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Dr. Ibitoye, the current Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, is a COREN registered Engineer and an expert in Biomedical Instrumentation and Rehabilitation Engineering. He has contributed significantly and has widely published in reputable outlets to advance the scientific knowledge in these fields. For example:
▪ 2019: Awarded Silver Medal, for jointly inventing Mechanomyographic (MMG)-Muscle Feedback Functional Electrical Stimulation (Device), by International Invention, Innovation and Technology, Malaysia (ITEX). Patent filing is in progress for this device. This device allows persons with physical disability due to spinal cord injuries to exercise their physical functions and may aid their performance of activities of daily living.
▪ Elsevier award for outstanding contribution in reviewing for the following Journals:
(i) Clinical Biomechanics in 2018
(ii) Journal of Psychosomatic Research in 2018
(iii) Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine in 2016

He is a regular reviewer for the following Journals:
(i) Biomedical Engineering Online published by Springer Nature
(ii) IEEE Access published by 1EEE, USA
(iii) Biomedical Engineering/Biomedizinische Technik published by De Gruyter, Germany
(iv) IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics published by 1EEE, USA
(v) Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Published by Elsevier
(vi) Clinical Biomechanics, Published by Elsevier
(vii) IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering,
(viii) Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Published by Elsevier
(ix) Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Published by Springer
(x) PLoS ONE, Published by Public Library of Science, USA

▪ 2013-2017: Participated in achieving the key performance index (KPI) of High Impact Research grant of up to 3 million Malaysian Ringgit (USD 721,850) and another research grant of about RM 140,000 (USD 33,680), as a research assistant and research associate at the Biomechatronics and Neuroprosthetics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia, respectively.
▪ 2014: Outstanding performance award as a Doctoral Researcher for publishing three (3) Institute of Scientific Information ISI-indexed papers as the first Author in a year. This was awarded in the second year of my Ph.D. studies whereas the condition for graduation was two (2) ISI-indexed papers.
He has over 12 years of clinical, research and teaching experience as a Senior Biomedical Engineer at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital; Faculty Member at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Ilorin; and as a Doctoral Researcher and Graduate Research Assistant at the Biomechatronics and Neuroprosthetics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya. He is particularly interested in research studies leading to the improvement of the quality of daily activities in persons with a motor impairment due to spinal cord injury, stroke or old age. His research goals include the design, development and clinical deployment of effective and practical rehabilitation methods to restore lost motor function in people with physical disability to promote their independence and community participation. This is in addition to the provision of inexpensive and effective medical equipment/devices (specifically for diagnosis, therapy and drug monitoring) and facilities for use in low resource settings and emerging economies. He has extensive research experience in experimental design and practical applications, data analysis, feature extraction methods and statistical analysis of biomedical signals. His teaching experience is within the wide areas of Biomedical Engineering subfields including: Biomedical Instrumentation; Biomechanics; Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistance Technology; Biomedical Engineering Design; Biomedical Signal Processing; and Biological Systems and Control. He also has extensive experience in classroom teaching, e-learning, students mentoring, projects and thesis supervision, curriculum development, evaluation and implementation.