Funmi Ogundare
Along with her innovation undertaking, ‘Capturing of CO2 For Cooling Course of,’ Miss Kehinde Adegboye, a 200-level Mechanical Engineering scholar from the College of Lagos, has emerged because the APWEN Lagos Innovation Month winner.
The month goals to encourage feminine engineers to interrupt limitations, problem conventions, and devise options for a sustainable future.
Adegboye had a tie with Miss Chinaza Goodness Okpala, a 200-level Digital and Pc Engineering scholar of the Lagos State College, Epe Campus, additionally emerged as a winner with 35 factors for her revolutionary concept and resolution, ‘The Utility of Sound As A Clear Supply Of Power’.
Miss Omolola Olarenwaju, a grasp’s scholar, emerged third along with her ‘ Good Cook dinner Range’ innovation concept and resolution undertaking. They beat eight different contestants who participated within the ‘Step out and Innovate’ undertaking competitors.
They acquired certificates and plaques for his or her efforts.
Talking on the public lecture and mentorship programme in commemoration of the World Creativity and Innovation Day themed, ‘Embracing Sustainability in Engineering Improvements and Greatest Practices’, the Chairwoman of the Affiliation of Skilled Girls Engineers of Nigeria, Lagos Chapter, Mrs. Atinuke Wuraola Owolabi, defined that the day reaffirms the affiliation’s dedication to nurturing creativity and innovation inside its organisation and the broader engineering neighborhood.
With societal challenges and alternatives, she said that creativity and innovation allow progress.
The chairwoman famous that the affiliation has proactively established an Synthetic Intelligence membership for feminine engineering college students and younger engineers, enriching them with technological insights. She added that its 200-capacity corridor will quickly evolve right into a hub for assets, know-how, and innovation, empowering ladies and ladies in engineering.
“APWEN Lagos stays steadfast in selling variety, inclusivity, and excellence in engineering. We encourage all feminine engineers to embrace innovation and depart an indelible mark on the world,” Owolabi said.
In her remarks, the visitor speaker and a former president of the affiliation, Mrs. Idiat Amusu, expressed concern that Nigeria is behind in innovation and creativity.
She said that the nation ought to place extra emphasis on the setting, the impact of waste technology and discount in our system, and the way these will have an effect on local weather change.
She described the day as one put aside to encourage the youthful technology to assume creatively concerning the impact of innovation and know-how on society.
“We’re speaking about sustainability. You can’t discuss local weather change and its results with out speaking about sustainability. At this time, innovation and creativity brings to focus what are speaking about,” mentioned Amusu. “The main target is for us to step out and innovate, which is what we try to innovate into the kids.”
Amusu confused the necessity for larger emphasis on the sustainability of renewable vitality, notably by means of pure assets resembling water, wind, and geothermal vitality sources.
“All these are renewable and if we will harness it correctly, the price of the supply of electrical energy will go down,” Amusu defined.
Awards have been introduced to proficient Nigerian kids who distinguished themselves within the FAEO-WIE Artwork Competitors 2023, designed to show their creativity and keenness for engineering.