Ngozi Chizoma Umelo-Ibemere

Ngozi Chizoma Umelo-Ibemere

lecturer I

BSc., MSc.
Email: ngozi.umelo-ibemere@futo.edu.ng

Biography

Ngozi Chizoma Umelo-Ibemere is a lecturer in the Department of Statistics, Federal University of Technology, Owerri. Her research is focused on developing optimal designs for multiple response experiments. Applications of these designs can be seen in Agriculture, healthcare and industries. She is a member of the Nigerian Statistical Association, Professional Statisticians Society of Nigeria, International Statistical Engineering Association and European Network for Business and Industry Statistics.

Academic Qualification

  • M.Sc. Statistics 2011

  • B.Sc. Computer Science/ Statistics 2004

  • Diploma Computer Education 1999

Honours/Awards

  • Member Academy of Management

 

 

Affiliations

  • Nigerian Statistical Association

  • Professional Statisticians Society of Nigeria

  • International Statistical Engineering Association

  • European Network for Business and Industry Statistics

Courses Assigned to Teach

  • Statistics
  • STA 451 Design and Analysis of Experiments I
  • STA 453 Laboratory for Experimental Design I
  • STA 514 Design and Analysis of Experiments II
  • STA 515 Regression and Analysis of Variance II
  • STA 338 Social and Economic Statistics
  • STA 211 Introduction to Statistics and Probability
  • STA 222 Statistical Inference II
  • Lecturing and Research in the following areas:
    Design and Analysis of Experiments
    Statistical Inference
    Optimization of Response Surfaces
    Computer Programming Languages.

  • Administrative:
    Students’ Academic Adviser. Coordinator Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES), undergraduate projects and courses.

  • Community Service:
    Reviewer Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics, Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation. Rapporteur at the 44th Annual conference of the Nigerian Statistical Association.

  • Training:
    Training in FUTO on; Instructional Methods, Tools and Techniques for Online Teaching and
    Learning, Writing Research Grant Proposals, Access and Utilization of Library E-Resources/Databases, FUTO Result Manager, Improving Students Academic Performance in Joint University Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB) Examinations. Webinar on the use of JMP Sofware in Design and Analysis of Experiments by the age of
    digital chemistry.

Research Interest

  • Optimal Design and Analysis of Experiments

     

  • Algorithmic Construction of Efficient Multiple Response Designs

     

  • Response Surface Methodology

Publications

  1. Umelo-Ibemere, N.C. and Chigbu, P.E. (2022). On D-optimal Block Designs for Second-Order Polynomial Models: An Algorithm. Asian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics.  5(1): 88-97.

  2. Umelo-Ibemere, N.C. (2022). Extended Central Composite Design for Second-Order Models: A Performance Comaparison. Asian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics. 5(1):98-111.

  3. Umelo-Ibemere, N.C. and Chigbu, P.E. (2021). An Algorithm for the Simultaneous Construction of D-optimal Experimental Designs. Communications in Statistics- Simulation and Computation.

  4. Umelo-Ibemere, N.C. (2020). A Note on Comparison of Starting Points for the Generation of D-optimal Second-order Designs. African Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol. 7(2), 1001-1008.

  5. Umelo-Ibemere, N.C. (2019). Graphical Presentation of Data. In Introduction to Statistics and Probability (STA 211 Manual), I.S. Iwueze (editor in chief). Hephzibah Prints, Owerri, Nigeria, pp. 24  32.

  6. Umelo-Ibemere, N.C. (2018). Extension of the Prediction Variances of the Face- Centered Central Composite Designs to Multiresponse Models. Futo Journal Series, Vol. 4(1), 347- 357.

  7. Chigbu, Polycarp E. and Umelo-Ibemere, Ngozi C. (2015). On Slope Estimation Capabilities of Some Second Order Response Surface Designs. Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability, Vol. 4, 3, 361-366.

  8. Umelo-Ibemere, Ngozi C. and Amuji, Harrison O. (2015). Quantile Plots of the Prediction Variance of PartiallyReplicated Central Composite Design. International Journal of Statistics & Probability, Vol. 4, 2, 55-60.

  9. Amuji, Harrison O. and Umelo-Ibemere, Ngozi C. (2015). Application of Geometric Programming in Modelling of Solid Waste Products (refuse): A Contribution to Combating Pollution, Uncontrolled spending and Climate Change. Journal of the Nigerian Association of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 31, 409-412.

  10. Amuji, Harrison O. and Umelo-Ibemere, Ngozi C. (2015). Comparison of the Reliability of Dry Cell Batteries. Journal of the Nigerian Association of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 31, 413-418.

Research/Publication Links

ORCID: 

Research Gate Profile URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ngozi-Umelo-Ibemere 

Google Scholar Page:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FwwwvjwAAAAJ&hl=en&citsig=AMD79orAomu2YlZOgjveJ4esFug_XHZhvg