(A) Profile:1. (10/09/2007 - ): "Research Associate" at HaCIRIC (Health and Care Infrastructure Research and Innovation Centre), Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
2. (24/05/07 - Present): Co-Founder and Coordinator-Programmes, Nigeria Green Building Council (NGBC) and Nigerian Green Building Council (NGBC) International Journal
3. (26/02/07 – 19/03/07): "Construction Professional Lecturer" at Warrington Collegiate Institute, United Kingdom. Lecturing: Construction Science and Materials; Law and Contract; Construction Technology; Building Measurement and Costing; and Structural Mechanics
4. (05/06/06 – 30/11/06): "Research Assistant" to Professor Ghassan Aouad at the School of the Built Environment (SoBE), University of Salford, United Kingdom
5. (08/11/05 – 12/05): "Computer Literacy And Information Technology (CLAIT) Tutor" at TU College, Manchester, United Kingdom
6. (26/11/04 – 30/04/05): "Project Manager" of CIB Student Chapter, School of the Built Environment (SoBE), University of Salford, United Kingdom. Created the 'Mock Viva Concept and Project'
7. (09/1999 – 09/2003): "Research Assistant" and "Design Architect" to Professor Duro Oni (Chief Executive Officer of Durolights Sound and Vision), Lagos State, Nigeria
8. 5+ Years Experience in the Construction Sector as a "Design Architect" and "Researcher", as well as 7+ Years Experience in Environmental Studies and Design
(B) Projects:
1. "A Scoping Study to Establish a UK Institution to Nigerian Institution Partnership for Healthcare Infrastructure Innovative Research and Design"
1.1 Sponsor – British Council: PMI2 Connect Partnership Development Grant
1.2 Award Amount – £ 2,000.00
1.3 Investigator – Osaji, Emeka Efe (100.00%)
(C) Professional Memberships:
1. (24/07/05 - Present): Affiliated Member of "Architects for Peace" (AFP)
2. (26/07/05 - Present): General Member of "International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism" (INTBAU)
3. (17/01/06 - Present): Member of "Association of Researchers in Construction Management" (ARCOM)
4. (10/10/06 - Present): Member of "Architecture Network" (ArchNet)
5. (13/10/2006 - Present): Member of "South African Animation Organisation" (AnimationSA.org.)
6. (24/05/07 - Present): Co-founder; Coordinator-Programmes; and Member of "Nigeria Green Building Council" (NGBC)
7. (15/11/2007 - Present): Member of "Architects for Health" (AfH)
8. (29/11/2007 - Present): Member of "Design Research Society" (DRS)
9. (03/12/2007 - Present): Member of "East Midlands Centre for Constructing the Built Environment" (EMCBE)
10. (03/12/2007 - Present): Member of "The Learning Network for Sustainable Healthcare Buildings" (SHINE)
11. (13/02/2008 - Present): Member of the "Design Research Society" (DRS) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Design, Health and Wellbeing
12. (14/02/2008 - Present): Member of the "Sustainable Development Foundation" (SDF)
13. (11/03/2008 - Present): Full member of the "International Building Performance Simulation Association" (IBPSA); and Individual member of the "International Building Performance Simulation Association - England" (IBPSA - England)
14. (11/03/2008 - Present): Co-Founder and Chairman of the emerging "Nigeria International Building Performance Simulation Association" (Nigeria IBPSA)
15. (12/04/2008 - Present): Full member of "The Institution of Engineering and Technology" (IET)
16. Membership being processed for "The Chartered Institute of Building" (CIOB)
(D) Education:
1. (01/10/2004 – Present):
- Ph.D Academic/Research Degree (Final Stage)
- Ph.D Thesis: "The Energy Performance of the Prolate Spheroid Form in Tall Office Buildings"
- Research Institute for the Built & Human Environment (BuHu)
- School of the Built Environment
- University of Salford, United Kingdom
- Expected Date of Ph.D Degree Award: 2008
2. (09/1999 – 09/2001):
- B.Arch. (Bachelor of Architecture) Postgraduate Professional Degree
- B.Arch. Thesis: "The Beehive"
- Department of Architecture
- The Faculty of Environmental Sciences
- University of Lagos, Nigeria
- Date of B.Arch. Degree Certificate Award: 30/05/2002
3. (09/1995 – 09/1999):
- B.E.S. (Bachelor of Environmental Studies) Degree
- Department of Architecture
- The Faculty of Environmental Sciences
- University of Lagos, Nigeria
- Date of B.E.S. Degree Certificate Award: 30/05/2002
4. (11/1993 – 19/04/1994):
- Senior School Certificate Examination (S.S.C.E.): Chemistry (Credit: Grade C6); Art (Credit: Grade C5);
- West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Lagos State, Nigeria
5. (06/1992):
- Senior School Certificate Examination (S.S.C.E.): English Language (Credit: Grade C4); Literature in English (Distinction: Grade A3); Economics (Credit: Grade C5); Mathematics (Distinction: Grade A3); Physics (Credit: Grade C5); Chemistry (Pass: Grade P8); Art (Pass: Grade P7); Biology (Distinction: Grade A3);
