Dr. Lasisi Salami Lawal, Senior Research Fellow, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
Dr. Lasisi Salami LAWAL has over 22 years of private practice, industry and Government experience and as an International Advisory Board member of International Conference on Computer, Communication and Control Technology (I4CT), Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Engineering and Technology Management (AJETM), Academic consultant and an Accreditor to Engineering Programmes of Universities on behalf of the Council of the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), similar to Engineering Council of UK for which he is a member as a Chartered Engineer (CEng) including being Journal and Conference Proceedings Reviewer.
He brings his professional knowledge to bear in fostering a nexus between academia and industry to strengthen going-concerns of emerging technologies traversing Communications and Satellite Technologies, Communications Satellite Applications & Services, GNSS & SBAS Technologies, Satellite Project Management with hands-on experience on two communications satellites launched for Nigeria (NIGCOMSAT-1 and NIGCOMSAT-1R) as a project team leader and acknowledging need to bridge digital hiatus in rural Africa and promote digital & health inclusion as well as promote knowledge economy using space-based ICT infrastructure.
He currently works with NIGCOMSAT Ltd as Acting General Manager in the Directorate of Technical Services, Head of Department, Navigation and Project Manager for the facilitation of adoption of SBAS Technology in Africa with relevant national and international stakeholders. He is also a senior research fellow with Federal University of Technology, Minna where he had his first degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a visiting scholar to University of Sussex, UK where he bagged MSc and PhD in Satellite Communications & Space Systems. He is a visiting scholar to GNSS Center of Wuhan University, China.
He is motivated to collaborate, connect, engage, solve, shape and sustain the visions, goals and objectives of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
