Biography
Dr Saviour Okeke is a Research Fellow working on the MFCs-R2D project funded by Enterprise Ireland and supervised by Prof. Liwen Xiao. Dr Okeke's role involves producing and scaling up microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for industrial wastewater treatment using CAD modelling systems, 3D printing technologies and Computational Fluid Dynamics applications. Dr Saviour Okeke completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Galway in 2022 before joining the Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Department of Trinity College Dublin.
Recognition
- College of Engineering and Informatics PhD Scholarship, University of Galway 2017
- Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Postgraduate Scholarship 2015
- HEA COVID-19 costed extension fund, University of Galway 2021
- President's Research Fellowship Scholarship, Institute of Technology Carlow, Ireland 2016
- PhD International Merit Scholarship, University of Galway 2017
- Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship (GOI-IES) 2018
- Associate Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (AMIMechE " 8010166)
- Member of EIT RawMaterials Alumni (European Institute of Innovation and Technology)
- Graduate Member of Energy Institute, London UK (Grad-EI " 0064858)
- Associate Member of I-Form SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Ireland