Gbadebo Moses Owolabi

Biography

Professor Owolabi obtained his B.S (First Class Honors) degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria and his PhD from the University of Manitoba, Canada. Prior to joining Howard University, he was a Visiting Research Scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology sponsored by the Government of Canada through the Prestigious Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Fellowship. His recent research focuses on developing novel simulation-based strategies for predicting the formation and growth of small cracks in advanced materials and structures for numerous applications in large-scale industries including aerospace, ship/marine structures, pressure vessels, and other applications where fatigue is a critical issue in reliability analysis. In the last four years, Professor Owolabi has received research grant awards of over 2.8 millions dollars from the Department of Defense, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, and the National Science Foundation to support his research activities in the area of Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics at Various Scales, High Strain Rate Testing and Material Characterization, and Structural Integrity and Health Monitoring.

Research Interest

Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Multiscale Modeling and Simulations, Constitutive Modeling and Finite element Applications, High Strain Rate Testing and Materials Characterization, Structural Health Monitoring