lilwetdick:


you mention only 1 remaining 4

John Dabiri

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dabiri

Research
Jellyfish tend to be very efficient when they swim, which means that on a given amount of energy they can go further than many other animals can. As one of the simplest multicellular organisms, jellyfish (medusae) contract cells to generate jet forces. By mathematically analyzing the fluid vortex rings that form as a result of the contraction, Dabiri was able to model the formation of optimal vortex rings.[13][14] Moreover, Dabiri and his colleagues experimentally confirmed that such propulsion becomes "a more efficient means of locomotion as animals grow larger", because the relative impact of viscosity on propulsion decreases with greater size.

To further in situ digital particle image velocimetry measurements of propulsion in aquatic animals, Dabiri and his student K. Katija designed and patented a device which very accurately takes measurements that are computed into the kinetic energy due to swimming. Divers use a laser and optics system that illuminates the flow field. The technique allows for refinement and testing of previous models for vortex formation. The research has "profound implications not only for understanding the evolution and biophysics of locomotion in jellyfish and other aquatic animals, but also for a host of distantly related questions and applications in fluid dynamics, from blood flow in the human heart to the design of wind power generators."

The wind energy industry is scaling to larger and larger blades, which harvest more energy. However, Dabiri believes that problems associated with large turbines—design difficulties, building costs, increasing areal needs (turbines are sometimes erected a mile apart to ensure good wind flow), eyesore complaints and accidental bird/bat fatalities—can be avoided through innovation. His FLOWE center, with 24 close vertical axis turbines, is his step towards more economical harvesting of wind energy. Noting that there is constructive interference in the hydrodynamic wakes of schooling fish, Dabiri suggested that extracting energy from flow vortices could aid more than locomotion. His models of the energy extraction mechanism are applicable to the design and evaluation of unsteady aero- and hydrodynamic energy conversion systems, like wind farms. Design of an array of vertical axis turbines led to about an order of magnitude increase in power output per area. Dabiri partnered with Windspire Energy for use of three of 24 turbines that stand approximately 30 feet tall and 4 feet wide. He started a company, Scalable Wind Solutions, to commercialize the software used to optimally place the wind turbines. This has also led to the U.S. Navy funding development of an underwater craft that propels on these concepts, using up to 30% less energy than formerly.

Reverse engineering is Dabiri's newest research focus. In July 2012, a team composed of Caltech and Harvard students and professors published a paper that outlined a tissue engineering method for building a jellyfish out of rat heart muscle cells and a silicon polymer. On a basic level, the function of a jellyfish - using a muscle to pump a fluid - "is similar to that of a human heart, which makes the animal a good biological system to analyze for use in tissue engineering. The next step this research will take is towards a self-sustaining prototype - one that can gather food and activate muscular contractions internally.

lilwetdick:


lol, ridiculous, did she invent biosensors? where is that patents commercially used? here in Nigeria, how has her patent helped in improving lives.

it is like saying i owned a patent for a type of phone

Oh, the goal post has shifted from what they invented, to how useful their inventions are?

Rocktation:


The question is are we even ready to accept that a Nigerian can come up with anything? Surely, you heard with me when they said that someone came up with a cure for Aids and Asthma. Were we not part of those that just turned up their noses and tuned to the next channel? What about the lady that was geovisualizing minerals for us? Do you even know her name? There're certainly geniuses hiding away and not bothering to reach or exhibit full potential, for fear that they just might not get the kind of reception, that they deserve. Philip Emeguali managed to register in our heads I'm sure, because he did all he did, outside Nigeria.

It's time we began to give priority by really listening to and supporting
our own and stop trying to forcefully fit into the white man's society, that barely acknowledges us.

Nigeria can come out with something but that something i dont know

lilwetdick:


dont just pull out anything from a blog

where have we seen what they invented working commercially, and you call what some of them invention

so you call reverse engineering invention

another point to note is that we are talking about Nigerian Phd Inventors living in Nigeria

Sorry man, you're shifting the goal post in the middle of the game. Don't play the ostrich to this post I made earlier

OkCornel:


Don't generalize. There are Nigerian PhD holders that knows their onions and will thrive anywhere.


What's your take on Nigerians doing well in educational institutions overseas?

https://www.nairaland.com/5443301/uk-changes-visa-immigration-rules/1#82681668

lilwetdick:


The Phd Holders will be gotten from mostly Eastern European countries

Nobody Needs a Nigerian Phd Holder that cant even improve his home society

Most Nigerian Phd holders are just Certificate Phd Holders, Research dem no fit do, Certificate oppression is their main occupation

there are nigerians who graduated in nigerian universities and went to further overseas and many of them are excelling.its just that nairaland only focus about the nigerian drug dealers and scammers who go to south africa and malaysia to push drugs and do internet fraud that we tend to think nigerians are not doing well.there are lots of nigerian medical doctors and nurses who are doing very well in uk.

OkCornel:


Oh, the goal post has shifted from what they invented, to how useful their inventions are?

what you called inventions are not invention but reverse engineering, yes, how useful are the inventions because that is what matters

did she invent biosensors?

lilwetdick:


dont just pull out anything from a blog

where have we seen what they invented working commercially, and you call what some of them invention

so you call reverse engineering invention

another point to note is that we are talking about Nigerian Phd Inventors living in Nigeria

Ndubuisi Ekekwe (born July 1975) is a Nigerian professor, inventor, engineer, author, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of First Atlantic Semiconductors & Microelectronics – West Africa's leading embedded systems company. His working experience includes Analog Devices Corp where he co-designed a generation accelerometer for the iPhone and created the company's first wafer level chip scale package for inertial sensor. He is a player in the U.S. semiconductor industry where he develops innovative microchip and invented a micro-controller for medical robots.


Early life and education
Ekekwe was born in Ovim, Abia State South East Nigeria. He is from the Igbo ethnic group in Nigeria. He attended the Secondary Technical School where he set a record by obtaining 8 distinctions. He then proceeded to the Federal University of Technology, Owerri where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Electrical engineering and graduated as his class’ best student. Ndubuisi holds two doctoral and four master's degrees, including an MTech from Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ms from Tuskegee University, USA and MBA from University of Calabar. He obtained two Doctorates in Management from St. Clements University and Electrical & Computer Engineering where he specialised in Microelectronics & Medical Robotics Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. Some of his research work involved manufacturing of integrated circuits with the application of alternative energies, biomedical engineering, medical robotics and neuromorphic engineering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndubuisi_Ekekwe

Incandescent:


You're just a fool.



You don't even deserve my response

A fool? For making a statement of fact?

lilwetdick:


Those ones that the bloggers over hype, you got first class, it is over hype, you work in Microsoft, it is over hype, you work in a robotics center, in Nigeria, it kinda of genius, this things are normal stuff but in Nigeria, it is remarkable.

If Nigerian Phd Know their Onions, how come there is no invention from any of them

Phd is all about research that can bring new inventions like new drugs, new sceintific way of doing things etc but how come we see nothiing here in Nigeria.

As far are the government refuses to provide up to date equipment for labs and provide funding for research

As far as phd candidates are underpaid and victimised

As far as appointments are shadowed by nepotism

you wont see anything! where will people learn their onions when the farmland is barren...

lilwetdick:




another point to note is that we are talking about Nigerian Phd Inventors living in Nigeria

there is total insecurity in nigeria.boko haram is hitting the north while armed robbers,ritualists and kidnappers plus fulani herdsmen are hitting the south.there is total power failure in nigeria and what have you.so tell me which reasonable investor will want to come to nigeria to invest in the presence of all these chaos in nigeria.even the oyibo investors are running away so na naija phd investors expect to come invest ? any diasporan who comes back to contribute his quoata its either they kill him or they kidnap him for euros or dealers.abeg any sane diasporan should forget about coming to contribute his quoata to nigeria cos nigeria as a country is generally not safe.he or she can help his or her immediate family but should forget about nigeria.

OkCornel:


John Dabiri

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dabiri

Research
Jellyfish tend to be very efficient when they swim, which means that on a given amount of energy they can go further than many other animals can. As one of the simplest multicellular organisms, jellyfish (medusae) contract cells to generate jet forces. By mathematically analyzing the fluid vortex rings that form as a result of the contraction, Dabiri was able to model the formation of optimal vortex rings.[13][14] Moreover, Dabiri and his colleagues experimentally confirmed that such propulsion becomes "a more efficient means of locomotion as animals grow larger", because the relative impact of viscosity on propulsion decreases with greater size.

To further in situ digital particle image velocimetry measurements of propulsion in aquatic animals, Dabiri and his student K. Katija designed and patented a device which very accurately takes measurements that are computed into the kinetic energy due to swimming. Divers use a laser and optics system that illuminates the flow field. The technique allows for refinement and testing of previous models for vortex formation. The research has "profound implications not only for understanding the evolution and biophysics of locomotion in jellyfish and other aquatic animals, but also for a host of distantly related questions and applications in fluid dynamics, from blood flow in the human heart to the design of wind power generators."

The wind energy industry is scaling to larger and larger blades, which harvest more energy. However, Dabiri believes that problems associated with large turbines—design difficulties, building costs, increasing areal needs (turbines are sometimes erected a mile apart to ensure good wind flow), eyesore complaints and accidental bird/bat fatalities—can be avoided through innovation. His FLOWE center, with 24 close vertical axis turbines, is his step towards more economical harvesting of wind energy. Noting that there is constructive interference in the hydrodynamic wakes of schooling fish, Dabiri suggested that extracting energy from flow vortices could aid more than locomotion. His models of the energy extraction mechanism are applicable to the design and evaluation of unsteady aero- and hydrodynamic energy conversion systems, like wind farms. Design of an array of vertical axis turbines led to about an order of magnitude increase in power output per area. Dabiri partnered with Windspire Energy for use of three of 24 turbines that stand approximately 30 feet tall and 4 feet wide. He started a company, Scalable Wind Solutions, to commercialize the software used to optimally place the wind turbines. This has also led to the U.S. Navy funding development of an underwater craft that propels on these concepts, using up to 30% less energy than formerly.

Reverse engineering is Dabiri's newest research focus. In July 2012, a team composed of Caltech and Harvard students and professors published a paper that outlined a tissue engineering method for building a jellyfish out of rat heart muscle cells and a silicon polymer. On a basic level, the function of a jellyfish - using a muscle to pump a fluid - "is similar to that of a human heart, which makes the animal a good biological system to analyze for use in tissue engineering. The next step this research will take is towards a self-sustaining prototype - one that can gather food and activate muscular contractions internally.

How is he a Nigerian, someone that was born in the US, he only has a Nigerian heritage, he is an american

another stuff, why do you keep bringing up Nigerian researchers living in the US, are they the one immigration to the Uk

People who will be immigrating are in Nigeria.

lilwetdick:


Those ones that the bloggers over hype, you got first class, it is over hype, you work in Microsoft, it is over hype, you work in a robotics center, in Nigeria, it kinda of genius, this things are normal stuff but in Nigeria, it is remarkable.

If Nigerian Phd Know their Onions, how come there is no invention from any of them

Phd is all about research that can bring new inventions like new drugs, new sceintific way of doing things etc but how come we see nothiing here in Nigeria.

Interestingly, these things are not normal stuff, as you term them, overseas. If you graduate with a first, you're celebrated abroad. If you work in Microsoft, it's actually a big deal...even as a janitor, oh yes. You work in a centre for robotics? Believe me you, you're up there! More white people do odd jobs than you think, when compared to the ones in respectable job roles, but it is certainly not enough to starkly juxtapose our lifestyle with theirs.

midnighter:


This is what upper-class elites do ie. thats how Buhari trained his kids but they still came back to become le creme de la creme over here and not an anonymous over there

Unfortunately Nigeria's middle-class has been steadily destroyed over the past 40 years. those are the ones who emigrate after being short-changed and exploited...graduating + nysc but still struggling, medium-sized business owners being victimised and such

Otherwise most people wouldnt feel like going except for tourism

Besides, western elements have been tampering in Nigerian infrastructures to make our systems fail so that they will be able to poach our resources, both human and otherwise

