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Dr
OKAFOR
Frank
Nwoye
Date of Birth: Friday (Afo) 3rd November, 1961 Local Government Area: Idemili North Village/Town: Ogidi Contact Address: Residence: 4, Femi Adebule Street Off Folagoro Shomolu. Office: Dept of Electrical Engineering. University of Lagos, Akoka Lagos Contact Telephone: 234-8023004935 Fax: 234-1-5821-492 Email Address: [email protected] Engr. Dr Frank Nwoye Okafor is a top academic and a professional engineer. Dr Okafor has combined academic success with brilliant engineering professional practice as a teacher and consultant. Education St Philip's Central School Ogidi First School Leaving Certificate 1971 • Boys Secondary School Ogidi WASC Grade I Distinction 1977 • University of Lagos B.Sc Hons Electrical Engineering. 1984 University of Lagos. M.Ph. Electrical Engineering. 1987. PhD 1993 •Publications Condition based evaluation of power equipment and Devices 2003 with grant from German Technical Co-operation. Modelling Control and Applications of Double-Fed fully controlled induction wind Generators 2002- sponsored by German Research Foundation Development of Computer Controlled Schemes for Industrial Plants 1992 sponsored by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Central Research Committee ( CRC) of the University of Lagos. Current Trends in Condition- based Evaluation of Power Equipment Proceedings of H1VOTEC Colloquium, Sheraton Hotel& Towers . Abuja July 2nd 4"' 2003.. pp. 97 102 Engineering Challenges Associated with Real-Time Operation of a Deregulated Electricity Industry in Nigeria' Proceedings of NSE Conference Ibadan 8-12 December. 2003 . pp. 305 313 Doubly-Fed full controlled induction wind Generator for Optimal Power Utilization . Proceedings of' IEEE PEDS. 2001 Computer-Aided Design for SISO Control Systems. Undergraduate Project Report. Dept of Electrical Engineering University of Lagos. 1984 Design of Variable Structure Automatic Generation Controllers from Electrical Power System PhD Thesis. University of Lagos. Electrical Engineering Department 1993 Development of a Computer-Aided Control System Design Package M.Phl. Dissertation. University of Lagos. Electrical Engineering Department 1987. Commitments to the University and Beyond • Co-ordinator. University of Lagos Technical University of Dresden Research Group on innovative Energy Systems. • Taught many courses at undergraduate and post graduate levels • Supervised projects of undergraduate students postgraduate and PhD theses supervisor • M.Sc. Theses external examiner. • Guest Fellow. 2000-2001 Dept of Electrical Machines and Drives. Technical University of Chemnitiz. Germany • Scientific Co-ordinator of the HIVOTEC Project ( August 2002) • Visiting Professor. Technical University of Dresden. Germany • Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Lagos since 2000 • Proficient in BASIC. FORTRAN AND 'C" Programming Languages in Computer Application since 1982 Current research interest includes • Power System Security Monitoring using agents, computational techniques of power Systems studies under deregulation. • Economic Evaluation of Inter-connected networks in Africa • Distribution load flow models in deregulated environment- incorporating embedded generation system • FACTS Application to enhance the available transfer capacity of existing transmission system. Membership of Professional Associations • Member US-Africa Collaborative Research Group co-ordinated by Prof James Momoh of Howard University. USA • Member Nigeria Society of Engineers • Registered Member of COREN No. R. 4255 • Fellow of Nigeria Society of Engineers FNSE No. 04244 • Corporate Member of German Society of Electrical Engineer( VDE) • Member. Institute of Appraised and Cost Engineers Conferences • IEEE-AFRICAN Conference . Cape Town South Africa September 28- October Is" 1999 • NSE National Conference Ilorin December 1999 International Conference on Renewable energy generation system GK 2000 Hohenstein/Ersnstthal Germany October 20 221"1 2000 • NSE National Conference . Abuja Sheraton. Hotel and Towers. Nov 2000 • HICHVOL Colloquium 2003. Dresden. Germany May 21" 24"' • HIVOTEC Colloquium Abuja Nigeria July 2nd 4"' 2003 IEED AFRICON Conference. Gaborione. Botswana. September 15- 17 2004. This budding scholar is married and blessed with four children.
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