UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI
POSTGRADUATE
PROSPECTUS
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UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
1.
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
1.0 Brief History of the Faculty
The University of Maiduguri right from its inception recognized the need for locally
trained engineering manpower for the development of its catchment area in
particular, and the country in general. With this in mind, the Faculty of Engineering
in the University of Maiduguri was established on 1st October 1983 with three
departments, namely Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Electrical and
Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. However, the enrollment of
students into the new Faculty commenced a year later, that is, in 1984/85 session.
The Department of Agricultural and Environmental Resources Engineering, (formerly
known as Agricultural Technology and Agricultural Engineering), which had been
operational in the Faculty of Agriculture since 1977, was transferred to the Faculty of
Engineering on 1st October 1989, while the Departments of Chemical Engineering
and Computer Engineering came into existence in 1999/2000 and 2003/2004
sessions respectively. The Department of Food Science and Technology was
transferred from the Faculty of Agriculture to the Faculty of Engineering with effect
from 2006/2007 session making the total number of departments in the Faculty
seven.
The Faculty started with four academic and six non-academic staff. Today, there are
118 academic and 81 non-academic staff. The student population has risen from 19
in 1984/85 session to about 2100 in 2010/2011 session. A total of 2924 students
graduated from the Faculty between 1987/88 and 2008/2009 sessions.
Initially, the Faculty was running four-year post A-level degree programmes. From
1997/98 session, it switched over to five-year post O-level degree programmes. The
courses offered by the Faculty lead to the award of Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
degrees in the following fields: (1) Agricultural and Environmental Resources
Engineering, (2) Chemical Engineering, (3) Civil and Water Resources Engineering,
(4) Computer Engineering, (5) Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and (6)
Mechanical Engineering. The Department of Food Science and Technology awards
Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science and Technology.
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1.1 List of Postgraduate Degrees in Engineering
Apart from undergraduate degree programmes, the Faculty has the
following postgraduate degree programmes:
1. Master of Engineering in Agricultural and Environmental Resources
Engineering
2. Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Resources Engineering
3. Master of Engineering in Civil and Water Resources Engineering
4. Ph.D. in Civil and Water Resources Engineering
5. Postgraduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering
6. Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering
7. Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
8. Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering
9. Master of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
10. Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
11. Master of Science in Food Science and Technology
12. Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology
13. Postgraduate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
14. Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
15. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
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1.2.1
Dean and Heads of Department
DEAN
Idriss Audu
Professor
B.Sc. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Ibadan), Ph.D. (Cranfield)
MNIAE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Soil and Water Engineering
E-mail: idrissaudu@unimaid.edu.ng
E-mail: idrissaudu@hotmail.com
Mobile: 0803616****, 0808792****
SUB-DEAN
Gutti Babagana
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Lagos)
MNSChE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
E-mail: gutti@unimaid.edu.ng
E-mail: babaganagutti@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0803462****
1.2.2
HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
Eli Mamman
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Maiduguri), Ph.D. (Ilorin)
MNIAE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
E-mail: eli@unimaid.edu.ng
E-mail: mamman2002ng@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0802826****, 0816255****
Gutti Babagana
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Lagos)
MNSChE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
E-mail: gutti@unimaid.edu.ng
E-mail: babaganagutti@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0803462****
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Ali Musa Kundiri
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc., Ph. D. (Zaria)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Email: kundiriali@unimaid.edu.ng
Email: alikundiri@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0802724****, 0803463****
Christopher Umerah Ngene
M. Sc. (Kiev), Ph.D (Kharkov)
MNSE, MNCS
E-mail: umerahlove@yahoo.co.uk
E-mail: ngene@unimaid.edu.ng
Mobile: +38064193541
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H.O.D Agric. & Environmental
Resources Engineering
H.O.D Chemical Engineering
H.O.D Civil & Water Resources
Engineering
H.O.D Computer Engineering
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Bukar U. Musa
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Stratclyde)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
E-mail: musabukar@unimaid.edu.ng
E-mail: Musa_bu@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0703581****
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Mamudu H. Badau
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Maiduguri), Ph.D. (Bauchi)
MNIFST
E-mail: mamudu_badau@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08054685648
Food Science & Technology
Abdulrahim A. Toyin
Mechanical Engineering
B.Eng. (Ilorin), M.Sc. (Ibadan), M.B.A (Maiduguri),
Ph.D. (Kano)
MNSE, MNIM, COREN Regd.
