Babatunde A. Ogunnaike

Babatunde A. ("Tunde") Ogunnaike received the B.Sc. degree (with First Class Honors) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, in 1976; the M.S. degree, in Statistics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981; and the Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering also from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981. From 1981 to 1982, he was a Research Engineer with the Process Control group of the Shell Development Corporation in Houston, Texas; and from 1982 to 1988, he was a professor at the University of Lagos with joint appointments in the Chemical Engineering and the Statistics Departments. He joined the Advanced Control and Optimization group of DuPont Central Science and Engineering in 1989. From 1995 until September 2002, he was a Research Fellow in DuPont Chemical Sciences and Engineering. An Adjunct Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Delaware since 1989, he joined the faculty as a full professor in September 2002 and was named the William L. Friend professor of Chemical Engineering in January 2004. He is the author or co-author of three books including a widely used textbook, Process Dynamics, Modeling and Control, published in 1994 by Oxford University Press and the more recent Random Pehnomena: Fundamentals of probability and Statistics for Engineers, published in 2009 by CRC press; he is also an Associate Editor of the journal Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research.

Dr. Ogunnaike's research interests include modeling and control of industrial processes (polymer reactors, extruders, distillation columns); identification and control of nonlinear systems; the application of process analytical technology for control of particulate processes and bioprocesses; the interaction of process design and process operability; applied statistics; reverse engineering biological control systems for process applications; and systems biology with application to neuronal responses and cancer. He is a consultant to several companies including DuPont, W.L. Gore, PPG Industries, and Corning.

Dr. Ogunnaike is the recipient of several honors including:

American Institute of Chemical Engineers 1998 CAST Computing Practice Award;

Texas A & M 2001 Lindsey Lecture

Illinois Institute of Technology 2002 Centennial Lecture Award

2004 University of Delaware's College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching award;

2005 University of Delaware Slocomb Excellence in Teaching Award

2007 Instrument Society of America's Donald P. Eckman Education Award

2008 Inaugural Texas A & M McFerrin Lecturer

He was named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2009, and elected to fellowship of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering and elected to the US National Academy of Engineering both in 2012.