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Donor Profile
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Dr. Jane Tochukwu Ifediora joined HKN in 2015 while studying for a Ph.D.
at Atlantic International University in Miami, Florida. She is now a professor
of material sciences there. She was inducted in the Kappa Delta Chapter
in 2018 and has been an active member ever since.
Dr. Jane
Tochukwu
Ifediora
System Analyst/R&D
Engineer, Independent
National Electoral
Commission of
Nigeria Abuja
Kappa Delta Chapter
Born into the family of the late Mr. Ogbuefi and Mrs. Daniel Ogbonnia
Aneke, education has always played an important role in Jane's life, with
her primary and secondary education putting her on a pre-medicine path.
However, she discovered her love of engineering as an undergraduate at
Enugu State University of Science and Technology, where she graduated
with a dual degree in computer and chemical engineering. She completed
service for the National Youth Service Corps at the Raw Material Research
and Development Council (RMRDC) in Abuja, Nigeria, and was later
hired in recognition of her good work. Always searching for ways to
grow professionally, she is currently working as a system analyst with the
Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria.
In 2017, she received the Sentinel of Science award in Mathematics and
is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Dr. Tochukwu became attracted to engineering education in order to have
a good background of analytical and technological exposure as well as
to tutor young scientists/engineers. She admires all scientists, educators,
academicians, and professionals, but she especially admires the
contributions of women scientists to global change. She anticipates rapid
changes in the fields of information technology (IT), renewable energy,
health, sustainable development, oil and gas, and housing over the next
ten years. She supports IEEE-HKN because the society helps bring up
young innovators in Science and Engineering fields with the scholarship,
character, and attitude needed to tackle these challenges. She knows that
her gifts to IEEE-HKN also honor the work of her late father, Ogbuefi D.O.
Aneke, who made great contributions to the Bimodal Voting Accreditation
System (BVAS), INEC Voter Enrollment Device (IVED), and the Android 9
operating system.
In her professional roles in the field, she has learned that " testing,
experimentation, evaluation, and good technical and administrative
reporting help the organization work for the future in times of difficulty
and success. " Her advice to new graduates entering the field is " to be
dedicated, honest, and lay your hands mostly on experimentation /
practical work. " This will lead to what she sees as the greatest opportunity
for IEEE-HKN over the next three years-to be the world's best technology
innovators in science and engineering.
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