Adeola Olubamiji

Adeola Olubamiji

Born (1985-04-03) April 3, 1985 (age 38)
Ibadan, Nigeria
Alma materOlabisi Onabanjo University
Tampere University of Technology
University of Saskatchewan
EmployerDesktop Metal Inc
Known forBiomedical Engineering, 3D-Printing, Industry 4.0

Adeola Deborah Olubamiji is a Canadian technologist who specializes in metal and plastic additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing).[1][2] In 2017, she became the first Black person to obtain a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the 112-year-old University of Saskatchewan, Canada.[3] She went on to give a TEDx Talk on how she utilized 3D printing for recovery of damaged articular cartilage in Canada.[4][5][6][7][8]

Background and education

Adeola Olubamiji was born on April 3, 1985, in Nigeria, a native of Ijare area, Ondo state. She was raised in Ibadan where she attended Alafia Public Primary School and St Gabriel Secondary School, Mokola.[9] She obtained her bachelor's degree in Physics (with Electronics) from Olabisi Onabanjo University, and later went on to obtain her master's degree at Tampere University of Technology, Finland. She received her Doctorate degree from University of Saskatchewan, becoming the first Black person to obtain a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University.[10]

Career

She is currently the Director of Additive Manufacturing Solutions at Desktop Metal. Prior to that, she worked as an Advanced Manufacturing Technical Advisor at Cummins Inc. Indiana, as an additive manufacturing subject matter expert, instrumental in the development of additive manufacturing technology roadmap, also improving Cummins' laser printed 316L stainless steel.[11]

She worked as the Lead Metallurgist and Material Engineer at Burloak Technologies from 2016 to 2018. While at Burloak Technologies, she also acted as the Principal Liaison Officer for all Burloak’s and Multiscale Additive Manufacturing Lab at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.[12]

She is the Founder of STEMHub Foundation,[13] a Canadian non-profit that empowers and teaches science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education to students and early career professionals. In addition, she sits on the board of Health Science & Innovation Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana as the Secretary of the board.[14] She is the chief consultant at D-Tech Centrix,[15] an education and career consulting company, located in Ontario Canada and Indiana USA

Awards and recognition

She was recognized in 2017[by whom?] as 5th of the 150 Black women making Canada better, commemorating the 150th[16] celebration of Canada.

In 2019, she was named one of the 10 L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honoree Canada.[17][18]

In 2019, she was named as one of 27 Influential Women in Manufacturing Honoree in the USA.[19]

In 2020, Olubamiji was awarded as one of 130 STEP Ahead Honoree and female manufacturing leaders by the Manufacturing Institute, USA.[20]

She was selected as an awardee of Top 100 Canada’s Most Powerful Women in 2020, under the Life Science and Technology category.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Hawking at age 10 made me-more determined". Guardian Nigeria. Archived from the original on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. ^ "How I became one of Canada's 150 most influential black woman —32-year -old Olubamiji » Features » Tribune Online". Tribune Online. 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  3. ^ "Guardian Woman". GuardianNG. November 2017.
  4. ^ "TEDx BellswoodWomen". TEDx Events. December 4, 2018.
  5. ^ "Development of 3D Printed Cartilage Constructs". Material Science. 2016. S2CID 135945651.
  6. ^ Olubamiji, Adeola D.; Zhu, Ning; Chang, Tuanjie; Nwankwo, Chijioke K.; Izadifar, Zohreh; Honaramooz, Ali; Chen, Xiongbiao; Eames, B. Frank (2017). "Traditional Invasive and Synchrotron-Based Noninvasive Assessments of Three-Dimensional-Printed Hybrid Cartilage Constructs In Situ". Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods. 23 (3): 156–168. doi:10.1089/ten.tec.2016.0368. PMID 28106517.
  7. ^ Olubamiji, Adeola D.; Izadifar, Zohreh; Si, Jennifer L.; Cooper, David M L.; Eames, B Frank; Chen, Daniel XB (2016). "Modulating mechanical behaviour of 3D-printed cartilage-mimetic PCL scaffolds: influence of molecular weight and pore geometry". Biofabrication. 8 (2): 025020. doi:10.1088/1758-5090/8/2/025020. PMID 27328736. S2CID 10302068.
  8. ^ "Using synchrotron radiation inline phase-contrast imaging computed tomography to visualize three-dimensional printed hybrid constructs for cartilage tissue engineering". Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 23. 2016 – via International Union of Crystallography.
  9. ^ "Guardian Woman". GuardianNG. November 2017.
  10. ^ "Former pepper hawker earns PhD in Biomedical Engineering". Punch Newspaper. June 9, 2017.
  11. ^ "Cummins Takes Next Step in 3D Printing and the Future of Manufacturing". Cummins.com. March 7, 2019.
  12. ^ "On thermal expansion behavior of invar alloy fabricated by modulated laser powder bed fusion". Materials & Design. 160. 2018 – via Science Direct.
  13. ^ "STEMHub Foundation". STEMHub foundation Official Website.
  14. ^ "Health & Science Innovations inc". Health & Science Innovations Inc. Official Website. Archived from the original on 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  15. ^ "Dr. Adeola Olubamiji: The Future Of Manufacturing Is 3D Printing - The Lagos Today". Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  16. ^ "CBC RADIO-Up Close: Black women making Canada better".
  17. ^ "These Women Are Helping to Shape a Kinder World". 2019.
  18. ^ "L'Oréal Paris Announces 2019 Canadian Women of Worth Honourees". 2019.
  19. ^ "2019 Class of Influential Women in Manufacturing". Women in Manufacturing. 2019.
  20. ^ "2020 STEP Ahead Award Winners". Manufacturing Institute. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  21. ^ "Top 100 Awards". Women Executive Network. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13.