E-mail: engrabdulrahim@yahoo.com
Mobile: 8075708858
1.2.3
FACULTY EXAMS & TIME TABLE CO-ORDINATOR
Dr. S.S. Garba
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Zaria), MBA (Maiduguri), Ph.D. (UK)
E-mail: sam.garba@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07089798044
FACULTY OFFICER
Mrs. Rhoda Y. Mshelia
Mobile: 08026916304, 08020868047, 076965512
SECRETARY TO THE DEAN
Mal. Aliyu Musa
Mobile: 08023622812, 07036547375
1.3 Non-Academic Staff in the Dean’s Office
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Mr. William G. Midala
Mobile: 08035097635
Mr. Adamu S. Wagila
Mobile: 08029107380
Mal. Ali Ibrahim Mohammed
Mobile: 08033912426, 08025257059
Mr. Gundiri Justin Yaji
Mobile: 08134702249, 08027275760
Mal. Haruna Tsalha
Mobile: 07061371994
Mrs. Fatima B. Balami
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Higher Executive Officer
Senior Secretarial Asst.
Senior Clerical Officer
Admin. Officer
Driver
Caretaker/ Cleaner
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2.
Mobile: 07063853963, 08022030028
Mrs. Zainab Bwala
Mobile: 07037770956
Caretaker/ Cleaner
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCES ENGINEERING
2.1 Master of Engineering Degree Programme in Agricultural
and Environmental Resources Engineering
2.1.1 Introduction
The Department of Agricultural & Environmental Resources Engineering offers a
Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree programme with specialization in the following
areas:
(i)
Farm power and Machinery
(ii)
Soil and Water Engineering
(iii)
Processing and Storage Engineering
2.1.2 Admission Requirements
To be eligible for admission into the programme, a candidate must:
(a)
in general, comply with the provisions of the University’s General
Regulations Governing Postgraduate Studies”, and
(b)
in particular, possess either:
a. a University of Maiduguri Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural
Engineering with a minimum of Second Class, or
b. any other equivalent qualifications from any institution recognized by,
and acceptable to the Board of Postgraduate Studies and the Senate of
this University.
2.1.3 Programme Requirements
To qualify for the M.Sc. degree award, a candidate must fulfil the following:
(a)
Pass a minimum of 34 units1 constituted as outlined in (b) and (c) below;
(b)
Follow a programme of coursework including lectures, seminars,
laboratory, workshop and field studies for at least 24 units to be passed
with minimum C grade, 49% or below being failure or course repeat. Any
student who fails in more than 50% of the prescribed courses would not
be allowed to continue his/her studies.
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A candidate with a deficiency in his B.Sc. degree training may be required to remedy his deficiency by taking
and passing with minimum C grade some undergraduate courses comprising a maximum of 9 units but without
any units credited to them
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(c)
Follow a scheme of approved and supervised research, present a
dissertation, appear for and pass an oral examination on the research
study, for 10 units.
2.1.4 Programme Structure
The programme is structured as follows:
(a)
Compulsory courses including dissertation
- 22 units
(b)
Optional courses to be chosen with supervisor’s guidance
12
units
(minimum) A candidate is required to select at least four optional courses including
not less
than two from his area of specialization. The remaining optional
courses may be
chosen from any other postgraduate programme within or
outside the Department.
(c)
Any undergraduate course – prescribed by the supervisor
- zero unit
Total for the M.Sc. degree award
- 34 units (minimum)
2.1.5 Course Structure
A. Compulsory courses for all the areas of specialisation
Course Code and Title
Units
AE 700: Seminar
AE 703: Statistical Methods
AE 799: Dissertation
1
2
10
B. Compulsory courses for different areas of specialisation
(i)
Farm Power and Machinery
AE 713: Advanced Tractor Design
AE 717: Theory and Practice of Cultivations
AE 720: Mechanics of Machine-Tractor Units
(ii)
Soil and Water Engineering
AE 731: Irrigation Systems Technology
AE 734: Boreholes and Well
AE 737: Engineering Hydrology
(iii)
Processing and Storage Engineering
AE 750: Food Machinery and Plant Design
AE 751: Primary Processing of Agric. Products
AE 757: Transfer Phenomena and Biochemical
Processes
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
C. Optional courses for different areas of specialisation
(i)
Farm Power and Machinery
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AE
AE
AE
AE
(ii)
(iii)
2.2
714:
715:
719:
721:
Crop Production Equipment
Crop Harvesting Equipment
Tractor Testing and Performance
Advanced Farm Power and Machinery
Management
AE 722: Instrumentation for Agric. Engineering
Research
AE 723: Machinery Production Techniques
AE 724: Advanced Engineering Mechanics
AE 725: Advanced Engineering Mathematics
Soil and Water Engineering
AE 717: Theory and Practice of Cultivation
AE 730: Soil Conservation Engineering
AE 732: Irrigation Structures & Equipment
AE 733: Advanced Groundwater Resources
Development
AE 735: Flow Through Porous Media
AE 736: Agricultural Land Drainage
AE 738: Water Conservation Engineering
Processing and Storage Engineering
AE 752: Drying of Agric. Materials
AE 753: Engineering Properties of Biomaterials
AE 754: Agricultural Waste Management
AE 755: Advanced Studies in Agric. Storage
AE 756: Food packaging Engineering
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Course Description
AE 700:
Seminar (1 unit)
Participation in departmental seminars and presentation of at least one seminar
paper in addition to the seminar requirements by the School of Postgraduate
Studies.
