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Meet Nigeria’s first Army Professor

Lt. Col. (Prof) Abubakar Surajo Imam is the first Nigerian Army officer to attain the rank of Professor.

He is from Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State.

He is a soldier, engineer, and innovator.

He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from BUK.

He earned an MSc in Mechatronics and a PhD in Mechatronics and Robotics from Newcastle University, UK.

He currently serves at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).

He is the Head of the Department of Mechatronics Engineering.

He is also the Director of the Centre for Innovation and Creativity (CINOCRE).

He has developed automated artillery systems.

He has worked on unmanned ground combat vehicles.

He has contributed to smart rockets and missiles.

He led innovations in ventilators during COVID-19.

He developed mobile hospitals, schools, and kitchens.

He worked on hybrid electric vehicles.

He created affordable housing technology.

He designed machines that empower rural women.

He has attended over 40 international workshops.

He has participated in multiple global conferences.

He has published six books.

His innovations are already in use for military and civilian purposes.

Katsina State raised him.

Nigeria benefits from him.

History will remember him.

Congratulations to Lt. Col. (Prof) Abubakar Surajo Imam.

Abubakar Surajo Imam

Abubakar Surajo Imam is the first Nigerian Army professor. He specialises in mechatronics and robotics and he is the current Head of the Department of Mechatronics Engineering at the Nigerian Defence Academy.

Early life and education

Imam is a native of Kankia in Katsina State. He obtained his first degree from Bayero University Kano in Mechanical Engineering in 2001. He bagged his Msc and Phd in Mechatronics and Robotics from Newcastle University, United Kingdom in 2009 and 2014 respectively.

Career

Imam started his career as a member of short-service combatant course 32 and was attached to the electrical and mechanical engineering department. He later became a regular commission and conducted his researches and teachings in different units and universities such as Air Force Institute of Technology in Kaduna; Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria; Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology in Kano State; and Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria.

Publications

⚫️Mechatronics for Beginners: 21 Projects for PIC Microcontrollers (2012).

⚫️Design and construction of a small-scale rotorcraft uav system. (2014).

⚫️Quadrotor model predictive flight control system. (2014).

SmartPolician:
Education is useless if it has no character, self challenge to make a difference, application and discipline.

This is largely the reason Nigeria has many PhD holders who cannot add any value to the country, apart from applying to be truck drivers at Dangote Group!

naptu2:
Many Nigerian Army officers have become professors after retiring from service, but he is the first to attain the rank of professor while serving as an active army officer.

Note: he is now a colonel

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Incognito403:
Just couldn't hold that bile, could you?

SmartPolician:
Education is useless if it has no character, self challenge to make a difference, application and discipline.

This is largely the reason Nigeria has many PhD holders who cannot add any value to the country, apart from applying to be truck drivers at Dangote Group!