Welcome to Yusuf Olaniyi's Research Portfolio

This section highlights my research, publications, awards, and academic journey in AI and Civil Engineering. It reflects my curiosity-driven approach to problem-solving and my commitment to emerging technology in engineering.

Research Interests

  • Application of AI in Engineering
  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • Finite Element Modeling and Structural Dynamics
May 2024 – Oct 2025

ML-Collective
Researcher

As the Lead Investigator of AfriCrack: Benchmarking Domain-Shift Robustness of Crack Segmentation Models in African Infrastructure study. I managed the full research workflow, including literature review, project scoping, dataset creation, and scientific writing. I led a team that collected and annotated 1,000 crack images across Nigeria using Roboflow, and trained CNNs alongside the SegFormer Vision Transformer using PyTorch. The evaluation revealed a ~50% performance drop for models trained on non-African datasets such as SDNET2018, underscoring the importance of context-specific data. The project received an honorary mention at Deep Learning Indaba 2024 and placed 1st runner-up at IndabaX Nigeria 2024.

Nov 2023 - Aug 2024

University of Lagos
Undergraduate Researcher

I carried out a computational study titled on the Determination of the Natural Frequency and Mode Shape of Beams Using Analytical and Finite Element Methods with Python. I implemented beam deflection functions using the Rayleigh–Ritz method and the Principle of Virtual Work, and developed Python routines to compute natural frequencies for multiple end conditions, including clamp–clamp and simply supported configurations. This work strengthened my experience in structural dynamics, numerical modeling, and applied computational methods for engineering analysis.

Publications & Presentations

Awards & Recognitions

  • University of Lagos - Best Graduating Student Civil Engineering, 2025
  • Deep Learning IndabaX Nigeria - First Runner-Up Poster Presenter, 2024
  • Nigeria Higher Education Foundation Scholars Program – Top 10%, 2023
  • Annual Sustainability Competition at Arup Nigeria - First Runner-Up, 2023
  • Shell AI EV Hackathon – Top 14% (Global), 2022
  • The Bridge Program, Fellow – Top 5%, 2022
  • MSSN UNILAG Tutorial, Tutor of the Year – Top 1 of 25, 2021

Education

  • MSc. Engineering Artificial Intelligence – Carnegie Mellon University, Africa, Kigali, Rwanda (Aug 2025 - Present)
  • B.Sc. Civil Engineering – University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria (Aug 2024).
    Final Year Thesis: Determination of Natural Frequency & Mode Shape of Beams Using Analytical & Finite Element Methods (GitHub)