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Deborah Ajakaiye

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Deborah Ajakaiye
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipNigeria Edit
Name wey dem give amDeborah Edit
Ein date of birth1940 Edit
Place dem born amJos Edit
Ein occupationgeophysicist, geologist, university teacher, researcher Edit
Ein field of workscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics Edit
EmployerAhmadu Bello University, University of Jos, University of Ibadan Edit
Educate forUniversity of Birmingham, University of Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello University Edit
Member ofNigerian Academy of Science Edit
Award e receiveFellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science Edit

Deborah Enilo Ajakaiye na dem born am insyd 1940 insyd Plateau State insyd Northern Nigeria,[1][2] wey she be a Nigerian geophysicist. She be de first female physics professor insyd Africa wey na ein work insyd geophysics play an important role insyd mining for Nigeria insyd.[3]

Early life den education

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Na dem born Ajakaiye insyd 1940 insyd de city of Jos, de capital of Plateau State insyd de northern region of Nigeria. Na she be de fifth of six kiddies. Na ein parents believe insyd equal education of de sexes wey na dem distribute household chores among both de male den female kiddies. Insyd 1962 she be an alumna of University of Ibadan plus a degree in physics. She receive a master's degree for de University of Birmingham insyd England, den insyd 1970 she receive ein Ph.D. in geophysics from Ahmadu Bello University insyd Nigeria. Originally na she interest insyd mathematics, Ajakaiye dey say na she choose make she pursue geophysics secof she believe e fi help ein country.[3]

Ajakaiye attend de Second International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists dem hold insyd Cambridge insyd 1967. Na dem publish a picture of am for de conference banquet, alongside fellow Nigerian physicist Ebun Adegbohungbe, insyd The Woman Engineer's report of de conference insyd July 1967.[4] Insyd 1971, na she speak for de third ICWES conference insyd Turin, giving a paper on women scientists den engineers insyd Nigeria, wey she share a platform plusLetitia Obeng den Grace Hopper.[5]

Career

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Books den Publications

  • Course Manual and Atlas of Structural Styles on Reflection Profiles from the Niger Delta[6]
  • A Bouguer Gravity Map of Nigeria
  • A Gravity Interpretation of the Liruei Younger Granite Ring Complex of Northern Nigeria[7]
  • Mass Movements in Hilly Areas (with Examples from Nigeria)[8]
  • Gamma-ray spectrometric analyses of some Nigerian rock samples[9]
  • Assessment of Education/Research in Basic Science and Science and Technology in Africa[10]
  • Joints on the Jos Plateau[11]
  • Application of geophysical methods to groundwater exploration in northern Nigeria[12]
  • Evidence of tectonic control of mineralization in Nigeria from lineament density analysis A Landsat-study[13]
  • The July 28, 1984 southwestern Nigeria earthquake and its implications for the understanding of the tectonic structure of Nigeria[14]
  • Gravity control network at airports in Nigeria[15]

References

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  1. ↑ Onuh, Amara (2017-10-31). "Deborah Ajakaiye: Meet The First Female Physics Professor In Africa". Answers Africa (in American English). Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  2. ↑ "Ajakaiye, Deborah Enilo (c. 1940–) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oakes, Elizabeth H. (2002). International encyclopedia of women scientists. New York, NY: Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-4381-7.
  4. ↑ "International conviviality: recovering women in engineering from Africa and Asia in 'The Woman Engineer'". Electrifying Women (in British English). 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  5. ↑ "Saluting our sisters: a 1960s gathering of international women engineers". IET Archives blog (in English). 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  6. ↑ Ajakaiye, Deborah E.; Bally, A.W. Course Manual and Atlas of Structural Styles on Reflection Profiles from the Niger Delta (in American English). ISBN 978-0891811909. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  7. ↑ Ajakaiye, Deborah E. (June 1968). "A gravity interpretation of the Liruei Younger Granite Ring Complex of Northern Nigeria". Geological Magazine (in English). 105 (3): 256–263. Bibcode:1968GeoM..105..256A. doi:10.1017/S0016756800052274. ISSN 1469-5081. S2CID 130781184.
  8. ↑ Ajakaiye, Deborah (March 1994). "Mass Movements in Hilly Areas (with Examples from Nigeria)". ResearchGate. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  9. ↑ Uwah, E.J.; Ajakaiye, D.E. (December 1990). "Gamma-ray spectrometric analyses of some Nigerian rock samples". International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation. Part A. Applied Radiation and Isotopes (in English). 41 (2): 173–176. doi:10.1016/0883-2889(90)90104-O.
  10. ↑ Musau, Richard M.; Munavu, Raphael M. (January 1990). "The conversion of 2-furaldehyde into some potentially useful bifunctional derivatives". Biomass. 23 (4): 275–287. doi:10.1016/0144-4565(90)90037-k. ISSN 0144-4565.
  11. ↑ Ajakaiye, D.E.; Scheidegger, A.E. (December 1989). "Joints on the Jos Plateau". Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East) (in English). 9 (3–4): 725–727. doi:10.1016/0899-5362(89)90058-4.
  12. ↑ Ajakaiye, Deborah Enilo; Burke, Kevin (January 1988). "A Bouguer gravity map of nigeria". Tectonophysics. 16 (1–2): 103–115. doi:10.1016/0040-1951(73)90134-0. ISSN 0040-1951.
  13. ↑ Ananaba, S. E.; Ajakaiye, D. E. (October 1987). "Evidence of tectonic control of mineralization in Nigeria from lineament density analysis A Landsat-study". International Journal of Remote Sensing (in English). 8 (10): 1445–1453. doi:10.1080/01431168708954788. ISSN 0143-1161.
  14. ↑ Ajakaiye, D.E.; Daniyan, M.A.; Ojo, S.B.; Onuoha, K.M. (July 1987). "The July 28, 1984 southwestern Nigeria earthquake and its implications for the understanding of the tectonic structure of Nigeria". Journal of Geodynamics (in English). 7 (3–4): 205–214. doi:10.1016/0264-3707(87)90005-6.
  15. ↑ Osazuwa, I.B.; Ajakaiye, D.E. (July 1987). "Gravity control network at airports in nigeria". Journal of Geodynamics (in English). 7 (3–4): 307–317. doi:10.1016/0264-3707(87)90016-0.
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