Ekene Okafor, Research Scholar

Ekene Okafor

Research Scholar

University of Arkansas

Location
United States - Arkansas
Education
Doctorate, Vehicle Operation Engineering
Experience
12 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 1 Months

Research Scholar at University of Arkansas
  • United States - Arkansas
  • My current job since November 2021

Reliability modeling for power electronics

Director at Air Force Institute of Technology, Nigeria
  • Nigeria
  • January 2015 to December 2020

Coordinate research and development activities (Seminars, Conferences and Exhibitions)

Ensures AFIT general program development and improvement

Manage the Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office (IPTTO) of AFIT.

Successfully obtained Patent of the Production of Unmmanned Ground Vehicle

Assistant Chief Instructor (Adjunct) at Nigerian College of Aviation Technology
  • Nigeria
  • January 2014 to October 2017

Teaching at HND and PGD
Taught Courses
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (HND)
• MatLab Programming (HND)
• Research Methodology and Operation Research (PGD)

Academic Program Development
• Development of Student Project Appraisal Form
• Development of guideline for student lecture note preparation
• Development of student research project guideline and policy document
• Development of curriculum for Aircraft Maintenance Engineering

Project Supervision
• Suitability of Low Cost Carrier Business models for the Nigerian Airline Market: A Comparative Analysis (PGD)
• Risk Assessment of Air Cargo Handling Processes (PGD)
• Challenges in the implementation safety management system in the Nigerian aviation industry: A case study of Kaduna airport (PGD)
• Assessment of Aircraft Accidents in Nigeria (PGD)
• Assessment of the Extent of Staff Utilization within An Approve Training Organization (ATO)

Principal Research Officer at National Research Institute for Chemical Technology
  • Nigeria
  • October 2012 to February 2014

• Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) analysis for a methanol and urea processing plant using coal and steam.
• Project evaluation
• Safety design and analysis
• System reliability and availability prediction and modeling

Reliability Engineer at Reliability and Airworthiness Research Center, NUAA, China
  • China
  • July 2011 to October 2012

• Development of evolutionary optimization algorithms for complex systems. Successfully developed an optimization algorithm called GPSIA for complex system multi-objective problems.
• Increasing efficiency and cost minimization via design and implementation of safety assessment techniques.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously from conception through completion.
• Risk assessment of complex systems.
• Maintenance planning for complex systems.
• System reliability and availability prediction and modeling.
• Programming using Mat-lab language.
• Testing and implementation of simulated design.
• Verification and validation of design and models.
• Cost modeling for complex systems based on parametric, artificial neural networks and GA techniques.

Education

Doctorate, Vehicle Operation Engineering
  • at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • September 2012
Master's degree, Metallurgical Engineering
  • at Ahmadu Bello University
  • January 2009
Bachelor's degree, Metallurgical Engineering
  • at Ahmadu Bello University
  • November 2004

Specialties & Skills

Maintenance Engineering
Optimization
Safety Analysis
Reliability Engineering
Minitab, Relex, XLSTAT softwares
Matlab Programming

Languages

English
Expert
Mandarin
Intermediate

Memberships

Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria
  • Corporate Member
  • July 2015

Hobbies

  • Reading and listening to music