BIO

Emmanuel Ikegwuonu is a mechanical engineer specializing in clean energy systems, with a focus on generation, decentralization, storage, and efficiency. He acquired his bachelor’s degree from the University of Benin, Nigeria, where he finished in the top 5% of his class. He has over two years of professional engineering experience, including roles as a research engineer at the National Centre for Energy and Environment (Energy Commission of Nigeria) and as an Engineering for Change fellow with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He has acquired a broad range of technical skill sets, including Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), additive manufacturing, systems modelling, and technoeconomic analyses. He is working to build Centauri Energy, a company that develops and deploys distributed energy infrastructure to expand energy access in emerging economies, and his life’s mission is to lift at least fifty million people out of poverty both directly and indirectly.