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Dr. A. O. Adewale received his 1977 West African School Certificate (WASC) with Distinction from the Federal Government College, Port Harcourt, Rivers State in 1977.
In 1982, he was awarded a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honors from the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, in Lagos. Dr. Adewale was also awarded a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Civil Engineering from the same University in 1985.
Between 1986-1988, he was Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lagos State University (LASU). He distinguished himself as a hard working and most reliable lecturer in the course of discharging his duties.
While still working as Assistant Lecturer at LASU, he simultaneously pursued a doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering at UNILAG. He later received the prestigious B.F. Goodrich Fellowship to study in the U.S.A. where he received a Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering from the University of Akron, Ohio, USA in 1993.
After the Doctorate degree award, Dr. Adewale first worked as a City Engineer in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1994, he was hired as Scientist by Johnson & Johnson in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He earned his Masters in Business Administration in 1998 from the University of North Florida (UNF). He later joined UNF in 1999 as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. In 2003, Dr. Adewale was promoted as Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UNF.
He left UNF to join Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in 2005 and was deployed to Research and Development (R & D) Division of NNPC as General Manager, Exploration and Production. Dr Adewale is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Florida. He is author of the book “Solid Modeling Using Pro/Engineer Wildfire” published by Thomson Delmar Learning in 2005. He has also authored numerous invention disclosures as well as scores of other technical and professional publications.
Dr Adewale was deployed by NNPC Management to NETCO as Executive Director Operations in November, 2006.
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