TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: UZOMA IFEANYI ODUAH

POSITION: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR                              SPECIALISATION: SOLID STATE PHYSICS

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

1. Personal Statement

I am an Associate Professor focused on combining sensor technologies and artificial intelligence in developing innovative products that solves economic needs. My work covers conceptualizing, developing proof-of-concept, prototyping, patenting and commercialization of the research products. Then the products are transformed from laboratory experimental stage to real-world applications after field tests, validation and refinements in the most effective, efficient, and environmentally safe manner. With a strong commitment to miniaturizing electronic devices deploying nanotechnology, optimizing electric power consumption, enhancing capacity and complexity through automation in technology, and promoting clean energy and circular economy principles, I constantly seek to proffer solution to economic challenges with high impact. My research output targets—empowering youths, young scientists and local communities through innovation and advocacy. At the Physics laboratory, my ultimate goal is to translate research into scalable products and training models that address global challenges in critical areas particularly in science and technology, security, unemployment, and climate change issues. My plan is to continue to foster sustainable development through collaborative, interdisciplinary and multi-institutional approaches.

1. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Dean, Faculty of Science, Nigerian University of Technology and Management – NUTM, Apapa, Lagos. (Sabbatical Leave April 2024 to March 2025).
• Recipient: Best Paper Runner Up Award by IEEE Sensors Journal in 2017 at Glasgow, Scotland.
• Granted seven registered patents by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. (Science research products 2017 – 2020)
• Member, Electric Vehicle Charging Committee, University of Lagos 2021 to Date
• A Fellow of Certified Institute of Cost Management of Nigeria. 2009 to Date.

1. Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge

1. Oduah U.I., Oluwole D., Johnson S.O., (2025), Towards preventing the false alarms in indoor physical intrusion detector system and the incorporation of intruder immobilizer system, Heliyon, 11(4): e42855, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42855.
2. Oduah U.I., Anierobi, C.M., and Ilori, G.O., (2023), Inventing a robust road-vehicle flood level monitoring device for disaster mitigation. Heliyon Vol. 9(10): e20784.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20784.
3. Oduah U.I., and Ogunye E.B. (2023), A smart solution for preventing environmental pollution caused by overflowing onsite sewage septic tank. Heliyon 9(4): e14925.  https://doi.org/10.1016/heliyon.2023.e14925
4. Oduah, UI, Kevin, I.F., Oluwole, D.O., and Izunobi, J.U., (2021) Towards a high-precision contactless fingerprint scanner for biometric authentication, Array (Elsevier) 11: 100083.                                       doi: 10.1016/j.array.2021.100083
5. Oduah U.I., Yang Wu., (2016), Advanced Photodetector Chip. IEEE Sensors Journal. 16(14): 5610-5617. (DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2016.2569821).

1. Collaborators/ Networks

1. Justus C. Ndukaife, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee, USA.
2. Deji Akinwande, Director, Microelectronics Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

• Babatunde Rabiu, Director at National Space Research and Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria

1. Fabian Ezema, Director, Nanotechnology Research Group, UNN, Nsukka, Nigeria.
2. Segun Odion, University of the Cumberlands, USA.