BIOGRAPHY
Eng. Prof. Abdulrahman Asipita Salawu was born 55 years ago precisely on the 29th of January 1969 into the family of Mal. Salawu in Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. Like every other child in the family, Prof. Asipita began his academic sojourn in 1977 at the Local School Management Board primary school in Ikaraworo, Adavi Local Government, Kogi State, and obtained a school leaving certificate in 1983. He had his secondary school education at Community Secondary School (CSS), Ogaminana, Adavi, Kogi State, from 1983 – 1988. He went to attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, from 1991 – 1997, where he obtained a BEng in Metallurgical Engineering.
As Providence will have it, he was employed as a Research Metallurgical Engineer at the National Metallurgical Development Center, Jos, Plateau State, in 1999 before transferring his service to the Federal University of Technology, Yola, as a Lecturer II from 2005 – 2007. Because of his love for academic progression, he obtained a Master of Engineering (MEng) from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, in 2006, after which he joined the service of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2007.
In his pursuit of academic excellence, Prof. Asipita proceeded to his Doctorate degree in Engineering from Universiti Technologi Malaysia where he obtained a Phd in Engineering in the year 2012. He has won many awards, to mention a few, the Pro-chancellor’s best graduate award School of Postgraduate Studies, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, in 2013, the Award for Excellent Journal Publication, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, in 2012.
