{"id":9755,"date":"2017-02-06T16:48:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T15:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9755"},"modified":"2017-12-04T12:27:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T11:27:28","slug":"chukwu-ethelbert-nwakuche","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/chukwu-ethelbert-nwakuche\/","title":{"rendered":"CHUKWU, Ethelbert Nwakuche"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: Friday (Nkwo) 22nd November, 1940 State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Ehime- Mbano Contact Address: Dept of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, USA Email Address: chukwu@math.ncsu.edu Professor Chukwuwas bom on 22nd November, 1940. He is one ofthe few top Igbo intellectuals who do not make noise and as such not many know him except those whoare deeply immersed in the profession such as his. Besides, living in Diaspora makes it a little difficult for many to hearhis name as a household name like those in other professions and resident in the country. He attended the following Schools: \u2022 Brown University BSc Mathematics 1965 \u2022 UniversityofNigeria Nsukka, M. Sc Applied Mathematics, \u2022 Case Western Reserve University, Ph D Applied Mathematics. 1972 His doctoral thesis focused on &#8216;Symmetries and Identifications of Linear Control Systems&#8217;. Hehas garneredgreat work experience from the following Institutions: Cleveland State University Assistant Professor, 1972 Associate Professor 1976 Dean, School of Post Graduate Studies, University ofJos, 1977 1981 Professor of Mathematics 1978 1981 Chair of Mathematics Dept 1979 1981 Appointed FirstViceChancellor, Federal University of Technology, Yola, 1981 1984 Visiting Professor to manyAmericanUniversities, 1984 1989 Professor of Mathematics, North Carolina State University 1989 Date. Professor Chukwu has carried out: \u2022 Numerous research projects forNASA since hismembership ofthe Faculty of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, He has over 75 papers and books onvarious topics from Classical Analysis toOperatorTheory and Applied Mathematics-Liner and nonlinear differential equation and Mathematical Economics Someof his booksinclude \u2022 Optimal Control of the growth of wealth of nations, 2003 \u2022 Stability and time-optima control of hereditary system 2001 \u2022 Differential models and neutral systems for controlling the wealth of nations 2001 \u2022 Stability and time-optimal Control of Hereditary systems 1992 \u2022 Goodness through optimal dynamics of the wealth of nations. 2003 He belongs to numerous professional and academic associations and bodies. He has been deeply involved in both teaching and administration of universityeducation in Africa and the United States. He has attended so many conferences that one cannot mention names Professor Chukwu hasreceived toomany prizes, academic awards, andhonours, grants andhonorarium. Chukwu isontopof hiscareerin mathematics and should be looked upon asan extraordinary son ofAfrica and a doyen ofmathematics. Among the honours received by Professor Chukwu are \u2022 The Cariot Mathematics Award for a distinguished scholar par excellence. \u2022 Academy for Pan African Research and Culture Award for excellence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9755","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9755"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}