Olagoke Olabisi
Born (1943-09-25) 25 September 1943
Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian, American
Alma materPurdue University Chemical Engineering (BS), Industrial Management (BS),
University of California Berkeley Chemical Engineering (MS),
Case Western Reserve University Macromolecular Science and Engineering (Ph.D.),
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Management Engineering (MS)
Known forPolymer–Polymer Miscibility, Structural Web
AwardsThe John Clarence Lottes Memorial Award as the best senior student on the basis of scholastic ability, Purdue University, Chemical Engineering Department, Merit Award for Excellence in the Field of Engineering and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nigeria, Special Award for Dynamic, Innovative, and Result-Oriented Leadership, Unilag Consult University of Lagos, SABIC Special Award for "New Concepts & Best Idea for Using Plastic Material in New Application", Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to the Building of a Research Paradigm Team Saudi Aramco Consulting Services Department (CSD), Saudi Aramco Outstanding Achievement Award in Engineering & Operations Services, Outstanding Achievement Award by US Chapter of Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, Distinguished Leadership Award for Excellent Leadership, Extraordinary Commitment & Years of Loyal Service by Faculty of Engineering Lagos State University, Senior Traveling Fellowship Award, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).
Scientific career
FieldsChemical engineering
InstitutionsUnion Carbide Corporation, University of Lagos, Lagos State University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Aramco, Aegion, Infra-Tech Consulting LLC
Doctoral advisorRobert Simha

Olagoke Olabisi (AKA Lagoke Labisi) is an author, editor, educator, mentor, inventor, and entrepreneur.[1][2][3][4][5] A Nigerian–American chemical engineer, Olagoke is the Chief Consultant and CEO of Infra-Tech consulting LLC, an energy consulting company focused on corrosion and materials engineering.[2][3][4][5] He has 9 patents and a total of 97 publications[2][3][4][5] including Fugacity and Vapor Pressure of Non-Polar Liquids at Low Temperatures,[6] Thermoplastics Beyond the Year 2000: A Paradigm,[7] and Handbook of Thermoplastics, 2nd Edition.[8] He has been involved in academia[1][3][9] and industry[1][3][9] in the United States, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. He is a mentor to students and young professionals.

Early life and education

Born in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria on 25 September 1943, Olabisi had his secondary school education at Ibadan Boys' High School Oyo State and proceeded to Government College, Ibadan, where he completed his advanced high school education in 1964. He was a 1965 recipient of a scholarship award from the African Scholarship Program of American Universities (ASPAU) administered by Africa-America Institute (AAI), to study chemical engineering at Purdue University, Indiana.[1] In 1969, he graduated with two degrees: one in chemical engineering and the other in industrial management. He was the recipient of The John Clarence Lottes Memorial Award as the best senior student on the basis of scholastic ability in chemical engineering [10] and his senior project was published.[6]

Olabisi proceeded to the University of California, Berkeley where he earned MS degree in chemical engineering in 1971 with a thesis entitled "Secondary and Primary Normal Stresses, Hole Error, and Reservoir Edge Effects in Cone-and-Plate Flow of Polymer Solutions", whose results were published in an article[11] with the same title. He furthered his studies and earned a PhD degree in macromolecular science and engineering at Case-Western Reserve University in 1973, with a dissertation entitled Pressure-volume-temperature properties of amorphous and crystallizable polymers and oligomers (which is cited in an associated journal article)[12] under the tutelage of Robert Simha.[13] In 1980, he earned an MS degree in engineering management at the New Jersey Institute of Technology through a part-time self-development program.

Career

Olabisi received a PhD degree just prior to the 1973 oil crisis which dramatically drove up the price of crude oil, petrochemicals, polymer, and plastics. An immediate plastics industry response to the crisis was to focus on plastics material conservation. There arose the need for plastics processes to employ less than a full density of plastics material in producing light-weight automotive and other plastics material articles having structural properties matching or exceeding those of solid (full density) plastics articles. While employed at the R&D Department of Union Carbide Corporation[1] Olabisi earned eight patents[5] that addressed the conservation issue. The two key process patents are: Process for the molding of plastics structural web and the resulting articles [14] and Structural foam molding process.[15]

The conservation activity of developing new plastics materials through blending of two or more structurally different homopolymers, copolymers, terpolymers and other plastics, resulted in Olabisi's publications on Polyblends,[16] Polymer Compatibilization: Blends of Polyarylethers with Styrenic Interpolymers [17] and others.[18][19] As part of the industry-university interaction with Polytechnic Institute of New York, Olabisi was appointed adjunct professor of chemical engineering to teach a graduate-level course based on his book, Polymer-Polymer Miscibility[20] that provided some basis for research projects on plastics materials conservation.

Following the impact of 1973 oil crisis, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was established (1977) and, in the same year, Nigeria joined OPEC as the 11th member country. A fully-fledged petrochemical complex was in operation in Nigeria in the early 1980s when Olabisi was appointed a professor of chemical engineering, University of Lagos. The need for teaching, research, and public service in petrochemicals, plastics, and polymer materials engineering was high in the country. Olabisi initiated courses and research[21][22] for a PhD[23] program in petrochemicals. Through his adjunct professorship and other linkages with the University of Akron and Case Western Reserve university, he was able to secure opportunities for some students to earn postgraduate fellowships to pursue PhD[24][25][26][27][28] in the two universities. These graduates eventually became professors, executives of government parastatals, or captains of industry.

In response to the global events, the new Lagos State University (LASU), established in 1985, decided on having a comprehensive engineering program and Olabisi was appointed the foundation dean of the faculty of engineering, technology, and environmental sciences (FETES) in 1985. Aside from establishing the traditional departments, Olabisi established a department of polymer technology, the first such department in any Nigeria university. An award of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Senior Traveling Fellowship enabled him to establish a fruitful linkage with the University of Adelaide resulting in LASU receiving an equipment donation worth more than a million dollars in 1987. On returning to the University of Lagos in 1987, Olabisi was appointed the Head of Department, Chemical Engineering.

By 1988, the devaluation of the Naira forced an economic quandary on Nigeria[29] and Olabisi was appointed the managing director, UNILAG Consult, University of Lagos. In response to the economic climate, he organized the National Workshop on Economic Recovery Program. He also initiated activities on Baseline Ecological Studies of the Niger Delta Basin; Soil Maps of Nigeria; and assisting the government's ongoing Delivery of Technical Aid to Equatorial Guinea. His activities at UNILAG Consult earned Olabisi a special award for dynamic, innovative, and result-oriented leadership in 1990. Olabisi was the Founder and CEO of the African Biographical Centre LTD, Publisher of Who's Who in Nigerian Universities and Research Institutes.[9]

Prior to 1990, gel-casting of ceramic powders was a continuing cooperative research program.[30] between Allied-Signal Aerospace Company and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As a visiting consultant with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the summer of 1990, Olabisi had an Energy Systems Invention Disclosure (ESID No. 917-X: Alternative Low-Toxicity Monomeric Gel Casting Methodology for Molding Ceramic Powders for High-Heat Engine Components) relating to the program,[30] which involved the use of a variety of water-soluble monomers. The results were subsequently subsumed in the patent entitled Method for molding ceramic powders using a water-based gel casting.[31]

In spite of the 1973 oil crisis and the 1979 oil crisis, the petrochemicals organizations in the OPEC countries, including SABIC, still depended on licensing third-party process technologies[32] to fulfil their resin needs. One of the ways SABIC sought to reduce or eliminate the dependence was to initiate a research program at the Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. In 1990, Olabisi was appointed a professor and Senior Research Engineer at KFUPM. His activities in the SABIC-sponsored program resulted in a joint patent entitled Catalyst and process for ethylene oligomerization.[33] His subsequent activities as a Consulting Engineering Specialist at Saudi Aramco earned Olabisi a 2003 Saudi Aramco Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Achievements in Engineering & Operations Services. He had a number of publications exemplified by some key articles.[34][35][36]

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) sponsored a research project DTPH56-08-T-000012 at Corrpro (a subsidiary of Aegion). In 2007, Olabisi was appointed director,[3] Internal Corrosion Engineering, as well as the principal investigator of the PHMSA project, the report[37][38] of which made an impact on the external corrosion direct assessment (ECDA) process. He also became the lead developer of the Pipeline Corrosion Integrity Management (PCIM) Course [39] for NACE International. The other Corrpro Oil and Gas corrosion projects he managed were on behalf of several clients including ENI US Operating Co., Inc. North Slope Alaska;[40] Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska, Inc. North Slope Alaska; Gulf South Pipeline Company LP; Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP; SCANA Transmission Pipelines; Trunkline LNG Company, LLC; Cheniere Energy; and Murphy Exploration & Production Company. His contributions to the Internal Corrosion Monitoring Services (ICMS) Project of Kuwait Oil Company included a publication on Black Powder in Export Gas Lines[41] as well as others.[42][43][44] He continues to consult[45] in his capacity as the Chief Consultant, Infra-Tech Consulting LLC, Olabisi remains a member of international professional and engineering organizations.

Honors and awards

Patents and publications

Olabisi is an author, editor, educator, mentor,inventor, and entrepreneur; he has 9 patents and a total of 97 publications.[1][2][3][4][5] on different topics in the fields of Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Corrosion, Petrochemicals, Oil and Gas.

Personal life

Olagoke Olabisi resides with his wife, Juliet Olabisi, in Sugar Land, Texas.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Olagoke Olabisi: https://litcaf.com/olagoke-olabisi/
  2. 1 2 3 4 Olagoke Olabisi: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_V21nasAAAAJ&hl=en
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Olagoke Olabisi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olagoke-olabisi-38317a5/
  4. 1 2 3 4 Olagoke Olabisi: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olagoke_Olabisi
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Olagoke Olabisi: https://patents.justia.com/search?q=olagoke+olabisi
  6. 1 2 Chao, K. C.; Greenkorn, R. A.; Olabisi, Olagoke; Hensel, B. H. (1971). "Fugacity and vapor pressure of nonpolar liquids at low temperatures". AIChE Journal. Wiley. 17 (2): 353–356. doi:10.1002/aic.690170222. ISSN 0001-1541.
  7. ↑ Olabisi, Olagoke; Maadhah, A. G. (1996). Thermoplastics beyond the year 2000 : a paradigm. Dhahrah, Saudi Arabia: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. doi:10.13140/2.1.2447.7120. ISBN 9960-07-064-6. OCLC 36669718.
  8. ↑ Olabisi, Olagoke; Adewale, Kolapo (2016). Handbook of thermoplastics (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.1201/b19190. ISBN 978-1-4665-7722-0. OCLC 932464095.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Jump up to: “Olagoke Olabisi,” page 162: Who's Who in Nigerian Universities and Research Institutes, African Biographical Centre LTD, Lagos, Nigeria. 1990. ISBN 978-30989-0-X
  10. 1 2 Jump up to: "Olagoke Olabisi", page 107: Farmus, Cristina; Wankat, Phillip (2011). A pictorial history of the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, 1911–2011. West Lafayette, Ind: Purdue University. doi:10.2307/j.ctv15wxnh8. ISBN 978-1-55753-621-1. OCLC 783592890. S2CID 228012333.
  11. ↑ Olabisi, Olagoke; Williams, Michael C. (1972). "Secondary and Primary Normal Stresses, Hole Error, and Reservoir Edge Effects in Cone‐and‐Plate Flow of Polymer Solutions". Transactions of the Society of Rheology. Society of Rheology. 16 (4): 727–759. Bibcode:1972JRheo..16..727O. doi:10.1122/1.549273. ISSN 0038-0032.
  12. ↑ Olabisi, Olagoke; Simha, Robert (1975). "Pressure-Volume-Temperature Studies of Amorphous and Crystallizable Polymers. I. Experimental". Macromolecules. 8 (2): 206–210. Bibcode:1975MaMol...8..206O. doi:10.1021/ma60044a022.
  13. ↑ Robert Simha. https://history.aip.org/phn/11903007.html
  14. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi (1976). Process for the molding of plastic structural web and the resulting articles, US Patent No. 4,136,220; https://patents.justia.com/patent/4136220
  15. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi (1976). Structural foam molding process, US Patent No. 4,255,368; https://patents.justia.com/patent/4255368
  16. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi (1981). Polyblends. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Vol. 18, 3rd ed. Chapter: 18 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Herman F. Mark et al., eds; doi:10.13140/2.1.2972.0007
  17. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi and A. G. Farnham, (1978). Polymer Compatibilization: Blends of Polyarylethers with Styrenic Interpolymers. Advances in Chemistry Series No. 176, 574, Chapter: 29, American Chemical Society Press, Washington, D. C. S. L. Cooper and G. M. Esters, eds; doi:10.13140/2.1.4741.4728
  18. ↑ Olabisi, Olagoke (1975). "Polymer Compatibility by Gas-Liquid Chromatography". Macromolecules. American Chemical Society (ACS). 8 (3): 316–322. Bibcode:1975MaMol...8..316O. doi:10.1021/ma60045a014. ISSN 0024-9297.
  19. ↑ Olabisi, Olagoke (1981). "Interpretations of polymer-polymer miscibility". Journal of Chemical Education. American Chemical Society (ACS). 58 (11): 944. Bibcode:1981JChEd..58..944O. doi:10.1021/ed058p944. ISSN 0021-9584.
  20. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi, L. M. Robeson, and M. T. Shaw (1979). Polymer-Polymer Miscibility, Academic Press, New York, N.Y. ISBN 0-12-525050-9; doi:10.13140/2.1.2644.3206
  21. ↑ Adewale, K. E. P.; Olabisi, O.; Oyediran, A. A.; Olunloyo, V. O. S. (1 September 1991). "A Stick-Slip Problem Related to Melt Fracture in Polymer Processing Operations". International Polymer Processing. Walter de Gruyter GmbH. 6 (3): 195–198. doi:10.3139/217.910195. ISSN 2195-8602. S2CID 135856067.
  22. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi and O. M. Akinlade (1989). A Mixed Integer Model of the Development of Petrochemical Industry in Nigeria 19th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, November, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336207677
  23. ↑ O. M. Akinlade (1990). Modeling the development of the downstream petrochemical industry in Nigeria, University of Lagos, https://unilag.edu.ng/
  24. ↑ Ajayi Adewale, (1993). Experimental and theoretical isothermal flow studies in modular intermeshing counter-rotating twin screw extruders, University of Akron, https://uakron.edu/polymer/alumni/dissertations-theses/
