Biography

Wahab Adebayo SALAMI, is a professor in the Department of Civil / Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Ilorin. He joined the services of the University in August 2000. He holds a PhD degree in Civil Engineering in 2007 and became professor in 2017. He was a visiting scholar at New York State University, Buffalo and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA under Fulbright Scholarship.

He has served as the Sub-Dean, Regional Coordinator National Water Resources Capacity Building Networks, NWRCBNet-NC, Head of Department of Civil Engineering and currently the Director National Centre for Hydropower Research and Development, (NACHRED), Energy Commission.

His teaching and research interest include; Civil Engineering, Water resources system planning & Management, Environmental engineering, Irrigation & Drainage, Flood control & Hydrological Studies. His current research is on Development of a resilient water supply infrastructural ICT Model for effective service delivery in Nigeria sponsored by TETFUND. He has published over one hundred (100) articles in reputable national and international journals including chapters in books and attended many Conferences. He has successfully supervised some phD students, many masters and under graduate students. He has also won a number of research grants. Professor Salami is a corporate member of the Nigerian society of Engineers, COREN Registered. And many other professional bodies within and outside Nigeria.