewa cikin matsanancin talauci tun tana yarinya ya sa ta so ta yi wani abu don taimakawa yara a duniya. "Rayuwa a Indiya wani abu ne da ya zauna tare da ni - zan iya sanya fuska a kan yaran da ke da kuɗi kaɗan".

Smith ta sami digiri na farko a fannin injiniya daga MIT a shekarar 1984. Smith ta koma MIT bayan Peace Corps don samun digiri na biyu a aikin injiniya.

Ayyukan Peace Corps

Smith ya shiga Peace Corps yana aiki shekaru hudu a matsayin mai sa kai a Botswana. A lokacin da take aiki a Peace Corps an yi mata mamaki da gaskiyar cewa "mafi yawan mabukata galibi sune mafi ƙarancin ikon ƙirƙirar mafita ga matsalolinsu". Yayinda take aiki a tsakiyar hamadar Kalahari, ta yanke shawarar abin da take so ta yi da sauran rayuwarta. "A wani lokaci na sami wani nau'i na epiphany, zaune a teburina yana kallon daji, lokacin da na fahimci ina so in yi aikin injiniya ga kasashe masu tasowa", in ji Smith. "A Botswana, ina koyarwa sannan ina aiki ga ma'aikatar noma a matsayin mai kula da ƙudan zuma, kuma ina tunawa ina tunanin kaina cewa ina son yin aikin ci gaba, amma ina so in yi wasu injiniya ma, saboda ina son warware matsalar kirkirar", in ji Smith. "Mutane a cikin kasashe masu tasowa suna cire kowane nau'i na ƙarshe na rayuwa da za su iya daga abubuwa, kuma ɗalibai na suna amfani da su kawo ni abubuwa don gyarawa, kuma koyaushe ina jin daɗin samun damar yin hakan. "

Ayyukan ilimi

Ita babbar malama ce a Sashen Injiniyan Injiniya a MIT da ke ƙwarewa a ƙirar injiniya da fasahar da ta dace ga ƙasashe masu tasowa. Ta kafa shirin MIT D-Lab, wanda ke aiki tare da mutane a duniya don haɓaka da haɓaka hanyoyin haɗin gwiwa da mafita masu amfani ga ƙalubalen talauci na duniya. Ana bin manufofin D-Lab ta hanyar shirin ilimi na fiye da darussan MIT 20 da kuma damar bincike da aiki na dalibai; kungiyoyin bincike da ke kunshe da bangarori da hanyoyi daban-daban; da kuma ƙungiyar shirye-shiryen kirkire-kirkire da suke kira aikin kirkire-kire.

Ta kuma kafa Innovations in International Health don sauƙaƙe hadin gwiwa tsakanin masu bincike a duniya don haɓaka fasahar kiwon lafiya don saitunan matalauta. Tana koyar da darussan SP.721/11.025: D-Lab: Ci gaba da SP.722/2.722: D-La Design. A baya, ta koyar da 2.72: Elements of Mechanical Design .

Smith tana ƙarfafa mata su zama injiniyoyi kodayake ba ta son a kira ta injiniya mace.[1] "A zahiri, saboda aji na ya haɗa da aikin injiniya na jin kai, ba ni da yawa maza fiye da mata. Akwai lokutan da akwai mata goma da namiji ɗaya. Wannan ba abin mamaki ba ne, saboda mata galibi suna son ganin aikace-aikacen abin da suke koyo wanda suke jin ya cancanci", in ji Smith.[1] "Amma ban shiga cikin wasu takamaiman ayyukan don karfafa mata injiniyoyi ba, saboda ba na son a kira su a matsayin mata injiniya. Ba na son shirye-shiryen da ke nuna mata injiniyoyi a matsayin masu cin nasara kawai don kasancewa mata. Ina tsammanin ya kamata ya zama daidaituwa. "[1]

Abubuwan da aka ƙirƙira

Zane-zane na Smith sun haɗa da ma'Ginin hammer mara allo da incubator na canji lokaci, kuma tana da hannu tare da aikace-aikacen Shell na man shanu na Mali a Afirka. Har ila yau, tana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa shahararren Gasar MIT IDEAS . A shekara ta 2000 Smith ya lashe lambar yabo ta Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, wanda ke girmama masu kirkiro waɗanda suke da kyawawan halaye.

Motar hammermill

Smith ta kirkiro wani matattarar motsi wanda ke canza hatsi zuwa gari wanda ta samu nasarar gwadawa a Senegal. Matsalar tare da sauran injunan motsa jiki ita ce ba za a iya yin allon da ke tace duwatsu da tsabar kudi a cikin gida ba kuma zai iya ɗaukar watanni da yawa don samun sabon allo. Smith's mill ya sifted da gama gari aerodynamically ta amfani da wani sauki zane wanda za a iya ƙera a cikin gida da ƙauyen ƙauyen. "Yana da kyau lokacin da kallon abubuwa daban abu ne mai kyau, kuma ba wani abu ba inda za ku sami bashi a kan matsala", in ji Smith. Smith ya shirya yin amfani da wasu daga cikin kyautar kyautar $ 30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize don samarwa da rarraba ma'adanai.

Kyaututtuka

• Kyautar Inventors ta Kwalejin, 1999 (don incubator na canjin lokaci)
• Matar farko da ta lashe kyautar Lemelson-MIT Student, a shekarar 2000.
• MacArthur Fellowship, 2004-2009.
• Mujallar Time ta kira Amy Smith daya daga cikin Time 100 Mafi Mutanen da suka fi tasiri a shekarar 2010 a cikin rukunin masu tunani