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EDUCATION
Ph.D., Engineering Education. Dissertation: Understanding Culturally Relevant Engineering Education in Multiple Settings: A Case Study of Nigeria.
B.S., Chemical Engineering. Thesis: Physiological Modeling: A Case for Glucose-Insulin Dynamics and Cardiovascular Modeling
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
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2023 – Present. Assistant Professor. Engineering Pathways. The University of Oklahoma.
2017 – 2022. Research Assistant. School of Engineering Education. Purdue University.
2019-2021. Apprentice Faculty. School of Engineering Education. Purdue University.
2014 – 2017. Head of Operations. STEM-Ed Africa.
PUBLICATIONS (Selected)
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- Olayemi, M., Ahmadi, J. M., & DeBoer, J. (2023). “Say it anyhow you can”: Unpacking How Engineering Faculty Members Approach Culturally Relevant Engineering Education at an Iraqi University. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition 2023.
- Olayemi, M. (2023). Telling Half a Story: A Mixed-methods Approach to Understanding Culturally Relevant Engineering Education in Nigeria and the United States. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition 2023.
- Brijmohan, Y., Olayemi, M., Dansu, V., Babalola, I., Gamieldien, G., Arigye, J., Ezika, I., Asogwa, U., & Collins, V. (2022). African Diaspora Engineering Education Student Experiences in the US: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Study. 2022 IEEE IFEES World Engineering Education Forum – Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/WEEF-GEDC54384.2022.9996261
- Olayemi, M., & DeBoer, J. (2021). Colonial Antecedents Influencing the Current Training and Practice of STEM Educators in Sub-Saharan Africa. Research in Engineering Education Symposium & Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference: Engineering Education Research Capability Development.
- Olayemi, M., Tucker, M., Choul, M., Purekal, T., Benitez, A., Wheaton, W., & DeBoer, J. (2021). Creating a tool to measure Children’s Well-being: A PSS Intervention in South Sudan. Journal on Education in Emergencies, Special Issue on PSS/SEL.
- Benitez, A., Purekal, T., DeBoer, J., Olayemi, M., Tucker, M., Kassami, N., Choul, M., MacFarlane, R., Priyanka, B., Yuehwern, Y., Akwero, C, O., Batheng, B. R., Victor, G., Chunyua, G., Ssentongo, J., Tumuhamye, N., Marious, S., Sukhada, S. J., & Utkuhan, G. (2020). Impact Evaluation of Psychosocial Support on Children’s Well-being, Literacy, and Math Outcomes in the Integrated Essential Emergency Education Services Activity in South Sudan. LASER PULSE.
- Olayemi, M., Freitas, C., Radhakrishnan, D., Dridi, A., & DeBoer, J. (2019). Improving course retention rates in engineering education in refugee settings: Lessons from two case studies. Research in Engineering Education Symposium: Making Connections, 10.
AWARDS AND HONORS (Selected)
- The Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) Grand Challenge Grant for Southern and Central Africa Regional Hub (S/CA RIH) – Award value at $200,000 (Uvira, Congo DR, March 2023).
- Purdue School of Engineering Education 2022/2023 Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship – valued at $63,984.50 (West Lafayette, IN, May 2022).
- Purdue University Graduate School Award for the most innovative proposal for research-based approaches to improve diversity and inclusion of underrepresented minorities in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. Award value – $10,000. (West Lafayette, IN, March 2020).
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