Moses Olayemi

• Passionate about international development, experienced in investigating research-based approaches towards national socioeconomic development intersecting engineering education; competent in using participatory methods in executing projects in low-resource contexts.

• Personal Research Project: Physiological Modeling – A case for Glucose-Insulin dynamics and cardiovascular modeling
• Group Design Project: Designing a Chemical Refinery to Produce 750,000 m3 Hydrogen/day
• Raised over $2500 in grants and funds for “The Nigeria You Never Hear About in the News” event and “Small Chops and Small Chops: Cultivating a Research Network for International Development” event.

• American Society for Engineering Education
• American Educational Research Association
• Comparative International Education Society
• National Society for Black Engineers
• Nigerian Students Association at Purdue
• Federation of African Engineering Diaspora

Honors and Awards

• Best National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Member, Ilorin-East Local Government (March 2013)
• First-Class Academic Endowment Scholarship, University of Lagos (2007, 2008, 2009)
• Graduate School Award, Purdue University (2020) Award value - $10,000)

Journal Papers:

• Olayemi, M.,Tucker, M., Choul, M., Purekal, T., Benitez, A., Wheaton, W., & DeBoer, J. (2021). Creating a tool to measure Children’s Well-being: A PSS Intervention in South Sudan. Journal on Education in Emergencies, Special Issue on PSS/SEL

Conference Papers:

• Ezika,I.,Olayemi,M.,& OrjiT.C. (2022). Career Progression of Electronic Engineering Graduates: A Study of LinkedIn Career Profiles. 2022 Conference on Information Technology for Education and Development (ITED).
• Brijmohan, Y., Olayemi, M., Dansu, V., Babalola, I.,Gamieldien, Y.,Ezika, I.,Vaye, C.,Asogwa, U.,& Arigye, J. (2022). African Diaspora Engineering Education Student Experiences at US Universities: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Study. World Engineering Education Forum & The Global Engineering Deans Council 2022 Conference.
• Olayemi, M.,Grant, J., Masta, S., & DeBoer, J. (2022). Students, Scholars, Activists: Teaching and Learning Scholar Activism Within the Academy. 2022 Annual American Educational Research Association Meeting.
• Olayemi, M.,& DeBoer, J. (2021). Colonial Antecedents Influencing the Current Training and Practice of STEM Educators in Sub-Saharan Africa. Research in Engineering Education Symposium & Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference: Engineering Education Research Capability Development.
• Olayemi, M.,Vaye, C., Dansu, V, & DeBoer, J. (2021). Professional Development of Secondary School STEM Educators in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematized Literature Review. ASEE Annual Conference 2021: The Sub Above, The Future Ahead, 38.
• Olayemi, M.,& DeBoer, J. (2021). What factors predict self-efficacy among South African teachers?: Constructing an Inferential Model using TALIS 2018 Data. 2021 Annual American Educational Research Association Meeting.
• Olayemi, M.,& DeBoer, J. (2021). Enacting culturally relevant pedagogy for underrepresented minorities in STEM classrooms: Challenges and opportunities. Collaborating Network for Engineering and Computer Diversity, 22.
• Olayemi, M.,Freitas, C., Radhakrishnan, D., Dridi, A., & DeBoer, J. (2019). Improving course retention rates in engineering education in refugee settings: Lessons from two case studies. Research in Engineering Education Symposium: Making Connections,10.
• Dansu, V.,& Olayemi, M.(2019). STEM Education in Nigeria: In the voices of the Stakeholders. African Engineering Education Association International Conference, 7.
• Okonkwo, K., Okpara, J. C., Dansu, V., & Olayemi, M.(2019). Leveraging STEM Education for Sustainable Food Production in West Africa: A case study in Lagos, Nigeria.African Engineering Education Association International Conference,7.

Project Reports:

• Benitez, A., Purekal, T., DeBoer, J., Olayemi, M.,Tucker, M., Kassami, N., Choul, M., MacFarlane, R., Priyanka, B., Yuehwern, Y., Akwero, C, O., Batheng, B. R., Victor, G., Chunyua, G., Ssentongo, J., Tumuhamye, N., Marious, S., Sukhada, S. J., & Utkuhan, G. (2020). Impact Evaluation of Psychosocial Support on Children’s Well-being, Literacy, and Math Outcomes in the Integrated Essential Emergency Education Services Activity in South Sudan. LASER PULSE.