Saanyol Ityokumbul Igbax

Saanyol Ityokumbul Igbax is a team player who enjoys collaborating with cross-functional disciplines. He is well-traveled, culture-friendly, and suited to accommodate diversity and inclusion. A community-driven person who contributes to charity engages in eco-friendly projects, and enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, soccer, basketball, and running. He likes teaching practical and theoretical engineering concepts because it inspires people to use their imaginations for many functional realities. He attended the Federal University of Technology in Minna, Nigeria, and Tennessee Technological University where he studied Mechanical Engineering at the Master’s and PhD levels. His native language is Tiv, from the Mbayongu area of Vandeikya, Benue state, Nigeria.

Smile often, everything is possible and the road to success begins with you.

Teaching Areas:

• Thermal Fluid Science
• Thermodynamics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Heat Transfer
• Experimental Methods
• Energy Systems and Design

Research Interests:

• Curriculum Review Technical Education
• Gender enrollment indices
• Additive materials Properties and evaluation
• Design of Mechanical and Energy Systems
• Biodiesel optimization
• Application of Ultrasound and Electrostatics in production and separation techniques

Degrees

• BEng, Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Technology (Minna, Nigeria)
• MEng, Thermal Fluid Systems and Powerplant Engineering, Federal University of Technology (Minna, Nigeria)
• PhD, Thermal Fluid and Energy Engineering, Tennessee Technological University