ETIM EKPIMAH
A 23-year-old Nigerian, Emmanuel Ebube Okogbue, has successfully
defended his PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Nano
Electronics Option) on Friday, April 9, 2021 at the University of Central Florida at Orlando, Florida, USA.
Okogbue, an alumnus of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, graduated in 2017 with a BTech in Electrical/Electronic
Engineering, Second Class Upper Division (2:1) with a CGPA of 4.48.
He was said to have spent four of the five years undergraduate degree
programme in FUTA and spent his final year in the USA.
He benefited from the collaboration between FUTA and the Florida
Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, Florida.
The arrangement was said to have enabled him to conclude the final
year of his undergraduate degree programme at FAMU in the 2016/2017 session. He earned a FUTA degree in accordance with the principles of collaboration.
After his degree program, Okogbue enrolled for his PhD in August 2017
having qualified to do so through his sterling performance during his stay in FAMU.
Okogbue was admitted into PhD with the first degree though he was
awarded a master’s degree after some course work and a few
publications.
Before his PhD defence, he published 13 journals and won several awards.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Joseph Fuwape, congratulated Okogbue.
He described the feat as another testimony to the excellence of FUTA
and its products saying FUTA graduates can hold their own anywhere in the world.