Dr. Ikechukwu Maxwell Onoh is a COREN registered chemical engineer, educator, business and project manager, safety advisor, engineering consultant, and administrator. 

Early Life and Education:

Dr. Ikechukwu Maxwell Onoh was born on the 28th day of April 1982. Dr. Maxwell earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from ESUT in 2021, Nigeria; an M.Sc. in Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering from Technical University of Hamburg Harburg (TUHH) in 2013, Germany; and a B.Eng. in Chemical Engineering from ESUT in 2006, Nigeria. Furthermore, Dr. Maxwell holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree (Management & Finance) and is a skill-level student of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). Dr. Maxwell also holds a NEBOSH International General Certificate (IGC) in Occupational Health and Safety from Leicester City, United Kingdom.

Career:

Dr. Maxwell has 18 years (2006-2024) of post-qualification working experience spanning across academia and research, finance, and industry (production, raw material processing and conversion, and environmental and renewable energy engineering).

Dr. Maxwell Onoh is currently a senior lecturer and has taught various engineering-related courses and supervised both undergraduate and postgraduate research projects at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), where he has been employed as a lecturer since February 2014 till date. He is the immediate past Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at the university. He has been the students’ academic adviser of the Faculty of Engineering to the dean since 2022 till date. Dr. Maxwell is also a member of the Committee on the Actualization of the Center Excellence (CoE) for the Faculty of Engineering, ESUT, and a member of the Chemical Engineering Department COREN and NUC Accreditation Committees, respectively. Furthermore, Dr. Maxwell has forty-one (41) published peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles and conference papers, which can be accessed online via the Research- Gate, Google Scholar, and Web of Science.

Dr. Maxwell’s job career commenced after his NYSC program at Port-Harcourt with a brief stint at LONESTAR Drilling Nig. Ltd., Port-Harcourt, as a contract staff, followed by as a production engineer with Sharon Paints and Chemical Company Nigeria Ltd., Enugu, after he had already done a six-month undergraduate internship with the Enugu State Water Corporation in water treatment techniques and analysis. He then went on to work with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) from 2010 to 2011, where he served as Officer II Tax in the Multinational Division of Tax Investigation and Enforcement department in Abuja. After a brief work history at the FIRS, he traveled abroad for his first Master's degree, during which he also had a stint as a Research Process Engineer at the Deutsche British Petroleum in partnership with TUHH, Germany, from 2012 to 2013.

Dr. Maxwell leads the Technical team (Oil & Gas Engineering) of Goshen II Technique in engineering-related projects and has supported several Goshen II Technique projects in oil and gas, including: (1) the Needs Assessment for Establishment of an International Centre of Excellence (COE) in Oil & Gas Engineering Services at the Niger Delta University (NDU), Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, and project management for the establishment of the Centre; (2) the ongoing (July, 2024) project management and development of Nigeria LNG Gas Research Centre in University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria; (3) the ongoing (July, 2024) project management and development of Seplat Energy Gas Research Center in Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria.

Additionally, Dr. Maxwell serves as a contract Process Safety Engineer/Advisor at Sharon Paints and Chemical Company LTD, 9th Miles Corner, Enugu (2014 till date). In December 2019, he served as a COREN Representative for the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in a team that carried out accreditation and resource inspection at the Chemical Engineering Department, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State.

Professional Memberships:

• NEBOSH International General Certificate (IGC I, II & III) in Occupational Health & Safety, United Kingdom (Master log Certificate No: 00164076/446826)
• Registered Engineer; Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN, R. 37259)
• Corporate Member; Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE, 39528)
• Graduate Member, Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE, GM1585)

Personal Life:

Dr. Maxwell Onoh is married to Mrs. Ijeoma Blessing Onoh and the union is blessed with 2 kids.

Contacts:

Phone number: 08134107197

Email address: maxwell.onoh@esut.edu.ng;

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