Personal profile

Personal profile

Dr Olumide Ojo, an Engineering/Project Management lecturer at the Royal Holloway University, brings a wealth of practical knowledge to his role. With a multi-disciplinary background in engineering and management, he has amassed over 15 years of industrial experience in Construction, telecommunication, and consultancy. This extensive experience, coupled with his decade-long tenure in educational services, including teaching & learning, recruitment, student experience & management, student engagement and counselling, instils confidence in his ability to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Alongside his educational commitments, Olumide is actively engaged in research, particularly in the areas of sustainability and continuous improvement processes within engineering, construction, and project management. His research outputs have been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at top-notch international conferences. Olumide has also supervised numerous projects in Engineering (both at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels) and Engineering Management and Project Management dissertations at the master’s degree level.

Research: Sustainable Engineering, Sustainable Development, Engineering Management, Technology Management, Industry 4.0, Engineering Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Logistics, and Energy Management.

Teaching: Programme and Project Management, International Operations and Sustainability, Global Engineering and Principle, Research Methodology, Strategic Analysis of Technical Operations, Project Management in Context, Project Management Fundamentals, Research Methods, Strategy and Management, Advanced Principle of Supply Chain Management, Sustainability and Environmental Engineering, Technical Operations of Shipping Management.

Industry: Food Manufacturing, Construction, Infrastructure (Telecommunication, Healthcare, and hospitality), Digital and Technology Management, Manufacturing SMEs.

Area of Interest: Sustainability, Digital Transformation, Continuous Improvement process, Industry 4.0, Technology Management, Engineering Management, Construction Management, Strategy and Management, Project Management, Energy Management, Supply Chain Management, Environmental Management, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Engineering, Environmental Engineering.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Education/Academic qualification

Learning and Teaching (HE) , PGCert, Anglia Ruskin University

Soil & Water Conservation Engineering, PGDip, Federal University of Technology Akure

Agric. & Environmental Engineering , BEng, Federal University of Technology Akure

Applied Engineering and Management , PhD, University of Greenwich

Engineering Management, MSc, University of Greenwich

External positions

PhD External Examiner, University of Johannesburg

1 Jul 2023 → …

Keywords

  • Environmental engineering
  • Energy technologies
  • General engineering
  • Production & manufacturing engineering
  • Water quality control
  • Strategic management

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