In Memoriam: Babatunde Ogunnaike, 1956-2022
Back when my son was touring colleges, having heard from a friend that the University of Delaware gave great scholarships to excellent students and that the Materials Science Engineering Department was pretty good we visited the school to attend an engineering open house. (My son applied there and was accepted, but in the end the scholarship offered was not quite as good as many others),
I don't remember much about the tour other than the very moving speech that Dr. Babtunde Ogunnaike gave to the prospective engineering students around the theme of "If not you, then who?"
I did not know much about his work, but of all the speeches in college tours one hears, that one stuck in my mind.
He apparently has died:
In Memoriam: Babatunde Ogunnaike, 1956–2022 Phillip E. Savage Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2022 61 (16), 5365-5365.
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Tunde was an international leader in chemical engineering and the process systems engineering community. During his tenure as Associate Editor, Tunde handled thousands of manuscripts dealing with process control, design, operations, monitoring, and broader systems engineering topics. His service to the journal was exceptional, and his impact upon I&EC Research and chemical engineering as a field is immense. Because of his many professional accomplishments and contributions, Tunde was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2012.
Before joining the faculty at the University of Delaware, Tunde served on the faculty at the University of Lagos for six years and at the DuPont Co. for 13 years. This international and industrial experience gave Tunde a broad and unique perspective of his field, which served the journal and its authors well.
Those of us who were fortunate enough to work with Tunde will always remember him as a delightful colleague, keen wit and intellect, warm friend, generous mentor, and consummate professional. He will be greatly missed. A special issue of this journal will be published in Tunde’s memory, celebrating his legacy, and recounting his accomplishments in more detail...
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