Engr Dr Darlington Agholor is the pioneer Dean of the School of Science and Technology (SST), Pan-Atlantic University. He is a COREN registered Mechanical Engineer (R62435) and holds an M.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering. Both were obtained from the University of Ibadan. His Doctor of Philosophy degree in Applied Engineering was obtained in 2015 from the Industrial Engineering Department of Tecnun School of Engineering, University of Navarra, Spain. His work was about developing a methodology for helping engineering students acquire relevant personal and professional competencies within the context of mentoring relationships.

He joined the Pan-Atlantic University in 2016 teaching Business, Management, and Leadership at the School of Management and Social Sciences (SMSS) and was later appointed to their Management Board.    

He became the Dean of the School of Science and Technology in 2020 after coordinating the startup processes of curriculum design, building design and construction, faculty recruitment, and equipment purchases for the school.

Before joining the Pan-Atlantic University, he worked as a shift manager in a manufacturing company and later as Co-founder and Director of a social enterprise: the Institute for Industrial Technology (IIT), which has become a reference institution in the development of middle-level technical manpower for the industrial sector of the economy. He continues to serve as a member of the IIT governing council.

Dr Agholor now teaches Engineer in Society, Professional Ethics for Engineers, Engineering Management, Engineering Economics, and Workshop practices at the School of Science and Technology (SST), Pan-Atlantic University (PAU).

He is a member of the Senate and the University Management Council of Pan-Atlantic University. He is also a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He was also recently appointed a member of the board of trustees of Ikota Educational Foundation. He sits on the boards of two start-up companies.

His research interests include mentoring, competency development, engineering management, and engineering education.

He enjoys taking long walks, listening to classical music, and current affairs.

Publications:

Journal Articles

F. J. -V. Díaz, C. A. Bolu, G. Ihenacho and D. Agholor, "Improvement of Student-centred Experiential Learning in Thermofluids Laboratory Practices," 2022 IEEE IFEES World Engineering Education Forum - Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF-GEDC), Cape Town, South Africa, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/WEEF-GEDC54384.2022.9996238. IEEE Reference/Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9996210

C. A. Bolu et al., "Affordable and Reliable Power and Communication Device for Continuous Online Learning for African Students," 2021 World Engineering Education Forum/Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF/GEDC), Madrid, Spain, 2021, pp. 69-75, doi: 10.1109/WEEF/GEDC53299.2021.9657267. Reference/Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9657267

Books or chapters in books already published

Lleo de Nalda, A., Agholor, D., Ruiz Perez, F. (2020). Tu&Co. Mentoring universitario. (1^st ed.). EDICIONES UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA, S.A. PAMPLONA (EUNSA), ISBN: 9788431356323

Agholor, D. (2019). The Teacher as a mentor in a learning environment. In R. K. B. Oji (Ed.), Communication in Education – A Handbook for Teachers. Lagos: Pan-Atlantic University Press.

Lleo, A., Perez, I., Ormazabal, M. & Agholor, D. (2017). Elementos clave para el mentoring universitario: experiencias del programa Tu&CO de Tecnun-Universidad de Navarra. In 25 experiencias de innovacion educativa, Hacia un mundo por competencias. pp 11-21.