Babatunde Ogunnaike Explained

Babatunde Ayodeji Ogunnaike
Nationality:Nigerian, American
Occupation:Engineer
Field:Chemical engineering
Birth Date:26 March 1956
Birth Place:Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Death Place:Hockessin, Delaware, U.S.
Work Institution:University of Lagos,
University of Delaware
Alma Mater:University of Lagos (B Sc.),
University of Wisconsin Madison (MSc., Ph.D.)
Website:Faculty profile

Babatunde Ayodeji Ogunnaike (March 26, 1956 – February 20, 2022) was an American chemical engineer of Nigerian descent and the William L. Friend Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware (UD). He was the former dean of UD's college of engineering.[1] [2] [3] He died on February 20, 2022.[4] [5] He had waged a long battle with cancer.

Early life

Ogunnaike was born on March 26, 1956, in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria.[6]

Education and career

Ogunnaike attended the University of Lagos for his bachelor's degree, graduating with First Class Honours in chemical engineering in 1976.

Shortly after completing his undergraduate degree, Ogunnaike submitted lyrics for a competition to create a new national anthem for Nigeria. His entry was combined with those of four others to form the current national anthem of Nigeria in 1978.[7]

He furthered his studies and earned an M.Sc. degree in statistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD in chemical engineering also from the same university in 1981.

He commenced academic work as a lecturer at the department of chemical engineering, University of Lagos, in 1982 and became senior lecturer and successively, associate professor of chemical engineering. He continued lecturing at the University of Lagos until 1988.

Ogunnaike was a research engineer with the process control group of the Shell Development Corporation in Houston, Texas from 1981 to 1982. He worked as a researcher for DuPont and was also a consultant to several companies including Gore, PPG Industries, and Corning Inc.

He joined the faculty of the University of Delaware in 2002 and was appointed to the William L. Friend Professorship of Chemical Engineering in 2008.[8] His title became the William L. Friend Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering when the name of the department was changed in January 2012.[9] He led the Ogunnaike Research Group.[10] He has also been a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja.[11]

Ogunnaike acted as interim dean of the college of engineering at the University of Delaware beginning in July 2011, and was named dean of the College of Engineering effective July 1, 2013.[12] [13] He retired as dean on October 1, 2018, but remained on the faculty. He played a key role in creating a new report that would guide the future of chemical engineering, jointly put together by the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine.[14] [15]

Research

Ogunnaike is the author and editor of several books, including Random phenomena : fundamentals of probability and statistics for engineers (2009) and Process dynamics, modeling and control (1994). His books, papers and book chapters are used to educate engineers in instrumentation, systems and control at many universities.[16] He was associate editor of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology and the American Chemical Society’s Industrial & Engineering Chemistry.

His research focuses on modeling and control of industrial processes; the application of process analytical technology for control of pharmaceutical processes; identification and control of nonlinear systems; the interaction of process design and process operability; applied statistics; biological control systems; and systems biology with application to neuronal responses and cancer.[17] [18]

