Victor Udo
About Victor Udo
EDUCATION
PhD, Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware
Focus: Governance, Planning and Management of Society, Technology and Environment;
Dissertation: “Exploring Patterns of Sustainable Development, Governance and E-Infrastructure Capacities of Nations for Global Equity Praxis”
MSc. Energy Management and Environmental Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Trans-disciplinary education on the issues of energy, economics and the environment.
ME, Electrical Engineering, Howard University
Thesis: “Adaptive Hierarchical Control for Large-Scale Interconnected Systems”
BSEE, Power Systems Analysis, Design, Simulations & Evaluation; Howard University
Harvard University, Negotiations for Senior Executives Course; Paradigm Group, Enterprise-wide Energy Risk Management Course; University of Idaho, Public Utilities Executives’ Course.
PROFESSIONAL, PUBLIC POLICY AND NON-PROFIT ACTIVITIES
Volunteer Chairman of Advisory Board, Afri Decarbonization Corporation
Chairman Bucknell’s University President's Sustainability Council providing strategic leadership to four (4) working groups - carbon neutrality, pathway to zero waste, ecological conservation/restoration and environmental, social, governance (ESG) education to simultaneously develop and implement a 10-Year Sustainability consistent with the University Strategic Plan
Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Justice Working Group of SDSN
Advisory Board Member, Smart Energy Decisions
Advisory Council, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
Member CEOs monthly meeting with the Minister of Power in Nigeria
Member CEOs Roundtable with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)
Led, Heads of Research, Research and Statistics across Ministries, Departments and Agencies
Developed lobbying positions and narratives for a F500 company legislative, legal, regulatory and administrative public policy in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Washington DC
Member, New Castle County (Delaware) Planning Board
Member, New Jersey Governor Renewable Energy Taskforce
Member, Community Advisory Board of The News Journal (largest newspaper in Delaware)
Advisory Board Member, Smart Energy Decisions
General Connectional Board Member, CME Church in USA and Africa
Fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers – highest engineering recognition in Nigeria, 2016
Recipient of Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service, Nigeria
Honored as Fellow, Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria 2018
Board Member, Collins Chapel Hospital, Memphis, TN; Board Member, Delaware People to People
Member, Advisory Board of Electrical Engineering at Rowan University, New Jersey
Chairman, Energy, Environment & Engineering Network of the NJ Technology Council
Member, International Scientific Committee on Energy & Environment, USA
Member, Institute of Electrical/Electronic Engineers (IEEE); Member, Association of Energy Engineers
Letters of Commendation from Governor Ruth Miner and Wilmington City Council, of Delaware
Member of dissertation committee, “Four Essays: on Offshore Wind Power Potential, Development, Regulatory Framework, and Integration”, University of Delaware.
Executive Producer and Host of Radio (4 Stations) and TV (2 Stations) Program with a reach of over 10 million people in Nigeria – The Podium of Leadership (POL); The POL with Victor Udo
Member, News Journal Community Advisory Board – Delaware’s Largest Newspaper
Taught and Coordinated Sunday School at Israel Metropolitan CME Church, Washington DC.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES
Sustainability Insights for Electric Power… Transformation: Looking at Nigeria, 2021
Structural and Leadership Insights …Sustainable Development: Looking at Nigeria, 2021
Which Way Nigeria: Structure, Leadership …Sustainable Development, Fulton Books, 2020
“Human Progress Towards Equitable Sustainable Development: A Philosophical Exploration”, Problems of Sustainable Development, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 23-44, 2009
“Bridging the Gaps for Global Sustainable Development: A Quantitative Analysis”, Journal of Environmental Management, June 2009
“Integrating Large Scale Photovoltaic Power Plants into the U.S. Grid”, IEEE Conference on Global Sustainable Energy Infrastructure - IEEE Energy 2030, November 18, 2008
“The Modern Electric Power Industry and Global Sustainable Development,” International Journal of Modern Engineering, Vol.6, No. 1, Fall 2005
“The Role of the Electric Power Industry in Global Sustainable Development” IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Washington, DC., October 5-8, 2003
"An Adaptive Control Scheme for Load-Frequency Control of Multi-area Power Systems Part I. Identification and Functional Design" published in Electric Power Systems Research journal 24(1992)
"An Adaptive Control Scheme for Load-Frequency Control of Multi-area Power Systems Part II. Implementation and Test Results by Simulation", Electric Power Systems Research journal 24(1992)
"Self-tuning Load Frequency Control: Multilevel Adaptive Approach" published in Institute of Electrical Engineers Proceedings on Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Volume 141, No. 4, July 1994
"Balancing Cost and Reliability: A Quantitative Study at Atlantic Electric" published in Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Transaction on Power Systems, Volume 12, No. 3, August 1997
“A Test of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) for Energy Storage and Frequency Regulation in the PJM System”
“Proven at PJM: Vehicle to Grid (V2G) and Power System/Transportation Synergies”.