AUST Faculty Gets Enlisted In The Top Elsevier 500 Authors By Scholarly Output In Nigeria

The Acting Head of the Civil Engineering Department of the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Dr. Ifeyinwa Obianyo has been listed into the top Elsevier 500 Authors by Scholarly output in Nigeria.

Dr. Obianyo was listed because of her research works on Eco-friendly Building and Construction Materials, Low-carbon and Sustainable Concrete, Soil Stabilization, Waste Valorization for Construction Applications, Statistical Modeling of Strength of Materials, Mechanical Behavior of Building and Construction Materials among others.

She  holds a B.Eng. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2010), an M.Sc., and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, from the African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja.

She started her career in the Construction industry where she worked as Assistant Project Supervisor, Quality Control Supervisor, and Project Supervisor. Her desire to impact her society through teaching, STEM outreaches, and research led her to further her studies and became a Resident Faculty and researcher at AUST, where she is presently teaching courses such as Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Engineering Drawing, General Engineering Laboratory and has co-supervised postgraduate student.

She is a STEM advocate and has participated in facilitating STEM projects as well as STEM outreach in Secondary Schools.

She was a World Bank-Pan African Materials Institute (Academic Centre of Excellence) scholar from 2016-2020.  She also won RILEM PhD. Grant for RILEM International Conference held at Sheffield University, UK (https://www.rilem.net/news/416).

The renowned university don is a member of the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems, and Structures (RILEM), the Organization of Women in Science in the Developing World (OWSD), the Materials Research Society (MRS), and the African Materials Research Society (AMRS).

She is a passionate teacher and a mentor to young people, especially girls. She is an author of 28 peer-reviewed scientific articles in reputable journals and a Reviewer of scientific journal papers for several Scopus-indexed journals.

One of her pertinent goals is to see more girls take up STEM courses. Her vision is to ensure that the department of Civil Engineering offers engineering education and training that align with the realization of national needs and aspirations in terms of industrial development and the provision of sustainable solutions to societal infrastructural needs.

The AUST community appreciates your immense contribution to the university and the world at large and congratulates you on this rare academic feat.