Recently updated on June 16th, 2020 at 07:41 pm
Four Nigerian students from St. John’s Science and Technical College, Alor in Anambra have clinched bronze medal at the 2019 International Festival of Engineering, Science and Technology (I-FEST) competition in Tunisia.
The students between the ages of 15-24 are Meshac Ugwuisi, Anthony Chika-Umeora, Daniel Nwachukwu and Dominic Machi.
35 countries participated in the I-FEST competition, which held from March 21 to 29, 2019 while students from Belarus clinched the gold medal.
The Manager of the College, Rev. Fr. Francis Unegbu said:
“The students achieved the feat with two devices they called the Adaptable Alternative Power Supply for Sub-Saharan Africa which is a single, fully-packaged solar technology.
The other device is a noiseless inverter system all locally sourced and produced by them.
The device electric inverter with a solar panel enables it to absorb energy from the sun, warehouse the energy in inverter and subsequently distribute it in households and offices as the case may be.”
Rev. Fr. Francis Unegbu, who accompanied the students to the I-FEST competition, disclosed that about 251 projects were showcased at the competition by participating countries across the world.
He said the competition was aimed at developing the innovative skills of young scientists and encouraging them to apply their imagination and creativity in solving problems in their environment.
Rev. Fr. Francis Unegbu however, urged the state government to assist the college in the procurement of modern science and engineering equipment to encourage students in science subjects and future competitions.
The event also saw participants from Canada, Italy, South Korea, Turkey, China, Sweden, Ukraine, Malaysia, Brazil, Bosnia, Herzgovina, Indonesia and Tunisia, among others.
I-FEST is a 9-day innovation-driven competition of science and technology among scholars of between 11 and 24 years, aimed at giving youngsters the opportunity to bring innovation to the fore in the world of technology.
