CURRICULUM VITAE
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Surname:
Adewale
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Other names:
Adekola Olajide
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Date of Birth:
18/05/1976
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Place of Birth:
Ilesa, Osun State
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Home Town:
Ilesa, Osun State
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Local Govt. Area:
Ilesa West
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State of Origin:
Osun State
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Nationality:
Nigerian
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Marital Status:
Single
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Current Postal Address:
Department of Physics, University of Lagos, Akoka
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Educational Institutions Attended:
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a. Children’s Home School, Ibadan
1983 to 1988
b. Ibadan Grammar School, Ibadan, Oyo State
1988 to 1993
b. University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State
1998 to 2002
c. University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State
2004 to 2006
Academic and Professional qualifications:
a. Secondary School Certificate
1993
b. Bachelor of Science (Education) with
Second Class Honours (Upper Division) in Physics
2002
c. Master of Science (Physics) Degree
(Ionosphere and Radio Propagation)
2006
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Current Position/Status:
Assistant Lecturer
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Formal Professional Courses Attended:
Nil
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Working Experience:
a. Head of Physics Department, Effective International
College, Ilorin, Kwara State
b. Administrative Assistant to Reverend George
Adegboye on World Outreach
c. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Physics,
University of Lagos, Akoka
2002 – 2004
2005 – 2007
February 2007 till Date
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Committees:
a. Member, Faculty of Science Lecture Time-Table Committee
b. Member, Faculty of Science Examination Committee
c. Member, Atmospheric Physics Research Team, Department of Physics, University of
Lagos
d. Member, The Nigerian Union of Radio Science (NURS)
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Unpublished Papers Read at Conferences
a. Predictions using a neural network compared with the IRI-2001 predictions of
ionospheric critical frequency over periods of severe geomagnetic activities for a midlatitude station
Authors: Adewale, A. O., E. O. Oyeyemi and A. O. Akala
Conference/date: 1st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Union of Radio Science; 3rd – 5th
December 2008 in OAU, Ile-Ife
b. Local prediction of maximum daily temperature and humidity: A neural network analysis
Authors: Oyeyemi, E. O., Adewale, A. O. and Ayantunji, B. G.
Conference/date: 4th Annual Research Conference and fair, University of Lagos; 8th
January, 2009.
c. A single station short-term forecasting of propagation factor (M3000F2): A technique
using neural networks
Authors: Oyeyemi, E. O., Adewale, A. O, Akala, A. O.
Conference/date: 1st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Union of Radio Science; 3rd – 5th
December 2008 in OAU, Ile-Ife
d. Upgrading GPS receiver architecture to meet the challenges of deep scintillations in the
equatorial regions
Authors: Oyeyemi, E. O., Adewale, A. O, Akala, A. O.
Conference/date: 1st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Union of Radio Science; 3rd – 5th
December 2008 in OAU, Ile-Ife
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List of Recognised Publications:
a. Adewale, A. O, E. O. Oyeyemi, and L. A. McKinnell, 2009. Comparisons of observed
ionospheric F2 peak parameters with IRI-2001 predictions over South Africa. Journal of
Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2008.10.014.
b. Predictions using a neural network compared with the IRI-2001predictions of ionospheric
critical frequency observed at Madimbo, South Africa. Accepted for publication by J. Sci.
Res. Dev. and presently in press.
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Research Completed But Not yet Published:
a. Comparisons of observed ionospheric critical frequency with IRI-2001 predictions over
periods of severe geomagnetic activities at Grahamstown, South Africa
Co-Authors: E. O. Oyeyemi and
b. Modeling the height of the maximum electron density of the F2 layer – A M.Sc thesis
submitted to the Physics Department, University of Ilorin
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On-going Projects:
a. National Environmental and Climatic Observation Programme (NECOP); sponsored by
Center for Basic Space Science (CBSS), Nsukka of National Space Research and
Development Agency.
b. Using GPS measurements for determining equatorial ionospheric scintillation and
tomography.
c. Microwave research project; sponsored by Center for Basic Space Science (CBSS),
Nsukka of National Space Research and Development Agency.
d. Evaluation of potential biological effects of Radio Frequency (RF) radiations from Global
Systems of Mobile Communication (GSM) Base stations in Lagos State; sponsored by the
Central Research Committee, University of Lagos, Akoka.