Making Nigeria a technology capable country in the 21st century
knowledge economy, Coscharis Technologies Limited has deployed a state
of the art- reverse engineering technology at the Covenant University,
Otta, Nigeria.
Reverse engineering is taking apart an object to
see how it works in order to duplicate or enhance the object. The
practice, taken from older industries, is now frequently used on
computer hardware and software.
With this development, the school
has become the first University in Nigeria to embrace reverse
engineering technology which majority of developed economies are already
deploying for global competitiveness.
It would be recalled that
President Jonathan had said that his administration would want to see
the “German Machine” a euphemism for competence and effectiveness
replicated in Nigeria particularly in the areas of investments of
technology transfer and human resources development.
The Nigeria
Industrial revolution plan also built on the learnings from China and
Brazil which of course focused on technical education of which reverse
engineering is a platform to use in achieving what these countries
achieved.
A tour of the University building equipped with
state-of-the-art classroom and laboratory facilities for both teaching
and research by Technology Journalists at the weekend showed that the
students/staff of the Mechanical engineering department of the
University were already using the Solidworks, 3D printer and Scanner
supplied by Coscharis Technologies to design and simulate objects, print
out prototypes which will eventually be produced in the school.
Earlier
in his remarks, the Vice Chancellor of Covenant University Professor
Ayo C.K stated the deployment of the technology was in line with the
mission of the school.
According to him, Covenant University was
committed , “To create knowledge and restore the dignity of the black
man via a Human Development and Total Man Concept driven curriculum
employing innovative, leading edge, teaching and learning methods,
research and professional services that promote integrated,
life-applicable, life-transforming education relevant to the context of
Science, Technology and Human Capacity Building”,
Explaining why
more Nigerian schools embrace Solidworks/reverse engineering, the
Managing Director of Coscharis Technologies Limited, Mr. Emomine Sunday
Mukoro told Technology Journalists during the tour that for Nigeria to
position itself as a producing country, reverse engineering is
imperative to boost manufacturing in the country.
Mukoro said
with optimism that the technology if deployed in the Nigerian schools
would equip young and educated Nigerians with skills, knowledge and
access to information that would make them globally competitive after
graduation; it will also enhance research in the educational sector.
Assuring
that Coscharis Technologies has the capacity to replicate the solution
in all educational institutions across the country, he said that it
should be introduced as a course by the Nigerian University Commission,
NUC in schools, adding that it would serve as early intervention for the
country’s technology advancement.
Coscharis Technologies , he
said believes in Nigeria that can design and mass produce fashion, wrist
watches, safety pins, textile materials, toys and electronics, utility
equipment, auto spares, electrical, mechanical, scientific equipment,
ICT equipment parts, among others.
He said that Nigeria needs to
align with what other countries including Japan, Germany, and China
among others doing in reverse engineering for technological development.
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