Winston Wole Soboyejo commonly known as "Wole" is an American materials scientist of Yoruba Nigerian parentage. His research focuses on biomaterials and the use of nanoparticles for the detection and treatment of disease, the mechanical properties of materials, and the use of materials science to promote global development. He was appointed President at SUNY Polytechnic Institute and began his service on October 2, 2023.
11-489: AIST , Aist , or variant, can refer to: AIST African Institute of Science and Technology Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology , one of the biggest research institutions in Japan Association for Iron and Steel Technology , the main group for ferrous metallurgists in
22-579: A master's degree in Public Administration and Public Policy. Visiting professors include Africans working in the diaspora. The university was founded in 2007 as the first campus of the pan-African Nelson Mandela Institution. From its inception, it offered only postgraduate courses. In December 2022, it graduated 145 people from 11 countries, 38 with doctorates. Winston Wole Soboyejo was president and provost from January 2012 to August 2014. As of December 2022 , Azikiwe Peter Onwualu
33-749: A member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Secretary General of the United Nations from 2014 to 2016. Dr. Soboyejo moved to Princeton University in 1999 where he served as a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a professor in the Princeton Institute of Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM). He also served as the director of the U.S./Africa Materials Institute (USAMI), one of six international materials institutes supported by
44-561: Is acting president. Winston Wole Soboyejo Wole was born in Palo Alto, California, USA in 1964. He moved to Nigeria with his family in 1965. Wole is the son of Professor Alfred Sobojeyo of the Ohio State University and Anthonia Soboyejo. He was educated at King's College London (BS Mechanical Engineering, 1985) and Churchill College, Cambridge (PhD Materials Science and Metallurgy, 1988). Wole returned to
55-630: Is an international undergraduate and post-graduate university located in Abuja , Nigeria . It was founded in 2007 as the first part of a pan-African university system concept developed by the Nelson Mandela Institution . The university offers postgraduate programs in five major disciplinary areas: Computer Science and Management of Information Technology, Material Science and Engineering, Petroleum Engineering , Pure, Applied Mathematics, and Space & Aerospace Sciences , and also
66-540: The NMI. In September 2016, Wole joined the faculty and administration at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) where he served as the Bernard M. Gordon Dean of Engineering and Professor of Engineering Leadership, prior to being named Senior Vice President and Provost. His research focuses on materials for health, energy and the environment. His current projects include the use of nanomaterials for targeting and treating cancer;
77-986: The National Science Foundation, and the Director of the Materials Undergraduate Research Program in PRISM. Between 2012 and 2014, Soboyejo served as president and provost of the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) in Abuja, Nigeria. AUST is a Pan-African university founded by the Nelson Mandela Institutions (NMI). Soboyejo has also served as the chair of the African Scientific Committee of
88-581: The Soviet and Russian Navy Khrunichev T-411 Aist , Russian light utility monoplane Aist 1 , a small satellite Aist , a Belarusian cruise missile See also [ edit ] AISTS , the International Academy of Sport Science and Technology Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title AIST . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
99-700: The United States AgInSbTe alloy used in rewritable CDs Aist, Upper Austria Aist (river) , in Austria Wartberg ob der Aist , a town on the river Aist Aist parish (Gemeinde) in Naarn im Machlande on the river Aist Dietmar von Aist , 12th century minnesinger from the region of the Aist river Aist, Russian for "stork" Aist Bicycles , Belarusian bicycle company Aist-class LCAC , assault hovercraft operated by
110-728: The United States in 1988 to become a research scientist at The McDonnell Douglas Research Labs in St. Louis, MO. In 1992, he worked briefly as a Principal Research Engineer at the Edison Welding Institute before joining the engineering faculty of The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. From 1997 to 1998, he was a visiting professor in the departments of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He served as
121-439: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AIST&oldid=1158550023 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages African Institute of Science and Technology The African University of Science and Technology
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