INTRODUCTION

 Mr. Vice Chancellor, I have read widely on different inaugural lectures from various Universities so as to emulate to some extent the style of writing of such lectures and the ground rules on how to start and end the lecture. To my astonishment no single author or any University has unified method or style of writing inaugural lecture. This is understandable because the experience of each inaugural lecturer is unique and therefore the style of writing and the mode of delivery by Inaugural Lecturer A will definitely be different from that of Inaugural Lecturer B – the University notwithstanding. This to me presents a good aspect of the inaugural lecture coupled with the fact that the inaugural lecturer represents the only masquerade in the midst of intellectual giants with the sole right to dance out all his academic achievements leading to his Professorship, uncontested. The inaugural lecturer therefore has one day to blow his trumpet to an audience that has the sole right to listen but cannot ask any question! Ladies and Gentlemen, I must add that the latitude that inaugural lecture presents does not come without a challenge. The inaugural lecture is intended for a professor to tell the world how he made it to such enviable rank in the university through his research works, through the way he imparts the knowledge to students (teaching experience) and through the way such knowledge translates in solving the problems of his immediate environment (community service). Therefore, to become a professor is not a one-day affair. There comes the challenge! How can one choose a topic that will clearly elucidate one’s academic achievement in less than two hours or so? To say the least, it is a herculean task! Mr. Vice-Chancellor, permit me therefore to talk on the topic. “Prolonging the Lifespan of Industrial Electrical Machines through the Development of Accurate Dynamic and Thermal Models”. This inaugural lecture happens to be the first in the department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering and the second from the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology of this great citadel of learning. The title is simply a summary of my contribution to knowledge in areas of electrical machines design and development; modeling and computer simulation; as well as domestic and industrial use of energy