Prof. David Omole

Dean, College of Engineering

B.Eng (Civil); MPA; M.Eng; Ph.D (Water Res. & Env. Eng); MNSE; R.Eng

Omole David

Contents

  1. College
  2. Department
  3. Research Interests
  4. Awards & Honours
  5. Teaching Areas
  6. Current Postgraduate Supervision
  7. Selected Publications (22)
  8. Collaboration/Linkages
  9. Conferences Attended
  10. Summary of Profile
  11. Curriculum Vitae

College

College of Engineering

Department

Civil Engineering

Research Interests

* Water quality, re-aeration coefficient modeling and assimilative Capacity Study (ACS) of Surface water bodies
* Water Supply
* Water and waste-water treatment and technology
* Solid Waste Management

Awards & Honours

  1. Post-doctoral fellowship award 2013/2014 session. Department of Civil Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa.
  2. Knowledge, Interchange and Collaboration (KIC) Travel Grant (UID: 90988). 2014 academic session. Courtesy: National Research Foundation, South Africa. Award date: 24 March 2014.
  3. Invitation by Oxford University Press to a review panel for the text: Physical Geology Today, authored by Damian Nance (Ohio University) and Brendan Murphy (Francis Xavier University). Held at Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, Canada on 21st October 2014.
  4. Invitation to chair the session on: Sustainable development and Climate change effects at the 5th IASTED African Conference on Environment and Water Resource Management (AfricaEWRM 2014), Gaborone, Botswana,September 1 - 3, 2014.
  5. PhD Research Grant: IFS Ref: W/4852-1; Courtesy: International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden, 2010/2011 Academic Session. Award date: 28 January 2010.
  6. Invitation to chair the session on: Alternative and sustainable energy sources at the Seventh African Roundtable on sustainable consumption and production (ARSCP), Accra, Ghana. 20-24TH MAY 2012.
  7. Best Lecturer Award; Courtesy: Association of Civil Engineering Students (ACES), Covenant University; 2012/2013 Academic Session
  8. Best Lecturer Award; Courtesy: Association of Civil Engineering Students (ACES), Covenant University; 2009/2010 Academic Session
  9. Outstanding Faculty in Lecture Delivery in Civil Engineering Department; Courtesy: College of Science and Technology, Covenant University; 2009/2010 Academic Session
  10. Best course adviser, 2010/2011 Academic session. Courtesy: College of Science and Technology, Covenant University.

Teaching Areas

1. CVE 517 (Engineering Systems and Design)

2. CVE 524 (Engineering Management and Law)

3. CVE 418 (Engineering Economics)

4. CVE419 (Surface and groundwater Hydrology)

5. CVE 411 (Civil Engineering Practice)

6. CVE 314 (Engineering Geology)

7. CVE 322 (Soil Mechanics)

8. CVE 318 (Strength of Materials II)

9. GEC 224 (Strength of Materials I)

10. CVW812 (Water Resources Management)

11 CVW 822 (Environmental Pollution and Control)

12. SOI401T (Soil and Groundwater Pollution)

13. HDL401T (Hydraulics)

14. MNC101T (Civil Engineering Management 1)

15. CVD613 (Engineer in society)

16 CVD615 (Soil Mechanics)

17. CVD625 (Geotechnical Engineering)

18. CVS915 (Advanced Simulation and Modeling)

19. CVW810 (Water & Wastewater Engineering)

Current Postgraduate Supervision

Ph.D (2 students supervised) - Completed
MEng (3 candidates supervised) - Completed

Selected Publications (22)

1. Heavy Metal composition of Soils in Some Nigerian Communities

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2. Physico-Chemical Analysis of Groundwater Supply in A Nigerian Community.

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3. Study of Reed-Bed of an Urban Wastewater in a Nigerian Community

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4. Development of a Water Treatment Plant for Heavy Metal Adsorption.

