Prof. Saheed A Oke
Prof. Saheed Oke

NRF RATING
Y2
DESIGNATION
Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering
QUALIFICATIONS
PhD (Geohydrology) MSc (Engineering Geology/Hydrogeology) BSc Hons (Geology)
SHORT CV
Prof. Oke is a NRF rated researcher and a current recipient of the Future Professor Program (FPP), a flagship DHET program hosted by the University of Johannesburg for selected academia across South African Universities with a prospect of shaping the future.
He won the University Vice Chancellor’s Research Award for Early and Mid-Career Researcher at Central University of Technology. Prof Okes’s research activities include guest editor for the journal Frontiers in Water. He gave 6 invited keynote presentations at scientific conferences and technical workshop on water and environment-related topics. In 2022, he was an invited reviewer for NRF Rating, Post-PhD and Thuthuka funding applications.
Prof. Oke’s current engagement are in 3 research projects with the Water Research Commission, National Research Foundation and Belt and Road Initiative project in collaboration with the Zhejiang Normal University of China. From 2020 -2023, he led the Mangaung Municipality team on the project Airport Development Node, a World Bank City Resilience Program for Metro’s in South Africa. He has supervised to completion 5 doctoral students and 15 master’s students. He has externally examined 14 dissertations and thesis in water related topics across the African continent.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Water vulnerability and risk assessment
Environmental sustainability
Urban development impact
Pollution and emerging contaminant
PUBLICATIONS
  • Mugudamani, I.; Oke, S.A.; Gumede, T.P.; Senbore, S (2024). Risk assessment of emerging contaminants in urban and natural water sources around Bloemfontein, South Africa: implication for environmental sustainability. Accepted in Journal of Current Analytical Chemistry.
  • Mugudamani, I., Oke, S.A., Gumede, T.P., Senbore S (2023). Herbicides in water sources: communicating potential risks to the population of Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. Toxics 2023, 11(6), 538; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11060538 
  • Ololade O, O'Shea B, Quandt A, Pandey V, Oke SA (2023): Editorial: Emerging Trends on Adaptive Capacity and Water Security Measures under a Looming Climate Change Threat. Frontiers in Waters Volume 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2023.1139682. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frwa.2023.1139682/full
  • Vukeya, LR., Mokotjomela, TM., Malebo, NJ. Smith DAE., Oke SA (2023). The vegetation cover dynamics and potential drivers of habitat change over 30 years in the Free State National Botanical Garden, South Africa. Reg Environ Change 23, 24 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-022-02024-9
  • Oke S.A., Mugudamani, I., Gumede, T.P., Senbore S (2023). Environmental Risk Assessment of Exposure to Selected Emerging Contaminants in Dams and Wastewater Effluent Around the City of Bloemfontein, South Africa. Journal of Harbin Engineering University, Vol 44 No. 12 page 1077 -1082.
  • https://harbinengineeringjournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/2407
  • Quandt A, O’Shea B, Oke SA and Ololade O (2022): Policy intervention to address water security impacted by climate change: Adaptation strategies of three case studies across different geographic regions. Frontiers in Waters 4:935422. http://doi:10.3389/frwa.2022.935422 
BOOK(S) OR CHAPTER(S) IN BOOK(S)
Book
Edited Books
  • Oke SA and Fauziah Ahmed. (2023). Water Conservancy and Civil Construction Volume 1: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Hydraulic, Civil and Construction Engineering (HCCE 2022), Harbin, China, 16-18 December 2022. ISBN: 9781003450818. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003450818
  • Oke SA and Fauziah Ahmad. (2023). Water Conservancy and Civil Construction Volume 2: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Hydraulic, Civil and Construction Engineering (HCCE 2022), Harbin, China, 16-18 December 2022. ISBN: 9781003450832. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003450832
Book Chapters:
  • Ruzvidzo S and Oke SA (2024). Application of Specific Groundwater Vulnerabilities Methodologies to Point Sources Pollution: A review. In Research Advances in Environment, Geography and Earth Sciences, Vol 1.  Page 1-33. BP International. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/raeges/v1/7535C  
  • Mugudamani I, Oke SA and Gumede TP (2022) Heavy Metals Pollution and Public Health: A Review of Heavy Metals Pollution, Health Implications, and Methods Potentially Used for Pollution Assessment. In Trace Metals Sources, Applications and Environmental Implication. Nova Science Publisher, Pg 63 -88. https://novapublishers.com/shop/trace-metals-sources-applications-and-environmental-implications/
  • Senbore, S., Oke, S., Malebo, N., Ololade, O. (2022). Guidelines on Assessment of Urban Development Impact on Water Security and Environmental Sustainability. In: Naddeo, V., Choo, KH., Ksibi, M. (eds) Water-Energy-Nexus in the Ecological Transition. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00808-5_28
  • https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-00808-5_28
  • Oke S., Ruzvidzo S. (2021) Assessment of Drought Impact on Surface Water in the Mockes Dam of the Free State, South Africa, Using Remote Sensing Techniques. In: Ksibi M. et al. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition). EMCEI 2019. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_280
  • Oke SA and Vermeulen D. 2020: Evaluation of the vulnerability of four groundwater vulnerability methodologies: A case study of Dahomey Basin shallow aquifers. In: Witkowski, A. (Ed.), Jakóbczyk-Karpierz, S. (Ed.), Czekaj, J. (Ed.), Grabala, D. (Ed.). (2020). Groundwater Vulnerability and Pollution Risk Assessment. London: CRC Press, IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology ISBN 9780367422370. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780367822927
PRESENTED CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS
Peer reviewed Conference Proceedings:
  • Ruzvidzo, S., Oke, S. (2024). Assessing the Drinking Water Quality Indexes of Borehole and Surface Water Close to a Mining Dump in Welkom, South Africa. In: Xu, H. (eds) The 6th International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Management. WREM 2023. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55989-1_1
  • Mudau, R., Oke, S., Ololade, O. (2024). Impacts of Nickel Mine Tailings Storage Facility on Surface and Groundwater Quality at Onverwacht Farm, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. In: Ksibi, M., et al. Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (3rd Edition). EMCEI 2021. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43922-3_61  
  • Mugudamani, I., Oke, S.A., Gumede, T.P., Senbore, S. (2024). Monitoring of Emerging Contaminants in Selected Wastewater Treatment Works Around Bloemfontein, South Africa: Initiative for Environmental Protection. In: Xu, H. (eds) The 6th International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Management. WREM 2023. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55989-1_3
  • Oke SA 2023: Textural and hydraulic properties of vadose zone materials: implication for pollution attenuation and aquifer vulnerability prediction. International Conference and Exhibition for Science February 06 – 08, 2023.
  • Mmutle, T. and Adeyinka, S. (2023). Assessment of Self-Purification Capacity of the Mooi River Catchment of South Africa. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment - ISWEE; ISBN 978-989-758-639-2; ISSN 2975-9439, SciTePress, pages 101-105. DOI: 10.5220/0011913200003536. https://www.scitepress.org/Link.aspx?doi=10.5220/0011913200003536
Recent International Conferences Attended:
  • WaterSciCon (America Geophysical Union (AGU) and Consortium of Universities for Advancement of Hydrologic Science Inc (CUAHSI) June 24 – 27, 2024. Saint Paul Minnesota, USA.
  • International Conference on Global Warming, Climate Change and Pollution Control (GWCCPC 2023) Dec 14, 2023. Montreal Canada.
  • Persistent, Emerging, and Organic Pollution in Environment (PEOPLE) August 7-11, 2023. Montreal, Canada.
  • Australasian Groundwater Conference, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 21-23 November, 2022. Perth Western Australia.
  • The fifth International Workshop on Environment and Geoscience (IWEG 2022) – 16 -17 July 2022. China (Virtual).
Invited Keynote Speaker
  • Event: China-South Africa International Workshop on Water Management, University of Zululand 31 October- 1 November 2023. Topic: Groundwater vulnerability assessment as a premonitory tool for water quality management
  • Event: 6th International Symposium on China-Africa Science and Technology Cooperation. University of Western Cape, 28-29 November 2023. Topic: Dynamic monitoring of surface water resources in Central South Africa using Remote Sensing
  • Event: African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) CoE for Urbanization and Habitable Cities Urban Design and Sustainable Infrastructure Webinar, University of Lagos. 30 August 2022. Topic: Resilient Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Urban Africa
  • Event: 2022 International Conference on Geographic Information and Remote Sensing Technology (GIRST 2022). 22 – 24 June 2022. http://www.girst.org/speaker. Topic: Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Mapping of Urban Developmental Impact on Water Resources
  • Event: 2022 World Water Webinar organized by Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Sciences Tlemcen, Algeria 22 March, 2022.   https://www.pauwes.dz/?p=2449. Topic: A Call for Groundwater Vulnerability Methodology for Sub-Saharan Africa.
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  • Tel: +27(0) 51 507 3938
  • soke@cut.ac.za