Research Interests

Aerospace & Aeronautics Aircraft performance and flight control systems Flight Control Systems Flight Dynamics

Dr Titilayo Ogunwa

Research Fellow

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Language	Competency
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2018 - 2023	University of South Australia	Australia	PhD
2012 - 2016	Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	B.Eng

Year	Citation
2025	Ogunwa, T., & Chahl, J. (2025). Aerodynamic and inertial loading effects of insect-inspired appendages in small unmanned aerial vehicles. Biomimetics, 10(1, article no. 22), 1-24. DOI
2024	Tao, Y., Lucas, M., Perera, A., Teague, S., McIntyre, T., Ogunwa, T., . . . Chahl, J. (2024). A deep learning biomimetic Milky Way compass. Biomimetics, 9(10), 1-20. DOI
2023	Lucas, S., Marian, R., Lucas, M., Ogunwa, T., & Chahl, J. (2023). Employing the peltier effect to control motor operating temperatures. Energies, 16(5, article no. 2498), 1-15. DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2023	Lucas, S., Marian, R., Lucas, M., Ogunwa, T., & Chahl, J. (2023). Active thermal management of electric motors and generators using thermoelectric (peltier effect) technology. Energies, 16(9, article no. 3844), 1-16. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2022	Ogunwa, T., Abdullah, E., & Chahl, J. (2022). Modeling and control of an articulated multibody aircraft. Applied Sciences, 12(3), 1-36. DOI Scopus9 WoS7
2022	Lucas, S., Marian, R., Lucas, M., Bari, S., Ogunwa, T., & Chahl, J. (2022). Research in life extension of electrical motors by controlling the impact of the environment through employing Peltier effect. Energies, 15(20, article no. 7659), 1-16. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2022	Lefik, A. T., Marian, R. M., Ogunwa, T., & Chahl, J. S. (2022). A framework for characterizing flapping wing systems. Drones, 6(12, article no. 398), 1-24. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2021	Khanam, F. T. Z., Chahl, L. A., Chahl, J. S., Al Naji, A., Perera, A. G., Wang, D., . . . Chahl, J. (2021). Noncontact sensing of contagion. Journal of Imaging, 7(2), 1-35. DOI Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC5
2021	Jumat, N. A., Ogunwa, T. T., Abdullah, E. J., Chahl, J., Romli, F. I., & Abdul Majid, D. L. (2021). Flapping actuation using temperature feedback control of coated shape memory alloy actuators. Microsystem Technologies, 27(3), 3299-3311. DOI Scopus14 WoS14
2021	Chahl, J., Chitsaz, N., McIvor, B., Ogunwa, T., Kok, J. M., McIntyre, T., & Abdullah, E. (2021). Biomimetic drones inspired by dragonflies will require a systems based approach and insights from biology. Drones, 5(2), 1-24. DOI Scopus15 WoS11
2020	Ogunwa, T., McIvor, B., Jumat, N. A., Abdullah, E., & Chahl, J. (2020). Longitudinal actuated abdomen control for energy efficient flight of insects. Energies, 13(20, article no. 5480), 1-22. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2020	Perera, A. G., Law, Y. W., Ogunwa, T. T., & Chahl, J. (2020). A Multiviewpoint Outdoor Dataset for Human Action Recognition. IEEE Transactions on Human Machine Systems, 50(5), 405-413. DOI Scopus52 WoS38
2020	McIvor, B. A., Ogunwa, T. T., & Chahl, J. S. (2020). Geometry of efficient electromagnetic linear actuators for flapping wing MAVs. Engineering Research Express, 2(4, article no. 045027), 1-10. DOI Scopus3 WoS3

Year	Citation
2022	Tarr, A. A., Perera, A. G., Chahl, J., Chell, C., Ogunwa, T., & Paynter, K. (2022). Drones-healthcare, humanitarian efforts and recreational use. In A. A. Tarr (Ed.), Source details - Title: Drone Law and Policy: Global Development, Risks, Regulation and Insurance (pp. 35-54). UK: Routledge. DOI Scopus6

Year	Citation
2021	Ogunwa, T. T., & Chahl, J. S. (2021). The role of posture in dragonfly-like air vehicles in turning flight. In Proceedings of the 19th Australian International Aerospace Congress (pp. 253-258). Australia: Engineers Australia.
2016	Ogunwa, T. T., & Abdullah, E. J. (2016). Flight dynamics and control modelling of damaged asymmetric aircraft. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 152 (pp. 1-18). US: Institute of Physics Publishing. DOI Scopus20

HIGH ALTITUDE UAV PHASE 2 SERVICES CONTRACT, Cwth Dept of Defence, 09/10/2025 - 26/06/2026
High Altitude UAV Services, Cwth Dept of Defence, 10/12/2024 - 26/06/2025
Fixed Wing COTS UAV Trials, Cwth Dept of Defence, 29/05/2024 - 28/05/2025
Stellar navigation implementation for an uncrewed aerial system, Syos Aerospace, 30/01/2024 - 30/09/2024

Courses I teach

MENG 5005 Energy and Society (2025)
MENG 3003 Computer Aided Engineering Practice (2024)
MENG 4003 Energy System Modelling & Design (2024)
MENG 5005 Energy and Society (2024)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2025	Co-Supervisor	Advanced Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Propulsion, Launch and Recovery	-	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Peter Victor Librino
2024	Co-Supervisor	A model-based systems Engineering Methodology to the Generalisation Problem of the Predictive Maintenance Digital Twin	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Yusuf Oluwasola Omoloja

Position: Research Fellow
Email: titilayo.ogunwa@adelaide.edu.au

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