I am enumah Sunday chukwudi and from Delta state, Southern region of Nigeria. I was born in Warri into an engineering family. My father, Richard Enumah is a marine engineer and My mother, Josephine Ezekwudo is a business woman. I have many brothers and sisters. I grew up in a Christian home, when i was younger my mother taught me to be disciplined, respectful and to say my prayers early in the morning and at night before sleeping. from this tender age I started my nursery school and I could remember I love to be in school.

when i grew up, my childhood was interested because I had 4 friends, I was the youngest among them and we played different games, this included other local sport activities. we would imitate the Jackson 5 by dancing like them and I always played Michael Jackson’s role because I was the youngest. In the evenings, when the sun had gone down and the moon is shining, my friends and I would sit in a circle for my mum and other women to tell us moon light tale

One of my most memorable childhood was the time, I joined the boyscout. we would go for an excursion, visit the museum, zoo and other special places. Whenever it was a memorable day for my country, we paraded around the stadium or the place where the event was held, other children would surround us and wanted to be our friends.

 

 

At the end of nursery school, I passed my exams and I enrolled into primary education. One of the enrollment criteria’s for primary school, i could clearly remember was whether your hand could go across your head and touch your ear! which i successfully did. I immediately started primary school and passed every year of study with flying colours! When I was in primary 6, I wrote a common entrance examination to enter the secondary school. During this time, I started creating toy cars and helicopters. I used thick cartons to make toy cars, glued them together with super glue and used a dc electric motor from condemned electronics to make the tire rotates and then used 3 volts battery to power it. For the toy helicopters, i would fix a wooden shaped stick onto the tip of a dc electric motor that acted as the helicopter blade. when it was powered by the battery, it could rotate and move but cannot fly.

After I passed the common entrance examination, I was accepted into the college junior class. I did very well in all my subjects especially mathematics, physics and chemistry. for these reason I was selected to study in science senior class. My flare for engineering continued to increase because of my father's job, I often visited him at his work place and became very interested to become an engineer like him. During this time, I made different type of projectors using plastics from gallons, cut them to a measured sizes and solder it with soldering iron. I would create section for the convex lens, dc electric motor and fixed the batteries. Then I would switch off the light and saw movies with my friends from this projector. I also made little money by making some of these ingenuis projectors for friends and other locals.

When I was in the fifth class, I changed to another college because the former one was far from my home. I later wrote both the senior secondary school examination(SSCE) and university entrance examination(JAMB). The result from the examination enabled me to proceed onward to study at Nnamdi Azikiwe university. I can clearly recall during the preparation for these examaminations, how my friend and I when we were tired, we placed our legs in cold water, when reading so we would not fall asleep! As a result of this practise, I got my personal motto that said “no rest until success is achieved”.

 

 

In the year 2001, I got admission to study Mechanical/Production Engineering in Nnamdi Azikiwe university, Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria. In my first year, it was really interesting because other students in higher level called us jambite or fresher’s. Immediately after matriculation, I started studying hard and I passed every of my examinations. In third year, the courses thought began to introduce me properly to mechanical engineering. Most of the lecturers were unique in their own ways of teaching, especially Professor Omenyi who taught me mechanical vibration and there was also Engineer Ingini who taught engineering drawings.

However, in 2004 first semester, I was attached to a company called Seatruck for an industrial training. I had the opportunity to work with engineers who serviced and repaired diesel engines (Detroit, CAT, Cummins, etc) and also used fibers to repair vessels and tugboats. During the period I was also posted to the automobile department where Engineer Sunday taught me about trucks and tractor brake system. I also had the opportunity to leant how to service injectors. On my returned back to the second semester from the industrial training, the work load noticably increased. i wrote my examinations and successfully passed them.

In 2005, I did my final year project titled “Designing and fabrication of a remote controlled hydraulic car jack”. I successful did it under the supervision of my Head of Department Professor Onyechi. I graduated and was honored with Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree. After graduation I went for a safety training course called "Standards of Training Certification for Seafarers and Watch keepers" (STCW’95). On completion of this training, my name was enlisted among the graduates that will serve the Federal Republic of Nigeria for a National Youth Service Corp (NYSC). I was posted to the northern part of Nigeria were I carried out my NYSC duties. I was trained in the Maiduguri camp for 21 days along with other graduates by The Nigeria Army. After the training period, I was posted to Biu, which is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria. I was appointed as the Corps’ Liaison Officer by the Zonal Inspector to take care of all Administrative work.

My experience with the NYSC was a great achievement because I left an indelible footprint in the land of Biu. As the Corps' Laison Officer i was expected to lead and supervise my fellow graduates. I would undertake administrtive duties like arranging their place of primary assignments, organising accomodations, and also ensuring they would participate in various community development of the local government area. During this momentous period with the Corps' i had the opportunity to meet various important traditonal leaders of the local communities. I also met top government officials, senior military personnels, plus several other dignitries. I served my country with reverence, loyalty and faithfulness. I completed my NYSC training in August 2007. After my Corps' period i was employed as an industrial trainee for one year with a company known as Frawma Service Oil. It was during my time at this company that i decided to further my education.

In November 2008, I came to Ukraine to pursue my master degree in Mechanical Engineering. There was need for me to study Russian language because technology of mechanical engineering is taught only in Russian language. In June 2009 I successfully completed the Russian language course and this enabled me to move on to the technology of mechanical engineering department. When I first started my lectures, it was very difficult but as a result of the caring guidance of all the lecturers and my colleagues, I was able to successfully complete the first semester. I was given my master degree project topic titled "Technological support to improve the quality of a core drill on the basis of a combine finishing treatment” under the supervision of the Head of Department Professor Mikhailov Alexander Nikolayevich.

 

 

Modern day technology interest me. Various media such as Discovery and History channel are always instrumental in causing me to think more deeply about the constant advancement of technology. I also like reading, listening to music and do enjoy travelling. Regularly, i do enjoy educative games such as scrabble, chess and monopoly because they are good brain teasers. I like to play football, table tennis and basket ball.

I look forward to have a lucrative job in the future where I will use my acquired skills to contribute positively to the goals and objectives of the company. My aim is to engage in researches that will help to develop technology.

There are limited advance technology in Africa, I will endeavour to work very hard to guide African young prospective engineers to know what it takes to be a future engineer that can change the continent of Africa and also the world at large technologically. Part of my plans will be to liaise with different companies that will take technological development to Africa by offering more training to the people

 

 

 

Special thank goes to God Almighty who saw me through all this period of study. My greatest thanks goes to Mr and Mrs Richard Enumah who supported me all through my career and ensured that I do not lack both financially and otherwise. I would also like to aknowledge Mr and Mrs Paulinus Ezekwudo that helped to bestow wisdom in me and they also ensured I was disciplined and respectful. I will like to thank my all my siblings for their prayers and suppport. I would like to use this golden opportunity to thank Miss Victoriana Baltazar for her care and encouragement. Also my closest friend Enu Nathaniel.

I will not hesitate to thank Professor Strelnikov Vadim (First Deputy Director UMC), Professor Sukov S. (Dean of international student affairs), Professor Selivra S. A. (Dean of Mechanical Faculty), Professor Mikhailov Alexander Nikolayevich (Head of department), all the lecturers of Mechanical Enginering Department of Donetsk National Technical University including lecturers in the Russian language preparatory department.

My profound gratitude to lecturers of the department of mechanical engineering of Nnamdi Azikiwe university and every other teachers who in one way or the other pass knowledge to me. It will not be complete without thanking my fellow colleagues especially Teriaiev Ievgen and friends both in Ukraine, Nigeria and other part of the world.