TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: MODUPE A. ONITIRI

POSITION: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR                                                                              SPECIALISATION: Manufacturing and Materials system

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

1. Personal Statement

A highly-motivated, exceptional, dynamic, industrious, ambitious and innovative academic, offering progressively responsible experience in teaching and research expertise in Mechanical Engineering coupled with relevant skills to promote world leading research and student achievement. Displays extensive experience having taught and assessed numerous courses coupled with curriculum development at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Mechanical Engineering across various universities while promoting student feedback and involvement to achieve student success. A passionate and dedicated researcher successful in building team spirit, promoting interdisciplinary research collaboration and providing quality leadership; committed to the success of the Department, University and society. Presently working as an Associate Professor with previous appointments as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Temporary Assistant, Lecturer (temporary) and Visiting Senior Lecturer; has several publications, editorial board member, reviewer, registered engineer and member of engineering professional bodies.

His research expertise is in the area of manufacturing processes, composite materials, plastic and mining waste recycling and technologies, composite materials, lightweight structures, and mechanical testing of materials. With a strong emphasis on sustainability, Dr Onitiri’s research interest focuses on fostering cutting-edge research that integrates his expertise with interdisciplinary collaboration, computational modelling and experimental applications by adopting cutting-edge research using advanced manufacturing techniques, experimentation and numerical simulations coupled with digital tools. This would enhance the overall advancement of the building, automobile and aerospace industry, thereby addressing the socio-environmental challenges associated with the industry and promote circular economy. He has cultivated a dynamic research portfolio significantly influenced by an unwavering passion for advancing innovative materials and processes that tackles contemporary challenges in manufacturing, materials engineering, structural efficiency and society.

1. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Journal Reviewer (Emerald Engineering, Design and Technology, SAGE Journal of Composite Materials, Materials Research Ibero-american Journal of Materials, Journal of Computational Applied Mechanics, etc.)
• Editorial Board member (International Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, International Journal of Manufacturing and Production Engineering and International Journal of Environmental Noise and Pollution Control
• Faculty of Engineering Representative on the Committee

for the drafting of B. Sc. Academic Curriculum for Science Laboratory Technology programme, University of Lagos.                                                                                                                                      2015

• Lecturer (temporary) and Temporary Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg. 2016-2017
• Visiting Senior Lecturer (Sabbatical Leave), Department of Mechanical Engineering,

            Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Calabar.                                                2020-2021

• Industrial Training Coordinator, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos. 2023 – date
• Donor, Staff Endowment Check-off Fund, University of Lagos.                         2011–2014

1. Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge

• Adewumi, O. O.*, Oluseje, D., Onitiri, M. A.^# and Olakoyejo, T. O. (2024) “Numerical investigation of the thermal performance of different shapes of fiber-glass/talc-epoxy insulated cryotanks” Journal of Engineering Research. Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 98-106.

• Ogunsakin, A. M.* and Onitiri, M. A.^# (2024): Recycling PET bottles for additive manufacturing: A method for 3D printer filament production (Nigerian Journal of Technology) 43 (4) 676-684. https://doi.org/10.4314/njt.v43i4.8

• Onitiri, M. A.^#* (2024): Assessing production temperature as it affects tensile properties of polyethylene terephthalate (The West Indian Journal of Engineering) 47 (1) 72-77.

• Osideko, O. O. *, Eboh, F. C., Onitiri, M. A.^# (2022): Design and manufacture of the cooling and collection system of a single screw extruder (Journal of the Association of Professional Engineers of Trinidad and Tobago) 50 (1) 36-41.

• Mbagwu, V. N. *, Adewumi, O. O. Onitiri, M. A.^# (2021): Numerical investigation of iron ore tailings IOT filled epoxy composite as heat resistance material (FUOYE Journal of Engineering and Technology) 6 (4) 386-391.

1. Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

1. Dr May Haggag, The American University in Cairo (AUC)
2. Professor Khaled Nassar, The American University in Cairo (AUC)

• Professor Ezzeldin Y. Sayed-Ahmed, The American University in Cairo (AUC)

1. Ayo Brimmo, Cycled AS Technologies, Norway