Academic Staff PROFILE

Professor Joshua Olanrewaju OLAOYE

Post

Professor

Department

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

jolanoye@unilorin.edu.ng

Office Address

Room 12, ABE Block, University of Ilorin

Teaching and Research Area

Farm Power and Machinery, Post Harvest Engineering, Renewable Energy, Soil Tillage.

Qualifications

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

Professional Affiliations

Charter Member, National Association of Artificial Intelligence Practitioners (NAAIP), (Charter Number 765 / 2024)
Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineers, F10749/2023)
Member, International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS), Japan (Membership ID: M172426 / 2021)
Member, Nigerian Meteorological Society (NMets) (2020)
Sugarcane Technologist Society of Nigeria (STSN) (2017)
Pan African Society for Agricultural Engineering (PASAE) (2016)
Fellow, Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers, F112/2013
Corporate Member, Solar Energy Society of Nigeria, 2013
Member, International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR), Headquarters in USA (2011)
Corporate Member, International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO), M634/2010
Corporate Member, American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers, M0319367/2007
R. Engr. (Nigeria), that is, COREN* Registered (R. 11645), 2005
West African Society for Agricultural Engineering (WASAE) (2002)
Corporate Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers, M10749/2000 (10/09/2000)
Corporate Member, Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers, M466/1997

Research Affiliations

The Chairman, National Mirror/Technical Committee on TC10 - Tractor and Machinery for Agricultural and Forestry Equipment. Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON). (2024 – 2027).
President, International Soil Tillage Research Organization (ISTRO) 3 years 2024 to 2027.
Academic Consultant: Consultancy Services for the Assessment and Feasibility Study of Alternative Fuels for Public Transportation in Lagos with Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) and CPCS Transcom Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Canada (“CPCS”). 2024 to date
Academic Lead: Agricultural Value Chain (AVAC) an African Agriculture Knowledge Transfer Partnership (AAKTP):2022 - 2023. 2020 research grant of £141,959 (2022-2023 Round 3) in partnership with the De Montfort Higher Education cooperation, United Kingdom, and the Abuja-Nigeria-based Microscale Embedded Limited.
Principal Researcher for the Framework for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa (F_SAMA). An international project anchored by Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in conjunction with African Conservative Tillage Network (ACT), Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and African Union Commission (AUC) April, 2022.
Co-Principal Investigator: Agricultural Research Grant Scheme (CARGS). Title of the Research: “Breeding for high sugar and ethanol content sugarcane” under the Competitive Agricultural Research Grant Scheme (CARGS) (2011 - 2013). Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Agricultural Research House, Plot 223D, Cadastral Zone B6, Mabushi, P.M.B. 5026, Wuse, Abuja, Nigeria, Email: nigeria_arc@yahoo.com.

Undergraduate Teaching

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 Teaching

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

Research Interest

Renewable energy studies and transformation processes for biofuel, biogas and biodiesel
Agricultural power and machinery
Postharvest Engineering
Soil tillage and dynamics

Links to Publications

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