Congratulations to CIVS Research Assistant, Chukwunedum Uzor on receiving multiple job offers in specialty engineering positions. He will receive his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering in December 2022 with his thesis research entitled Characteristics of Hydrogen Fuel in a Reheating Furnace.

“I encourage all future mechanical engineering graduate student to strongly consider sharpening their skills and greatly improving their knowledge in advanced engineering principles and CFD techniques by joining CIVS as graduate research assistant, a decision that they will leave to be grateful about. And to my fellow graduate research assistants in CIVS, you have a wealth of unmatched resources in the staff and project technical committee members and of course a renowned CFD professor and expert. Take advantage of the resources and you will surely weather the storm and make unimaginable impact on the global stage,” said Chukwunedum Uzor.

During the course of his research at CIVS, he won multiple awards for his thesis including:

Winner of three minutes thesis (3MT) competition in Purdue University Northwest, 2022. Three-Minute Thesis – Graduate Studies – Purdue University Northwest (pnw.edu)
Award of recognition for my substantial contribution to the ArcelorMittal thermo-mechanical day 2022.
Graduate student grant award at Purdue University Northwest 2022. 5 CIVS Students received Graduate Research Grant Awards – Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS) (pnw.edu)

Uzor started his academic journey in his home country of Nigeria, where he received his Bachelor’s degree and his first Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (with a concentration Industrial Production). While working in the gas industry, he worked with fluid related equipment daily and found interest studying fluid movement. This led to finding ways to advance his knowledge in that field. While searching, he found CIVS. He seized the rare opportunity to join CIVS as a graduate research assistant.

“This was one of the best life decisions I have made. CIVS provided me with a platform (SMSVC) to globally impact the steel industry in the areas of environmental sustainability, exergy efficiency, product quality control and optimizing productivity,” said Chukwunedum Uzor.

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