Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe

Prof. Ibidapo-Obe was born on 5 July 1949, at Ile Ife, Osun State Nigeria. He attended Lagos Street African Church Primary School, Ebute-Metta (1955–1961) and Obokun High School-Ilesa Grammar School (1962–1966) and later attended Igbobi College, Yaba, (1966–1968) Lagos state, Nigeria for his secondary education. He received a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Lagos. He obtained a Master in Mathematics (M.Maths) degree in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science in the year 1973 and further with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Civil Engineering specializing in Applied Mechanics-System in 1976 from the University of Waterloo Canada. He served as a Visiting Research Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo, US (1980–1981). In 2007, he was a Visiting Research Professor at Texas Southern University in Houston, USA. He was appointed as the Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos in year 2000, succeeding Jelili Adebisi Omotola. He was later succeeded by Tolu Olukayode Odugbemi in 2007 after his successful tenure. He was the former president of the Nigeria Academy of Science and a pioneer of the study of stochastic methods in mechanics and the development of computer algorithms, applying Martingale Concepts to the control of nonlinear dynamical systems. He published over 100 papers in reputable international journals. His contributions were in the areas of control and information systems. Most of his work was applicable to urban transportation, water resources, biomedics and robotics. He was also a great mentor who made a notable contribution to deepening the pool of Nigerian academia and professionals. He was married to Sola Ibidapo-Obe and had four children. He died from COVID-19 complications on 3 January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.