The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Otuoke, Professor Mobolaji E.Aluko, has been elected a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE), a prestigious award which entitles him to the letters “FNSChE” after his name. 

In a letter dated October 11, 2014 informing him of the award, and signed by the Society’s Executive Secretary, Engr. E.E. Ubom, the election was held at the NSChE Board of Fellows’ meeting in Lagos on October 9, and ratified at the Council’s meeting on October 11.  The formal investiture for the award of the Fellowship Plaque and Certificate is to take place during the Society’s 44^th Annual Conference Dinner/Awards ceremony in the evening of Saturday, November 22, 2014.  The ceremony caps a three-day conference (Theme:  Chemical Engineering and the Nigerian Economy) that commences Thursday, November 20, 2014.

Professor Aluko, the first Vice-Chancellor from the Chemical Engineering academic ranks in Nigeria, has also been invited to give the Keynote Address at the Opening Session of the Conference on Friday, November 21. He will be speaking on “Accelerating Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Development Through Chemical Engineering”. 

For more information on NSChE and the upcoming conference, please see: http://www.nsche.org.ng/calendar.php