Kolawole Adisa Olonade

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Kolawole Adisa Olonade is a cement and concrete expert. He has a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering with particular interest in Materials and Structures. Over the years, he has been utilizing bio-wastes for production of high-performance cement-based products for affordable housing and sustainable construction in sub-Saharan Africa. He pioneers the use of cassava peel ash as supplementary cementitious materials through which he won the first German-African Innovation Incentive Award. He is a member of many professional bodies such as NSE, COREN, ACI and RILEM. Presently, Dr. Olonade is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria.