Background
Babatunde was born on March 26, 1956 in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike
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He attended the University of Lagos for his bachelor"s degree, graduating with First Class in Chemical engineering in 1976. Degree in Statistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical engineering also from the same University in 1981.
Career
He also is the dean of UD"s College of Engineering. 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.
He furthered his studies and earned an Master of Science
He 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, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Industries, and Corning Incorporated.
He joined the faculty of the University of Delaware in 2002 and became the Dean of the College of Engineering in July 2011. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja.
He is the author and editor of several books, papers and book chapters, used to educate engineers in instrumentation, systems and control at many universities.
He was associate editor of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 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. United States Patent on Predictive Regulatory Controller.
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers 1998 CAST Computing Practice Award 2004 University of Delaware’s College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching award, 2007 Industry Standard Architecture Eckman Award 2008 AACC Control Engineering Practice award. Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, Fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Statistical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science American National Academy of Engineering.
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