So you are blaming westerners for the stupidity of Nigerians that keep voting useless leaders (like the bigot Buhari) because of their tribalistic mindset? Nigeria got independence in 1960, you know.

lilwetdick:


dont just pull out anything from a blog

where have we seen what they invented working commercially, and you call what some of them invention

so you call reverse engineering invention

another point to note is that we are talking about Nigerian Phd Inventors living in Nigeria

Samuel Achilefu;

Samuel Achilefu is a Nigerian-born Professor of Radiography and Biomedical engineering. He currently serves as a Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine and a research member at Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center.

In 2014, Samuel received the prestigious St. Louis Award for creating and developing a set of high-tech cancer-visualizing goggles with the aim of helping surgeons see cancer cells in real-time while operating on patients
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Achilefu

Unibenfucker:
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Omo na to enter uk be that ooooh before na Germany I bin wan enter

They are looking for immigrants with special skills. I hope you know.

midnighter:


As far are the government refuses to provide up to date equipment for labs and provide funding for research

As far as phd candidates are underpaid and victimised

As far as appointments are shadowed by nepotism

you wont see anything! where will people learn their onions when the farmland is barren...

gbam! u can imagine in this modern 21st century ppl are still using hoe and cutlass to farm in nigeria when the rest part of the world have moved past that .a governor will be distributing 150 wheelbarrows to youths and he will say he has done his part to solve unemployment and ppl will be praising him .nigeria na wonderful kuntry .

midnighter:


As far are the government refuses to provide up to date equipment for labs and provide funding for research

As far as phd candidates are underpaid and victimised

As far as appointments are shadowed by nepotism

you wont see anything! where will people learn their onions when the farmland is barren...

but most pioneers of western inventions didnt have labs, many of them used personal resources to fund their projects or is that the average Nigerian researcher is lazy.

lilwetdick:


but most pioneers of western inventions didnt have labs, many of them used personal resources to fund their projects

so na generator dem go take power their labs? let the nigerian govt do its part and private citizens will do their own part.

executive12:


So you are blaming westerners for the stupidity of Nigerians that keep voting useless leaders (like the bigot Buhari) because of their tribalistic mindset? Nigeria got independence in 1960, you know.

We didnt really vote the elderly fellow in, you and I both know that. Thats what I mean by "meddling" in our weak infrastructure. I dont think i heard a particular policy or stance on a particular issue or social problem in that election. just pledging money everywhere

Yea we got "independence" but we are still being manipulated by external factors. Its up to us to stand up and be counted though

lilwetdick:


How is he a Nigerian, someone that was born in the US, he only has a Nigerian heritage, he is an american

another stuff, why do you keep bringing up Nigerian researchers living in the US, are they the one immigration to the Uk

People who will be immigrating are in Nigeria.

If you are born to Nigerian parents in another country, that automatically disqualifies you as a Nigerian? really?

OkCornel:


Samuel Achilefu;

Samuel Achilefu is a Nigerian-born Professor of Radiography and Biomedical engineering. He currently serves as a Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine and a research member at Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center.

In 2014, Samuel received the prestigious St. Louis Award for creating and developing a set of high-tech cancer-visualizing goggles with the aim of helping surgeons see cancer cells in real-time while operating on patients
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Achilefu

is he immigrating to the UK?

Nigerian PhD holders planning to go must also have some skills.

Only in Nigeria that someone would finish first degree and quickly jumps to master's degree. No job experience or anything.

Immediately they finish master's degree they jump to PhD, still without job skills or experience.

Most people that are in school for masters or PhD in Europe and America, even Canada, have jobs and skills. Because:

1) You only further your education to get masters degree when you have a profession and a skill you want to master. You can master in business administration, psychology, engineering, nursing, and so many other courses. Now, these people have already been doing these jobs for at least one year and above.

2) For one to study PhD the person must have had so many years of experience and skills. That is why in a developed nations the people attending PhDs are mostly teachers aiming to become professors and researchers. Mind you, most of these people are in their late thirties and forties.