- Mobolaji Bank Anthony High School, Lagos State, Nigeria
(E) Architectural & Research Interests:
1. Architectural Design: Commercial Architecture (Tall Bank-Office and Restaurant Design); and Community Architecture (Residential and Healthcare Infrastructure Design);
2. Environmental Design Morphology: Building energy efficient hive (Beehive); Prolate Spheroid Hybrid and Design Environment (Pro-SHaDE);
3. Innovation in Healthcare Infrastructure Planning, Design, Construction and Operation: Application of Modelling, Simulation and Visualisation; Virtual Built Healing Environment (VBHE): Healthcare Infrastructure Digital Mock Up Facility (HIDMUF)
4. My Ph.D research topic is The Thermal Energy Performance of the Prolate Spheroid Form in Tall Office Buildings and it explored the following primary research question, “how can the thermal energy performance of a tall office building, in terms of solar heat loss and solar heat gain be improved through building form design?” The secondary research questions include: What is the thermal energy performance of the prolate spheroid tall office buildings attributable to their morphology within contextual parameters?; What new concepts can be created from knowledge of the prolate spheroid form’s thermal energy performance?; How can these new concepts be applied in practice through building form design?; and How can knowledge of existing and proposed prolate spheroid buildings’ thermal energy performance be enabled/facilitated? The Greater London Authority (GLA) and Swiss Re buildings had been acclaimed as being energy efficient with pre-occupancy claims of reduction in their annual energy consumption compared to a high specification office building. However, disparities exist between these buildings thermal energy use claims and actual thermal energy use, which along with the identified problem of space heating and cooling, as well as the author’s previous research in the spheroid morphology design area have influenced the research aim. The aim of this research is to develop an environmental design strategy that optimises thermal energy performance in the tall office building through the application of the prolate spheroid hybrid morphology. The research objectives include the following: Determination of the thermal energy performance of the prolate spheroid tall office buildings attributable to their morphology within contextual parameters; Determination of the morphological enablers to the thermal energy performance of the prolate spheroid form; Creation of new concepts that include the Metamorphotic Prolate Spheroid Concept (ability to morph and be responsive) and the Solar-Interceptive Prolate Spheroid Concept (ability to shade); and Development of a prolate spheroid hybrid tall office building design that combines its architectural plasticity and skeletal nature in order to achieve thermal energy efficiency through passive solar design and external shading. Development of the Prolate Spheroid Hybrid and Design Environment (Pro-SHaDE). My developed research philosophy is the Prolativism Research Philosophy and it involves the study of the theory of the knowledge of the prolate spheroid form’s thermal energy performance, its nature and enablers, its environmental methods of application in tall office buildings, its limitations and the validation of such knowledge and its hypothetical assumptions. My developed research methodology is the embodied research methodology consisting of five research levels that include the: Exploratory Scoping Study Level; Research Philosophy and Paradigm Level; Research Approach Level; Research Techniques Level; and Research Output Level. The Research Approach comprises two research methods: The Multiple Case Study Research Method (Investigative Method); and my developed Environmental Design Morphology Method (Inventive Method). The Environmental Design Morphology Method involves developing strategies that address contextual parameters when conceiving design by applying environmentally beneficial attributes and enablers inherent in architectural morphology in order to tackle issues like thermal energy performance. It supports the inventive aspect of this research and has aided my development of the Prolate Spheroid Hybrid and Design Environment (Pro-SHaDE). The Pro-SHaDE consists of the metamorphotic and solar-interceptive concepts. It utilises spheroidal vertical external shading fins with computerised BMS controlled horizontal fins that are responsive to changing solar conditions. It also uses the prolate spheroid morphology and variations of it to efficiently enclose space, minimise exposure to the external climate and thereby optimise thermal energy performance.
