Professor Joshua Olanrewaju OLAOYE

Professor

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Professor Joshua Olanrewaju Olaoye graduated from the University of Ilorin in Ilorin, Nigeria with a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering in 2004. In 1998, he began working for the University of Ilorin in Ilorin, Nigeria. On October 1, 2017, Olaoye advanced through the ranks to take the position of Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. He has held the positions of Head of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and Food Engineering. From 2018 until 2022, he held the position of Director of the Unilorin Renewable Energy Centre. He is the International Soil Tillage Research Organization’s (ISTRO) 2021–2024 President-Elect. Olaoye has been awarded a grant for the “Agricultural Value Chain (AVAC) African Agriculture Knowledge Transfer Partnership (AAKTP):2022-2023” project, which is sponsored by Innovate UK as academic lead. In addition to many other undergraduate project students, he has successfully supervised nine Ph.D. applicants and twenty-seven MEng candidates.

Qualifications

Ph.D. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
MEng. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
BEng. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Teaching

Undergraduate

ABE 505: Special Problems in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
ABE 533: Engineering Properties of Agricultural and Biological Materials
ABE 514: Agricultural Power
ABE 516: Agricultural Machinery
ABE 534: Application of Solar Energy to Agricultural and Biological Systems

Postgraduate

ABE 821: Instrumentation and Measurements
ABE 835 Advanced Renewable Energy Engineering
ABE 804 Crop Protection Equipment Design and Analysis
ABE 816: Advanced Drying Systems for Agricultural and Biological Products
ABE 820: Solar Energy for Agricultural and Biological Processes
ABE 822: Computer Applications and Modelling of Agricultural Systems

Publications & Links

Get in Touch

For enquiries or collaborations, please use the contact details below.

Email

jolanoye@unilorin.edu.ng

Office Address

Room 12, ABE Block, University of Ilorin