  25. ↑ Adeyinka Adedeji (1995) Morphological studies of homopolymer/block copolymer blends with exothermic interfacial mixing, Case Western Reserve University, https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_olink/r/1501/10?p10_etd_subid=50724&clear=10
  26. ↑ Kolapo Adewale, (1996). Modeling of melt flow instabilities of high molecular weight polymer with narrow molecular weight distribution, University of Akron, https://uakron.edu/polymer/alumni/dissertations-theses/
  27. ↑ Domasius Nwabunma (1999) Photopolymerization-induced phase separation and morphology development in liquid crystal/polymer blends, University of Akron, https://uakron.edu/polymer/alumni/dissertations-theses/
  28. ↑ Gbolarumi Adebayo 2001 Design, validation and implementation of on-line measurement techniques to study the phase behavior of partially miscible PMMA/PaMSAN blends under quiescent and flow conditions, and application to filled-PVC in quiescent mode, University of Akron, https://uakron.edu/polymer/alumni/dissertations-theses/
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  32. ↑ O'SULLIVAN, DERMOT (19 November 1984). "Polyethylene process focus of BP licensing effort". Chemical & Engineering News Archive. American Chemical Society (ACS). 62 (47): 40. doi:10.1021/cen-v062n047.p040. ISSN 0009-2347.
  33. ↑ Zahoor Mohammad Akhtar, Al-Sherehy Fahad, Olabisi Olagoke, Abdillahi Mohammed M, and Saeed Mian Rahat Catalyst and process for ethylene oligomerization, US Patent No.6184428; https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/patent/US6184428
  34. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi (2000) Emerging Nonmetallic Materials in the Exploration and Production Industry, Saudi Aramco Journal of Technology, Pages 2–11, March; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262493940
  35. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi, A. V. Rao, R. E. Khoury (2002) SSL Application in Saudi Aramco – First in the World; Saudi Aramco Journal of Technology, Pages 57–64, September; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262494345
  36. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi, G. M. Fallatah, A. O. Somali, A. A. Badghaish, A. G. Gibson (2003), Reinforced thermoplastic pipe for oil and gas, Saudi Aramco Journal of Technology, Pages 20–27, September; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262494358
  37. ↑ David H. Kroon, Olagoke Olabisi, Larry G. Rankin, James T. Carroll, Dale Lindemuth, and Marlane L. Miller (2011). Improvements to the External Corrosion Direct Assessment Process – Part I; Materials Performance 50(3):30–34, February https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264883367
  38. ↑ David H. Kroon, Olagoke Olabisi, Larry G. Rankin, James T. Carroll, Dale Lindemuth, and Marlane L. Miller (2011) Improvements to the External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA) Process -. Part II; Materials Performance 50(4):30–37, March https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264884969
  39. ↑ Corrpro Companies, Inc. (2007) Pipeline Corrosion Integrity Management (PCIM) Course; NACE International, 30 March, https://www.nace.org/education/courses-by-program/pipeline-industry/pipeline-corrosion-integrity-management
  40. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi (2013). Corrosion Rate as Key Performance Indicator in the North Slope; Materials Performance 52(8):50–56, July, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262493837
  41. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi, Saleh Al-Sulaiman, Amer Jarragh, Yousef Khuraibut, and Ashok Mathew, (2017). Black Powder in Export Gas Lines Materials Performance 56(5):50–54, March; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315739997
  42. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi, Saleh Al-Sulaiman, Amer Jarragh, Adel Al-Mutairi (2015). Ribosomal RNA Characterization of Bacteria: Linkage with Field Data Based on Culture Media, NACE International Conference, Corrosion2015, March, doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3004.1126
  43. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi, Abdul Razzaq Al-Shamari, Saleh Al-Sulaiman, Amer Jarragh, and Ashok Mathew (2017). Ranking Asset Integrity Risk of Oilfield Water Handling Systems, Materials Performance 56(12):58–62, November, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321677872
  44. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi, Saleh Al-Sulaiman, Amer Jarragh, and Shibu Abraham Nanthalathu Ayrukuzhyil (2018), Ranking pipeline leakage susceptibility, Materials Performance 57(6):60–64, May. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325789619
  45. ↑ Olagoke Olabisi, Amer Jarragh, and Ashok Mathew, (2020). Ranking Asset Integrity of Oilfield-Water Systems in Two Production Lifecycles, Materials Performance 59(2):38–44 February. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339029470
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