Mr. Nyah Efiok Etim

Engr. Efiok Nyah earned a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Civil Engineering from Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH) in 2009. He worked as a project engineer for Ekpe Ara and Partners and Enjosen Consult for about three years after he completed a one-year compulsory National Youth Service Corps in 2010. In 2012, he moved to CRUTECH as a graduate assistant. In 2013, he started the M.Sc. program in Civil Engineering at the University of Greenwich in England, UK, which he completed with distinction, and he was also awarded the engineering prize award for the best dissertation on the M.Sc. project in 2014. Engr. Nyah is currently undertaking a Ph.D. research in structural engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) on "Optimization of Structural Characteristics of Natural Rubber Latex Modified Concrete Using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System," supervised by Professor David Onwuka.

Engr. Nyah has been contributing to teaching and research at the Faculty of Engineering, CRUTECH. He also assumed the responsibility of Examination Officer at the Department of Civil Engineering from 2017 to January 2021, Time Table Officer from 2017 to January 2021, Academic Advisor for the 2014/2015 class of students, and Head of Materials and Structural Laboratory. He is currently holding the rank of Lecture I. He has authored and co-authored six articles in peer-reviewed journals.

His research interests include soil-structure interaction, limit analysis, foundation engineering, composite concrete, materials durability, non-destructive testing, computational analysis (with emphasis on finite element and finite difference formulations), structural health monitoring, and digital twin.

Engr. Nyah has broad experience in analytical, computational, and experimental research, including field and laboratory testing methods on construction materials and structures.

His key professional goal is to work collaboratively with other civil engineering educators and practicing civil engineers to prepare engineering education to address future technological and societal issues and possibilities. This could be accomplished by reorganizing engineering curricula and related educational programs using new strategic planning tools to prepare today's engineers for future careers, while taking into account the world's rapid pace of change and inherent lack of predictability.

Engr. Nyah is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and a registered engineer by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). He has been a member of the Prevention, Investigation, and Failure Analysis Committee of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Calabar Chapter.