115th AAU Inaugural Lecture: Nigeria Has The Capacity To Be A Global Technology Giant. . . University Don Tells FG

By Nosa Ekhator

A Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Thermo-Fluids), from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria, Engr. Professor Airewe Stephen Adavbiele, has called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, redesign its policy towards national technological growth, with a view to putting the nation among the comity of global technology giants. 

Engr. Professor Adavbiele who stated this while delivering the 115th Ambrose Alli University's Inaugural Lecture entitled “Handling Puzzles In Aerospace Travels: The CFO Approach”, said, "Nigeria is endowed with talented engineers, researchers, and technologists in all spheres but the current government's supervisory policy is detrimental to this national growth.” 

Engr. Professor Adavbiele said: "A greater percentage of my research works and those of many other Nigerian technologists and researchers rank high among globally rated works that the Western nations are taking advantage of to grow their industries to the detriment of Nigeria", stressing that "unfavorable national policy coupled with the depth of corruption within the supervisory agencies are negatively driving our national growth in technologies aground."

The Mechanical Engineer of repute who dealt extensively with the initial research works, growth, and sustainable development in aerospace technology, said: "Our various research works in this area of engineering are currently being sought after by the so-called Western and industrialised nations of today while Nigeria that owns these scholars and their works is not interested in growing the sector which is capable of generating employment, improving our revenue base, and also improving our status in the comity of aerospace giants".

Engr. Professor Adavbiele then urged the Federal Government to be more proactive and forward-looking in its policy drive, with regards to technology, innovation, researches with biases for aerospace travels, an area that remains highly untapped in Nigeria and even Africa.

While declaring the Inaugural Lecture open, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Asomwan Sonnie Adagbonyin, said: "Handling puzzles in aerospace travel is crucial to ensuring the safety and efficiency of space missions. CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) is a valuable approach in addressing these puzzles.”

Professor Adagbonyin, who was represented at the event by the University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Prof. Theo Agweda, said: "By leveraging CFD, aerospace engineers can: Optimize system design and performance, predict and mitigate potential failures, improve safety and reliability and enhance overall mission success… By harnessing the power of CFD, aerospace engineers can tackle complex puzzles and push the boundaries of space exploration and travel.”

Highpoint of the event was the decoration of Engr. Professor Adavbiele with the prestigious AAU inaugural lecturer's medal

The 115th Inaugural Lecture of the University was the 10th in the University's Bi-monthly Lecture Series. It was also the 9th Inaugural Lecture from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, as well as the 6th from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

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