Prof. David O. Olukanni,

Faculty and Director, Quality Assurance and Academic Standards

MNSE; MIAEH; COREN Reg; M.ASCE; Ph.D.

Olukanni David

Contents

  1. College
  2. Department
  3. Research Interests
  4. Awards & Honours
  5. Teaching Areas
  6. Current Postgraduate Supervision
  7. Selected Publications (31)
  8. Collaboration/Linkages
  9. Conferences Attended
  10. Summary of Profile
  11. Curriculum Vitae

College

College of Engineering

Department

Civil Engineering

Research Interests

  • Hydraulics and Hydrological Studies
  • Modeling and Simulation of Wastewater Treatment System
  • Water Supply in Rural and Urban Communities
  • Solid Waste Management
  • WASH in Schools Study
  • Rural/Urban Sanitation and Hygiene Study
  • Waste to Energy and Wealth (Renewable Energy)

(Water Resources and Environmental Engineering).

Awards & Honours

  • 2009/2010 Fulbright Scholarship as a Research Scholar to the United States of America
  • $2500 Research Grant from the Institute of International Education, NY, U.S.A.
  • N450, 500 Seed Research grant from CUCERD, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
  • Travel Scholarship to University of Oklahoma International Water Conference in the United States.
  • Travel Grants to University of North Carolina Chapel Hills Water and Health Conference
  • High Impact Journal publication award (Dr. David Oyedepo Foundation Special Award for publication in High Impact Journals).
  • Exceptional Lecturer Award: Presented by the College of Science and Technology, Covenant University.
  • Professional Development Course Award on Solid Waste Management, Widener University, Philadelphia, USA.
  • Travel Scholarship to OU Water Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States.
  • Travel Grant to INTED 2014 International Conference, Valencia, Spain (March, 2014).
  • Travel Support to Urban Environmental Pollution Conference, Toronto, Canada (June, 2014).
  • Travel Grant to EDULEARN 2014 International Conference, Barcelona, Spain (July, 2014).
  • Pre-Proposal Hosting of Postdoc Research Fellow in Civil Engineering from the University of Tuebingen, Germany.
  • Conference Support to EDULEARN 2015 Inter’nl. Conference, Barcelona, Spain (July, 2015).
  • Award to the sum of 130, 900 EUR (One Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Nine Hundred Euro) to host a Postdoc Fellowship for African Researchers in Engineering Sciences from University of Tuebingen by Volkswagen Stiftung, Germany.
  • Visiting Research Scholar Position, Department of Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. May-July 2016.
  • Travel Grant to 2017 OU Water Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States.
  • Travel Support to International Conference on Solid Waste Management and Technology (ICWMT) Beijing, China.
  • EESC-A Scholar Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Teaching Areas

  1. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics GEC 223 200L
  2. Strength of Materials GEC 224 200L
  3. Fluid Mechanics II CVE 312 300L
  4. Strength of Materials II CVE 318 300L
  5. Water and Wastewater Engineering CVE 410 400L
  6. Hydraulics Engineering CVE 414 400L
  7. Engineering Economics CVE 418 400L
  8. Surface and Groundwater Hydrology CVE 419 400L
  9. Civil Engineering Seminar CVE 513 500L
  10. Water Resources Engineering CVE 510 500L
  11. Environmental Engineering CVE 520 500L
  12. Design of Hydraulic Structures CVE 525 500L
  13. University Wide Course TMC 111 100L
  14. University Wide Course TMC 121 100L
  15. University Wide Course TMC 221 200L
  16. University Wide Course TMC 321 300L
  17. Fluid Mechanics CVD 616 PGD Class
  18. Unified Research Method CUR 711 PGD Class
  19. Advanced Hydrology CVD 626 PGD Class
  20. Hydraulic Engineering CVD 712 PGD Class
  21. Technical Report Writing CVD 623 Master & PGD Classes
  22. Advance Hydraulics CVW 811 Masters Class
  23. Solid Waste Engineering CVW 821 Masters Class
  24. Simulation and Modeling CVS 815 Masters Class
  25. Unified Research Method CUR 811 Masters Class
  26. Advanced Hydraulics Engineering CVW 911 Ph.D Class
  27. Unified Research Methodology CUR 911 Ph.D Class

Current Postgraduate Supervision

Currently an Instructor to some Graduate students, serves as assessor and external examiner for postgraduate dissertations and thesis to some Universities.

Selected Publications (31)

1. Fitting Probability Distribution Functions to Reservoir Inflow at Hydropower Dams in Nigeria

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2. Water Hyacinth Based Wastewater Treatment System and its Derivable Bye-Products.

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3. Rainfall-Runoff Relationships and Flow Forecasting, Ogun River, Nigeria

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4. Influence of reactor design on the treatment performance of waste stabilization pond.

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5. Optimization of waste stabilization pond design for developing Nations using CFD model.

