Titilayo Ogunwa

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
2026 Omoloja, Y. O., Ogunwa, T., Marian, R. M., & Chahl, J. (2026). A Critical Analysis and Roadmap for the Development and Implementation of Predictive Maintenance Digital Twins. Applied System Innovation, 9(6), 49 pages.
DOI
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.
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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.
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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 Scopus8 WoS6
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 Scopus6 WoS5
2022 Ogunwa, T., Abdullah, E., & Chahl, J. (2022). Modeling and control of an articulated multibody aircraft. Applied Sciences, 12(3), 1-36.
DOI Scopus12 WoS10
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 Scopus15 WoS14 Europe PMC6
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 Scopus16 WoS16
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 Scopus16 WoS11
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 Scopus56 WoS41
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
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 Scopus7 WoS6

Year Citation
2026 Ogunwa, T., Tao, Y., Wang, D., Teague, S., & Chahl, J. (2026). Biomimetic analysis for drones may reveal a new hoverfly flight control reflex. In A. Lakhtakia, R. J. Martín-Palma, & M. Knez (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 13944 (pp. 12). SPIE.
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2026 McIntyre, T. D., Teague, S., Tao, Y., Marian, R., Lucas, M., Ogunwa, T., & Chahl, J. S. (2026). Towards an astromagnetic compass: Real-world flight testing of a biomimetic celestial navigation system. In A. Lakhtakia, R. J. Martín-Palma, & M. Knez (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 13944 (pp. 13). SPIE.
DOI
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 Doctor of Philosophy 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

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Active thermal support of electric motors and generators using TEC (Peltier effect) technology Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Stephen Lucas

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