Prof. Fayomi was appointed Dean of the College of Engineering from 1st August, 2021. He is presently the Chairman of the Corporate Affair Unit, Office of the Vice Chancellor of the Institution. He obtained a National Diploma (Distinction) from The Polytechnic, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State now Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Higher National Diploma in (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) from Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State with (Upper Credit), B. Eng. (Honours) in (Mechanical Engineering) from Bells University of Technology, Ota (2nd Class Upper). He bagged his Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Metallurgical Engineering with Distinction (Cum Laude) from the Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental and Natural Resource Management from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye.
He undertook a postdoctoral study at the Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa 2015/2016. Prof. Fayomi specialized in Mechanical Metallurgy of Materials, and has been keenly involved in the sustainable use of local materials for multifaceted application with some collaboration with local and international industries.
His main research focus is on Mechanical Materials Mechanics, Production Technology, Alloy Development and Characterization. He has to his credit over (500) indexed international and local peer-reviewed journals with substantial impact factors, broad readership, and citations in Scopus and Web of Science. Professor Fayomi is an External Examiner to several Nigerian universities. He has supervised over 150 international research/industrial projects, graduated several doctoral and Master’s degree students.
Prof. Fayomi is a Reviewer to the highly-rated Scientific Journal and Conference publisher. He is also an examiner to the National Research Foundation, South Africa, and Portugal. He had participated in the assessment of Faculty members into the Associate and Professorial Chair as an external assessor to some Universities.
He is a Co-chairman of Standards and Dredgers with the Standard Organization of Nigeria and a member of several engineering bodies in Nigeria and abroad. Prof. Fayomi is an accomplished researcher who has harvested several awards internationally. Among these are the Scientific Achievement by South African Association for Advancement in Science Medal Award (A2S3 Medal for Original Research), 2019, 2020 ranked number 3 top published author in Nigeria in accredited Journal by SciVal. In 2021, Professor Ojo Sunday Fayomi was listed among Top 50 in Africa out of top 500 researchers, by scholarly output, over the period 2015-2020 by Scival. He has a patent to his credit with the South Africa Ministry of Education and Cooperates Affair. He has also won an individual and research equipment grant worth $35, 000 which is fully functional.