B.Eng., M.Eng., PhD
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JOACHIM C. OSUAGWU is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). He obtained B.Eng degree in Civil Engineering from Anambra State University of Technology Enugu (ASUTECH) in 1989. He also obtained MBA in Project Management, M.Eng and Ph.D degrees in Civil Engineering (Water Resources) from FUTO in 2004, 2006 and 2012 respectively. He was registered by COREN in 2000. Joachim worked with Crest Associates Consulting Engineers, Owerri (1991-2004). He was the resident Engineer for Obudu Dam Project in Cross Rivers state (1991-1992). J.C. Osuagwu was appointed Project Engineer, Imo state Project Support unit of Local Empowerment and Environmental Management Project (LEEMP) – a World Bank assisted Project in 2004. In 2005, he joined FUTO as Academic staff in the Department of Civil Engineering and rose to the rank of Professor in 2019. He was the HOD from 2018-2020.
Osuagwu J.C. has published several academic articles in reputable local and International Journals. He has participated and presented papers at several local and International Conferences/Workshops within and outside Nigeria. Prof Joachim is happily married to Mrs Pauline Osuagwu and the marriage is blessed with Children.
Academic Qualification
B.Eng, M.Eng, Ph.D- Civil Engineering, MBA-Project Management Technology, COREN Reg, FNIWE, MNSE
Honours/Awards
Ezinihitte heritage club scholarship for best Engineering undergraduate in Ezinihitte-Mbaise L.G. A. Imo state (1988)
TETfund IBR grant (2019) – Gully Processes, Initiation and Control at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Southeastern Nigeria
Affiliations
COREN Registered.
Member, Nigeria Society of Engineers (MNSE)
Courses Assigned to Teach
Research Interest
Hydraulic Modelling, Cost Optimization, Flood and Erosion Control
Publications
1. Osuagwu J. C. (2009). Cost Effective Waterborne Sewage Treatment Method for Tropical Environment. The Heartland Engineer Vol4 (1) 2. Osuagwu J. C. (2010). The Use of Vegetation as an Engineering Material. Inter-World Journal of Science and Technology Vol4 (2) 3.Osuagwu J. C. and Agunwamba J. C. (2011). Cost Optimization of Drains. International Journal of Engineering Vol5 No. 3 4. Osuagwu J. C, (2012). Modelling of the Storage Factor of Check Dams. Journal of Engineering Œ∑Vol 6 No. 3 5. Osuagwu J. C.,Okoro B. C., Aguwamba J. C. (2013).Natural Reclammation of Gullies using Sandbags International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT) Vol2 (1) 6. Osuagwu J. C., Okoro B. C., and Agunwamba, J.C. (2013).Prediction of Sediment Concentration Upstream of Sandbags in Gullies: Modeling and Analysis International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Vol5 (2) 7. Osuagwu J. C., Okoro, B. C., Agunwamba J. C. (2013). The Use of Sandbags As Check-Dam for Erosion Control Proceedings of International Engineering Conference and Exhibition, Nigerian Society of Engineers, at International Conference Center Abuja 9TH -13th Dec. 2013. 8. Nwachukwu A.N. and Osuagwu J.C (2014). Effects of Oil Spillage on Ground water Quality In the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. American Journal of Engineering Research Vol. 3, No 6. P271-274 9. Osuagwu J. C. Nwachukwu A.N., Nwoke H.UandAgbo, K.C. (2014). Effects of Soil Erosion and Sediment Deposition on Surface Water Quality Asian Journal of Engineering and Technology Vol 02, No 5 10. Onyema K.N. and Osuagwu J.C. (2015). Public Private Partnership and Concessions as Panacea to Funding of Nigerian Roads International Journal of Engineering Research and General Sciences Vol 3. No 3 11. Nwoke, H.U, Okoro B.C.,Osuagwu J.C., and Obi L.E., (2015). MoringaOlifera as an Alternative to AluminiumSulphate in Water treatment. (A Case Study of Otamiri Water Treatment, Imo State, Nigeria Journal of Environmental Science, Computer Science, Engineering and Technology. Vol. 4. No 4 12. Nwachukwu P.C., Okoro B.C. Osuagwu J.C. and Nwankwo S.L. (2015) Correlation of Surface Geophysical and Logging Data of some Selected Boreholes in Imo State, South Eastern Ngeria. Journal of Geography and Geology.Vol 7, No 4 13. Igwegbe W E, Okoro B. C, Osuagwu J.C (2015). Use of Carica Papaya as a Bio-Sorbent for Removal of Heavy Meatals in Waste Water.Journal of Environmental, Ecological, Geological and Geophysical Engineering vol 9. No 12. p1329-1333 14. Osuagwu J. C. Udoha, C.L, Onyema K.N (2016). Relationship Between Geothechnical Properties of Soil and Pattern of Roadside Erosion in a Sub Urban Road South Eastern Nigeria. African Journal of Geo-Science Resaerchvol 4 No. 1:26-28 15. Nwakwasi N.L, Osuagwu J.C andNwachukwu A.N. (2016).Solar Distillation of Contaminated Water in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. GE-International Journal of Engineering Research 16. Osuagwu J.C.,Owakah A. ,Chukwuocha A.C, Ibeje (2017) A.O. Settlement Monitoring of Embankment Dams- Case Study of Gurara Dam, International Journal of Science and Engineering Investigations. 