David Chikwendu
- Email: tsduc@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Exploring the Future of Petroleum Product Distribution in Nigeria: Integrating Visioning and Optimisation methods
- Supervisors: Dr Paul Timms, Professor David Watling
Profile
Employment History
- 2012-Present Lecturer at Federal University of Technology Owerri.
- 2014 Research Asst. Logistics and Supply Chain Centre University of Sheffield UK
- 2014 Research Study with Sheffield City Council Project on “Evaluating the impact of Deprivation indices on Waste Management and Recycling Configuration in South Yorkshire"
- 2011-2012, Stock Order Supervisor at UAC Restaurants Nig. Plc, Ojota Lagos.
- 2009, Go Places Travel Tours, Flight Reservation officer Abuja Lagos.
Awards & Honours
- FUTOWA Award for Best Grad. Student in Department of Transport Mgt. Tech. 2010
- School of Management Technology Award for best Gradating student in Faculty 2010
- Sheffield Univ. Management School Award in MSc Logistics and Supply chain 2014
- CILT Award for Best Research in Logistics and Supply Chain Mgt. 2014
- Petroleum Technology Dev. Fund PhD Scholarship Award in United Kingdom 2016- 2019
Research interests
Research Interests
- Modeling future supplychain systems
- Optimisation of Supply chain network
- Scenario Development and Visioning
- Logistics and Supply chain optimisation.
- Transport Project Evaluation
- Service Quality Management in Transport Industry
Qualifications
- PhD, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
- MSc, Logistics & Supply Chain Mgt., University of Sheffield, Distinction
- BSc, Transport & Logistics Management , FUTO (1st Class)
- World Bank Certificate Course Urban Transport Planning
- Certificate Course on Decision Support Tools for Supply Chains, Portugal