Babatunde Ayodeji Ogunnaike was an American chemical engineer of Nigerian descent and the William L Friend Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware.
17 Facts About Babatunde Ogunnaike
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Babatunde Ogunnaike was the former dean of UD's college of engineering.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike attended the University of Lagos for his bachelor's degree, graduating with First Class Honours in chemical engineering in 1976.
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Shortly after completing his undergraduate degree, Babatunde Ogunnaike submitted lyrics for a competition to create a new national anthem for Nigeria.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike's entry was combined with those of four others to form the current national anthem of Nigeria in 1978.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike commenced academic work as a lecturer at the department of chemical engineering, University of Lagos, in 1982 and became senior lecturer and successively, associate professor of chemical engineering.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike continued lecturing at the University of Lagos until 1988.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike was a research engineer with the process control group of the Shell Development Corporation in Houston, Texas from 1981 to 1982.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike worked as a researcher for DuPont and was a consultant to several companies including Gore, PPG Industries, and Corning Inc.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike joined the faculty of the University of Delaware in 2002 and was appointed to the William L Friend Professorship of Chemical Engineering in 2008.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike's title became the William L Friend Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering when the name of the department was changed in January 2012.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike has been a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike acted as interim dean of the college of engineering at the University of Delaware beginning in July 2011, and was named dean of the College of Engineering effective July 1,2013.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike retired as dean on October 1,2018, but remained on the faculty.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike played a key role in creating a new report that would guide the future of chemical engineering, jointly put together by the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike's research focuses on modeling and control of industrial processes; the application of process analytical technology for control of pharmaceutical processes; identification and control of nonlinear systems; the interaction of process design and process operability; applied statistics; biological control systems; and systems biology with application to neuronal responses and cancer.
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Babatunde Ogunnaike died at the age of 65 on February 20,2022.