3) In my college, there are seven Nigerian PhD holders in their late twenties. Six of them never held a job, but they are spending all their money paying huge international tuitions.

4) You are less likely to get a job as a PhD holder. It's even worse to find a job with masters degree without at least five to seven years work experience.

5) My advice to Nigerians is instead of going to UK or USA to study PhD programs, let them instead go there and study great skills in medical, technology, or engineering. With all your PhD certificates, you will not get a job without great skills. In fact, when you apply for a job and list PhD on your resume, they will be looking for over 12 years experience in supervising or managerial positions, which is expected. If I give you lists of Nigerians in the USA with PhD certificates without Ideal jobs you will throw up.

Finally, you will not blame Nigerians because they were advised wrongly. Nigerian people like to go to school and also brag about their educational backgrounds. Just like some of them fight for Jamb every year to enter college, and not because they have a vision as to what to do after college, but they just want to brag to their neighbors and friends that they are now undergraduates. Soon as some of the ladies graduated, they go Marry and bury their college diplomas without looking for jobs and support their husbands.

P.S. ever wonder why Dangote employees PhD holders as drivers? It's because he knows that a PhD holder without a skill is as good as a BSC holder without any skills. Therefore, he is doing them a favor.

I know a lot of people will not agree with me, but that's the simple truth that no one is telling you.

lilwetdick:


is he immigrating to the UK?

of what use is this question?

kokakola:
The West are always making CHANGES to better their citizens and country both economic, Security-wise and in other ways. This is a perfect example of a country whose leaders have visions to actualize.

It's illustrative of places with functional govts.

Their people aren't too different from the average African.
Their govt just functions.
And, that's why their systems work for their general welfare.

lilwetdick:


but most pioneers of western inventions didnt have labs, many of them used personal resources to fund their projects or is that the average Nigerian researcher is lazy.

Are you talking about in olden days or in the modern period? i think nowadays, you need proper research and equipment because the scientific paradigms have diversified beyond just wondering and making natural observations about "why does the apple fall down from the tree"

OkCornel:


If you are born to Nigerian parents in another country, that automatically disqualifies you as a Nigerian? really?

yes, he just have Nigerian heritage.

Which passport does he hold- US

he was born in the US

He is a citizen of US not Nigeria

This guy is not a PhD holder, but nonetheless, a recognized and accomplished innovator

David Tobiloba Adeyemi (born 14 June 1997) is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and innovator who founded Ecogenic Solutions, a startup company that converts Fruit & Vegetable Waste products into cost effective and 100% safe multipurpose organic solutions. He won the Judges Choice Award of the Students Innovations Challenge, South West Nigeria Regional Finals in 2018 and winner of the 2019 SME 100 25Under25 Most Enterprising Youths in Nigeria under the Energy & Sustainability Category.

He is a 2018 Social Innovative Program Fellow for LEAP Africa.

Awards and Recognitions
2013, Futuristex Projects STEM Educator – Futuristex Projects, Scotland
2014, 2nd Runner Up “ACE” Young Achiever Awards – Eduzine Global, United Kingdom.
2014, Eduzine Global Young African Ambassador – Eduzine Global, United Kingdom
2015, Nigerian Heritage Icon Ambassador of Youth.[14]
2017, Winner, Lagos Model United Nations Idea Fair.
2018, SIP Fellow, LEAP Africa.[15]
2018, Winner, Judges Choice Award of the Students Innovations Challenge, South West Regional Finals.
2019, Speaker, TEDx Ajayi Crowther University.[3]
2019, Winner SME 100 25Under25 Most Enterprising Youths in Nigeria under the Energy & Sustainability Category.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tobiloba_Adeyemi

No expand am now

Una for see skilled workers shortage after brexit


Summary: phd in the UK is beneficial if you intend to migrate

executive12:


They are looking for immigrants with special skills. I hope you know.

So I tell you say I'm not a professional

I won't tell you my field

midnighter:


Are you talking about in olden days or in the modern period? i think nowadays, you need proper research and equipment because the scientific paradigms have diversified beyond just wondering and making natural observations about "why does the apple fall down from the tree"

Madam!