{"id":8458,"date":"2017-01-19T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8458"},"modified":"2017-06-01T13:18:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T12:18:27","slug":"ofodile-prof-eleazar-ifechukwukelu-emeghebo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ofodile-prof-eleazar-ifechukwukelu-emeghebo\/","title":{"rendered":"OFODILE, Prof. Eleazar Ifechukwukelu Emeghebo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BS, MS, Ph.D mechanical engineer and university teacher, born July 11, 1939, Amawbia Awka Anambra State; married Bettye Jean Wright July 1971. two sons, one daughter; Education:  Anglican School, Minna 1945-46; C.M.S. Central School, Makurdi 1947-52; Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha 1953-57, Federal emergency Science School Lagos, 1959-61, University of California Berkeley, USA, 1961-64,1966-69, University of Maine, Orono, USA, 1964-66, University of Delaware, Newark, USA, 1973- 74; University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, 1987.<br \/>\nCareer:Agric. Asst, Dept. of Agric Research 1958-64;  Appointed Design Engineer, GM Cooke and Company summer, 1967; Teaching fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1966-69; Research Engineer, E.I. Dupont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del 1969-75; Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu, 1975-76; Reader and First Director, School of Engineering, Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, 1977-80; Rector, Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, 1980-81; member, Industrial Training Advisory Committee, 1978-82; Professor and First Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Anambra State University of Technology, Enugu, 1981-84;  prof.\/dir. Culsultancy Services, 1998;prof\/Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, Anambra State University Technology, 1988- 90;  Head, Department of Mechanical Production Engineering, Anambra State University of Technology, Enugu, 1984-87; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka 1993-97; prof\/Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, 1991-95; member, Nigerian Society of Engineers, 1977; member\/ registrar Council of Registered Engineer of Nigeria (COREN),1978; member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1979; Foreign Honours: Key to the City of Oakland, Mayor&#8217;s Award, 1963; Hobbies: mechanical repairs and maintenance, fine arts; Official Address: Director (Consultancy Services), I.D.C., Enugu State University of Technology, PMB 1660, Enugu, Enugu State, Telephone: 042-331- 253, 331-244, extension 33; Home: A6 Anambra State University of Tecnnology\/ Institute of Management and Technology Staff Village, Independence Layout, Enugu, Enugu State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,178],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8458","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-professional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8458","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8458"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}