David O. Obada is a post-doctoral researcher at the School of Science, Atlantic Technological University, Ireland. He holds a PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Before joining the Atlantic Technological University he was a research fellow at the University of Ghana, the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India, and the University of Birmingham, UK. He was also a research and teaching fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA and holds a Kaufmann Teaching Certificate from MIT. He specializes in production/industrial engineering. His research interests include fracture mechanics, advanced materials, and condensed matter physics.