MY EXPERIENCE
IN REACTION ENGINEERING AND ADSORPTION (READ) RESEARCH GROUP
I was in Reaction Engineering & Adsorption(READ) Research Group at the School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia
for my Ph.D. research under the Leadership and Supervision of Professor Dr.
Bassim H. Hameed.
What immediately caught my fancy was
that Professor Bassim’s Reaction Engineering & Adsorption (READ) Research Group was a clear representation of a mini world. Nearly every part of the
world was represented in that laboratory and is co-existing peacefully and in
an uncommon care, helping one another in love. Each one was willing to render
help to the other without stress. There were Malaysian students and international
students from Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, etc working in uncommon
harmony. I think Professor Bassim should indeed be given an award for such rare
achievement.
As time went by, Professor Bassim’s
personality and character for which students loved to work with him became
clearer. He is a very accommodating personality, never angry at “stupid”
opinions (in fact does not see any opinion as stupid either), outstandingly
patient with every student and ever willing to answer “irrelevant” questions
(though he does not see any question as irrelevant also). Professor Bassim was
always available and accessible to his students.
For someone like me from a beautiful and
very wealthy country like Nigeria, but never experienced constant electricity
since I was born and never ever saw most of the equipment I was now using
personally for my work, and who may probably never see them again to work with
immediately I stepped my feet into Nigeria, I was in a terrible hurry to learn.
Hence, I would request for those characterization tests of my samples which
were directly relevant to my work Professor Bassim would generously approve of
such tests. This is notwithstanding that most of these characterizations are
quite expensive.
I most sincerely express my deepest
appreciation to Professor Bassim and indeed, the entire Management of
Universiti Sains Malaysia for given me such opportunity to become a proud
scientist I have ever dreamt to be. THANK YOU ALL!
Dr. Moses Okeahialam Ekeoma
