The Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) has lost the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Professor Beniah N. Onwuagba to death.
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He died on Friday, April 3rd,2015.
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Late Prof. Onwuagba joined the services of FUTO on November 1st, 1985 as a Lecturer 1 and rapidly rose through the ranks on account of matchless commitment to hard work.
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He was appointed Professor of Solid State Physics 9 years after in 1994.
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Prof. Onwuagba, an acclaimed international scholar of repute and Fellow of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria, obtained a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Physics in 1975, an M.Phil and Ph.D in Solid State Physics in 1980 and 1984 respectively all from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
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Onwuagba has impacted the international scientific community positively with his research contributions in the areas of Condensed Matter Physics and Solar Energy. He was a Visiting Senior Scientist, Department of Physics, University of Padova, Italy (Sept. 1989 – March 1990); Visiting Professor, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg, Germany (Sept Nov.1997); Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Modena, Italy (Oct.1998 - Oct.1999); and until 2007, a Senior Associate of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (formerly ICTP).