University of Michigan-Flint

Phone:  810-762-3181
Fax:  (810)766-6780
Email: aluko@umflint.edu

• Education 
• Research  Interests
• Teaching Experience 
• Professional Registration and Memberships 
• Selected Publications

Education: 

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, Howard University, Washington DC
Master  of Mechanical Engineering,  University of Ilorin, Nigeria
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering,  University of Ilorin, Nigeria  

Research Interest:

• Mechanical behavior, characterization and processing of metallic alloy
• Nanostructured materials and nanocomposites
• Modeling of fibrous composite materials under shock, fatigue and impact loading and
• Pedagogic models in engineering education

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Teaching Experience:

• Engineering Mechanics and Design
• Materials  Science and Engineering
• Experimental Mechanics and Analysis

Professional Registration and Memberships:

• PE License, USA
• FE/EIT License USA
• Registered Engineer (COREN), Nigeria
  • Professional member ASEE
  • Professional member of ASME

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Selected Publications:

• O. Aluko and M.B. Adeyemi, “Warm Compression Tests of Aluminum Alloy”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (ASMI) vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 474-478, August 1998. 
• N. Tomlinson, H. A. Whitworth, O. Aluko and B. Moore, “Stresses Around Pin Loaded Holes in Mechanically fastened Joints”, Proceedings of the 23^rd Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied mechanics (SECTAM XXIII), Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, May 2006.  
• H. A. Whitworth, O. Aluko and N. Tomlinson, “Strength Analysis of Composite Pinned Joints”, Proceedings of the 16^th European Conference of Fracture, Alexandroupolis, Greece, July 3-7, 2006.  
• H. A. Whitworth, O. Aluko and N. Tomlinson, “Application of the Point Stress Criterion to the Failure of Composite Pinned Joints”  Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 75 issue 7, pp. 1829-1839, May 2008  
• O. Aluko and H.A. Whitworth, “A Compact Analytic Method for Stress Distribution in Composite Pinned Joints”, Composite Structures. Vol. 86, Issue 4, December, 2008.  
• O. Aluko, and H.A. Whitworth “Contact Stress Analysis around Elliptic Bolt-Loaded Holes in Orthotropic Plates”(In preparation)

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