{"id":14755,"date":"2017-03-09T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T13:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14755"},"modified":"2017-11-23T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T08:08:11","slug":"onyemaobi-engr-prof-okechukwu-onyebuchi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/onyemaobi-engr-prof-okechukwu-onyebuchi\/","title":{"rendered":"ONYEMAOBI, Engr. (Prof) Okechukwu Onyebuchi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, FNSE, FMSN, MCAN; academic, reverend; b: September 16, 1946; ht: Umuada, Avutu-Obowo, so:Imo; m: Gloria Efughi, 1977; nc: one s, three d; ed: St. George&#8217;s Primary School, Mbawsi, 1952- 60; Government Secondary School, Afikpo, 1962-66; 1967; 1970- 71; University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA, 1974-77; Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg,VA24061 USA, 1977- 78; University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England 1981-83. cr: Production\/Manufacturing Engineer, Sierra Nevada Chemical Company, Reno, Nevada, USA, 1977; Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Metallurgy, University of Nevada Reno, USA, 1977; Graduate Research Assistant, VPI and S.U. Blacksburg, 1977-78; Lecturer, Federal Polytechnic, Akure, 1979-86; Lecturer II and I, Federal University of Technology, Akure, 1979-86; Lecturer I, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, 1986-90; snr. Lecturer, 1990; 1990-93 a-prof. 1993-98; prof, since 1998; Head, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, 1996-99; Associate Dean, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, 1993-95; dir. Center for Industrial Studies. 2000-02; Head, MME Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure, 2002; currently, Dean, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, FUTO, since 2004; ch. Board of Directors, Imo State Technological Skills Acquisition Center, Orlu, 1995-96; Sam Mbakwe Lecture Series Committee; Editor-in- Chief, International Research Journal in Engineering, Science and Technology; mm: Nigerian Society of Engineers, since 1986, Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria 1988; Foundry Association of Nigeria 1992; Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 1984; University Lecture Series Committee; Senate, since 1996; Science Association of Nigeria; member, Conosion Association, since 1998. f: Materials Society of Nigeria; Nigerian Society of Engineers; ah: Government Secondary School, Afikpo Scholarship, 1962-66; Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship, 1974-78; 1981-83; Dean&#8217;s List, University of Nevada, Reno, USA, 1977. hob: jogging, lawn tennis, gardening, teetotaller, listening to classical music off: Deans Office, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, or Department of Materials Metallurgical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, res: No.l, Chief Onuoha Street, off Pilgrims Dry Cleaners, MCC\/Uratta Road, Oweni, Imo State; c-m: onyemaob@futo.edu.ng; profokey2004@ yahoo.co.uk; www.irejest journal.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14755","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14755"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}