AE 703:
Statistical Methods (2 units)
Review of some basic statistical concepts; experimental designs; analysis of
variance; correlation, simple and multiple linear regression, non-linear regression,
use of computer packages for statistical analysis.
AE 713:
Advanced Tractor Design (3 units)
Review of air standard cycles; analysis of intake, compression, combustion,
expansion and exhaust processes in an engine; kinematics and dynamics of crank
gear; engine balance; design of engine parts: piston, piston rings, connecting rod,
crankshaft, valves and valve mechanism; design of combustion chamber, fuel,
lubricating and cooling systems.
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AE 714:
Crop Production Equipment (3 units)
Present situation and future trends in the field of crop production equipment for
tillage, sowing and planting, fertilizer application and crop protection; basic design
requirements and analysis of some selected mechanisms of these machines;
machine efficiency, reliability and safety.
AE 715:
Crop Harvesting Equipment (3 units)
Recent research trends in the field of crop harvesting equipment; basic design
requirements and design analysis of various functional units of small grains, corn,
cotton and root harvesting equipment; machine efficiency, reliability and safety.
AE 717:
Theory & Practice of Cultivation (3 units)
Soil strength parameters: cohesion, adhesion and friction, clod and bulk strength,
interface, sliding resistances; soil strength-soil consistency variations; ideal soil
conditions for performing basic cultivations; soil failure by wide and narrow tines and
disc implements; soil mechanics and design of implements for basic cultivation
operations; determination of soil forces acting on implements; implement selection;
case studies of current equipment in relation to design requirements.
AE 719:
Tractor Testing & Performance (3 units)
Classification and factors involved in the tests; methods and instruments for
measuring indicated, brake, friction, drawbar and PTO power; measurement of fuel
and air supply; exhaust gas tester; tractor reliability, engine performance curves
and efficiency of tractor engines.
AE 720:
Mechanics of Machine-Tractor Units (3 units)
Traction theory, traction mechanics and aids, tractive efficiency; mechanics of
machine-tractor units; equations of motion and analysis of forces acting on a
machine-tractor unit, wheel loading and weight transfer; tractor steerability, control
and stability; loss of control and instability on slopes, heading and slope angles
assessment of control and stability limit; relative performance and selection of twowheel drive, four-wheel drive and crawler tractors.
AE 721:
Advanced Farm Power & Machinery Management (3 units)
The concept of economic mechanization; economic performance of man-machine
systems; machine performance; capacity determinants, field work, machine-soilclimate-crop relationships; power performance labour performance; labour
requirements and time available; mechanization management and planning;
machine costs-fixed variable; alternative financing methods: out-right purchase,
leasing, hiring, use of contractors; mechanization planning: selection, replacement;
feasibility studies of mechanized farm.
AE 722:
Instrumentation for Agric. Engineering Research (3 units)
Introduction to instrumentation in Agric. Engineering research and development;
factors affecting selection of instruments; instrument calibration and error analysis;
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components of measurement systems; basic electrical characteristics of transducers,
amplifiers and recorders; methods and instruments for measuring temperature, flow,
pressure, force, torque, speed, displacement, stress, noise and moisture content.
AE 723:
Machinery Production Techniques (3 units)
Organisation for production, production control; sheet metal fabrication by forming
and stamping; influence of material parameters on formability and die design;
technique in moulding and casting; metal machining, machine tools and instruments;
material, equipment and processes for fabrication of plastics; theory and applications
of welding processes; factors affecting weldability; consideration in the design of
welded components; workshop metrology; equipment and planning in agric.
machinery maintenance and service plants.
AE 724:
Advanced Engineering Mechanics (3 units)
Space motion of: a particle, rigid bodies; instantaneous centre and axis of rotation;
energy, impulse and momentum; Euler’s and Lagrange’s equations; conservative
holonomic and dynamical systems; elements of vibrations; force system; spatial,
internal; equilibria of rigid and deformable structures, principle of virtual work.
AE 725:
Advanced Engineering Mathematics (3 units)
Review of ordinary and partial differential equations; boundary value problems;
calculus of variations: Lagrange multipliers, extrema of integrals, Sturm-Liouville
problem, Hamilton’s principle and Langrage’s equations.
AE 730:
Soil Conservation Engineering (3 units)
Review of forms and mechanics of water erosion; erosion control measures:
agronomic and soil management; design and installation of shelter belts, terraces,
checkdams, contour bonds, storm waterways and other conservation structures;
erosion surveys, erosion modelling and introduction to experimental methods.
AE 731:
Irrigation Systems Technology (3 units)
Land irrigability and land preparation; irrigation water requirement and availability;
design, construction/installation, operation and maintenance of surface, trickle/drip
and sprinkler irrigation systems; economics and socio-politics of irrigation including
legal and administrative aspects.
AE 732:
Irrigation Structures & Equipment (3 units)
Review of soil mechanics; design, construction, operation and maintenance of dams
and reservoirs, canals and ditches; review of fluid mechanics and hydraulics, design,
construction, installation, operation and maintenance of pumps, pumping systems
and water flow measuring devices; irrigation bore-holes and wells.
AE 733:
Advanced Groundwater Resources Development (3 units)
Aquifer characteristics and groundwater hydraulics, levels and fluctuations; basinwide concept of groundwater development, management and quality; groundwater
prospecting; artificial recharging of aquifers; salt water intrusion of coastal aquifers;
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socio-economic and legal dimensions of groundwater resources development model
studies and numerical analysis.
AE 734:
Boreholes and Wells (3 units)
Review of well hydraulics; siting and spacing of boreholes; analysis of aquifer
materials; borehole drilling design, methods and equipment; casing, grouting,
screening. Gravel packing, pump installation, pumping, development and
completion; water quality: disinfection of wells and piping water-well corrosion,
incrustation and water treatment, sanitary protection of groundwater supplies; well
point systems and recharge pits; borehole pumps.
AE 735:
Flow through Porous Media (3 units)
Properties of porous media and fluid mixtures in static systems; equations of fluid
flux in porous media; steady and unsteady flows in mixed fluid systems; similitude
for flows of two fluids; applications; soil-water system, capillary pressure-saturated
flows, continuity equation, boundary conditions and the various techniques of
solution; seepage analysis.
AE 736:
Agricultural Land Drainage (3 units)
Definition and scope drainage principles and investigations; surface drainage;
design, construction and maintenance of open drains, dykes and levees; design,
construction/installation and maintenance of closed and subsurface drains: drainage
pumping; drainage of organic and tidal soils.
AE 737:
Engineering Hydrology (3 units)
Review of basic hydrologic concepts; hydrograph analysis; flood routing and
simulation; probability concepts in design: rainfall, runoff and flood frequency
distributions, flood formulae and stochastic processes; watershed characteristics
including water and sediment yields; reservoir capacity, sedimentation and
desiltation; optimisation of water resources systems: methods and the computer as
tool.
AE 738:
Water Conservation Engineering (3 units)
Need for water conservation in arid & semi-arid regions; land use in water
catchments and its effects on water yields; field moisture conservation practices;
rainwater harvesting and runoff farming; water conservation structures: design &
construction; reservoirs and dams: design, construction; silting & sedimentation
control, evaporation suppression & seepage control; flood control and the
management of flood plains (fadamas); control of conveyance losses; groundwater
conservation and management.
AE 750:
Food Machinery & Plant Design (3 units)
Materials of construction for food processing and plants; design and utilization of
food machinery for drying, canning, evaporation, freezing, size reduction, peeling,
sealing and sterilizing with emphasis on unit design and assembly.
