Dr Kehinde Lateef Olaitan is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, with specialisation in Thermofluids. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Thermofluids) from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Applied Mechanics) from the University of Lagos, and a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ilorin. Before joining the university, he practised in industry as a maintenance engineer in automobile and plastics manufacturing and subsequently rose to Senior Engineer (Mechanical) at the Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority, where he supervised the operation and predictive maintenance of water treatment plants.
His research focuses on heat and mass transport in nanoparticle-enhanced adsorption cooling systems, computational fluid dynamics and numerical heat transfer, natural convection and thermal radiation in porous media, and sustainable additive manufacturing from recycled HDPE and agricultural-waste-fibre composites. His doctoral research developed a computational model of heat and mass transport in a nanoparticle-enhanced silica gel adsorption reactor for cooling applications. He has authored or co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles and refereed conference papers, some of which are indexed in Scopus, with further manuscripts under review in international journals. He is a Co-Investigator on TETFund and IHE Delft funded research and has supervised fifteen (15) undergraduate projects to completion.
Dr Olaitan serves as SIWES Coordinator, Seminar Coordinator and Level Adviser in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and as a member of the College Board and College Representative to IFSERAR. He is a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), a corporate member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (MNSE) and of the Nigerian Institution for Water Engineers (MNIWE), a Project Management Professional (PMP), and a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP). He is a Co-Faculty Mentor to the ASHRAE FUNAAB Student Chapter and Financial Secretary of the Nigerian Institution for Water Engineers, promoting energy-efficient and circular-economy engineering practice through teaching, research and professional service.
a. Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering (Thermofluids) 2026
b. M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering (Applied Mechanics) 2017
c. B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering 2011
d. Senior School Certificate 2006
Computational fluid dynamics and numerical heat and mass transfer modelling; Adsorption Cooling systems; natural convection, thermal radiation and porous-media heat transfer; sustainable additive manufacturing from recycled HDPE and agricultural-waste-fibre filaments; and renewable energy, waste-to-energy conversion and circular-economy engineering.
a. Registered Engineer, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)
(Registration number: R57000), 2019.
b. Corporate Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE).
c. Corporate Member, Nigerian Institution for Water Engineers (NIWE); Financial Secretary, 2024 –
Date.
d. Member, Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) – Certified Maintenance
and Reliability Professional (CMRP) (Certificate number: 253166), 2022.
e. Member, Project Management Institute (PMI) – Project Management Professional (PMP), 2022.
a. Sustainable, Clean and Emerging Energy Technologies Conference (SCEETC 2025), University of
Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria, 9 – 15 November 2025.
b. 14th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC), American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Propulsion and Energy Forum, 2016.
1. Olaitan, K. L., Somide, A. S., Olaitan, A. Z. & Waheed, M. A. (2026). An Overview on Sustainable Additive Manufacturing from Recycled HDPE and Agricultural Waste Fibre Filaments. Uniabuja Journal of Engineering and Technology (UJET), University of Abuja, Nigeria.
2. Olaitan, K. L., Olamide, O. O., Anyanwu, B. U. & Waheed, M. A. (2026). Circular Economy Engineering Strategies for Mitigating Plastic Pollution in Nigeria’s Coastal Regions. Bells University Journal of Applied Sciences and Environment (BUJASE), Bells University of Technology, Ota, Nigeria.
3. Olamide, O. O., Ayoola, E. O., Olaitan, K. L. & Waheed, M. A. (2026). Numerical Analysis of the Combustion Process Design Parameters of a Locally Made Cook Stove Burner. Uniabuja Journal of Engineering and Technology (UJET), University of Abuja, Nigeria.
4. Anyanwu, B. U., Jayesimi, L. O., Apeh, S. E., Olaitan, K. L., Olamide, O. O., Owoeye, S. O., Adewumi, O. A., Oluboba, O. O. & Okon, B. J. (2026). The Potentials of Lard-Expired Ibuprofen Blends as Corrosion Inhibitor on A53 Mild Steel in 1M HCl. APWEN Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology, 9(1): 24–32.
5. Anyanwu, B. U., Owoeye, S. O., Olamide, O. O., Olaitan, K. L., Anibaba, A. D., Yussouff, A. A. & Okpako, O. (2024). Electrochemical Impact of Zinc-Magnesium Oxide-Cellulose Nanoparticle Electrodeposited Composite Coatings on Low Carbon Steel in Sodium Chloride Media. Nigerian Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, 14(1): 8–16.
6. Anyanwu, B. U., Owoeye, S. O., Olamide, O. O., Olaitan, K. L., Durodola, F. O., Adetunji, O. R. & Anibaba, A. D. (2024). Examining Zinc Oxide-Cellulose Nanoparticle Coatings’ Corrosion Resistance on Mild Steel in Sodium Chloride Media. Journal of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 23(1): 14–25.
7. Olamide, O. O., Balogun, O., Olaitan, K. L., Kuye, S. I. & Waheed, M. A. (2022). Effect of Copper Nanofluids Cooling Media on Flow and Thermal Characteristics of a Cross-Flow Heat Exchanger. Key Engineering Materials, 917: 185–198. doi: 10.4028/p-ra7ofn.
8. Ogedengbe, E. O. B., Olaitan, K. L. & Naterer, G. F. (2017). Tri-Quadratic Skew Upwind Scheme for Scalar Advection in a Control Volume Finite Element Method. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 71(6). doi: 10.1080/10407790.2017.1309188.
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