Danladi Slim Matawal (born 30 October 1955) is a Nigerian distinguished Professor of (Civil engineering); a former Director-General & CEO, Nigerian Building & Road Research Institute (NBRRI), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.^[1][2] He is currently back to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi - Nigeria.

He was born on 30 October 1955 in, Plateau State, Nigeria.^[3] He attended elementary school at Nigeria Army Primary School, Plateau State. He attended Government College, Keffi, Nasarawa State where he obtained the West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1968.^[4] He later attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he obtained a Bachelor of engineering (B.eng) degree in Civil engineering with a First Class Honour (1974-1978).^[5] In 1980, he obtained a Commonwealth scholarship to study at the Imperial College, University of London, where he obtained a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Civil Engineering (1981) and Doctorate degree, Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Lagos (1992).^[6] He joined the services of Plateau State Polytechnic as a director of works in 1983 but left the Plateau State Polytechnic in 1987 to join the services of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi as a Lecturer II in the Department of Civil Engineering where he was later appointed a professor in 1999.^[7]

He had served in several capacities in Nigeria. In 2000, he was appointed as Director of Centre for Distance Learning Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University for four years, a tenure that ended in 2004. After he left that position, he was immediately appointed as Dean of Engineering and Engineering Technology at the same university, a position he held for four years (2004-2008).^[8] After that position, he was appointed as Dean of Postgraduate School at the same institution, a position he held for three years (2008-2011).^{[citation needed]} In 2011, he was appointed as Director-General and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI), an agency under Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.^[9]

• Raw Material Research and Development Agency Award (2006).^{[citation needed]}
• Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering.[1] Archived 2021-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)^[10]
• Member of the Nigerian Institute of Management Science^[11]
• Member of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria^[12]
• Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.^[13]

• List of notable engineers in Nigeria
• List of awards and fellowships for Prof Danladi Slim Matawal- https://www.theabusites.com/prof-danladi-slim-matawal-dg-nbrri/