Salifu Tahiru Azeko

OFFICE LOCATION:

Polytechnic Street, Box 3 E/R, Tamale, Ghana

Personal website:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5-OD2qsAAAAJ&hl=en

About me:

He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Tamale Technical University, Tamale, Ghana. He previously served as a Lecturer in Kampala international University, Kampala, Uganda and Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. He is currently an Editorial Board member at Materials Science: Advanced Composite Materials, Singapore and a Reviewer in several reputable journals across the world.

Education:

He had his Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Actuarial Science at the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale Ghana in 2009. He then proceeded and obtained his Master of Science (MSc) in Materials Science and Engineering at the African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja-Nigeria in 2011. He further obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Materials Science and Engineering at the African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja-Nigeria in 2015, where he specialized in polymer recycling and composite processing. Dr Azeko also had his
Postdoctoral Research Studies in the US in 2017 and 2019 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and in 2017 in France at Ecole des Mines.

Research:

His research area focuses on Materials Selection and Design, Recycling of Polymers, Metals and Natural Wastes into Composite Materials for different applications.

RECENT PAPERS/SCHOLARLY WORK:

• Arthur, E. K., Gikunoo, E., Agyemang, F. O., Azeko, S. T., Andrews, A., & Twenewaa, A. (2020). Material Selection for Water Pipes by the Multi-Objective Decision-Making Method: The Case of Alternative Materials for PVC Pipes. Journal of Science and Technology, 5(1), 29-42.
• Onche, E. O., Azeko, S. T., Obayemi, J. D., Oyewole, O. K., Ekwe, N. B., Rahbar, N., & Soboyejo, W. O. (2020). Compressive deformation of Bambusa Vulgaris-Schrad in the transverse and longitudinal orientations. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 103750.
• Danyuo, Y., Zakariyyah, T., Nasiru, S., Mustapha, K., Azeko, S.T., Bello, S. A., … & McbAGONLURI, F. (2019). Effect of Chemically Modified Banana Fibers on the Mechanical Properties of Poly-Dimethyl-Siloxane-Based Composites. Journal of Materials and Engineering Structures «JMES», 6(4), 547-563.