Engr. Prof. Obanishola Sadiq was born
in Lagos to the Sadiq’s ruling house of Ajagonnobe- Epe, in Epe Local
Government Area of Lagos State. He obtained M.Sc in Civil Engineering(1985) and
Ph.D in Structural Engineering(1990) both from the Kiev’s Institute of Civil
Engineering, Kiev, Ukraine(formerly USSR).
He began his academic
career as Lecturer 1 in 1991 at ABU, Zaria in the Department of Civil
Engineering. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1994. In 1995 he transferred
his services to the Civil Engineering Department at University of Lagos(UNILAG). He rose through the ranks to become
Associate Professor (2000) and Professor (2001).
At UNILAG, he was
Sub-Dean, Faculty of Engineering (1999-2001); Head, Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering (2011-2014). He has also served as member and
Chairman of several UNILAG major committees: he was Chairman Minor Contracts,
Facilities & Projects Committee (2005-2008); Chairman Environmental &
Beautification Committee (2006-2008); Chairman Examination Malpractice
Committee for Faculty of Science (2010-2015). As Head of Civil &
Environmental Engineering Department, he facilitated donation of Computer
Laboratory to the department by DELTA AFRIQUE with supply of 25 new computers
and civil engineering design soft wares for the training of civil engineering
students, all to the tune of about Forty Million Naira.
In 2001, Prof. Sadiq was
appointed Acting Deputy Director of Works & Services of UNILAG and in
August 2002 he was appointed Acting Director Works & Services of the
University. In that capacity he oversaw the maintenance of Civil, Electrical,
Mechanical and Telecommunication Engineering Infrastructure throughout the
University. Indeed, he was responsible for the maintenance of over 20 academic
and administrative buildings; almost 300 residential staff quarters on campus
and about 200 leased staff quarters off campus; 14 students’ hostels and about
35 kilometres of roads and drives. His annual operating budget was over 300
Million Naira.
In academics, his major
area of research is Nonlinear Structural Stability and Vibration Analysis of
Shells and Spatial Structures. To
date he has supervised to completion 5 Ph.D candidates, over 160 M.Sc
candidates. Currently, he supervises 6 M.Phil./Ph.D and about 15 M.Sc
candidates. He has over 50 publications in reputable national and international
journals and referred conference proceedings. He was visiting Professor on
sabbatical leave to FUNAAB(2008/2009)
and LASU, Epe Campus(2016/2017) academic sessions.
Prof Sadiq is a Fellow of
the Nigerian Society of Engineers(FNSE); Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of
Structural Engineers (FNIStructE); Member of the International Association for
Shell & Spatial Structures(M.IASS) and a COREN registered Civil Engineer.
He has served as member of NUC and COREN accreditation panels to several
Universities across the country.
He is recipient of the NSE Lagos Branch
Distinguished Merit Award (2006) and NIStructE Lagos Branch Merit Award (2017)
for his contribution to knowledge and engineering practice. He is also recipient of the Faculty Best Researcher’s award for
year 2006 Research Conference & Fair, UNILAG.
Engr. Prof Sadiq is
happily married to Mrs. Aladi Gloria Sadiq and they are blessed with two
boys.