AE 751:
Primary Processing of Agricultural Products (3 units)
Methods of threshing, decorticating, cleaning and sorting; theory, design, testing
and efficiency of cylindrical and plain sieves; aerodynamic & magnetic
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applications in cleaning & sorting equipment; effects of product characteristics on
the selection of proper cleaning systems; grading systems and design of grading
equipment.
AE 752:
Drying of Agricultural Materials (3 units)
Psychrometry; moisture equilibrium; heat and mass transfer applications in drying of
fibre, grains and other food materials; properties of food products in relation to
drying processes and drier design; solar drying of agric. products; modelling of
drying processes and computer application to simulation and prediction of drying
models.
AE 753:
Engineering Properties of Biomaterials (3 units)
Techniques for the measurements, analysis and evaluation of physical
characteristics; mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical and rheological properties of
biomaterials in relation to processing, storage and quality control of agric. Materials;
force-deformation tests and analysis; Hertz theory; bulk compression tests; parallel,
shear tests; stress relaxation tests; creep, triaxial tests; viscometry & rheological
models.
AE 754:
Agricultural Waste Management (3 units)
Types and causes of agric. waste products; control & disposal practices of agric
wastes; selection & utilization of appropriate agric. waste management process and
systems; design of systems for agric. waste conversion and utilization.
AE 755:
Advanced Studies in Agric. Product Storage (3 units)
Micro and macro climatology in storage systems; controlled atmosphere in product
storage; refrigeration and packaging weight loss; physical and mechanical damages
in products during storage.
AE 756:
Food Packaging Engineering (3 units)
Characteristics of packaging materials; packaging requirements of products;
methods of testing for structural quality and performance including gas and moisture
transmission; design and formation of packages.
AE 757:
Transfer Phenomena and Biochemical Processes (3 units)
Fundamentals of momentum, heat and mass transfer couples; conduction,
convection and radiative heat transfer; steady & unsteady state analysis; heat
exchange application in food processing and storage; kinetics of enzyme catalysed
reactions, substrate utilization; design and analysis of bioreactors and industrial
applications.
AE 799:
Dissertation (10 units)
Candidates are required to undertake original research in their respective fields of
specialization and present a written dissertation to the department for oral
examination.
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2.3 Doctor of Philosophy Degree Programme by Research in
Agricultural and Environmental Resources Engineering
2.3.1 Introduction
The Department of Agricultural and Environmental Resources Engineering
runs a programme by research leading to the award of a Ph. D. degree in two
areas of specialisation, namely Soil and Water Engineering and Farm Power
and Machinery.
The programme would meet the demand of many prospective candidates
within and outside the sub-region, who aspire to undertake advanced
research for the benefit of the community and to acquire intensive academic
and professional training.
2.3.2 Programme Objectives
The main objectives of the programme are:
(i) train academics and professionals for the public and private sectors
(ii) To provide advanced training in the areas of Soil and Water Engineering and
Farm Power and Machinery
(iii) To provide an avenue for in-depth problem solving research projects in
engineering for improved agriculture and rural development.
2.3.3 Entry Requirements
Unless otherwise specified, the general regulations governing the Ph.D. degree
programme by research in the University of Maiduguri shall also apply. Candidates
seeking admission to the Ph.D. degree programme by research in Agricultural
Engineering should have a Master’s degree ordinarily with a minimum CGPA of 4.0
(60%), from the University of Maiduguri or any other University recognised by and
acceptable to the University of Maiduguri in any of the following:
(i) Agricultural Engineering
(ii) Civil Engineering
(iii) Water Resources Engineering
(iv) Mechanical Engineering
(v) Civil and Water Resources Engineering
(vi) Any other relevant specialisations acceptable to the department.
2.3.4 Programme Structure
a) Minimum Course/Unit Requirements
Seminar Courses
Elective Courses
Thesis
Total
b)
Curricular Layout
9 Units
6 Units
45 Units
60 Units
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i)
ii)
Compulsory Courses
Course Code and Title
Units
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
2
2
2
3
45
54
800:
801:
819:
820:
899:
Seminar I
Seminar II
Seminar III
Seminar IV
Research-based Ph.D. Thesis
Total
Elective Courses
A candidate shall take and pass a minimum of six (6) credit units from among
the courses listed below. The courses will be selected in consultation with the
supervisor(s) and the Head of Department.
Course: Code and Title
Units
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
AE
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
802:
803:
804:
805:
806:
807:
808:
809:
810:
811:
812:
Research Methodology
Advances in Soil-Water-Plant Relations
Engineering Aspects of Root Environment
Soil Dynamics
Design and Operation of Farm Irrigation Systems
Advanced Soil Mechanics
Advanced Engineering Hydrology
Finite-Element Analysis
Simulation and Modelling in Agric. Engineering
Soil-Cutting and Tillage
Tractive Performance and Selection of
Tractor Power
AE 813: Advances in Agricultural Mechanization in
Nigeria
AE 814: Procedures for Test Evaluation of Agricultural
Machinery and Equipment
AE 815: Agricultural Machines Analysis and Design
AE 816: Analysis and Design of Farm Machinery Linkages
AE 817: Advanced Farm Power and Machinery
AE 818: Hydraulic power system
2.3.5 Course Description
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3
AE 800: Seminar I (2 units)
A non-thesis seminar which should be presented on a topic related to Agricultural
Engineering during the First Semester of registration, attendance and participation in
other departmental and faculty seminar.
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AE 801:
Seminar II (2 units)
A non-thesis seminar which should be presented on a topic related to Agricultural
Engineering during the Second Semester of registration, attendance and
participation in other departmental and faculty seminar.
AE 802: Research Methodology (3 units)
Review of basic statistical concepts; design of experiments; analysis of data and
presentation; curvilinear and multiple regression analysis, improving experimental
precision, use of computer software for engineering design and data analysis.
AE 803: Advances in Soil-Water-Plant Relations (3 units)
Environmental aspects of plant-water relations: energy balance, solar energy input,
energy partition at the plant community surface, dissipation of absorbed energy by
plant community; the water balance, energy balance methods of determining
evapotranspirations; state of water in soils; primary soil characteristics, retention of
water by soil, classification of soil water, measurements of soil water, movement of
water in soils, water as a plant component, special aspects of transpiration,
development and significance of internal water deficits.
AE 804: Engineering Aspects of Root Environment (3 units)
Tillage and soil structure management: traditional and modern approaches to
tillage, problems of tillage research, physical aspects of machine-soil interaction; root
zone modifications fundamentals and alternatives: alleviation of mechanical, plant
water, nutrient, aeration and temperature stresses; water use modes for assessing
root zone modifications, system considerations and constraints.
AE 805: Soil Dynamics (3 units)
Fundamentals of vibration: definitions, single degree of freedom system, free and
forced vibration of a spring-mass system, longitudinal elastic waves as a bar,
dynamic bearing capacity of shallow foundations, lateral earth pressure on retaining
walls, compressibility of soils under dynamic loads.
AE 806: Design and Operation of Farm Irrigation Systems (3 units)
Development of irrigated land, role of irrigation in food and fibre production, farm
resources system selection. Soil water, salinity in irrigated agriculture, water
requirements, farm water delivery systems, pumps, farm water distribution systems,
hydraulies of surface irrigation, design and operation of surface systems, fluid
dynamics of sprinkler, design and operation of trickle systems, evaluation of
irrigation systems and practices, irrigation water management.
AE 807: Advanced Soil Mechanics (3 units)
Soil conditions; mechanical behaviour of soil elements; elemental treatment of
compaction; occurrence and applications; elemental treatment of compaction;
occurrence and application; elemental treatment of soil deformation and application;
elemental treatment of the material soil breaking and application; elemental
treatment of soil breaking and applications; elemental treatment of soil material
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friction and adherence; load bearing and soil 100 sensing processes, rollers, wheels
and tyres penetrating, sliding and shearing bodies; tines and ploughs.
AE 808: Advanced Engineering Hydrology (3 units)
Precipitation measurement; variability; estimation of real and point rainfall; return
periods, IDF and DDF graphs, consistency of data; stream flow; measurements,
effects of storm and basin characteristics of run off, unit hydrograph; flood
hydrology, probability, design storm, estimation of peak discharges, flood frequency
analysis, statistical techniques, mass curve analysis, flood and reservoir routing,
hydrologic simulation, deterministic and stock proc. Estimation of water and
wastewater quantities, computer simulation in hydrology.
AE 809: Finite-Element Analysis (3 units)
Introduction; basic concepts; truss and beam elements; transformation matrix;
stresses and matrix methods; other finite element problem and interactive design.
AE 810: Simulation and Modelling in Agricultural Engineering (3 units)
Modelling: physical and virtual models of linear, chaotic and stochastic systems;
simulation; techniques and methods for static and dynamic models (steady and
unsteady states); examples from various areas such as machine design, food
processing, farm management, etc; students must be familiar with some
programming languages such as BASIC, QBASIC, C++ etc.
