User:Chankire

This page provides a brief summary of Dr. Charles Ezenwa Nwankire's education and background. Dr. Nwankire is a PhD degree holder from University College Dublin, Ireland. After his senior secondary school education at the Abia State Senior Science School Ihie, Abia State, Nigeria; where he passed the West African Examination Certificate (WAEC) with 9A's in all the Nine subjects he sat for; in 1999, he received an international scholarship award to study in the Russian Federation. He defended his Bachelors and Masters degree thesis in 2004(GPA 4.6/5) and 2006 (GPA 4.5/5) respectively at St. Petersburg State Technical University, Russia(www.spbstu.ru). In 2006/2007, he undertook a post-graduate program at the European Solar Energy Engineering School, Sweden. (www.eses.org). In 2010, Charles Ezenwa Nwankire was awarded a PhD degree by University College Dublin, Ireland (www.ucd.ie/surfaces) for his industry-based research in the area of Nano coatings and technology. He had previously worked as a Trainee Engineer at the Laser Technology Center, St.Petersburg, Russia (www.ltc.ru), in 2002; and also as a Mechanical Design Engineer at Metal Products Ltd, St. Petersburg Russia(www.karter.ru) (2004 - 2006). Since 2010, he has been working at the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute based in Dublin City University, Ireland. His research interests are in applied nano technology, surface coatings and engineering, biomedical diagnostics devices, public and global health.