Dr Temitope Olugbade

Lecturer

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, School of Science and Engineering

Contact

Email

[email protected]

Biography

Dr Temitope Olugbade is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) specialising in mechanical and corrosion behaviour of nanostructured/surface-engineered materials, and presently a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee. 

Under the sponsorship of Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) foundation, he had his postdoctoral experience/industrial research, at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany (2021 – 2023). He graduated with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (funded by the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, HKPFS), specializing in mechanical and corrosion properties of nanostructured materials, from the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Hong Kong SAR, PR China in 2020. Prior to this, he obtained his BEng (First-Class honours) and MEng (Distinction) degrees in Mechanical Engineering in 2011 and 2014, respectively.

Research

His research centers on questions on why and how the mechanical industry and the materials science and engineering can be made more efficient, less problem-ridden, and sustainable; and to understand how the application of surface nanocrystallization can be employed to facilitate nanostructured layers productivity and collaboration, and mechanical behaviour of nanostructured materials. To a large extent, the research attention is currently on the corrosion properties of nanostructured and coated metallic materials, alloys, polymers, most especially in aggressive environments. Some of the projects include:

(1) Developing a Corrosion-Resistant Twinning-Induced Plasticity (TWIP) Steel

(2) Metallurgy and Corrosion Behaviours of Carbon Steel

(3) Multi-layered Organic Coatings and their Nanocomposites for corrosion protection

Research interests

Key research interests include:

  1. Mechanical and corrosion behaviour of nanostructured materials.
  2. Corrosion science and engineering, corrosion protection and coatings, electrochemistry.
  3. Corrosion properties of metallic materials through various characterization means such as potentiodynamic & potentiostatic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) study, and the semiconducting characteristics of the passive film.

You can reach me via my email - [email protected] for possible research collaborations, Masters/PhD studentships, or visiting/joint PhD student programs.

Editorial

Guest Editor, Sustainability (SCIE and SSCI, Scopus indexed), Special Issue "Materials Properties and Engineering for Sustainability" 

Reviewer

  1. Metals and Materials International
  2. Corrosion Reviews
  3. Analytical Letters
  4. BioEnergy Research
  5. Energies
  6. Chemistry Africa, and others
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Teaching

He currently teaches the following modules:

  • ME31001 – Engineering Materials
  • ME40004 – Solid Mechanics and Materials
  • ME12001 – Thermodynamics
  • ME22001 – Manufacturing Project
  • ME32003 – Engineering Design II
  • ME40005 – Mechanical Engineering Honours Project
  • ME53001 – Engineering Project and Report (Industrial Placement)