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CURRICULUM VITAE OF
PROFESSOR MUHAMMED SALIHU AUDU
IMMEDIATE PAST VICE-CHANCELLOR, FEDERAL UNVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA
AND
VISITING PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, NATIONAL MATHEMATICAL CENTRE, SHEDA - ABUJA
I / FULL NAME /PROFESSOR MUHAMMED SALIHU AUDU
II / DATE OF BIRTH / 16th December, 1953III / NATIONALITY / Nigerian
IV / PERMANENT HOME ADDRESS / PRD/ADOT/04, Adavi-Eba, Adavi LGA,
Kogi State
V / CURRENT POSTAL ADDRESS / National Mathematical Centre, Sheda, P. M. B. 118 Abuja, Nigeria
VI / MARITAL STATUS / Married
VII / NUMBER OF CHILDREN / Four ( Dates of Birth: 17th October, 1981; 17th July, 1983; 20th August, 1985 and 31st July, 1993)
VIII / INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED (with Dates)
(a) / University Education (with dates)
· University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria (1973-1976)
· University of Oxford, Oxford, England (1979-1983)
(b) / Secondary or Technical Education (with dates)
· Federal Government College, Warri, Nigeria (1966-1972)
© / Primary Education (with dates)
I.N.A. (Now L.G.E.A Central) Primary School, Ihima, Kogi State, Nigeria
(1960-1965)
IX / ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS (with dates and granting bodies)
· West African School Certificate (WASC), West African Examinations Council (WAEC) (1970)
· Higher School Certificate (HSC), West African Examinations Council (WAEC) (1972)
· Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) First Class Honours Degree, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria (1976)
· Doctor of Philosophy (D. Phil), University of Oxford, Oxford, England (1983)
X / HONOURS, DISTINCTIONS AND MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES AND ROFESSIONAL BODIES
(a) / Fellow of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria (FMAN).
(b) / Member, British Mathematical Colloquium (BMC).
© / Member, Nigerian Mathematical Society (NMS).
(d) / Member, National Association of Mathematical Physics (NAMP).
(e) / Reviewer, Mathematical Reviews (MR).
(f) / A Member of the Accreditation Panel of the National Universities Commission to Assess the Undergraduate Programmes in Science Discipline at the Federal University of Technology, Yola (1991).
(g) / A Member of the Group B Accreditation Panel of the National Universities Commission to Assess the Undergraduate Programmes in Science Discipline
in Some Universities in the Western Zone of Nigeria viz:
· University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
· Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
· Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
· Ondo State University (Now University of Ado-Ekiti), Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
· Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
(February 7 – 28, 1999)
(h) / Chairman of the Accreditation Panel of the National Universities Commission to Assess the Undergraduate Programmes in Science Discipline at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria (February 20 - 22, 2000)
(i)
(k)
(l) / Chairman of the National Mathematical Centre Accreditation Panel to the
Mathematical Sciences Programme of the Kogi State University, Anyigba
(January 13 – 15, 2003)
Under my administration as Vice-Chancellor/Chief Executive Officer of Federal University of Technology, Minna, the University became one of the only two Universities in Nigeria that scored grade A+ in the First ever Institutional Accreditation conducted by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in 2011
Under my administration as Vice-Chancellor/Chief Executive Officer of Federal University of Technology, Minna, the University took the First Position in Science and Technology and Overall Best in the Nigerian University Research and Development Fair (NURESDEF) held at the Federal University of Technology, Minna from 8 – 12 October, 2012
XI / SOME OUTSTANDING PUBLICATIONS AND DISCOVERIES OR INVENTIONS (giving all relevant details)
(a) Journal Publications
[List below only those that had appeared in respectable Academic or Professional Journals in the following order: Name(s) of Author(s); Year of Publication; Title of Article; Name of Journal; Volume or Edition; Page Number(s)]
1 / M.S. AUDU (1988) / “The structure of the permutation modules for transitive p-groups of degree p2”, Journal of Algebra, Volume 117 (227-239).2 / M.S. AUDU (1986) / “The structure of the permutation modules for transitive Abelian groups of prime-power order”, Nigerian Journal of Mathematics and Applications (NJMA), Volume 1 (1-8).
3 / M.S. AUDU (1986) / “Generating sets for transitive permutation group of prime-power order”, ABACUS, Volume 17, No.2 (22-26)
4 / M.S. AUDU (1988) / “The number of transitive p-groups of degree
p2 ”, Advances in Modelling and Simulation Enterprises (AMSE) Review, Volume 7, No. 4 (9-13)
5 / M.S. AUDU (1989) / “Groups of prime-power order acting on modules
over a modular field”, Advances in Modelling and
Simulation Enterprises (AMSE) Review, Volume 9,
No. 4 (1-1)
6 / M.S. AUDU (1989) / “Theorems about p-groups”, Advances in Modelling
and Simulation Enterprises (AMSE) Review, Volume 9,
No. 4 (11-24)
7 / M.S. AUDU (1991) / “The Loewy series associated with transitive p-groups
of degree p2”, ABACUS, Volume 21, No.2 (1-9)
8 / M.S. AUDU (1991) / “On transitive permutation groups”, Afrika Mathematika, Journal of African Mathematical Union, Series 2,
Volume 4 (155-160)
9 / M.S. AUDU & S.U. MOMOH (1993) / “An upper bound for the minimum size of generating set
for a permutation group”, Nigerian Journal of Mathematics
and Applications (NJMA), Volume 5 (118-122)
10 / M.S. AUDU & S.U. MOMOH (1993) / “A lower bound for the minimum number of generators
of a transitive and faithful p-group”, Nigerian Journal of Mathematics and Applications (NJMA), Volume 6 (1-8)
11 / M.S. AUDU & S.U. MOMOH (1993) / “On the submodules of the group-ring of an elementary Abelian p-group of rank k”, Nigerian Journal of
Mathematics and Applications (NJMA), Volume 6 (9-20)
12 / M.S. AUDU, S.U. MOMOH &
E. APINE (1994) / “The classification of transitive p-groups of degree p3”, Nigerian Journal of Mathematics and Applications
(NJMA), Volume 7 (1-12)
13 / M.S. AUDU & S.U. MOMOH (1996) / “The number of transitive p-groups of degree p3”,
Spectrum Journal, Volume 3, Nos.1 & 2 (155-159)
14 / M.S. AUDU, S.U. MOMOH & E. APINE (1997) / “On the cyclic submodules of a group-ring”, African
Journal of Natural Sciences, Volume 1, No. 1 (104-105)
15 / OBI MARTIN CHUKS & AUDU M. S. (2005) / “Types of isomorphism classes of groups of order n=spq (where s, p, q are necessarily distinct primes and
q≡2(mod p)”, Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Volume 16, No. 1 (39-44)
16 / IBRAHIM, A.A. & AUDU, M.S. (2005) / “Some group-theoretic properties of certain class of (123) and (132) avoiding patterns of numbers; an enumeration scheme”, African Journal of Natural Sciences, Volume 8, (79-84)
17 / SABO HAMMA & AUDU, M.S (2005) / Sylow p-subgroups of two permutation groups by wreath products, Abacus, Volume 32, No. 2A, 87 – 95
18 / M.S. AUDU, A. AFOLABI, & E. APINE (2006) / “Transitive 3-groups of degree 3n (n=2,3), Kragujevac Journal of Mathematics Volume 29 (71-80)
19 / SABO HAMMA & AUDU, M.S. (2007) / Transitive and primitive p-subgroups of two permutation groups by wreath products, Abacus, Volume 34, No. 2A, 206 – 221
20 / IBRAHIM, A.A. & AUDU, M.S. (2007) / On wreath product of permutation groups, Proyecciones Journal of Mathematics Volume 26 No. 1, 73 – 90
(b) Lecture Notes Series
21 / M. S. AUDU (2000) / “Group theory”, Lecture Notes Series, Number 1, A Foundation Postgraduate Course in Algebra, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria (1-44)22 / M. S. AUDU (2000) / “Representation theory of groups”, Lecture Notes Series, Number 1, A Foundation Postgraduate Course in Algebra, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria (243-256)
23 / M. S. AUDU (2000) / “Wreath products of groups”, Lecture Notes Series, Number 2, A Research Oriented Course in Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, Groups and Loops, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria (9-18)
24 / M. S. AUDU (2000) / “Transitive p-groups of degree p2”, Lecture Notes Series, Number 2, A Research Oriented Course in Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, Groups and Loops, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria (19-21)
25 / M. S. AUDU (2000) / “Permutation modules for transitive abelian groups of prime-power order”, Lecture Notes Series, Number 2, A Research Oriented Course in Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, Groups and Loops, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria (23-27)
26 / M. S. AUDU (2000) / “Transitive and primitive groups”, Lecture Notes Series, Number 2, A Research Oriented Course in Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, Groups and Loops, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria (1-27)
27 / M. S. AUDU (2000) / Mathematics and Scientific Development in the 21st. Century, Guest Lecture Presented at the First National Summit and Lecture in Mathematical Sciences, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria
(c) Chapters in Books
(Contributed one or two chapters in each of the following books)
28 / …, M.S. AUDU et al (2001) / MAN Mathematics for Senior Secondary Schools, Book Three, 3rd Edition, University Press Plc, Ibadan, Nigeria29 / …, M.S. AUDU et al (2002) / MAN Mathematics for Senior Secondary Schools, Book Two, 3rd Edition, University Press Plc, Ibadan, Nigeria
30 / …, M.S. AUDU et al (2003) / MAN Mathematics for Senior Secondary Schools, Book One, 3rd Edition, University Press Plc, Ibadan, Nigeria
31 / …, M.S. AUDU et al (2003) / MAN Mathematics for Junior Secondary Schools, Book One, 3rd Edition, University Press Plc, Ibadan, Nigeria
32 / …, M.S. AUDU et al (2003) / MAN Mathematics for Junior Secondary Schools, Book Two, 3rd Edition, University Press Plc, Ibadan, Nigeria
33 / …, M.S. AUDU et al (2003) / MAN Mathematics for Junior Secondary Schools, Book Three, 3rd Edition, University Press Plc, Ibadan, Nigeria
(d) Books
34 / R.O. AYENI, M.S. AUDU & G.C. OBODO (2005) / JAMB Success Mathematics for Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Matriculation Examinations (UME/PCE), University Press Plc., Ibadan, Nigeria.(e) Discoveries
· The minimum number of generators for transitive p-groups.· The coincidence of the descending and the ascending Loewy series of the permutation modules for transitive p-groups.
