Dr. Temitope O. Ojo

TEMITOPE O. OJO, PH.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY 13699; Tel: (315)261-2168; e-mail: tojo@clarkson.edu

Professional Preparation
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2005
Dissertation:  “Development of real-time environmental and oceanographic assessment system for the nearshore and coastal environment”
Advisor: James s. Bonner, Ph.D., P.E.
M.E., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2000
Report:  “supercritical fluids: application to processing of hazardous wastes and industrial effluent”
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 1984
Honors Thesis:  “design, construction and testing of medium temperature solar thermal system using a parabolic concentrator”

Academic Appointment
Research Assistant Professor, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY; 2007-present
Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; 2005-2007          
Research Assistant, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; 2000-2004
Graduate Assistant, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, TX
           
Professional Appointment
Facilities Engineer, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Lagos, Nigeria; 1996-1998      
Maintenance Engineer, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Escravos, Nigeria; 1991-96
Service Engineer, Tractor and Equipment Nigeria Limited, Lagos, Nigeria; 1987-91
 

Peer Reviewed Publications
Ojo, T., Bonner, J., Fuller, C., Page, C.   “Diffusion and Mixing Experiments in Corpus Christi Bay, TX:  Dye-tracer Study to Determine Diffusivity Values”, submitted to Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science in 2006, in re-review.
Ojo, T., Bonner, J., Page, C. (2006),  “Studies on Turbulent Diffusion Processes and Evaluation of Diffusivity Values from Hydrodynamic Observations in Corpus Christi Bay using an ADCP”, Continental Shelf Research, 26(20) p. 2629-2644.    
Ojo,Temitope O.; Bonner, James S.; Page, Cheryl (2006), “Observations of shear-augmented diffusion processes and evaluation of effective diffusivity from current measurements in Corpus Christi Bay”, Continental Shelf Research, 26(6), p. 788-803.
Ojo, T., Bonner, J., Fuller, C., Kelly, F., Page, C. (2007), “Design of a Rapid Deployment Integrated Environmental and Oceanographic Assessment System (IEOAS) for Coastal Waters”, Environmental Engineering Science, 24(2), p. 160-171.
Ojo, T., Bonner, J., Page, C. (2007), “ Simulation of  Constituent Transport using a Reduced 3D Constituent Transport Model (CTM) Driven by HF Radar: Model Application and Error Analysis, submitted to Environmental Modeling and Software, 22(4), p. 488-501.
T. Ojo, M.C. Sterling, Jr., J.S. Bonner, C.B. Fuller, F. Kelly and C.A. Page
Multi-parameter Instrument Array and Control System (MPIACS): A Software Interface Implementation of Real-time Data Acquisition and Visualization for Environmental Monitoring. Proceedings of the MTS/IEEE Oceans 2003 Conference (2003)
 
Synergistic Activities
+Participated in Inclusive Learning Communities (ILC) NSF-sponsored program of the College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, coordinating between faculty and industry on freshman engineering curriculum development; 1998-2000
+ As Principal Investigator, I am currently involved with the development of a Novel Buoyancy-controlled Drifting Sensor Platform (BcDSP) sponsored by the Syracuse Center of Excellence
+ I am currently involved as co-Principal Investigator on the Student Enabled Network of Sensors for the Environment using Innovative Technology (SENSE IT) as well as the development of an Aquatic Health Monitoring Unit (MRI) both projects sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF)
+ I was involved as co-PI on a Collaborative Research for an Environmental Information System looking at the onset of Hypoxia in Corpus Christi Bay sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF); 2005-2007
+ I was involved as co-PI on a Collaborative Research for the development of Sensor-sensor Networks to Detect and Characterize Significant Environmental Episodic Events sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF); 2004-2006
+ I am currently involved as co-PI on the development of a Submerged Oil Detector using Ultraviolet (UV) fluorescence sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF MRI-RAPID); 2010-2011
+ I am member of the design team for the Great Lakes Observing System Enterprise Architecture Near Term design under the auspices of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
 
Collaborators and Other Affiliations
 
(i).  Becker, M. (Columbia), Bedard, D. (RPI), Bonner, J. (Clarkson), Dunn, A. (Pace), Fuller, C. (Clarkson), Heintzleman, M. (Clarkson), Hotaling, L. (USF),  Islam, M.S. (Clarkson) Kelly, F. (Retired) Mascarenhas, M. (RPI), Nierzwicki-Bauer, S. (RPI), Ojo, T. (Clarkson), Page, C. (Texas A&M), Sambrotto, R. (Columbia), Shen, H. (Clarkson), Shen, H.T. (Clarkson), Yan, B. (Columbia) 
 
(ii). James S. Bonner (Clarkson University)
 
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Member, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi