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Eliazar Elisha Audu

Abuja

Summary

Accomplished professional with extensive expertise in instrumentations, control, and automation systems including DeltaV Emerson DCS, Allen Bradley, ABB, and Schneider. Proficient in troubleshooting complex engineering problems and designing advanced electrical systems. Skilled in embedded systems and IoT technologies such as STM32, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, Atmel, and Arduino. Experienced in integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning for smart systems. Adept at business intelligence using Power BI and SAP Fund Management & Project Systems. Demonstrated proficiency in MATLAB, CST Microwave Studio, HFSS, Fusion 360, Proteus PCB design software, SolidWorks, electromagnetics, metasurfaces & antenna design. Published researcher with peer review experience for Springer Nature and Soft Computing journals.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Lead Analyst – Electrical Systems Development

NNPC Limited
2023.04 - 2026.04
  • Design and modelling of flow and pump stations using IoT-based instrumentation for end-to-end production visibility and Oil/Gas facility monitoring.
  • Spearheaded the design and implementation of IoT-based smart automation solutions, increasing operational efficiency by 10% through proactive maintenance of production assets.
  • Managed multi-million-dollar digital fabrication laboratories and advanced product prototyping, delivering cost-effective solutions using Tormach CNC machines, Tormach lathe 8L, Epilog Laser cutters, Prusa 3D printers, Shopbot CNC milling machines, etc.
  • Developed innovative solutions for Oil & Gas operations, including smart LPG regulators (patent pending) that enhance safety and efficiency.
  • Lead ideation processes, product development, and research collaborations, driving a 25% increase in R&D efficiency.
  • Organized webinars and hackathons to foster a culture of innovation within the Oil & Gas industry.
  • Research, Technology, and Innovation

Supervisor, MIS & Statistics – Budget & Planning

NNPC Limited
2021.01 - 2023.01
  • Managed an operational budget of over $309 million, optimizing costs and enhancing financial performance.
  • Developed financial models and reports for executive decision-making, resulting in a 20% improvement in cost forecasting accuracy and cost optimization.
  • Led data-driven business strategy development using SAP Fund Management systems, streamlining financial planning.
  • Supervised and reviewed monthly, quarterly and yearly operational, financial and business performance reports.
  • Participated in strategic business planning (short, medium and long term) and performance monitoring.
  • Tracked key performance indicators (KPI) and downstream big wins to identify key business challenges and solution strategies to ensure business objectives are met.

Electrical Engineer / Process Operator

NNPC Limited
2007.01 - 2021.01
  • Designed and upgraded electrical control panels, reducing maintenance costs by 20% and increasing pumps, metering systems, electric motors, diesel engines (CAT, Perkins, Waukesha) and other critical systems very reliability and available.
  • Timely repaired and troubleshot PLC (Allen Bradley, ABB), DeltaV Emerson DCS, I/O devices, field instrumentation (transducers, sensors and transmitters), MCC and electrically driven pump’s control systems. This led to reducing downtime and increased critical equipment availability by 97%.
  • Performed system upgrade of motor control systems, metering station using FMC solutions and safety systems.
  • Led the installation of ABB advanced motor starter panels for 1.5 MW, 3.3 kV mainline pumps, improving energy efficiency by 15%.
  • Developed in-house MV motor starter designs, reducing outsourcing expenses and saving $500,000 annually.
  • Conducted routine equipment diagnostics and implemented preventive maintenance strategies, minimizing downtime by 40%.
  • Supervised petroleum product pumping operations, pipeline monitoring, and reconciliation, ensuring seamless Oil & Gas distribution.

Education

PhD - Communication Engineering

University of Port Harcourt
Nigeria

MSc - Solid State Physics/Electronics

University of Port Harcourt
Nigeria

MSc - Information & Telecommunication Engineering

University of Port Harcourt
Nigeria

BSc - Mathematics & Computer Science

National Open University
Nigeria

PGD - Physics

University of Port Harcourt
Nigeria

MSc - Software Engineering

University of Liverpool
UK

HND - Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Rivers State Polytechnic
Nigeria

Skills

  • Instrumentations, control and automation (DeltaV Emerson DCS, Allen Bradly, ABB, Schneider, ladder logic/IO devices, Rosemount transmitters, etc)
  • Ability to troubleshoot and address complex engineering problems in automation and control
  • Embedded Systems & IoT (STM32, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, Atmel, Arduino)
  • Embedded Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning for Smart Systems
  • Business intelligence using Power BI
  • Design of Electrical Systems Designs (Electric motor controls and advance protection systems)
  • MATLAB, CST Microwave Studio, HFSS, Fusion 360, Proteus, PCB, SolidWorks
  • Electromagnetics, Metasurfaces & Antenna Design
  • SAP Fund Management & Project systems
  • Research & Academic Peer Review (Springer Nature, Soft Computing, etc)

Certification

  • Certified Innovation Professional (CinP) – Innovation Global Institute
  • Certified Innovation Strategist (CinS) – Innovation Global Institute
  • AC Motors Maintenance & Operational Procedure – NNPC Learning Department
  • Computer Simulations & Troubleshooting of Motor Control Systems – SIMUTECH Multimedia, Ca.
  • Pipeline Operations Course – GSI Consulting, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Load Rack Training for Accuload Controllers – CAKASA Nigeria Limited

Key Projects

Smart IoT-Based Gas Regulator – Developed an intelligent LPG regulator for improved safety and efficiency (Patent acquired)., Laboratories: Setting up and operations of fabrication laboratory in collaboration with MIT FabLab and additive manufacturing technologies for rapid prototyping and business solution delivery., Technology Deployment- Contributed to designing and scoping upstream projects such as AI-driven real-time production optimization and monitoring systems, aiming to enhance oil well output. These initiatives integrate instrumentation, control, data science, and communications to achieve a production target of 3 mbpd by 2030., ABB Advanced Motor Starter Panel Integration – Designed hardware interface enabling ABB control panels to function with legacy NNPC systems, cutting integration costs by 25%., Pipeline Flow Line Simulations – Developed training software for flow station, pump station and custody transfer, improving staff training efficiency by 10%., Embedded AI for Process Instrumentation – Engineered AI-driven control solutions for industrial automation, enhancing system responsiveness by 25%.

