Picture of Ngoni Mugwisi holding a solar panel

ASU electrical engineer ready for Oxford after earning Rhodes Scholarship

Scott Seckel

When Ngoni Mugwisi was growing up in central Zimbabwe, the end of the day sometimes meant the end of his studies.

“Having consistent power cuts meant I could not study beyond the light of day, or I had to use candles for lighting,” said Mugwisi, an electrical engineering major and MasterCard Foundation Scholar at Arizona State University.