AE 811: Soil Cutting and Tillage (3 units)
Soil mechanics applied to cutting and tillage tools; soil cutting forces for two and
three dimensional implements, construction machinery and agricultural tillage tools;
soil loosening, sorting, inversion and manipulation; selection of traction machines to
match soil cutting and tillage requirements; traction, flotation, rolling resistance and
traction efficiency.
AE 812: Tractive Performance and Selection of Tractor Power (3 units)
Introduction, soil strength; tractive performance, drawbar power demand, tractor
performance, least cost tractor/machine combinations.
AE 813: Advance in Agricultural Mechanization in Nigeria (3 units)
Introduction; national policies on agriculture and agricultural mechanization; status
of agric. Mechanization in Nigeria and other countries of the world; equipment
statistics; expenditure on mechanization; problems and prospects of farm
mechanization; status of farm machinery production in Nigeria.
AE 814:
Procedures for Test Evaluation of Agricultural Machinery and
Equipment (3 units)
Introduction, test procedures for evaluation of primary and secondary tillage
implements, seeders and planters, fertilizer distributors, sprayers, pumps, grain
threshers and combine harvesters.
AE 815: Agricultural Machines Analysis and Design (3 units)
Mechanical and experimental analysis of selected mechanisms used in agricultural
machines; advanced kinematics and dynamics of motion in 3 dimensions; vibration
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absorption and isolation critical analysis of working forces and stress on components
of agricultural machines, stress-strain relationship of soil under dynamic loads;
machines and design of traction and transport devices; hydraulic control.
AE 816: Analysis and Design of Farm Machinery Linkages (3 units)
Velocity and acceleration determination; description and design of common linkage
types; linkages types; linkages applicable to farm equipment.
AE 817: Advanced Farm Power and Machinery (3 units)
Recent research trends in the field of farm power and machinery with particular
reference to the functional requirements of machines for tillage, seeding, cultivation,
weeding and harvesting illustrated with selected examples like barratry
tillage,
distribution patterns of seeds, fertilizers, herbicides electrostatic dusting, vibratory
harvesting of fruits and vegetables, dynamic shear cutting, gathering, threshing and
separation of grains; effects of crop maturity, condition and separation of grains;
effects of crop maturity, condition and environment on harvesting efficiency;
selection of power units for mechanized farming.
AE 818: Hydraulic Power Systems (3 units)
Introduction; hydrostatic drives; hydraulic pump, their performance and ratings;
hydraulic motors, their performance and ratings; hydrostatic transmission; hydraulic
cylinders and control valves.
AE 819: Seminar III (2 units)
Presentation of a Seminar based on the candidate’s research proposal in the first
semester of second year of registration.
AE 820: Seminar IV (3 Units)
A seminar based on the candidate’s research findings to be presented in the third
year of registration.
AE 899: Research-based PhD Thesis (45 units)
Candidates are required to undertake original research in their respective fields of
specialization and present a written thesis to the department for oral examination.
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2.4
Department of Agricultural & Environmental Resources
Engineering Staff List
(a)
Academic Staff
(1)
F.A. Adeniji
Professor
B.Sc. (Uppsala), M.Sc. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)
FNIAE, MNSE, AMASAE, MASN, Hon. FNIST
Soil and Water Engineering
E-mail: faadeniji@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: 08035879099, 08059538690
(2)
J.O. Ohu
B.Sc. (Ife), M.Sc. (Cranfield), Ph.D. (McGill)
FNIAE, FNSE, MISTRO, COREN Regd.
