Brilliant! Unizik Students Produce 'Race Car', Call It ''Auto-Zik Formula 1 Car (Photos)

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Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has recorded yet another landmark breakthrough recently when five of her students produced a formula 1 car. The students, from the department of mechanical Engineering produced the race car as their project. These pictures explain the journey in the designing and the fabrication processes of the first made in Nigeria formula 1 Car by five graduating students of Mechanical Engineering, UNIZIK.

According to the initiator of the project, Okoyenta Augustus, the materials for the car were locally sourced and it took them two years to put in place. The cost of the project still according to him was about .4 million naira, though with the support of the department.


The students drove the car last tuesday to the administrative block to showcase the novel achievement to the vice chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku and the university community. The names of the student engineers include
*Okoyenta Augustus,
*Okeke Chukwuebuka,
*Ofoegbu Kenechukwu,
*Ibekwe Ebeneezer and
*Ezeani Chikeluba.

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