Norman holds a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from the Nigerian Defence Academy and an MSc in Aerospace Vehicle Design from Cranfield University, UK and a PhD in mechanical and manufacturing engineering from Loughborough University. With over 18 years of experience as a certified aircraft engineer, he has worked on the design and fabrication of UAV structures. His research focuses on the intersection of advanced materials, material strength, finite element analysis, mechanics of materials, system optimizatiom and machine learning.