Princewill Ikpeka

Princewill is a Ph.D. student at the School of Computing, Engineering, and Digital Technologies. His research focuses on optimizing gas condensate production using Electrokinetics. He holds an MSc in Petroleum Engineering and Project Development with Distinction at the Institute of Petroleum Studies, University of Port Harcourt/IFP School, France. He also holds a First Class BEng (Hons) in Petroleum Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria.  Having a particular research interest in Natural Gas production and optimization, he has been involved in several research projects involving the integration of Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to predict and optimize natural gas production.

• Total/NNPC Joint Venture Postgraduate Scholarship, 2014/2015 session.
• PTDF Prize for M.Sc. Best Graduating Student (2015)
• JOHN EHI ADDEH Prize for M.Sc. Ethics and Governance (2015)
• CHI IKOKU Prize for M.Sc. Best Graduating Student (2015)
• IPS ALUMNI Prize for the best MSc Student in Research Project (2015)

COVID-19 Ventilator Design Challenge

Princewill organized the Ikuku Ndu Ventilator Challenge to encourage local experts in Nigeria to design and build low-cost, simple, and easy to use ventilators that can serve Covid-19 patients within an emergency timeframe.

More details: https://www.ngventilators.com

https://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/news/pressreleases_story.cfm?story_id=7440&this_issue_title=June%202020&this_issue=325