Team UNIBEN has previously also broken a record when they attended the Shell eco-marathon Europe in may 2014 with its first made in Nigeria car Tuketuke, making it the first team from Sub Saharan Africa to participate in the Shell eco-marathon. These two cars were handmade by these students alone in the workshop.
Tuketuke has innovative features like automatic windscreen wiper, button actuated gears, fingerprint access, ankara interior and fibreglass body. Both cars won all 10 technical and safety inspections, which I might add, are world standard, that qualified them to race on the track.
They are currently taking yet another challenge to build two cars that will participate in another shell eco-marathon in the Netherlands next year.
Students involved include: Osas Omijie, Festus ibidapo, adekola adeyemi, abdulmalik tajliad, Daniel okwoka, justice Oyemike, emmanuel Ajari, eloghosa iyamu, James itoro, Jennifer orji, Anne monye, Michael olukoya,and Victor adegboye, 13 students in total supervised by Professor Akii Ibhadode (Winner, NLNG Award for Science, 2010).
You can follow their complete story by liking their page on Facebook www.facebook.com/eco-tuketuke.
82 comments:
Wow
Great.
So, why can't we develop this into the auto industry???
Congratulobia.
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That's what we need in this country. Things like this
Go uniben
wow! this is just great
Great UNIBEN
I commend their initiative, hardwork, effort & strength which they put together to achieve these innovation & won the award. It's was great indeed & am proud of them. Kudos to them...
BORN TO SHINE!!!
Innovative School. Love ma Uniben. Greatest Uniben
#StillRome
This is a good development.Kudos to you guys.
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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If i were to judge, this guy no dey go any where untill he leave this country...
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
Wow!!! Awesome! Kudos to them! Great job!
That's a very good step in the right direction. Bravo Team UNIBEN! Keep it up.
Yay! Go Team Uniben. Greatest Uniben!!! I love my Alma Mater.
Daz my UNIBEST UNIBEN.
For d greatest & d greatest uniben studentssssssss shout great happymood.com luv ma sch proud of these guys
Dis is serious, looking at d 13 names i can see young nigerians from different part and also a muslim among dem achieving dis for d country. That show dat der is no problem wit ordinary nigerian, some group of pple created dis in d name of wat dey want to get or der selfish interest. Dis is a lesson for all of us and also beware of pple who will wan o use sentiment to gain our support.
See my Alma Mater o! Proud of Professor Ibhadode my then HoD and later Dean.
I sure say Hall 3 boys must dey represent for the team else........
Congrats guys. Dad is proud of you all.
My Alma mater is at it again! Arise Mighty UniBEN, robed in your purple and gold... Go guys!
My school, My faculty, My Uniben! Stand up for the champs! Proud of our successors.....Obaro of Petroleum....Reppin!
Really proud of them....greater heights ahead by GOD's grace!
Kudo's!!!!!
Awwww. This is goodnews. Congratulations to them.
We got innovators and inventors wallowing away in the squalor of neglect and poverty, I seriously hope these kids do to end up there, cos there invention is timely and could be the source of Nigeria's coming of age into the modern times.
Oh yeah...dats how we roll mehn..proud Alumni!!!!
Greatest Uniben students!!! Thanks 4 making us proud
Dats how we roll...UNIBEST....M̶̲̥̅γ̲̣̣̥ great alma mater.
congrats, great uniben students.
Innovative ideas nice one
My Alma mater.....forever representing.....sooo proud.....Uniben is Unibest.
Greatest Unibest!!! Robbed in ur purple and gold, clad in ur fertile green hem, knowledge for service untold!!!
Congrats to dem
Extremely commendable! Gud job fellas
We are not just unibest we are distinct, exceptional, excellent and extraordinary. All hail my Alma mater
All these our telcos should recognize these guys and encourage them and not only endorse local musicians. Truthfully some of them sing rubbish.
Every youth now wants to be a singer. They are not learning anymore. We cannot only export music. It's not sustainable
All these our telcos should recognize these guys and encourage them and not only endorse local musicians. Truthfully some of them sing rubbish.
Every youth now wants to be a singer. They are not learning anymore. We cannot only export music. It's not sustainable
Brilliant lads!
Is the Government seeing and hearing this ground breaking events by these young guys who have been denied electricity and other basic amenities but still keep on keeping on with their dreams? We they hard working Naija guys are proud of your exploits, it shall be well with NAIJA.
Congratulation.
Wow!!! this are the true stars the people we really want to know! the people who can truly make Nigeria great. Thanks so much for reping engineering students! Engine boys& girls Big up!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
That is what I am talking about. And news headlines should carry encouraging achievements like this. I still believe in this country and in academics. Knowledge is the key to a better tomorrow.
This is great coming fr my alma mater GREATEST UNIBEN keep the flag flying
There are just two universities in Sub-Sahara Africa...Uniben and others.
