Bells University of Technology world renowned Materials and Mechanical Metallurgy expert in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Professor Ojo Sunday Fayomi has been listed among top 50 out of 500 researchers, by scholarly output in Africa, over the period 2015-2020.
Hard work pays, regardless of age, background and battlefield. He started his career as a cleaner and rose to become a world renowned expert in new materials development for mechanical applications. According to the recent listing made by SciVal, an analytical based web that offers comprehensive quick access to the research and researcher’s performance from 231 nations and over 20,100 research institutions worldwide.
Professor Ojo Sunday Fayomi was listed number 50 in Africa and credited with 265 research output, 943 citation and 19h-index by SciVal. Fayomi hails from Iyara-Ijumu, Kogi State, Nigeria. He is well known as one of the most soughed after young talented scholar with international reputation. He has a combination of multifaceted experience and qualification around engineering discipline. He obtained National Diploma (Distinction) from the Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria, Higher National Diploma in (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) from Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State with (Upper credit), Bachelor’s of Engineering, (Honours) in (Mechanical Engineering) from Bells University of Technology (2nd Class upper). He bagged his Master’s and Doctoral degree in Metallurgical Engineering with Distinction (Cum Laude) from the Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. He has a postgraduate diploma in environmental and natural resource management from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye.
Prof Ojo Sunday Fayomi has been instructing in the University and research environment since 2007.
He rose to be a distinguished exceptional principal researcher with massive contribution in the advancement of new materials development. He is a visiting scholar to several Universities locally and internationally. He is a visiting research director at Surface Engineering Research Centre, Research and Innovation Associate with Tshwane University of Technology; Pretoria, South Africa where he trained and mentored over 150 training students.
He has to his credit over (350) indexed international and local peer-reviewed journals with strong impact factors, broad readership, and citations in Scopus and Web of Science among others. Professor Fayomi is an External Examiner to several Nigerian universities at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and some foreign universities, among others, is the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He has supervised over 150 international research/industrial projects, graduated 7 PhD and 10 Master degree students apart from the on-going postgraduate supervision.
Prof Ojo Sunday Fayomi is a sought after inspirational public speaker and lecturer to many industries, universities, and institutes. Prof Fayomi is known to be a reviewer to high rated publisher of Scientific Journal and Conference in the related field such as Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis, Wiley and others. He is also an examiner to National Research Foundation, South Africa, Portugal and Technical Chair of one of the most soughed largest gathering of researcher conference in Africa “ICESW”. He is a Co-chairman of Standards and dredgers with Standard Organisaction of Nigeria. He is a member of several engineering bodies such as Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigerian (COREN), Member Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Registered Academic Member Water Institute of Southern Africa (AMWISA), Member Nigeria Metallurgical Society (NMS), and Member Nigeria Association of Technologist in Engineering.
He is an achieved researcher and lecturer, who has harvested several awards internationally, among others, is the Scientific Achievement by South African Association for Advancement in Science Medal Award (A2S3 Medal for Original Research). Fayomi is a Postdoc Research Scholar and an Awardee of the Institutional Best Postdoctoral fellow for Teaching and Innovations at Tshwane University of Technology. He also emerged as the best doctoral degree award student at Tshwane University of Technology. He is well-reputed nationally and internationally in the areas of Mechanical Materials Mechanics, corrosion mitigation and additive manufacturing system. He was named the Outstanding African Researcher, 2019, and the Most Innovative Scholar in Composite deposition. Also, according to 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 rating of researchers globally by Elsevier Scopus (Scival), Professor Fayomi was ranked the number one (1) researcher in the world in the area of Composite, Electrodeposition of Materials. Ranked the number one (1) researcher in Nigeria 2019, 2020 in the field of Materials Science and Engineering, he is ranked number 3 top published author in Nigerian in accredited Journal by Elsevier Scopus. He has patents to his credit with the South Africa Ministry of Education and Cooperates affair.
Professor Ojo Sunday Fayomi is a passionate, purpose-driven, self-motivated, and result-oriented natural leader. He is a multi-talented person, perfectionist, and president of Ignite World- an organization founded by him for helping the needy, youth, and family to discover self. Professor Ojo Sunday Fayomi is the founder of a monthly publication called DISCOVERY, which has a network of vibrant conference and inspiration presentations. He has published many weekly motivational and transformational materials by dint of hard work, commitment, and dedication to the vision. As an international conference speaker, he has spoken to audiences in Belgium, Mauritius, United States, Grease, United Kingdom, South Africa, and Nigeria.
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