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6. Effects of Mud Rotary Drilling on Groundwater Quality and the Environmental Impact Assessment of its By-Products in Southern Nigeria.

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7. Optimization of Waste Stabilization Pond Design for Developing Nations using Computational Fluid Dynamics

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8. Integrating Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Program into Educational Institutions Policy in Nigeria.

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9. Vehicular Pollution of Soil in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

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10. Environment, Health and Wealth: Towards an Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

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11. Effect Of Reservoir Outflow of Hydropower Dams on The Downstream River Flood Regime: Nigeria’s Experience

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12. Hydraulic Modelling and Optimization of a Wastewater Treatment System for Developing Nations Using Computational Fluid Dynamics.

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13. Pilot Study Assessing Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Program in Public Secondary Schools in South-Western Nigeria.

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14. Assessment of Impact of Hydropower Dams Reservoir Outflow on the Downstream River Flood Regime – Nigeria’s Experience

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15. Heavy Metal Concentrations in Road Side Soils from Selected Locations in the Lagos Metropolis

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16. Assessment of Vehicular Pollution of Road Side Soils in Ota Metropolis, Ogun State, Nigeria.

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17. Optimization of Waste Stabilization Pond Design for Developing Nations using Computational Fluid Dynamics

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18. Performance Evaluation of a Constructed Wetland System in Nigeria

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19. Assessment of WASH Program in Public Secondary Schools in South-Western Nigeria

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20. Interaction between Suspended and Settled Solid Particles in Cassava Wastewater.

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21. Optimization of Waste Stabilization Pond Design for Developing Nations: The Impact of Reactor Design on the Treatment Performance of an Optimized Pilot- Scale Waste Stabilization Pond Using CFD

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22. State of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Program in Public Secondary Schools in South-Western Nigeria: The Way Forward

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23. Evaluation of the Influence of Reactor Design on the Treatment Performance of an Optimized Pilot-Scale Waste Stabilization Pond

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24. Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria: Potential for Wealth Generation

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25. Mud Rotary Drilling in Southern Nigeria: Potential Adverse Effects of its By-Products on the Environment.

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26. Efficiency Assessment of a Constructed Wetland Using Eichhornia Crassipes for Wastewater Treatment.

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27. Environment, Health and Wealth Issues of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Southwest Nigeria: The Example of Ota, Ogun State.Nigeria

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28. Vehicular Pollution of Soils in Southwest Nigeria: A Case Study

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29. Urban Drainage and Sanitation Challenges in Southwest Nigeria: A Critical Assessment of Government and Public-Private Sector Influence – The Way Forward

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30. Biosorption of heavy metals in industrial wastewater using micro-organisms (Pseudomonas aeruginosa)

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31. The South-West Experience of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Program in Educational Institutions in Nigeria: The Need for Policy Implementation.

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Collaboration/Linkages

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Prof. Metcalf; Dr. Nadine, Dr. Razaie..

The Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA. Adviser: Prof. Joel.J. Ducoste.

The Water Center at the University of Oklahoma, Water Technology for Emerging Regions, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA. Profs. David Sabatini

Department of Civil Engineering,Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Unit, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Prof. B.F Sule, Dr. Adebayo W. Salami and Dr. Adeniyi Aremu.

Department of Agricultural Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Prof. Kenneth O. Adekalu.

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. Prof. J. C. Agunwamba.

Department of Civil Engineering | Hydro-environmental Research Centre, School of Engineering, Cardiff University. Dr Akintunde Babatunde

Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. Wei Xu.

Dept of Geosciences, Indiana University- Purdue University, USA. Prof. Solomon Isiorho.

Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste Management, University of Stuttgart, Germany. Engr. Maurer.

The Center for Global Safe WASH, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Prof. Christine Moe and Katharine Robb.

Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Management Istanbul Technical University Turkey. Dr. Mehmet Ulker

