Some students from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Akwa (UNIZIK), have made their university proud having achieved a feat of constructing a made-in-Nigeria mini bus.
The graduating students, a group of seven are of the department of Mechanical Engineering.
They include: Ezeigwe Chitoo, Obinani Victor, Ezeanolue Ifeanyi, Okoro Chinaza, Ominigbo Fidelis, Nwobodo Nnamdi and Ogbu Thaddeus.
Vanguard reports that the bus was constructed from start to finish inside the mechanical workshop of the university.
According to the engineers, the project was aimed at advancing the ergonomic standard of existing shuttle buses.
One of the engineers, Ezeigwe Chitoo, said that the project was a dream come true.
Chitoo said: “The Autozik group made the design using CAD software, and all necessary simulation softwares for the analysis, putting the environment into critical consideration.”
“The bus has good seating positions, better fuel conservation, good passenger view and very good aesthetics. It was built to suit the topography of our environment and the weather condition we have in this part of the world,” he said.
The project was supervised by Dr. C.H. Achebe, the head of department.
According to South East Voice, the group, which is known as ‘AUTOZIK II,’ spent over five months constructing the mini bus for shuttles within and around the university with locally sourced materials.
UNIZIK’s journey into car manufacturing started last year when a group of five students from the same department produced a Formula 1 car called ‘AutoZIK’.
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