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I am a Postgraduate Student in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the University of Lagos. I am currently collaborating with Dr. Adeola Balogun on electric drives projects, focusing on electric drives architectures for smart machines using MATLAB and Simulink. My research lies at the intersection of control engineering with machine learning for applications in drive design, robotics and converter architectures for intelligent machines. Outside of my academic pursuits, I enjoy innovation, tech advocacy and watching movies.

Ibrahim Gbadegesin

Born in Lagos Nigeria, he discovered his love for science and engineering very early in life. With his curiuosity driven mind and deligent character, he excelled academically with a steller grade emerging a leader among his mates. In 2014, he enrolled into the presitigious Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria to study Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

While in school, he served as the Chair for the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Enigeieers and won laurrels for the institutions for innovation. He also developed a strong proficiency in programming and research by working for his professors in school. Afterwards, he worked in the robotics and AI industry gathering insdustrial experience before procedding to the University of Lagos in 2024 for his Masters degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with focus on control of electric drive systems.

While in University of Lagos, he served as the Student Ambasador for MATLAB under the tootelage of MathWorks, developing his skills in large scale modelling and simulations of control systems. His passion for reasearch combined with his commitement to engineering excellence made him an exceptional engineer.

Aside research and academics, Ibrahim is a rising star in the African innovation space. He is a 2x Winner of MBB grant for innovation (2022 and 2024) which leveraged emerging technologies for the continent of Africa. Ibrahim has the fusion of academia and industrial experiences hence making him quite experienced at a young age. He worked as a research assistance throughout university on robotics and AI driven systems.

Electric Drives

For my masters thesis, I am working on control of electric drives. Electric drives powers electric vehicles, modern robotics and gadgets. Ongoing research are to reduce power consumption, heat disspation and size of these systems so effective control can be achieved at high reliability and efficiency. With existing controllers, we could develop algorithms that can help us achieve dextrity with machines. Electric drives helps us achieve precision in control at the hardware level. Next, we can integrate AI or mobile apps for monitoring and customised agent control.

1st Ambassador for MathWorks in Nigeria

Earlier this week, I was introduced as the first ever ambassador MathWorks will be having from Nigeria during our global ambassadorship meeting. As I relect on this, the lesson is - we have what it takes to be world class in us. We have to continue to believe in ourselves and strive for the best. The true competition isn't in Nigeria or our immediate environment. It is in us becoming world class and not giving up on ourselves. Anything we do, we have to be able to compete at the world level by striving to get better at all times.

Story of the 1st Partnership

Mr Ibrahim, how come you write and speak so well? I wondered like the loading icon of a just booting phone. I have a story for that, I said. Back in 2011, I took my first waec GCE. I was still in SS2 but my teachers were so sure I would ace it. Got my A1 in math as usual but failed English. It came in different flavors of emotions from denial to realisation and finally to acceptance. That woke me up like a wounded tiger. As great as other results were in the 9 subjects, the result was as good as useless in my opinion. Then in my secondary school, I had a friend called Olubi. He was born in the United States and is very good in english. Anytime the dictionary is not around. We would ask him to read the word. His pronunciation is the correct one by default. He also took the GCE but failed all subjects except english which he had A1. I walked up to him and said.. hello.. he said nice meeting you.. (often times I dont hear his accent). You will teach me english, I will teach you math....

Marshalling University of Lagos MATLAB Community

I recently gave a talk to other MATLAB Ambassadors in the UK and Ireland about our community. This one page slide introduces my work and captures the progress so far. I plan to have a physical event on campus by January 2026 when most people are around.

Becoming a MATLAB Student Ambassador

It is indeed an honor to share that I am now the MATLAB student ambassador for the University of Lagos. My role is to organise programs and events that helps grow the adoption of the MATLAB software on campus. I will also be undergoing some inhouse training under the tootalage of the engineers at MathWorks. MATLAB student ambassadors are important links between MathWorks and the University of Lagos. Ambassadors inform students about the availability of MATLAB and Simulink on campus and showcase the products’ functionality—all while earning money. Millions of engineers and scientists rely on MATLAB and Simulink in a wide range of applications and industries. I am now part of the global MATLAB community and will gain essential professional experience by working with a leading technical computing software company while still in school.

Unbanked

Unbanked is an ai powered credit scorimg software. I am developing a universal credit scoring system using reinforcement learning and machine learning. With this credit score, money can be borrowed with guatantee of repayment.. Hala funding still needs guarantee that the cost price will be refunded. We used NIN x BVN x Phone No - in creating a unbanked account. Base on algorithm, we score each accounts from 0 to 1000. 0 - 200 - auzla 201 - 400 - alpha 401 - 600 - baller 601 - 800 - oganla 801 - 1000 - odoogwu

Research 2025

Everything on my plate is machine learning research. To march means to move so I will be moving with wisdom into the realm of research for coming months. I hope to convert some of my works into publications and have fun in the process. I revisited my statement of purpose and also conceptualised some research proposals for my postgraduate work. I also learnt how to use latex and how to draft research proposals. The goal is to rekindle my dream to become a world class researcher.

Induction Machine Simulation

Induction Machines are quite useful in industrial designs because of their variable speed control and applity for easy configuration.

Temperature and Pressure Control Simulation

We considered an interacting loop and process fermentation. Models the fermentation tank temperature and pressure dynamics. Uses PID control for both temperature and pressure. Simulates the system's response to heat (yeast) and CO₂ disturbances. Plots real-time regulation toward setpoints.

Checkoja

Checkoja is a reliable platform to check the current prices of goods in local markets across Africa. Powered by remote data routing and real-time data analytics. The goal is to create the heartbeat of the African e-commerce ecosystem that allows people to track prices at their convenience while also providing a databank for old prices and connecting millions of local markets to the internet. As a son of a farmer who has viewed this ecosystem for decades, the economic analysis of the market can be checked in terms of prices and the tech must be deployed locally. As a Yoruba boy, I call this innovation check oja which means, view market. It is debatable that price availability might not be novel enough as Jumia and other e-commerce platforms have done so for accessories especially in Nigeria. The lacuna lies in foodstuffs and local farmers who belong to the poor class of which uniquely using data analytics and AI will transform their lives. This beckons for a layer of local penetration ...

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