Professor Joshua Olusegun OKENIYI is the Director of Research, Innovation, Consultancy and Extension/International Relations Affairs (D-RICE/IRA). He is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Joshua Olusegun Okeniyi holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria, has over 20 years of university teaching and research experience that cut across several universities in Africa. He has consistently maintained ranking as a top researcher in corrosion inhibition of steel-reinforcement in concrete, attaining No 1 globally for 11 years (from year 2014 to the 2025 rankings), by SciVal (of Scopus Elsevier (Click here to see Printout Proofs from SciVal website)) and has been ranked consistently for the past six years (from year 2020 [single year] to the 2025 [career] rankings, see (Proofs and Award Certificates for "Career" tab and clickable "Single Year" tab), in the top 2% researcher in the world by Stanford/Elsevier metrics. Rising through the ranks to a full Professorship at Covenant University, Joshua Olusegun Okeniyi completed two awards of National Research Foundation – The World Academy of Sciences (NRF-TWAS) postdoctoral fellowships at universities in South Africa (Tshwane University of Technology, and the University of Johannesburg) and was also appointed a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He also got appointed Professor Extraordinarius at University of South Africa. He is, presently the Director of Research, Innovation, Consultancy and Extension/International Relation Affairs (RICE/IRA) at Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda.