(A) PERSONAL DATA
SURNAME: OLUWADARE
. OTHER NAMES: Gabriel Oladipo

(B) ACADEMIC PROFILE:
B.Met - University of Sheffield, UK (1977)
M.Met - University of Sheffield, UK (1982)
Ph.D - University of Sheffield, UK (1988)

(C ) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Member Institute of Materials (MIM) (UK) -1984
Chattered Engineer (C.Eng) (UK) -1984
COREN Registered (Nigeria) R 3617 -1989
Fellow, Salzburg Seminar (Austria) -2001


(D) PUBLICATIONS

1. THESES:

i.Fatigue Crack Propagation in an Aluminum Alloy, B.Met Dissertation, University of Sheffield, 1977
ii.An Assessment of Blast Furnace Operations with Special Reference to the Proposed Development in the Nigerian Iron and Steel Industry, M.Met Dissertation, University of Sheffield, 1982.
iii.Evolution of Microstructure in Iron Ore Sinters during Simulated Sintering, Ph.D Thesis, University of Sheffield, May 1987.

2. (a) PUBLISHED ARTICLES
i.Egundebi, G.O. and Whiteman, J.A (1989) “Evolution of Microstructure in Iron Ore Sinters”, Ironamking and Steelmaking, Vol 16, No 6, 379-385
ii.O.B. Aluko, I.A. Ola, G.A. Makanjuola, G.O. Oluwadare, (2002), "A wear Testing Rig for rapid comparative Evaluation of oilseed screw press Maintenance Materials for Some Oilseed screw press Components" Journal of Food Engineering, 55, 365-372.
iii.O.B. Aluko, G.O. Oluwadare, I.A. Ola, G.A. Makanjuola, (2003), "Rapid Comparative Wear Evaluation of oilseed Screw Press Maintenance Materials in Nigeria. Journal of Food Engineering, 59, 111-116.
iv. G.O. Oluwadare and P.A. Olubambi (2003) “Optimisation of Blast Furnace Input Parameters” Nigerian Journal of Engineering & Management.
v. Oluwadare, G.O. and Onyago, A., (2005) "Simulation of Effect of
Operating Variables on the Efficiency of the Iron Blast Furnace using a
Computer Model", Journal of Engineering and Engineering Technology,
Vol 4, No 1, 32-40
vi Oluwadare, G.O. and Esan, T.A., “Influence of Melt Viscosity on the Evolution of SFCA Phase in Iron Ore Sinters, Ife Journal of Technology.
vii. Oluwadare G.O. and Olubambi P.A. “Simulation of high temperature oxidation of low alloy steel”. Journal of Research in Science and Management. FUTA
viii. Oluwadare G.O. and Olubambi P.A “Computer simulation for determination of the suitability of Nigerian coal as alternative fuel for blast furnace process”. .International Research Journal in Engineering, Science and Technology. FUTO 

(b) PUBLISHED REFERRED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

i. Egundebi, G.O., (1986), "Mineralogy of Iron Ore Sinters", Poster Presentation at the European Ironmaking Congress, 14-17 Sept, Aachen, Germany.

ii. Adetunji, R.O., Ali J.A., and Egundebi, G.O., "Evaluation of Influence of Process Variables in Corrosion Performance of Hot-Dipped Galvanised Steel Sheets", Paper presented at the Nigerian Corrosion Association Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, Nov. 1992.

iii Oluwadare, G.O., "Towards a Sustainable Aluminum Production in Nigeria" Paper Presented at the 19th Annual Conference of Nigerian Metallurical Society, Enugu, November, 2002

iv. Borode, Oluwadare, Olasupo, “Development of Ramming Mass from Nigerian Refractory Materials”, Paper Presented at Nigerian Materials Congress (NIMACON 2002)

v. Osinkolu , Oluwadare, Olusunle “ Finite Element Modelling of Solidification Process” Paper Presented at Nigerian Materials Congress (NIMACON 2002)


(c) MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION
i. Oluwadare, G.O and Adetunji R.A., (2004) "Leaching of Gold from a Lean Gold Ore Using Cyanide Solution from Cassava", Journal of Hydrometallurgy

ii.Oluwole O.O., Oluwadare G.O., Afonja A.A, (2004) “Modelling of Metal Solidified for Pro-Eutectic Al-Si Alloys.” Transactions of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.

iii.Oluwole O.O., Oluwadare G.O., Afonja A.A, (2004) “Parabo-Elliptic Model for Fraction of solid in AlSi7%Mg Alloy Equilibrium Solidification” Journal of Applied Mathematical Modelling

iv.Oluwole O.O., Oluwadare G.O., Afonja A.A, (2004) “Parabo-Elliptic Model for Fraction of solid in AlSi7%Mg Alloy Non-Equilibrium Solidification” Journal of Applied Mathematical Modelling

v.Oluwole O.O., Oluwadare G.O., Afonja A.A, (2005) “Numerical simulation of AlSi7Mg in Sand Mould” Journal of Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering.

vi Oluwadare, G.O., (2005) "Microstructures of Sinters produced from Nigerian Ores, Nigerian Journal of Engineering and Technolgy

vii. Egundebi, G.O., (2005) "The Roles of Al2O3 and MgO in the formation of SFCA in Iron Ore Sinters", Nigerian Journal of Engineering and Technology


(E) CURRENT RESEARCH INTEREST
i. Computer Modelling of Metallurgical Processes
ii. Optimisation of Input Parameters into the Blast Furnace.
iii. CAD/CAM
iv. Finite Element Analysis of Engineering Material Products.


(F). CONTACT ADDRESS:
* E-mail - lookingeternity@yahoo.com
* Mechanical Engineering Department, Covenant University, Nigeria