New DVC Resume Office.

The newly-appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic of the Federal
University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Professor Mufutau Adekojo Waheed,
has assumed duty. Professor Felix Kolawole Salako, Deputy
Vice-Chancellor, Development who was re-appointed, has also resumed.
Governing Council of the University recently approved the appointments
of the Deputy Vice-Chancellors for the University. According to the
Registrar, Mr Matthew Ayoola, the appointments, which were on the
recommendations of the Senate are for a period of two years each,
effective from January 1, 2014.
Until their appointments, Professor Waheed was the Director of
Academic Planning, while Professor Salako was re-appointed as Deputy
Vice-Chancellor, (Development) of the University.
The DVC, Academic, a Professor of Thermofluids in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, is from Ogbomoso, Oyo
State. He attended the Ajaawa Baptist Grammar School, between 1978 and
1983, and the University of Ilorin, where he obtained his B.Eng (Hons)
and M.Eng degrees in Mechanical Engineering in 1990 and 1995,
respectively.
He then proceeded to the Aachen University of Technology, Germany and
bagged a Doctor of Engineering Science Degree in Mechanical
Engineering, in 2001.
Professor Waheed had worked in several capacities at the Ladoke
Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, from 1992, as a Graduate
Assistant and rose through the ranks to become a Professor in 2008,
before he joined FUNAAB the same year.
Since joining the University, he had served at various levels
including Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Member,
Postgraduate Board; Deputy Dean, College of Engineering; member,
Committee on National Institutional Ranking as well as Committee on
the Preparation of Proposal for Community Radio and Internet Radio
Station.
He has to his credit, over 80 publications in books/monographs,
articles, conference abstracts and proceedings in reputable journals;
had supervised about 50 Master's and Doctorate Degree students and had
also been an external examiner to several Universities.
The DVC, Academic, who belongs many professional bodies such as the
Nigerian Society of Engineers and the Council for the Regulation of
Engineering Practice in Nigeria, had attended and presented papers at
several local and international conferences and academic fora.
Professor Waheed had been conferred with several awards such as
University Scholar as the Best Graduating Student in Mechanical
Engineering, University of Ilorin (1987 – 1990), among others.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development, Professor Felix Kolawole
Salako is from Ibadan in Oyo State.
A Professor of Soil Physics in the Department of Soil Science and Land
Management, College of Plant Science and Crop Production, Professor
Salako attended the Igbobi College, Lagos; the University of Nigeria,
Nsukka, where he obtained his B. Agric (Hons) and M.Sc degrees in Soil
Science in 1983 and 1986, respectively before proceeding to the
University of Ibadan, where he bagged his PhD Degree in Soil Science,
in 1997.
Professor Salako joined the services of FUNAAB in 2000 as a Senior
Lecturer and moved up the academic ladder to become a Professor in
2006. He had served the University on many fronts, which include: Head
of Department, Soil Science and Land Management; Director,
Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre; Pioneer Director,
Centre for Community-Based Farming Scheme and Deputy Vice-Chancellor,
Development, from 2011 to date.
He has to his credit, over 80 publications in books/monographs,
articles in learned journals, papers in referred conference
proceedings and technical reports. He had supervised more than 40
students at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, in
addition to being external examiner to several Universities.
Professor Salako belongs to a number of professional associations and
learned societies such as the Soil Science Society of Nigeria;
Agricultural Society of Nigeria; Soil and Water Conservation Society,
United States of America and had delivered papers at many local and
international conferences, seminars and workshops.
Notable academic laurels won by him include the Best Student Prize in
Soil Science (1982 - 1983) Graduating Set of the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka, the Marquis' Who-is-Who in Science and Engineering
(8th Edition) and Chief War Marshall, Man 'O' War Club of Nigeria.
Professor Salako, a Jerusalem Pilgrim, was honoured with the
chieftaincy titles of the Asoludero of Iwoye-Ketu and the Bobatolu of
Isaga-Orile, Ogun State, in recognition of his immense contributions
to the development of the two communities