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5. Sustainable Living in Africa: Case of Water, Sanitation, Air Pollution & Energy

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6. Municipal Solid Wastes and Water Quality Issues in Nigeria

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7. Water Quality Modelling: Case Study Of The Impact Of Abattoir Effluent On River ILO, Ota, Nigeria

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8. Household Waste Collection And Disposal: Ojo Local Government Case Study, Lagos State, Nigeria.

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9. Water Resources Use, Abuse and Regulations in Nigeria

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10. Study of Auto Purification Capacity of River Atuwara in Nigeria

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11. Composite Goodness of Fit in Reaeration Coefficient Modeling

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12. Sustainable Groundwater Exploitation in Nigeria

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13. An Approach to Reaeration Coefficient Modeling In Local Surface Water Quality Monitoring

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14. An Evaluation of Slaughterhouse Wastes in South-West Nigeria

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15. Effect of industrial effluents on water quality of River Atuwara in Ota, Nigeria. In Adeyemo, R. (ed), Urban Agriculture, Cities and Climate Change. Cuvallier Verlag, Gottingen, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-86955-813-4, pp.272-280

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16. Passing on the Baton to Future Water Resources Scientists & Engineers in Developing Nations

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17. Study of Auto Purification Capacity of River Atuwara in Nigeria

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18. Reaeration Coefficient Modeling: A Case Study of River Atuwara in Nigeria.

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19. WASTE MANAGEMENT AND WATER QUALITY ISSUES IN COASTAL STATES OF NIGERIA: THE OGUN STATE EXPERIENCE.

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20. Water Supply Challenges in Developing Countries with Examples from Nigeria

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21. Analysis of Pollution Status of River Illo, Ota, Nigeria

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22. An Assessment of the Impact of Abattoir Effluents on River Illo, Ota, Nigeria

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Collaboration/Linkages

1. Research Collaboration with Department of Civil Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
2.Member, African Round-table on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ARSCP)
3. Member, Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE)
4. Registered Member, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)

Conferences Attended

1. Annual Tropentag Conference, September 16-19, 2015. Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Germany.

2. Workshop on Capacity Building for Engineering and Technology Educators that is being organised by the African Engineering Education Association (AEEA). May 18-20, 2015, University of Lagos, Akoka Yaba, Lagos.

3. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. October 19-23, 2014.

4. National Groundwater Association (NGWA). April 28 – May 2, 2013, San Antonio Texas, USA.

5. Isiorho, S. A., Sundquist, P.H. and Omole, D.O. (2012). Passing on the Baton to Future Water Resources Scientists & Engineers in Developing Nations. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vo. 44, No. 7, pp. 118. Geological Society of America 2012 Annual Meeting and Exposition. November 4 – 7, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

6. Seventh African Roundtable on sustainable consumption and production (ARSCP),Accra, Ghana. 20-24TH MAY 2012.

7. Sixth International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies to Teaching, Research and Administration (AICTTRA), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. September 11 – 15, 2011.

8. International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. November 16 – 18, 2011.

9. Omole, D.O. and Isiorho, S.A. (2008). Waste Management and Water Quality Issues in Coastal States of Nigeria: The Ogun State Experience. 1st Postgraduate Researchers’ Conference on ‘Meeting Environmental Challenges in the Coastal Region of Nigeria.’ 29 – 30 September, 2008 Dundee, United Kingdom.

10. Refresher course of Nigeria Society of Engineers, Engineering Close, Victoria Island, Lagos, 2005.

Summary of Profile

David began his graduate studies in water resources and environmental engineering in 2004, which culminated in the award of a PhD in March 2011. His main research focus is into water quality and solid waste management. He has published in reputable international and national journals on stream re-aeration coefficient modeling, water quality, sustainable consumption, groundwater quality, environmental laws and regulations. He is a recipient of the prestigious IFS research grant from Sweden, a travel grant from NRF, South Africa and a travel/accommodation grant from the German Development Institute. He concluded a postdoctoral fellowship at the department of Civil Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa in 2014.

Curriculum Vitae

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