Lasisi Salami Lawal
Dr Lasisi Salami Lawal received his first degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2000, a Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Business Management Technology in 2006, from the Federal University of Technology, Minna-Niger State, Nigeria. He completed a two-year technology transfer training program at the China Academy of Space Technology in Beijing gaining a Satellite Professional Certificate in Communication Satellite and Space Technologies and emerged as one of the best among the trainees in 2007. He gained an MSc (Distinction) in Satellite Communications and Space Systems from the University of Sussex in the UK in 2011 and a PhD in Engineering from the same University in 2014. Dr Lasisi holds a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu in 2017, and has completed an MBA programme with the same University. His thesis is titled “Impact of advanced satellite (HTS) on profit performance”.
Dr Lawal is a Registered Engineer in Nigeria and a member of several professional bodies nationally and internationally, including Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Fellow, Nigerian Institution of Space Engineers, Senior and Live Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Fellow of African Scientific Institute, Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers to mention a few. Associate Professor, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Expert in the Satellite Industry & Engineering Manager, Satellite Operations & Applications and Vice-Chair, International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication (ITU-R) Satellite Study Group 4 (2023-2027) leveraging his over 24 years industry experience, skills and knowledge. He is also an International Advisory Board member of International Conference on Computer, Communication and Control Technology (I4CT); Academic Advisory Board Member of The International Education Management Agency (IEMA), Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Engineering and Technology Management (AJETM); Editorial Board Member of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and an Accreditor and Board Member, Engineering Regulation Monitoring and Enforcement & Chair, Aerospace & Aviation Sector on behalf of the Council of the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
A volunteer of Institution of Engineering Technology, ACTINSPACE mentor; International Hackathon in space application co-organized by the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES); the French national space agency and European Space Agency (ESA) and a mentor for Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation launched in 2014 by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation awards is a crucial commercialization support to ambitious African innovators developing scalable engineering solutions to local challenges, demonstrating the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality of life and economic development.
He brings his professional and multidisciplinary knowledge to bear in fostering a nexus between academia and industry to strengthen emerging concerns and innovative technologies covering Space Systems Engineering, Space Science & Technologies, Climate Change Issues and Actions, Satellite Applications & Solutions, GNSS Technologies, Satellite Project Management, Space Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Environment, NewSpace 2.0 utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) including Fusion of AI tools for UAVs and Autonomous Systems interfaced with GNSS and/or SBAS for Precision Agriculture and other applications as well as Ethical Considerations in the use of AI for Industrial Automation, Health Systems and Robotic Applications. These includes health impacts of climate change and the near-term benefits of mitigating greenhouse gases (GHG) especially as it concerns Sub-Saharan Africa and collective adaptation strategies to increase community or organizational resilience to the health consequences of climate change and improve health equity and insights on how to communicate effectively about climate change and health. He develops solutions to engineering problems using new or existing technologies through innovations, creativity and change management; including technical accountability for complex systems with significant levels of risk as evident in some of the engineering projects he has handled including having hands-on experience on two communications satellites launched for Nigeria (NIGCOMSAT-1 and NIGCOMSAT-1R) as a project team member and leader. He is 2023 Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Global Impact Award in healthy lives category received on 28th March, 2023 at IET Headquarters, Savoy Place, London. The research leveraged multi-displinary fields covering Digital Engineering, Communications Satellite System, Software Application, Cybersecurity, Telemedicine, Informatics and Renewable Energy to fast-track United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
He is naturally motivated to collaborate, connect, engage, solve, shape, sustain, foster and strengthen emerging engineering matters of concerns contributing to body of knowledge and UN SDGs acting as the “spider in the web” as an academic and industry practitioner.
Recent publications:
Lasisi, L. S. ., & Chris, C. R. (2021). Recent Study on the Criticality of Space Based Oscillators for the Optimal Performance of Time-Based Signals. Advanced Aspects of Engineering Research Vol. 16, 186–212.
Lasisi, L. S. ., & Chris, C. R. . (2021). A Study of a Low-Cost Navigation Augmentation System: The United Kingdom’s Immediate Answer to the Galileo Brexit Conundrum. Recent Developments in Engineering Research Vol. 11, 41–59.
Lasisi, L. S. ., & Chris, C. R. . (2021). An Overview of Global Navigation Satellite and Augmentation Systems. Recent Developments in Engineering Research Vol. 11, 60–74.
Lasisi, L. S. ., Dongjun, L. ., & Chris, C. R. . (2021). Nigcomsat-1R Satellite-Based Augmentation System(SBAS) Test Bed Trial: A Scientific Explanation. Recent Developments in Engineering Research Vol. 11, 75–85.
Lawal, L. S., Chatwin, C., & Li, D. (2020). NIGCOMSAT-1R satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) test bed trial. IJRDO - Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 6(5), 1–9.