FACULTY RESEARCH PROFILES

Research Interests:
Flow-structure profiling of cardiovascular disease IVUS and OCT Image analysis Multifunctional nanocomposite, Biosensor

Degrees:

• Ph.D.  Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, University of London, 1983.
• DIC. Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College,  University of London,, 1983.
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering,  University of lbadan, Nigeria, 1979.

Recent Publications:

• M. Ballas, H. Song, O.J. Ilegbusi, “Effect of thermal conductivity on reaction front propagation during combustion synthesis of intermetallics, J. Mater. Sci., 2006, in press.
• T. Du, H. Song, and O. J. Ilegbusi, “Sol-gel derived ZnO/PVP nanocomposite thin film for superoxide radical sensor”, Materials Science and Engineering, C, 2006, in press.
• H. Song, T. Du, O.J. Ilegbusi, “Modeling Macroscopic Transport of Superoxide Radicals through Nonoheterogeneous Biosensor Film,” Sensor and Actuators B, Chemical, 106:2 (2005), 654-659.
• H. Song, O.J. Ilegbusi, L.I. Trakhtenberg, “Modeling Vapor Deposition of Metal/Semiconductor-Polymer Nanocomposite”, Thin Solid Film, 476(2005)190-195.
• H. Song, O. J Ilegbusi and A. Sacco Jr., “Effects of gravity on zeolite crystallization from solution,” J. Crystal Growth, 277(2005) 623-630.
• H. Song, O. J Ilegbusi and A. Sacco Jr., “Kinetics of zeolite NaA crystallization in microgravity,” Materials Letters, 59 (2005) 2668-2672..
• T. Du and O. J. Ilegbusi, “Synthesis and Characterization of Sol-gel Derived Nanostructured Composite of ZnO/PVP thin film”, Surface Engineering 20(4) (2004) 1.
• T. Du and O. J. Ilegbusi, “The Synthesis and Morphological Characterization of PVP/ZnO Nano Hybrid Films”, J. Matrl. Sci. Letters, 39:19 (2004) 6105-6109.
• O.J. Ilegbusi, and H. Song, “Analysis of X-ray photoelectron spectra of amorphous carbon nitride films,” Thin Solid Films, 388 (2001), pp. 114-119.

Scientific and Professional Societies:

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Society of Engineering Science
• American Society for Composites.

Honors and Awards:

• 1979 Graduated with First Class Honors, Univ of Ibadan, Nigeria
• 1984, Mike Akrill Trophy, British Heat Transfer Society for Top Graduating Student .
• 1988,  International Consultant and Lecturer, Toshiba Ceramics, Japan.
• 1988, International Consultant and Lecturer, Nippon Steel, Japan.
• 1989, International Consultant, Kawasaki Steel, Japan.
• 1989, International Consultant, Outokumpu Steel, Finland.
• 1989, International Consultant, Hoogovens BFP, The Netherlands.
• 1994-1996, Consultant, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP-TOKTEN).
• 1995, NASA Faculty Fellowship, NASA GLEN, Cleveland, OH.
• 1995, 1996,  Merit Awards, Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA).
• 1997, 2001,  Naval Research Laboratory Faculty Fellowship, Washington DC.
• 1999-2003, Editorial Boad Member, J. Mat. Processing and Manufacturing Science.
• 2000,  Martin Luther King Scholar, Massachusetts Inst of Tech.
• 2001, Guest Scientist, Hokkaiddo University, Saporro, Japan.
• 2002, Appointed, Provost Research Excellence Professor, UCF