Two KWASU students design, construct light aircaft
.... Set for a test-flight as varsity graduates 6,620 students.
Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
Two students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, in Kwara State, have designed and constructed a light aircraft which is billed to do a test-flight soon, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mohammed Mustapha Akanbi, has said.
The one-seater turbo propeller engine aircraft is set to attain an altitude of 13,000 ft at 220 km/h speed which Prof. Akanji was the first of its kind in the university constructed by the two students, Abdukzahir Usman and Israel Adeniyan.
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He said the brilliant students worked under the supervision of Prof. Abdulfaniyu Alabi of the university.
Similarly, the Vice Chancellor said taking into consideration, the post-impact fire as a major cause of death in an air crash, a Professor of the University’s Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Engineer Abdulbaki Jinadu, and his two student supervises, Ayodeji Akangbe Tunde and Haleem Olamide Olatinwo had invented ways to contaminate aviation fuel to prevent crashed airplane from catching fire and kill its passengers.
Also, the same Engr. Jinadu and another set of student supervisees, Samuel Kayode Olagunju, Abdulhafeez Opeyeni Salisu and Oluwaseun Aderugbemi Adeniyi had remodeled the mid-section of Boeing 737 fuselage that houses the main fuel tank in a way that reduces explosions in the event airplane crash.
Prof. Akanbi, the Vice Chancellor made the feat in the in the areas of research known, during the 8th and 9th Convocation Press Briefing of the University addressed by him at its Malete main campus pointing out that the institution is setting the pace in aircraft engineering in Nigeria.
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A total number of 6,620 students made up of 3,864 for this 2020/2021 and 2,756 for 2019/2020 would be graduating at the convocation ceremonies which would climax this Friday and Saturday.
Of the number 321 higher degree students would graduate for 2919/2020 session and 96 for the 2020/2921 session. Among the first degree batch, 98 made First Class.
They shall all be physically present at the convocation ceremony while others would be through the virtual arrangement in compliance with the COVID-19 rules, the Vice Chancellor announced.
Meanwhile, to focus on its goal of promoting technical, vocational and entrepreneurship through instruction and supports, KWASU being “the first of its kind” according to Prof. Akanbi had in its 10 years of existence trained 21,000 in enterprise creation.
The Vice Chancellor said out of these, 18,000 had registered their businesses with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) pointing out that already, 60% of these are now.
Also, the KWASU Centre For Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Studies through its brands like KWASU bread, KWASU Poultry Products, KWASU Water (satchets and bottled) KWASU Cosmetics (body lotion, hair cream, face powder), KWASU Bricks, Fashion house, KWASU Beauty Salon (unisex), KWASU Leather works and KWASU Furniture has been helping to generate internal revenues, Prof. Akanbi concluded.
