Atayero
The Academic
Prof. Aderẹmi Aaron-Anthony Atayero
Engineer, professor and university builder. His doctorate asked how to carry a human voice clearly across a satellite channel full of noise; his career has been about building the structures that let good signals through, in laboratories, in curricula and in institutions.
Leadership
Building institutions
From head of department to vice-chancellor, with a habit of being first: first academic deputy vice-chancellor at Covenant, and pioneer vice-chancellor at two new universities.
- 2026Pioneer Vice-Chancellor
Nigerian University of Technology and Management (NUTM) - 2023 – 2024Pioneer Vice-Chancellor
British Canadian University, Obudu - 2016 – 2020Vice-Chancellor
Covenant University, the 4th substantive Vice-Chancellor - 2012 – 2014Pioneer Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Covenant University - EarlierCoordinator, School of Engineering; twice Head of Department
Electrical and Information Engineering, Covenant University
Research
Signals, networks and smart communities
His work spans telecommunications and satellite systems, speech and signal processing, the Internet of Things and smart cities, digital hardware design, and engineering education. He led the Covenant University Smart City project (SmartCU) and its IoT-Enabled Smart and Connected Communities research cluster, and set out the ReCiTe strategy (Research, Citation, Innovation, Teaching) for the university's Vision 10:2022.
Education
Training
- 1992B.Sc., Radio Engineering
summa cum laude - 1994M.Sc., Satellite Communication Systems
- 2000PhD
Defended 20 January 2000, on carrying speech clearly over noisy satellite channels
National service
Standards and quality
He helps set and check the standard of engineering education in Nigeria.
- NUCEngineering CCMAS committee
Accreditation and resource-verification panels - TETFundResearch and Development Standing Committee
ICT and Digital Economy group - CORENOutcome-Based Education evaluator
Programme evaluations of electrical and electronic engineering - World BankCApIC-ACE core team
Africa Centre of Excellence at Covenant University
Profiles
Publications and identifiers
The full, current record of papers and citations lives on these services.
Work together
Keynotes, reviews and advisory work
Invitations for keynotes, accreditation and programme reviews, university strategy, and research collaboration are welcome.
Academic engagements
Invitations to speak, collaborations, advisory and governance roles, supervision and media requests: write to aaa@atayero.org.
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