A delegation from Texas Instruments (TI), a computer firm based in the United States, has paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor, Professor William Otoo Ellis. The TI group was led by the Senior Vice President, Dr. Art George. The courtesy call was to afford Dr. Art George and his team the opportunity to interact with the Vice-Chancellor and some senior members of the College of Engineering.
In his welcome address, the Vice-Chancellor said that technology and for that matter society keeps evolving. As an academic institution, and as part of KNUST 60th Anniversary Celebrations, it was in the right direction to create a platform to encourage knowledge sharing among members of the academic community.
Again, it was important that KNUST partnered other institutions in order to move the University forward.
Professor Ellis noted that KNUST had produced most of the manpower in Ghana's energy sector and that most institutions in Ghana were manned by KNUST's graduates. He continued that the 60th Anniversary of the University opens a new chapter in the life of the University to come up with more innovations and to meet challenges.
Mr. Art George said, he was honored by the University because he was given the opportunity to kick-start the 60th Anniversary lecture series. He said it was important to invest in young people, and his decision to partner the University in the development of microchip technology was in line with the development of this philosophy. Dr. George noted that the collaboration started about five (5) years ago. He said his company is involved in technologies that would help solve energy problems, and called on both partners to see the business aspect of the collaboration.
Again, the TI delegation challenged the University to publicise its achievements, in order to make the University visible to the international community.
In a related development, the Texas Instruments and the College of Engineering presented two (2) microchips to the Vice-Chancellor. The Microchips were co-produced by the former faculty of electrical and computer engineering of the College of Engineering and the Texas Instruments.