· The classification of transitive p-groups of prime-power degree.
· The structure of the permutation modules for transitive p-groups of prime-power degree
XII / PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (with dates)
v Doctor of Philosophy (D. Phil), 1983
XIII / WORKING EXPERIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (giving names of institution(s) and dates)
(a) / Teaching and Research Experience
1 / Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
(August 1977-July 1983)
2 / Lecturer II, Department of Mathematics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
(August 1983- September 1985)
3 / Lecturer I, Department of Mathematics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
(October 1985-August 1988)
4 / Part-Time Lecturer, Bachelor of Education Degree Programme, Institute of
Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin (1986 – 1988)
5 / Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Jos, Jos
(September 1988-September 1991)
6 / Part-Time Lecturer, NCE Programme, Institute of Education, University of Jos, Jos (1989)
7 / Part-Time Lecturer, B.Ed Degree Programme, Institute of Education,
University of Jos, Jos (1990 - 2000)
8 / Part-Time Lecturer, Master of Science (Maths.) Degree Programme,
School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Jos, Jos (1990 – 1993)
9 / Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Jos, Jos
(October 1991 - September 1996)
10 / Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Jos, Jos (October 1996 to date)
11 / Course Lecturer, Foundation Postgraduate Course in Algebra, National
Mathematical Centre, Abuja (February 6 – March 3, 2000)
12 / Course Lecturer, Research Oriented Course in the Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves,
Groups and Loops, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja (June 25 – July 14, 2000)
13 / Guest Speaker at The Maiden National Summit and Lecture in Mathematical
Sciences, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, Nigeria (July 26 – 27, 2000)
14 / Visiting Professor, Usmanu Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
(November, 2002 - 2007)
15 / Director of Academic Planning and Consultancy Services, National Mathematical
Centre, Abuja (December 2002 to December 2003)
16 / Resource Scientist, Orientation Programme for some Mathematics Improvement
Project (MIP) State Coordinators and Head of Teachers held at the National
Mathematical Centre, Abuja (January 27 – 31, 2003)
17 / Resource Scientist, UNESCO Assisted Workshop for Mathematics Teachers in
Abuja (March 10 – 14, 2003)
18 / Resource Scientist, Workshop on Mathematics Improvement Project (MIP) for
Teachers in Plateau State held at the Education Resource Centre, Jos
(June 23 – 27, 2003)
19 / Course Lecturer, Research Seminar on Groups, Semi-groups and Loops, National
Mathematical Centre, Abuja (October 27 – 31, 2003)
20 / Visiting Professor, Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Nigeria (March 2007 – February 2008)
(b) / External Examination Experience
1 / External Examiner to the Remedial Mathematics Programme, College of
Science, University of Agriculture, Makurdi (1990/91, 1991/92)
2 / External Examiner to the B. Sc. (Mathematics) Programme, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1991/92 – 1995/96)
3 / External Examiner to the M.Sc (Mathematics) Programme, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1995/96)
4 / External Examiner to the M.Sc. (Computer Science) Programme, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (1996/97)
5 / External Examiner to the Undergraduate Programme in Mathematics, Benue
State University, Makurdi (1996/97-1999/2000)
6 / External Examiner to the Undergraduate Programme in Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri (1999 to date)
7 / External Examiner to the M. Sc. (Mathematics) Programme, University of
Maiduguri, Maiduguri (1999 - 2007)
8 / External Examiner to the Undergraduate Programme in Mathematics, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (2001 to 2004 & 2005 - 2007)
9 / External Examiner to the M. Sc. (Mathematics) Programme, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (2001 - 2004)
10 / External Examiner to the M. Sc. (Mathematics) Programme, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (2002)
11 / External Examiner to two Ph. D. candidates in Algebra, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (2002)
12 / External Examiner to the Undergraduate Programme in Mathematics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (2001 - 2007)
13 / External Examiner to the Undergraduate Programmes in Mathematics and Computer Science, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, (2005 - 2007)
14 / External Examiner to the Undergraduate Programmes in Mathematical Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi (2005 to date)
15 / External Examiner to a Ph.D. candidate in Algebra, Bayero University, Kano (2006)
© / Postgraduate Supervision Experience
1 / Ph. D Degree Awarded
· P. X. Joseph (University of Ilorin, 1996)
· S. U. Momoh (University of Jos, 1996)