Nigerian-born Engineer Makes US Board, ASME Conference Committee

A Nigeria-born engineer, Michael Okechukwu Amuzie, has been appointed to represent  the American state of New Jersey in the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors as well as the Conference Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

The board members are the chief boiler inspectors representing most US states and provinces/territories of Canada, as well as many major cities in the United States.

It is responsible for publishing the National Board Inspection Code (NBIC) for the installation, repairs/alteration, inspection of pressure retaining items as well as pressure relieving devices (PRD) of objects built to the construction Codes and Standards of the ASME.

Amuzie, who has been assistant chief/deputy chairman of the Governor’s Rule Board on Boiler and Pressure Vessels in New Jersey  since 2014, graduated as a marine engineer from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, before proceeding for further studies at the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College, Fort Schuyler, New York in  marine engineering with nuclear option, transportation management and admiralty law.

Before emigrating to the United States in 1987, he was the engineer’s representative in the construction of the graving dock, multipurpose shop, and the power generating plant at the Snake Island Dockyard, Lagos.

He had become the liaison personnel between the Engineering Unit of the Ministry of Transport and the Project Engineer supervising the Dockyard Construction Company Navimor.

He was also the secretary of the Snake Island Dockyard Management Committee at the ministry, responsible for the construction and management of the Dockyard.