Micheal Oladimeji Faborode (born September 1956) is a

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educational administrator and a professor of Agricultural Engineering. He was vice chancellor of

Obafemi Awolowo University Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government-owned university that is located in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife ...

from 2006 to 2011.

Background and education

Faborode was born in Supare, a town in Akoko

Ondo state Ondo State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Oǹdó) is a state in southwestern Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. It borders Ekiti State to the north, Kogi State to the northeast, Edo State to the east, Delta State to t ...

, Nigeria to the family of the late Pa. S.O Faborode. He attended his elementary school at St. John's, Oka-Akoko

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and secondary school at Victory College,

Ikare Ikare is a city in the northern senatorial part of Ondo State, Nigeria. Ikare-Akoko (Ikare for short), city in southwestern Nigeria, is located in the Northern Senatorial District of Ondo State. Ikare is about 100km from Akure, the Ondo State cap ...

Akoko. He obtained his

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(B.sc) and

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(M.sc) degrees at

, then University of Ife. He was awarded a

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(Ph.D) in

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at the University of Newcastle, UK.

Career

Faborode was appointed the 9th, Vice Chancellor of

in July 2006, after the tenure of professor Rogers Makanjuola (VC, between 1999-2006). Before Faborode was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, he has served as head of several professional bodies. He was the former vice president of COREN, an engineering regulation body in Nigeria. He is a member and fellow of several professional bodies. He is member, Commonwealth Association for Development, Nigerian Materials Society, Nigerian Biomathematics Society and

American Society of Agricultural Engineers The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) is an international professional society devoted to agricultural and biological engineering. It was founded in December 1907 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as the A ...

. He is fellow,

Nigerian Society of Engineers The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) is an umbrella organization for engineers in Nigeria. It was founded on 16 February 1958 by a group of young Nigerian Graduate Engineers and students in the United Kingdom and inaugurated at the Nigerian Ho ...

, Nigerian Society of Agricultural Engineers (no
Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers
,

Nigerian Academy of Engineering Nigerian Academy of Engineering was founded in 1997 by concerned professional Nigerian engineers, with the aim to promote engineering training and practice in Nigeria as an effort to improve the technological growth of Nigeria as a developing count ...

and honorary fellow, Nigerian Institute of Building(NIOB).

Awards and prizes

* He was awarded an honorary fellow of th
Nigerian Institute of Building
(NIOB) *

(NSE) Merit Award in 1989 *Th
National University Commission
(NUC) 40th Anniversary OAU distinguished Alumni Award * Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria Professional Excellence Award

Selected published works

* Aregbesola, O. A., Faborode, M. O., & Ezeokoli, O. I. (2016). Engineering properties of Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) calyxes. ''Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal'', ''18''(3), 225-232. * Faborode, M. O. (1986). ''The compression and relaxation behaviour of fibrous agricultural materials'' (Doctoral dissertation, University of Newcastle upon Tyne). *Sanni, L. A., Ugoso, E. S., & Faborode, M. O. (2015). Effect of dryer parameters on the drying characteristics and quality of cassava flour. ''African Journal of Food Science and Technology'', ''6''(7), 185-193. *Elime, A., Mpele, M., Ohandja, A., Jeremie, M., Rehman, A., Sarviya, R. M., ... & Mandal, S. Biodegradation of Some Bioplastic Materials under Different Soil Types for Using as a Biodegradable Drip Tubes Abstract PDF.

References

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Background and education

Career

Awards and prizes

Selected published works

See also

References