17. Ikpa P.N., OkoroB.C.and Osuagwu J.C. (2017) An Assessment of the Impact of Effluent Discharges on the Quality of Aba river South Eastern Nigeria. International Journal of Science and Engineering Investigations. 18.Ogbonna D., Okoro B.C., & Osuagwu J.C. (2017) Application of Routing Model for Flood Mitigation in Orashi River, South-East Nigeria. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection Vol 5, p31-42 19. Uzoh U.E., Okoro B.C. & Osuagwu J.C. (2017) Evaluation ofUrbanDrinkingWater Quality in South East Nigeria International Journal of Science and Engineering Investigations. 20. Chukwuocha A.C., AC-Chukwuocha N.& Osuagwu J.C. (2017).Filtering the Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) And the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection (ASTER) Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) Data in the Milder.Conference Paper. 21. Ibeje A.O. Osuagwu J.C.,& Onasopkonome O.R. (2018). A Markov Model for Prediction of Annual Rainfall.International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Applied Science.Vol 3 22. Ibeje A.O., Osuagwu J.C.&Onasopkonome O.R. (2018).Impacts of Land Use on Infiltration.World Journal of Engineering Research and Technology.Vol 4, 2018. 23. Osuagwu J.C., Nwakwasi N.L. &Nwachukwu A.N. (2018). Iron Removal in Waste Water using Expanded Polystyrene as an Artificial Media. Nigerian Journal of Technology.Vol37 p 841-845 24. Sunu J.B., OkoroB.C. ,Osuagwu J.C. (2018). Assessment of Solid Waste Generation and Disposal in Mubi Metropolis, Adamawa State Nigeria. International Journal of Science and Engineering Investigations. 25.Nwakwasi N.L., Osuagwu J.C., Dike B.U., Nwoke H.U. and Agunwamba J.C. (2018) Modelling of Soil pH in crude oil contaminated Soil in the Niger Delta. Scientific Research Journal vol. 6. 26. IbearugbulemO.H.,Okoro B.C., Osuagwu J.C. and Agunwamba J.C (2018). Development of Empirical Soil Loss Regression Model (ESLRM).InternationAl Journal of Science and Engineering Research. 27 Ibeje, A.O., Osuagwu J.C., andOnosakponome, O.R. (2018). Morphometric Analysis of Orammiriukwu River Catchment in Imo state , Nigeria. Nigerian Research Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences. 28. Ibearugbulem, O. H., Osuagwu, J.C.,Nwoke, H.U., and Igwegbe, W.E., (2019) Comparison of ESLRM, MSLM and USLE Soil Loss Models in Imo River Basin in Eastern Nigeria,” International Research Journal of Advanced Engineering and Science,Volume 4, Issue 1, pp. 173-178 29.Nwakwasi N.L., Okoro B.C., Osuagwu J.C., Dike B.U., Nwachukwu A.N., and Agunwamba J.C. (2019). Modeling Soil Organic Carbon in Crude Oil Contaminated Soil in the Niger Delta. European Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences Vol 4, No 3.doi: 10.24018/ejers.2019.4.3.1154 30.Osuagwu J.C., Dike B.U., Uzoukwu C.G., &Nwakwasi N.L. (2019). Synthetic Unit Hydrographs for Runoff Computation in Otamiri River Catchment.Researchjournalli’s Journal of Civil Engineering. Vol 5, No 2. 31.Osuagwu J.C., Agunwamba J.C., & Nwabunor C.E. (2019). Verification of Time of Concentration Equation for Improved Drainage Design. Journal of Environmental Management and Sustainable Development Vol 8. No 2 doi: 10.5296/emsd.v8i2.14902 32.Osuagwu J.C., Agunwamba J.C., & Okoli S.A. (2019). An Investigation on the Extent of Soil Erosion resulting from Vehicular Emission. Nigerian Journal of Technology. Vol 38 No 3. Doi; 10.4314/njt.v38i3 33. Nestor H.E., Dike B.U., Osuagwu J.C. & Agunwamba J.C. (2019). Ground Water Risk Assessment in Terms of CTT in relation to Soak-Away Lateral Seperation in Owerri Urban, Nigeria. International Journal of Engineering, Science and Computations (IJESC). Vol 9, No 10 34. Nwachukwu A.N, Okoro B.C., Osuagwu J.C., Nwakwasi N.L. & Onyechere I.C. (2020). Index and Compaction Properties of Oil Contaminated Clay Soils in Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria. Saudi Journal of Engineering and Technology. DOI 10.36348/sjet.2020.v05i02.007 35. Owor, A. A., Dike B.U. & Osuagwu J.C. (2020). The Study of the Depletion of Dissolved Oxygen in Woji/Okujagu River. International Journal of Civil Engineering Vol 7(3).
Books: Ezeah C, Osuagwu J.C. Adesiyan I.M. (2023). Design Principles of Sustanable Composting and recovery of value from compost In book; Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Elsevier. pp 143-168 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-322-91874-9.00008-5
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