Ogbonnaya Inya Okoro

Prof. Dr. Ogbonnaya Inya Okoro

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umuahia, Abia, Nigeria
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Biography

Professor Ogbonnaya I. Okoro (Senior Member, IEEE) received his BEng and MEng degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1991 and 1997, respectively. He holds a PhD in Electrical Machines from the University of Kassel, Germany under the DAAD scholarship program. He is a registered Electrical Engineer (COREN) and Senior member of the IEEE. He is a Fellow of Nigerian Institution of Power Engineers. He was former Dean, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria. Prof. Okoro has published extensively in reputable international journals and is a constant contributor to IEEE AFRICON. He is currently the Dean of the Postgraduate School, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. His research interests are in areas of dynamic simulation and control of induction machines as well as in the thermal and dynamic analysis of AC machines. He is an author of two textbooks published by JUTA (South Africa): Concise Higher Electrical Engineering and The Essential MATLAB/SIMULINK for Engineers and Scientists.

Affiliations

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Umuahia, Abia, Nigeria

Honors and Awards

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German Government Scholarship(DAAD)

Republic of Germany

To enable me carry out my PhD research work at the University of Kassel, Germany

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Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship award

Federal Government of Nigeria

To enable me carry out my masters programme at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Experience

Institute, Department or Faculty Head

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, NIGERIA

01 Feb 2009 - present