The Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering has taken its laboratories on the road, inspiring more than 150 science-stream pupils at YABATECH Secondary School (6 May) and the International School, Lagos (7 May) with live demonstrations of smart alloys and eye-opening slides on everything from smartphone glass to biomedical ceramics University Of Lagos.

For UNILAGFEAA, the two-day blitz is a textbook example of our vision to “forge futures and fuel innovation” while empowering students and building a lasting legacy. By meeting teenagers where their curiosity is freshest, the faculty is widening the talent pipeline that will eventually feed our alma mater, Nigeria’s materials sector and—through alumni ingenuity—the nation’s broader development goals.

“When a 16-year-old bends a nickel-titanium wire and watches it spring back to shape, you can almost hear a career click into place,” said Acting HoD Dr Henry Mgbemere, who led the sessions alongside Dr Lawrence Osoba.

Adding an alumni touch, the shape-memory kits were donated by two department graduates now pursuing PhDs in the United States, reaffirming UNILAGFEAA’s commitment to lifelong connections that cross continents and generations University Of Lagos.

Why this matters to alumni

• Pipeline of excellence: National enrolment in materials programmes has dipped; early outreach directly tackles that shortfall.
• Industry relevance: Nigeria’s first float-glass expansion and emerging solar-panel lines will need home-grown engineers.
• Mission alignment: The tour embodies UNILAGFEAA’s pillars—mentoring, empowering students, and giving back to the faculty that shaped us.

How you can help

1. Sponsor the next school stop. A ₦150,000 kit funds one full-day demo for 75 pupils.
2. Mentor a budding materials scientist. Register via the Alumni Dashboard to be matched with a mentee.
3. Donate equipment or expertise for the planned Glass & Ceramics Day on campus this August.

Together we can turn today’s classroom fascination into tomorrow’s engineering breakthroughs—exactly the legacy our association was created to build.