Nigerian engineers win global
Population Challenge


. A team of young engineers from
Nigeria’s Anambra State University
won first prize at the inaugural
Institution of Mechanical Engineers’
Population Challenge at the House of
Commons on Wednesday 23
November, for proposals to deal with
Nigeria’s growing food crisis.
Turning vegetable oil into fuel,
making sea water drinkable and
starting a rail revolution in the US
were also among the proposals
submitted by engineering groups
from across the world to help society
cope with an estimated population of
9.5 billion people by 2100.

The winning report, from Anambra
State University’s Nuta Bolts
engineering group, highlighted the
fact that 65% of Nigeria’s food is
currently being wasted in a country
that is set to more than double its
population over the next century.
Better storage facilities, measures to
stop small-scale corruption and a
revamped transport system were all
among the proposals. The ideas in
the report will be presented to the
Rio+20 Earth Summit next June.
The final was held in the Grand
Committee Room in the House of
Commons, and, six MPs including
Bob Smith MP, Andrew Mitchell MP,
the Secretary of State for
International Development and Roger
Williams MP, came to hear the
presentations, while Chris White MP
and Mark Spencer MP joined the
winning team members for dinner at
One Birdcage Walk.
Onyenanu Ifeanyicitukusu , Team
Leader of the Nuta Bolts, said:
“Food security is the most important
issue facing Nigeria, with so much
food being needlessly wasted. Yet
the technology and the means to
stop this waste already exist.
“We are very happy to have won this
challenge, having spent sleepless
nights over the past six months
writing this report. We will now go
back to Nigeria to present it to the
Government.”

Dr Tim Fox, Head of Energy and
Environment at the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, said: “Coping
with the world’s population boom
over the rest of this century will be
the biggest challenge facing society,
touching every area of our lives from
energy and water supply to transport
and the food we eat.
“We will all rely on the next
generation of engineers to come up
with the solutions needed to meet
the coming population crisis, which is
why it is so encouraging to see such
solid ideas and original thinking from
the young engineers that took part
in this challenge.”
Chief Executive, Stephen Tetlow,
said: “All the competitors brought a
huge amount of intellectual rigour to
their reports and delivered great
presentations. I advise all the
finalists not to stop working on this
topic, because it is the most
important challenge for humanity. As
engineers, we must organize
ourselves to deliver the technical
solutions required, and work with
politicians who have the wherewithal
to unlock the problem.”
The five Population Challenge finalists
were:

Nuta Bolts (Nigeria) – Food
Production in Nigeria
As much as 65% of food crops
and fruit produced in Nigeria is
wasted due to poor storage
facilities. The construction of
silos, cold rooms and ovens, as
well as improving transport
networks would reduce this
needless wastage.

Arup (China) – Balance Between
Water Supply & Demand in Hong
Kong
Hong Kong’s population is still
reliant on rainwater piped in from
Guangdong Province, which is fast
becoming the world’s industrial
powerhouse. Yet as the
population of the Province booms,
Hong Kong may need to look to
reverse osmosis to make seawater
drinkable and waste water
recycling to keep its growing
population watered.

Green Engineering (Trinidad &
Tobago) – Renewable Energy
With Trinidad & Tobago’s oil and
gas reserves set to run out within
the next ten years, biodiesel
created from waste vegetable oil
could be one alternative fuel that
keeps the island group powered.

Engineering Nigeria (Nigeria) –
Energy Solution for Nigeria
Lack of access to power is one of
the biggest obstacles in the way
of Nigeria’s development into a
fully industrialised, prosperous
nation, yet over half of the natural
gas produced by the country’s
booming oil industry is ‘flared’, or
burnt away. In a country whose
population is set to more than
double by 2100, capturing this
valuable resource is just one of
many ways to make sure the
nation gets the power it needs to
move forward.

Atkins (USA) – Transport
Integration in the USA
The USA’s current transport
model of high car use and
domestic air travel is
unsustainable, due to both
environmental concerns and rising
fuel prices. Atkins proposed that
Maglev and High Speed Rail
schemes needs to be urgently
implemented for long-distance
journeys, while cycle schemes and
improved bus services need to be
put in place for short distances.
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Wolison: Really Really

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where the mods?

Wolison: is that so?
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ferdsmart: atleast,better than yours

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