Conferences Attended

- International conference on The Built Environment: Innovation, Policy, and Sustainable Development, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria (2006).
- New York Fulbright Enrichment Seminar. Using global solution to solve local problems, New York, United States of America, November 2009.
- Comsol Multiphysics Modelling tool Workshop and Conference in Raleigh, USA (2010).
- 2010 Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Symposium March 5th, 2010. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA.
- Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria (FAAN) 10th Annual Conference, University of Ibadan, 2011. 12th -15th September, 2011.
- Water and Health Conference; where science meets policy, 3rd – 7th October, 2011 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hills, USA.
- University of Oklahoma International Water conference, 24th- 26th October, 2011 Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
- Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria (FAAN) 11th Annual Conference, Covenant University, Canaan Land, Ota, Nigeria. 10th-13th September, 2012.
- 2012 Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Innovation, 29th October – 2nd November, 2012 University of North Carolina,Chapel Hills, USA.
- International Conference on Clean Technology and Contemporary Engineering Management, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. 12th-15th November, 2012.
- International Conference on Solid Waste Management (ICSW), Widener University, Chester, Philadelphia, USA, 10th -13th March, 2013.
- OU International Water conference, 24th- 26th September, 2013 Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
- International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) 22nd IBIMA Conference 13 – 14 November 2013, Rome, Italy.
- Medical Entrepreneurship Conference- Business of Medicine Conference: Challenges and opportunities of Medical Entrepreneurship held at the African Leadership Development Center, Covenant University 16th December, 2013.
- 1st Covenant University International Conference on African Development Issues: Rising Opportunity for Investors in Africa and the Prospect of an Economic Miracle. African Leadership Development Center, Covenant University, Nigeria .5th-6th May, 2014.
- International Conference on Technology, Education and Development (INTED 2014) 10th -12th March, 2014. Valencia, Spain.
- Urban Environmental Pollution 2014 international conference, Sheraton Centre, Toronto, Canada. 12th -15th June, 2014
- 6th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies Barcelona, Spain, 7th - 9th of July 2014.
- 7th International Conference on Education, Research and Innovation, Seville, Spain, 17th-19th of Nov, 2014.
- 7th International Conference on Education, and New Learning Technologies Barcelona, Spain, 6th - 8th of July 2015.
- Research Visit to the Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste Management, University of Stuttgart, Germany. 9th- 14th July, 2015
- Research Visit to the Department of Geosciences, Center for Applied Geosciences (ZAG) Mathematisch Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, University of Tubingen, Germany.
- Research visit to Universities de Paris, France. 11th- 13th July, 2015.
- OU International Water conference, 21st- 23rd September, 2015 Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
- WEFTEC 2015 Conference, 26th -30th September, 2015 McCormick Place Chicago, USA.
- Comsol Multiphysics Modeling Workshop and Conference, Durham, NC, USA. July 2016.
- 25TH COREN ASSEMBLY 8th – 10th of August, 2016 International Event Center, Akure, Nigeria.
- U.S. Mission Nigeria. Public Affairs Section Grant Workshop PAS Lagos. January 20th, 2017
- Transdisciplinary Methodologies, Grant Winning Proposal Writing and International Research Grant Opportunities Pre-Conference Workshop at the 3rd Biennial International Conference University of Ibadan. March 14th-18th, 2017.
- International Conference on Engineering for a Sustainable World (ICESW 2017).
- 1st International Conference on Entrepreneurship CU-ICE 2017, Covenant University.
- 3rd African Engineering Deans Council Summit July 24th -26th, 2017. Covenant University.
- 26TH COREN ASSEMBLY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER, ABUJA
- OU International Water conference, 18th- 21st September, 2017 Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
- International Conference on Solid Waste Management and Technology (ICWMT) Beijing, China.





Summary of Profile

Prof. OLUKANNI, David Olatunde had his Ph.D degree in Civil Engineering (Water resources and Environmental Engineering option). He holds a B.Eng and M.Eng degree in Civil Engineering with research focus in Water Resource and Environmental Engineering. He is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship to the United State of America where he studied at the University of Oklahoma, Norman and researched at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, U.S.A. He is an EESC-A Scholar with the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. He has won awards and grants for research, and travel Scholarships to International Conferences abroad on Water and Environmental related issues. He is a registered member of the following learned and professional associations: Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN); Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE); International Association for Environmental Hydrology (IAEH); American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria (FAAN) and the State Alumni.gov. He has participated in many Civil Engineering projects where he worked with consultants and construction companies and have some jobs completed to his credit. He has published on issues that relates to water and the environment in book chapters, local and International reputable Journals. He serves on the Editorial Board and also as a reviewer for some journals. He also serves as assessor and external examiner for postgraduate dissertations and thesis in some Universities. Among the administrative responsibilities are: Member, Covenant University Site Projects Completion Task Force; Civil Engineering Course Adviser, Departmental Seminar Coordinator, CUCERD committee member, LFC Editorial Board member, Dominion Bookstore Board member,and served as the Deputy Chaplain in the University Chaplaincy. His recent appointment is the Head of Department, Civil Engineering, Covenant University which he successfully completed his tenure and now appointed the Director, Quality Assurance and Academic Standards, Covenant University. His current area of research includes: Hydraulics and Hydrological Studies, Water Supply in rural and urban communities, Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Waste water Treatment System, Solid Waste Management, WaSH in Schools program,Rural/Urban Sanitation and Hygiene study, and Waste-to-Wealth and Energy (Renewable Energy). He teaches courses in Civil Engineering, Water resources and Environmental Engineering. He has supervised and mentored several students towards the award of their degrees. He enjoys reading, meditating, designing, singing, traveling, sporting and meeting people. He is happily married and fruitfully blessed.

Curriculum Vitae

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