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Oyewusi Ibidapo Obe | |
|---|---|
| Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos | |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jelili Adebisi Omotola |
| Succeeded by | Tolu Olukayode Odugbemi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 July 1951 Ilesha, Osun State, Nigeria |
| Political party | Non-Partisan |
Oyewusi Ibidapo Obe (Born july, 1951) is a Nigerian professor of Systems Engineering[1] educational administrator, President of the Nigerian Academy of Science and former Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos[2][3]
Education
he attended African Church Primary School, Ebute-Metta (1955-1961) and Ilesa Grammar School (1962-1966) and later attended Igbobi College, Yaba, (1966-1968) Lagos state, Nigeria for his secondary education. He obtained his first degree, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Mathematics (1st Class Division) from the University of Lagos Nigeria in 1971. He was awarded a Master of Mathematics (M. Maths) degree in Applied Mathematics in 1973 and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree in Civil Engineering with specialization in Applied Mechanics and Systems in 1976 from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Life and career
Ibidapo Obe was born on 5, July 1951 at Ilesa, Osun State Nigeria[4][5]. Oyewusi ibidapo began his career in 1971 as a lecturer at the University of Lagos before he left to University of Waterloo, where he received the Post Doctoral Distinction Award Fellow in 1976[6]. He served as a Visiting Research Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo,USA (1980-1981)[7]. He served as an Academic Guest at the Otto-Von-Guericke Universitat, Germany between 1995 and 1998 as well as Visiting professor at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA. In 2007, he was a Visiting Research Professor at Texas Southern University inHouston, USA[8]. He was appointed as the Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos in year 2000, succeeding Jelili Adebisi Omotola. He was later succeeded by Tolu Olukayode Odugbemi in 2007 after his successful tenure[9].
Awards and honours
He was a Commonwealth Scholar Canada, for 4 years (1972-1976) at the University of Waterloo, before he received the University of Waterloo Post Doctoral Distinction Award Fellow in 1976[10][11]. He was a fellow of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada (1977-1979) In 2004, he bagged the fellowship of the Academy of Science and Engineering[12].
Membership of professional body
- Fellow of the Africa Academy of Science[13]
- Member, Science Association of Nigeria, * Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers *American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Member, New York Academy of Sciences
- American Geographical Association, *Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Member, Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications and the Institute of In
- Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)[14]
References
- ^ http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/news-headlines/item/17829-ibidapo-obe-others-set-to-promote-alternative-energy-source
- ^ http://www.punchng.com/politics/how-ibidapo-obe-brought-distinction-to-unilag/
- ^ http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ibidapo-obe-turns-61/83722/
- ^ http://realnewsmagazine.net/milestone/birthdays-22/
- ^ http://www.ilegrams.org/prominent.asp?idm=8
- ^ http://alumni.uwaterloo.ca/alumni/e-newsletter/2006/november/achievement_medals.html
- ^ http://www.youthempowerment.org.ng/#!about/cipy
- ^ http://www.funai.edu.ng/vice-chancellor
- ^ http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/when-unilag-floated-world-carnival-to-mark-golden-jubilee/
- ^ http://archive2.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/arts/2009/july/15/arts-15-07-2009-002.htm
- ^ http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=2432
- ^ http://www.aasciences.org/index.php/nigeria/193-ibidapo-obe-oyewusi-prof
- ^ http://asi-org.net/fellows-in-engineering/
- ^ http://www.interacademies.net/Academies/11796/Observers/NASAC/15844.aspx