Research & Publications

  • Audu, E. E. E., Eteng, A. A., & Uchendu, I. E. (2025). Novel Analytical Method for Solving Resonant Frequency and Induced Current of Four Coupled Unit Cell Metasurface. Engineering Research Express.
  • Eteng, A. A., & Audu, E. E. (2025). Open-Air Quantum Microwave Communications: Generation, Propagation and Detection.
  • Audu, E. E., & Eteng, A. (2025). Electromagnetic Metasurfaces: A Review. Applied Sciences Research Periodicals, 3(2), 38-42.
  • Audu, E. E., & Eteng, A. A. (2025). Electromagnetic modes in optical fiber waveguides using Nikiforov-Uvarov method. Results in Optics, 18, 100784.
  • Eliazar Elisha Audu, Akaa Eteng, Uchendu Iyemeh and Bourdiolon Omijeh (2025). Estimation of resonant frequency of Split Ring Resonator (SRR) using machine learning. In book: Application of Artificial Intelligence in 5G and Internet of Things. DOI: 10.1201/9781003532521-103
  • Audu, E. E., Eteng, A. A., & Uchendu, I. (2024). Discretization of Continuous Spaces using Barycentric Subdivision Method with Metric Space Constraints on the Nearest Neighbour Edges. Nigerian Journal of Technological Development, 21(3), 78-87.
  • Audu, E. E., Eteng, A. A., Uchendu, I., & Omijeh, B. O. (2024). Equivalent circuit technique for designing split ring resonator based metasurfaces. Engineering Research Express, 6(3), 035362.
  • Audu, E. E., Eteng, A., & Uchendu, I. E. (2023). A Study of Dielectric Effects on Resonance Frequency of a Split Ring-Shaped Inclusion. European Journal of Applied Sciences, 11(3), 436–446. https://doi.org/10.14738/aivp.113.14637
  • Audu, E. E., & Garg, L. (2022, October). The Numerical Estimation of Spectral Energy Density in Electroencephalogram (EEG). In International Conference on Information Systems and Management Science (pp. 611-625). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  • Nwazor, N. O., & Audu, E. E. (2022). Data communications network for real-time industrial control systems. Nigerian Journal of Technological Development, 19(1), 48-58.
  • Audu, E. E., Nwazor, N. O., & Ehikhameh, E. (2022). Multi-channel Process Instrumentation and Control Trainer.
  • Udeh, C. M., Anikwe, M. A. N., & Audu, E. E. (2022). Application of Analytical Hierarchical Process in Equipment Maintenance Scheduling and Decision-Making Process in Oil/Gas. J. Energy Res. Rev, 11, 13-28.
  • Audu, E. E. (2021). The Study of Electrical Energy Consumption in Cascaded Pumps for Pipeline Operations. Journal of Energy Research and Reviews, 7(2), 43–59. https://doi.org/10.9734/jenrr/2021/v7i230189.
  • Agrawal, A., Garg, L., Audu, E. E., Pachori, R. B., & Dauwels, J. H. (2019). Early detection of epileptic seizures based on scalp EEG signals. In Medical Imaging (pp. 42-61). CRC Press.
  • Audu, EE, Ikot, AN and Garg, L (2018). Quantum Mechanical Tunneling and Its Applications in Nano-scale semiconductor Devices: A review. International Conference on Materials, Applied Physics and Engineering (ICMAE), Indore India.
  • Audu, EE, Garg, L and Akujobi-Emetuche, G (2018). Petrochemical Process Time-Series Forecasting using Artificial Neural Network. International Conference on Information Systems and Management Science (ISMS), Malta.
  • Elisha, A. E., Garg, L., Falzon, O., & Di Giovanni, G. (2017, October). EEG feature extraction using common spatial pattern with spectral graph decomposition. In 2017 International Conference on Computing Networking and Informatics (ICCNI) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
  • Bonello, J., Garg, L., Garg, G., & Audu, E. E. (2018). Effective data acquisition for machine learning algorithm in EEG signal processing. In Soft Computing: Theories and Applications: Proceedings of SoCTA 2016, Volume 2 (pp. 233-244). Springer Singapore.
  • Elisha, A. E., & Garg, L. (2016). Networked control system for electrohydraulic flow control positioner using Neural Controller and Collaborative Network. International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research,7(8),1829-1842.
  • Audu, E. E., & Ojekudo Nathaniel, A. (2016). Application of real-world simulation: A bridge between theory and practice in higher education in Nigeria. IOSR J Res Method Educ, 6(4), 59-70.
  • Bugeja, S., Garg, L., & Audu, E. E. (2016, August). A novel method of EEG data acquisition, feature extraction and feature space creation for early detection of epileptic seizures. In 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 837-840). IEEE.

Languages

English
Fluent

Affiliations

  • Building anything electronic, Table tennis, reading

Timeline

Lead Analyst – Electrical Systems Development

NNPC Limited
2023.04 - 2026.04

Supervisor, MIS & Statistics – Budget & Planning

NNPC Limited
2021.01 - 2023.01

Electrical Engineer / Process Operator

NNPC Limited
2007.01 - 2021.01

MSc - Information & Telecommunication Engineering

University of Port Harcourt

BSc - Mathematics & Computer Science

National Open University

PGD - Physics

University of Port Harcourt

MSc - Software Engineering

University of Liverpool

HND - Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Rivers State Polytechnic

PhD - Communication Engineering

University of Port Harcourt

MSc - Solid State Physics/Electronics

University of Port Harcourt
Eliazar Elisha Audu