After working on various innovative STEM projects, twenty students from our Lekki campus have been presented with $60,000 each for emerging finalists in the 2020 Conrad Challenge. This challenge is an initiative of the Conrad Foundation, USA, and this is the second consecutive year that our students made it to the final and received the scholarship award attached to the challenge.
Talking about the project he worked on, Uwadiae Guobadia, one of the scholars, said, “The Conrad Challenge was a very enlightening experience for me. My team came up with the idea of a device named Electro-Decarbonator, which we designed to capture carbon dioxide from the fumes of generators. (https://flathatnews.com/) With this device, we wanted to tackle the problems of air pollution and global warming by capturing carbon dioxide from generators and preventing it from escaping into the atmosphere.
“I enjoyed the good relationship I had with my team members and participants from other schools across Nigeria. My sincere appreciation goes to all my teachers in Greensprings School for helping to develop my confidence and public speaking skills. Without them, presenting our project idea in front of the judges wouldn’t have been easy for me.”
Mr Afolabi Amusan, Assistant Principal (Enhancement) for Lekki campus, shared his thoughts on the fact that our students have won the scholarship back-to-back. He said, “The school focuses on investing in its students and creating an enabling environment for them to succeed. Therefore, I am glad that our students continue to excel academically and perform outstandingly, both in local and international competitions.
“Last year, it was five of our students that won the Conrad Challenge scholarship, but this year, we have twenty students winning it. That’s a back-to-back success story for the Greensprings School community, and we are extremely happy!”
Here are the names of the scholars.
- Ajao Obalouwa
- Akachukwu Egbosimba
- Akinsete Tamilore
- Aminu-Musa Sadiq
- Anon John
- Atonbara Diete-koki
- Azogu Kosisochukwu
- Bakare Olufela
- Daberechi Onyeacholem
- Enikorewa Adekunle
- Ilerioluwa Olagbaiye
- Isaac Ibdiun
- Korewa Adekunle
- Kosisochukwu Okoye
- Muse Ariyoh Mueed
- Olaoluwa Olugbenle
- Oluwatoni Aiyeola
- Onyeacholem Raphael
- Onyiuke Esomchukwu
- Uwadiae Guobadia
The Conrad Challenge is a yearly competition that brings together a dynamic community of innovators and entrepreneurs who work together to develop extraordinary and viable solutions that benefit our world in the areas of Aerospace & Aviation, Cyber-Technology & Security, Energy & Environment, Health & Nutrition, and Smoke-Free World.