As an alumnus of this great citadel of learning, I want to congratulate this set of 'rugged' engine boys for job well done.
I'm so proud of you guys! More grease to your elbows.
Great UNIBEN.
See where Uniben don reach
Futoites just dey there dey Mumu dem selves
I hail Uniben jare
Una don try
Sure Boyz. More is coming. Lord ESSIEN. Reppin Elect/Elect. Badoo
Wow..dancing shoki..That's my pastor,prof Akii ibhadode..welldone sir,welldone Guys,GREAT UNIBEN!
Congratulations to the team and I am truly proud of them and these along with that Dr that risked her life to save nigerians from ebola are the sorts of people that deserve national awards. Not those overfed looters and people who have not contributed anything to the society but questionable wealth... Also note that the team is composed of all tribes/genders showing that merit and not discrimination should be used as a yardstick... Congrats to them once again... More of these abeg - I don tire to dey read about psquare, wizkid and tonto dike rolex watch or hermes bags...
Great work, fellow engineers at UNIBEN.
Yay!!! Greatest Uniben!!!
#LIB brand ambassador
Go Uniben!!!
So happy for my ama mater and its also funny that my quiet Prof. whose lecture is almost like a lulaby is this exceptional practically....long live uniben/production engineering dept......
You can say that again.
UNIBEN AND THE OTHERS.
Now I know say 70% of LIB readers na uniben students and graduates.
All hail my alma mater. Una too much.
Yeah that's how we roll..thank u all...we shall not cease to conquer until we re laid to rest...
Great!!!
Up UNIBEST!
Congrats Engine guys...
Guys,we are proud of your laudable achievement. we no dey carry last. great uniben!
All over the wide wide world our fruitful works unfurl.......#repping uniben....school like no other
congrats to them, at least this will spur them more
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When linda report say them arrest one g boy from uniben Una gree talk now way them build motor win Eco competition Una dey form famzing....anyways GREATEST UNIBEN...smart people full ugbowo
Wtf are you saying??
Congrats also Dr Obasuyi and his team of sculptors for putting the fantastic design.
Greatest Uniben #team Uniben
I work at Shell in HQ and would really like to congratulate my fellow Nigerians. My people this is a HUGE achievement. This may look like it but its not just a toy car building contest. This is a global contest to actually develop an eco-friendly vehicle FROM SCRATCH. Can you imagine?? It attracts all the TOP science students in the best universities around the world. These great kids were alongside competitors from MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge you name it they were there. It also has the highest attention from the top brass at Shell quite a few who attend the events and meet the kids. Some even ask the students to come and share their story of their development as lessons for their staff...can you imagine UNIBEN students getting the opportunity to go to The Hague or Houston and TEACH those engineers something new? kudos!! You have begun to secure your future at Shell, Mobil, etc or other major companies, Google etc, now finish school strong and believe in yourselves and shoot for the moon
My great school. Uniben the Unibest. So proud to be associated with Uniben.
Forward ever GREAT UNIBEN
greatest uniben congrat guys u make us happy ....................
GREAT UNIBEN...Proud Alumni
10 GBOSAs for them.. gbosa gbosa gbosa gbosa gbosa gbosa gbosa gbosa gbosa gbosa......GREAT UNIBEN..(smiling)
Proud to be an alumni
Proud to be a UNIBEN student!!!.......na our govt dey cast this country...come to uniben, u will know that there are a lot of smart and intelligent young Nigerians....GOD bless Nigeria..........Oritse-kheedo
thats my alma mater..proud of you guys
And someone says my school is not the best in Nigeria? Pulzzzzz............ We rule!!!
There is no limit to what we can achieve if we have an enabling environment. It is up to all of us to create what might be considered enabling for development. Congratulations Team UNIBEN. I am proud of you
Corrosiveeeeeeeee. Una doh! Well done.
Those are my fellow colleague from mechanical, production and elect/elect with man osas from the one and only computering engineering dept. i have neva doubted your effort, it is with great pleasure that i send this congratulatory message to you all. i have followed your work from the scratch and i saw how you worked tirelessly day and night to achieved that ECOCRUISE DESIGN TO IMPROVE ON TUKETUKE lapscies. you have actually made yourselves and family proud not jux UNIBEN and Nigeria.
greatest GBoGbo, ever corossive enngineering studenttt, am proud of U guys. UNIBEN dominate.
Greatest of the greatest Uniben student! Ever corrosive gbogbo!! I'm proud of you guys.
At least, that's one good thing
Funny enough, some people have that Micheliin kinda body structure....hehe
Arise Mighty UNIBEN!!!!!!!!
Am Proud to belong,Greatest and ever Corrosive engineering student!!!!!GREAT
Forward ever,Greatest UNIBEN,Great Engineering student
This is kind of news i like to hear. Thumbs up
I'm so proud of my immediate elder brother, Eloghosa Iyamu and every other team member..You guys rock..loving and spreading your good work here in connecticut..
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