Nigeria-U.S builder of drone

Indeed, education can never be overemphasized and Nigerian and Africans have always proven to be the best in whatever field they find themselves in any country. Here is a U.S Drone Builder who is a Nigerian with 6 Master’s Degree and 3 PhDs.

Dr Osatohanmwen Osemwengie is a native of Benin, Edo state, who lives in Texas and he is an authority when talking of drones and robotics. He left Nigeria in the 80s and worked to become a force in Robotics Engineering.

Osatohanmwen served as the Administrator of the Columbus City School System from 1992 to 2011, where he coordinated staff and student recruitment. He taught for five years (1987- 1992) in the aforementioned school district

In 2011, he founded the “world’s first tuition-free, engineering degree-granting university,” Open Robotics University. The University, which was powered by Google+, awards bachelor, masters and doctorate degrees in robotics engineering for free. The university headquarters is in Ohio. Open Robotics University currently has students in 45 cities in 25 countries.

He was a facilitator for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – sponsored Ohio Leadership for Integrating Technology Initiative (OLIT). He trained elementary, middle, high school principals and assistant principals to facilitate the integration of technology into teaching and learning process workshops and seminars, coached robotics and served as software engineering mentors to robotics teams. He was selected in 2008 to present at the world robotics championships.

 Being an integral member of the American armed forces and building drones for the United States Army. These drones are used for surveillance to gather important information, as well as take out terrorist camps. He is currently working on a military game and collision avoidance software for drones.