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Mofoluto Afolayan

College and major

University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering, Major: Aerospace Engineering

Short biography

I plan on earning a Master’s Degree and a Doctorate degree after my undergraduate study in order to become a professor.  This is because I love to educate people and I feel that teaching is a very self-fulfilling job.  I have dreams of going to the continent of Africa to use my abilities and knowledge gained in the field of aerospace engineering to help improve on the educational programs that are in present existence.  I would also love to establish an aircraft building company in Africa or perhaps a branch of an already existing company such as Boeing.  I am highly interested in science and learning new ways of using technology.  I wouldn’t mind working for a large company such as Boeing or NASA to gain experience.

Research and collaborators

This summer, I am looking into the safety of the airline companies in the continent of Africa.  I am doing this primarily by the method of literature survey.  After I have found out the truth on the issues of safety in Africa I will then go on to see how easily new technologies can be incorporated into their airway system as compared to the U.S.  The new technologies that we would be concerned about would be for the sole purpose of increasing safety in Air travel in Africa.