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Infrasturcture Reliability in Africa

In one of our advanced control engineering class, I learnt why naval ships are very  rugged. Everything is designed in multiphase + backup. It is like having 5 hearts. Even if 2 are broken, can still switch to another heart. Everything is designed to have backups and bypass so they won't be stranded at sea. Designing infrastructures for Nigeria should be that way. We are always in a sea of problems. The economy is the wind and govt policies are sometimes the incoming torpedoes.

Electric Drives

For my masters thesis, I am working on control of electric drives. Electric drives powers electric vehicles, modern robotics and gadgets. Ongoing research are to reduce power consumption, heat disspation and size of these systems so effective control can be achieved at high reliability and efficiency. With existing controllers, we could develop algorithms that can help us achieve dextrity with machines. Electric drives helps us achieve precision in control at the hardware level. Next, we can integrate AI or mobile apps for monitoring and customised agent control.