With an exceptional 4.78/5.00 cumulative grade point average (CGPA), Fortune Adekogbe, a gifted Nigerian student, achieved a significant academic milestone by graduating with a first-class degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Fortune applied for postgraduate study at six overseas universities since he was determined to advance his research career. He earned several fully financed PhD offers as a result of his diligence and hard work. In the end, he agreed to an offer from the University of Michigan in the US, where he is currently working towards a PhD.
Fortune specialises on process system control and optimisation at the University of Michigan, applying both conventional techniques and data-driven strategies.
Fortune has been adjusting to his new academic environment in Michigan, which has been both exhilarating and difficult. He characterised his experience thus far as both fulfilling and taxing, juggling difficult schoolwork, orientation programs, joining a research group, and acclimating to living in a foreign nation.
Looking back on his path, Fortune acknowledged that his successful applications were largely due to the strong reference letters he received from his instructors and professors at the University of Lagos.
“I know I placed a lot of pressure on them because I only had a very short time to submit six applications. “Fortunately, the majority of those applications became fully funded offers,” he said.
He also thanked a professor who, through the RENEU program, allowed him to obtain useful research experience at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.
Fortune attributes his ability to create strong Statements of Purpose (SOPs) that bolstered his PhD applications to this opportunity and the advice of seasoned mentors. The next logical step for Fortune is to pursue a PhD, which fits in well with both his academic interests and career goals.When he is unsure about pursuing research in a typical engineering subject, he frequently refers to a statement made by Professor Jordan Peterson:
“We must decide to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitable order.”
CREDIT: ALLSCHOOL, Allschoolabs
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