ACE-SPED to Inaugurate Core Building in UNN

The Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development, ACE-SPED, in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, would on December 19, 2024, inaugurate its Core Building in the University.

The building features Ultra high-tech Materials Characterisation Laboratory; 3-D Innovative Electronics Prototyping Laboratory and Centre for Competence in Digital Education CCDE Ultra Modern Studio.

According to the Director/Centre Leader of ACE-SPED Centre in UNN, Prof. Emenike Ejiogu, the mandate of the Centre is to proffer sustainable solutions to power and energy challenges peculiar to the Sub-Saharan Africa through impactful educational researches.

Professor Ejiogu who would be the Host during the inauguration programme, while talking about a state-of-the-art Axia ChemiSEM Scanning Electron Microscope, SEM, installed in the Centre, emphasized that the procurement and installation of the equipment align with the centre’s sustainability objectives.

“While our staff and students will benefit from the capabilities of the equipment, we are also open to doing businesses with researchers and other entities,” the Director said.

Prof. Ejiogu further stated that the SEM machine has provided opportunities for researchers and industries to conduct their analyses within Nigeria, thereby eliminating the burden of spending substantial amount of dollars overseas.

Prof. Ejiogu also said “Katchey Company Limited, a Dealer Partner of Thermo Fisher Scientific, in collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific supplied the UNN ACE SPED Axia ChemiSEM equipment. Katchey Company Limited will continue to provide the after sales support services for the optimal usage of the scanning Electron Microscope and the other equipment supplied.”

According to the Director, the programmes being run in the Centre include: M.Eng/M.Sc and Ph.D in Renewal and New Energy; M.Eng/M.Sc and Ph.D in Power Engineering; M.Eng/M.Sc and Ph.D in Sustainable Energy Materials Engineering; M.Eng/M.Sc and Ph.D in Industrial Electronics and Power Devices.

Others include: M.Eng/M.Sc and Ph.D in Control and Instrumentation Engineering; M.Eng/M. Sc and Ph.D in Energy Policy, Regulation and Management; M.Eng/M.Sc and Ph.D in Engineering Design and Product Development; M.Sc and Ph.D in Management of Technology and Innovation; Professional Diploma in Additive Manufacturing (3-D printing) Technology.

The Chief Host of the inauguration ceremony would be the Acting Vice Chancellor of UNN, Prof. Polycarp Chigbu.