Prof Bamidele Ibukunolu Olugbemi Dahunsi

Prof. Bamidele Ibukunolu Olugbemi Dahunsi

Prof. Bamidele Ibukunolu Olugbemi Dahunsi obtained his first Degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife while his Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Farm Structures and Environments were obtained at Nigeria’s premier University, the University of Ibadan. He served his mandatory one year national service with the 3 Armoured Base Workshop of the Nigerian Army, Jos, Plateau State where he designed a sugar cane juice extracting machine and the acha dehulling machine.

He started his working career at Femagric  Projects Limited, Lagos where he rose to the position of Projects Coordinator, supervising several mega-projects including the 25,000 metric tonnes strategic grains reserve complex for Oyo state and the borehole-fed irrigation system for Nigeria’s Agricultural Research Institute farms. He joined the service of the University of Ibadan in 1999 as a Lecturer grade 2 and rose through the ranks to the Professorship grade. He has supervised over 100 students at undergraduate level, about 85 at Masters level, 2 at M.Phil and 24 completed and several on-going Ph.Ds. He was the coordinator of the Department of Civil Engineering between April and November, 2004, the Acting Head of Department between May 2010 and April 2012 and  Head of Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ibadan between August 2020 and July 2024. He is at present the Director of Physical Planning and Project Management at the University of Ibadan..

Prof. Dahunsi had his Postdoctoral training at the Central Building Research Institute in Roorkee, India under the TWAS/CSIR fellowship. He also won a MacArthur/University of Ibadan Fellowship for overseas training, which he utilised at the Modified Asphalt Research Centre of the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the United States of America.

Professor Dahunsi  is a Professor of Structural and Materials Engineering with a major focus on the use of industrial and domestic waste materials in sustainable construction. He has carried research and supervised students in cement and concrete technology and has published extensively in this area. He looks forward to further collaborations with other researchers and expanding the frontier of knowledge in this area.