Ben Oni
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.
精东AV
精东AV, AL 36088
Phone: 334-727-8990
Summary
Over 25 years of engineering, teaching, research and management responsibilities in engineering, academic聽 and聽 research聽 environments聽 including:聽 Associate VP, International Education, Research and Development; Program聽 Manager; NASA;聽 Dean聽 of Engineering聽 College; Head of Engineering Department; Visiting Research Professor; Member of Technical Staff, etc.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO MS, Electrical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
BS, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Experiences & Responsibilities
Associate Vice President, Division of International Education, Research and Development, July 2012 鈥� July 31, 2015
Interim Dean, College of Engineering, Architecture & Physical Sciences (1996 鈥� 1999) Chair, Dept. of Electrical Engineering (1993-1996)
Program Manager, NASA Office of Education, Ames Research Center, CA. (2007-2009) Program Manager, NASA Office of Education, NASA Hqtrs, Washington DC (2005-2007) NASA Administrator Fellow (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) 2000 鈥� 2003
The Boeing Welliver Fellow Summer 2000
Others:
Faculty 鈥� NC A&T, Greensboro NC Visiting Professor, Cornell University
Visiting Scientist, GE R&D, Schenectady, NY
Faculty/Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor on Technology Development, University of Benin, Benin City,聽 Nigeria
Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories, Whippany NJ
Research Interests
Renewable Energies/Energy Conversions/Energy聽 Management
Power Systems
Engineering Education
Professional Affiliation
Senior Member, IEEE Member, ASEE
Member, Electrical Manufacturing & Coil Winding Association
Selected Publications
1.聽Oni, B.O.聽Observations of Voltage Breakdown in Ultra-Low Pressure Environments Under Varied Voltage and Frequency Conditions鈥� (Volume No. 12, Issue No. 4) of Journal on Electrical Engineering (JEE), April-June 2019
2. Obadolagbonyi O., Oni, B., Ndoye, M., Comparative Thermal Performances of Different Envelope Wall Designs for Sustainable Solar Cooling鈥澛�9th International Conference on Appropriate Technology (ICAT), November 2020
3. Obadolagbonyi O., Oni, B., Ndoye, M., Comparative Thermal Performances of Different Envelope Roof Designs for Sustainable Solar Cooling鈥� Journal on Civil Engineering (JCE),聽November 2020
4.聽Cristopher Luciano, Kennedy A. Aganah, Mandoye Ndoye, Ben Oni, New SwitchedMulti-Source Inverter Topology with Optimum Number of Used Switches, Power Africa聽2018, South Africa, June 26-29, 2018r
5. S. Ahmed, N. Korivi, L. Jiang, B. Oni, "Improving Interfacial Adhesion Between Active聽Material and Solid Electrolytes in Thin Film Supercapacitors," 45th Conference on the聽Physics & Chemistry of Surfaces & Interfaces (PCSI-45), HI, USA, January 14-18, 2018.
6.聽聽Oni, B. Viswanathan, V,聽Establishing Learning Communities among Engineering聽Freshmen through Peer-group Tutoring Program,聽V.,2016 IEEE Frontiers in Education聽Conference (FIE)
7. Oni, B. Viswanathan, V, Baah, D., Work-in-progress 鈥撀燚ealing with 鈥淔ormulaholic鈥� 鈥撀燭he formulae syndrome of the new generation engineering students,聽First Year Engineering聽Experience (FYEE) Conference, July 31 鈥� August 2, 2016, Columbus, OH
8.聽Oni, B. O., Griffin, W., Electrical Energy Conservation in Manufacturing, EMCWA Annual聽Conference, Indianapolis, OH, Sept., 22, 2004
9.聽Oni, B. O., Application of Industry Product Development and Quality Assurance Model in聽Engineering Education. ASEE / WFEO International Colloquium; Nashville, TN, 2003;聽
10.聽Oni, B. O., Editorial Report (Electrical Engineering), the Curriculum Foundations Project,聽Mathematics Association of America (MAA)聽http://www.maa.org/cupm/crafty/cf_project.htmlChapter 8, May 2000-Jan 2003
11.聽Chuku, A., Oni, B.O., Integrated Engineering Education Through Multi-Disciplinary Nationally聽Relevant Project: The Solar Decathlon Project, 2003.
12. BO Oni, Optimizing Solar Air Conditioning Effectiveness through Radiant Energy Control, International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE) Summer Workshop, June 9-11, 2012.
13. BO Oni, NO Egiebor, NJ Ekekwe, A. Chuku - Corrosion Behavior of Tin-Plated Carbon Steel聽 and Aluminum in NaCl Solutions
Using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Journal of Minerals & Materials Characterization & Engineering, Vol. 7, No.4, pp
331-346, 2008.
14.聽 Egiebor, N.O., Oni, B.O., Acid Rock Drainage Formation and Treatment: A Review, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 47-62, January/February 2007, Online ISSN: 1932-2143, Print ISSN: 1932-2135 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114265789/ABSTRACT
15. Oni, B. O., Application of Industry Product Development and Quality Assurance Model in Engineering Education. ASEE / WFEO International Colloquium; Nashville, TN, 2003; http://www.asee.org/conferences/international2003/Posters/Oni.pdf
16. Report Editor (Electrical Engineering), the Curriculum Foundations Project, Mathematics Association of America (MAA)
http://www.maa.org/cupm/crafty/cf_project.html Chapter 8, May 2000-Jan 2003.
17. Chuku, A.U., Oni, B. O., Tutorial 鈥� Calculating Transmission Line Parameters, IEEE Power Engineering聽聽 Society, Summer
Meeting, Chicago, July, 2002.
18. Ekekwe, N., Ndubah, J.E., White, K., Oni, B.O., Practical Process in High Frequency Distribution Transformer Design, EMCWA Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, Sept. 23-25, 2003.
19. Oni, B.O., Griffin, T., Cunningham, K., Kapustka, B., Luna, S., Characterizing Space-Flight Inductors and Transformer Failures, NASA EEE Links, http://nepp.nasa.gov/eeelinks/August2002/toc.htm, Aug., 2002.
20. Oni, B. O., Chuku, A.U., Enhancing Power Systems Reliability using Fuel Cell Generation Injection at Distribution Level. 4th
International Conference of Power Systems Operation and Planning (ICPSOP) -pp. 256-258, 鈥�00.
21. Oni, Ben. Contributing Author, Comprehensive Dictionary of Electrical Engineering, ISBN 3-540-64835-6, CRC 鈥� IEEE Press, 1999.
22. Oni, B.O., The Concept of National Cooperative Power Pool in an Unregulated Power Systems Environment, Proceedings of the 24th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, March 1-3, 1992. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, pp 620-623.