Selected publications

Patents

Honors and fellowships

Death

Ogunnaike died at the age of 65 on February 20, 2022.[32]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: New Assignments for Nine Black Faculty Members in Higher Education. 16 October 2017. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. October 9, 2017.
  2. Web site: Babatunde Ogunnaike. CRC Press. October 23, 2013. September 25, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180925162400/https://www.crcpress.com/authors/i371-babatunde-ogunnaike/bio/?author=371&version=7. dead.
  3. Web site: Levi Thompson Named Dean of College of Engineering. UDaily.
  4. News: Nseyen. Nsikak. 2022-02-22. Buhari mourns Prof. Babatunde Ogunnaike. 2022-02-23. Daily Post Nigeria.
  5. Web site: Motunrayo. Babatunde Ogunnaike, co-author of national anthem, is dead. 2022-02-23. Nigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper..
  6. Web site: Engr. Prof. B. A. Ogunnaike. Nigerian Academy of Engineering. 16 October 2017. October 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017051028/http://www.nae.org.ng/fellows_profiles.asp?id=123. dead.
  7. Web site: Motunrayo. Babatunde Ogunnaike, co-author of national anthem, is dead. 2022-02-23. Nigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper..
  8. News: Moncure. Sue. Ogunnaike named William L. Friend Chair of Chemical Engineering. 16 October 2017. UDaily. September 29, 2008.
  9. News: Roberts. Karen B.. Name change Chemical engineering now Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. 16 October 2017. UDaily. January 26, 2012.
  10. Web site: The Ogunnaike Research Group. University of Delaware. 16 October 2017.
  11. News: Mbugua. Martin. UD engineering profs to teach in Nigeria this summer. 16 October 2017. UDaily. May 30, 2008.
  12. Web site: Karen B.. Roberts . New engineering dean . University of Delaware. UDaily. July 1, 2013. October 22, 2013 .
  13. Web site: Black Scholar Babatunde A. Ogunnaike Is New Dean of Engineering at the University of Delaware . Good Black News. October 23, 2013. 2013-07-15 .
  14. Book: New Directions for Chemical Engineering . 2022 . National academies . 10.17226/26342 . 1871195 . 978-0-309-26842-4 . 111532186 . 1 December 2022.
  15. Web site: Roadmap for the future . University of Delaware . Maddy . Lauria . April 4, 2022 . 1 December 2022.
  16. Web site: Faculty and Student Honors: National Academy of Engineering elects Ogunnaike . University of Delaware.
  17. Web site: Babatunde Ogunnaike . Johns Hopkins University: Institute for Multiscale Modelling of Biological Interactions . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050317040501/http://www.jhu.edu/immbi/faculty/ogunnaike.html . 2005-03-17 .
  18. Web site: Ogunnaike will be the inaugural speaker for the McFerrin Lectures . Texas A&M University Engineering News . November 11, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193205/http://chemical.tees.tamus.edu/news/2008/11/11/ogunnaike-will-be-the-inaugural-speaker-for-the-mcferrin-lectures . 2013-10-29 .
  19. Web site: US Patent 20050256593 - Predictive regulatory controller. Google Patents. April 26, 2015.
  20. Web site: In Memoriam: Babatunde Ogunnaike . March 1, 2022 . University of Delaware . 1 December 2022.
  21. Web site: IFAC Fellows — IFAC · International Federation of Automatic Control. 2021-02-27. www.ifac-control.org. en.
  22. Web site: 2015 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Contributions to Advancing Science American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2021-02-27. www.aaas.org. en.
  23. News: Payne. Ambre Alexander. NAI Fellow Dean Ogunnaike named 2014 fellow of National Academy of Inventors. 17 October 2017. UDaily. December 17, 2014.
  24. News: Roberts. Karen B.. Birth of an educator Ogunnaike elected to Nigerian Academy of Engineering, reflects on journey. 16 October 2017. UDaily. July 6, 2012.
  25. Babatunde Ogunnaike elected to the National Academy of Engineering. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. February 11, 2012.
  26. Web site: Dr. Babatunde A. Ogunnaike. American Institute of Chemical Engineers. 16 October 2017. July 2014.
  27. Web site: Control Engineering Practice Award. American Automatic Control Council. 16 October 2017.
  28. News: UD's Ogunnaike receives ISA Eckman Award. 16 October 2017. UDaily. September 7, 2007.
  29. Web site: College of Engineering Teaching Award. University of Delaware. 16 October 2017.
  30. Britt. Herb. Babatunde Ogunnaike Wins CAST Division Co mputing Practice Award. 16 October 2017. CAST Communications. 21. 2. 1998. 15–16.
  31. Web site: Committee on Review of Army Research Laboratory Programs for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions. National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine. 17 October 2017.
  32. Web site: Sivowaku . Abiodun . 2022-02-23 . Babatunde Ogunnaike, Co-author Of National Anthem Dies At 65 . 2022-02-23.

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