Professor
Soil and Water Engineering
E-mail: ohujohn@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08023713019, 08051023175
(3)
M.A. Haque
M.Sc. Engrg. (Hons), Ph.D. (Moscow)
MNIAE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Farm Power and Machinery
E-mail: mahaque68@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07033264186
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Professor
(4)
Bobboi Umar
B.Sc. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Ibadan), Ph.D. (Vienna)
MNIAE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Farm Power and Machinery
E-mail: bobboiumar@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: 08066303773, 08023825894
(5)
Idriss Audu
Professor
B.Sc. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Ibadan), Ph.D. (Cranfield)
MNIAE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Professor
Soil and Water Engineering
E-mail: idrissaudu@hotmail.com
Mobile: 08036164804, 08087929328
(6)
Eli Mamman
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Maiduguri), Ph.D. (Ilorin)
MNIAE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Farm Power and Machinery
E-mail: mamman2002ng@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08028261692, 08162553596
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Professor
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(7)
Adamu U. Dzivama
B.Sc. (Maiduguri), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ibadan),
FNIAE, MNSE Processing and Storage
E-mail: audzivama@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036269164
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Senior Lecturer
(8)
Babagana Umara
Senior Lecturer
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Ibadan), Ph.D. (Maiduguri)
MNIAE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Soil and Water Engineering
E-mail: babazulum@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08032647190, 08027209598
(9)
Ndubisi Aviara
B.Eng. (Owerri), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Ibadan)
MNIAE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Processing and Storage
E-mail: nddyaviara@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08034922425
Senior Lecturer
(10)
Babagana Mohammed
Senior Lecturer
B.Sc. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Ibadan), Ph.D. (London)
MILR (Maiduguri), MNIAE, FNSE, COREN Regd.,
MNIM, MCIWM (UK)
Farm Structures and Environment
E-mail: b1mohammed@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08033035522
(11)
Abdu Dauda
M.Sc. (Cranfield), Ph.D. (Maiduguri)
MNIAE Farm Power and Machinery
E-mail: dauda_abdu@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08028315847
-
Lecturer I
(12)
Adamu U. Kawuyo
B.Eng., M.Sc (Maiduguri), Ph.D. (Zaria)
MNIAE, MNSE Farm Power and Machinery
E-mail: akawuyo@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08065437045, 08028545806
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Lecturer I
(13)
Adamu Y. Arku
B.Sc. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Ibadan)
MNIAE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Lecturer I
-
Farm Structures and Environment
E-mail: adarku2001@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07039574213, 08020322898
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(14)
Jibrin Musa Dibal
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Zaria)
-
Lecturer I
-
Lecturer II
Soil and Water Engineering
E-mail: jdibal@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08039652571
(15)
Habib Alkali
B.Eng (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Zaria)
Soil and Water Engineering
E-mail: habalkali@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07064642177
(16)
(b)
Abubakar Abdullahi Lawal
B.Eng (Maiduguri) Processing and Storage
E-mail: abulawal2010@gmail.com
Mobile: 08063950585
Non-Academic/Technical Staff
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
Muktar A. Alkali
E-mail: muktaralkali@gmail.com
Mobile: 08020749176
Umaru M. Bello
Mobile: 08020614501
Ali Zongoma Mairami
E-mail: alizongoma@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08023576792, 08039650234
Amsami M. Bukar
E-mail: aabuk@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07037777345, 08024657816
A. Kolomi
Mobile: 08080331823
Helen Chime (Mrs)
Mobile: 08053471562
Peter Okhumoya
Mobile: 07033421872
A.R. Kuku
Mobile: 08061202520
Thomas Yabba
Mobile: 08025878933
Audu Garba
Mobile: 08065704008
Mohammed Yahaya
Mobile: 07030351784
Usman Abubakar
Mobile: 08024650424
Phillip A. Mariyah
Mobile: 08060668305, 07081898358
Maigana Aminami
Mobile: 07068341276
Graduate Assistant
Principal Engineer
Principal Engineer
Asst. Chief Technologist
Snr. Tech. Officer
Snr. Tech. Officer
Chief Typist
Higher Tech. Officer
Snr. Tech. Officer
Executive Officer
Senior Lab. Supervisor
Senior Craftsman
Tractor Operator
Tractor Operator
Cleaning Supervisor
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3.
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
3.2 Postgraduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering
3.2.1 Introduction
The strategic position of University of Maiduguri to industries and the need to be
relevant to the larger society necessitated the establishment of this programme.
This, in the long run, will enhance the University and Industry interaction. This
programme will prepare those who may wish to benefit from our postgraduate
degree programmes. It is designed to satisfy the minimum requirements for
admission into Master degree programmes.
3.2.2 Objectives
The Postgraduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering is essentially an upgrading
course for chemical engineers to enhance their competence and enable them to
pursue Masters in Chemical Engineering.
3.2.3 Duration
A. Full time- Minimum of 2 semesters and Maximum of 4 semesters
B. Part time- Minimum of 4 semesters and Maximum of 6 semesters
3.2.4 Admission Requirement
Candidates with Third class honours degree in Chemical Engineering or any other
relevant discipline acceptable to the department, provided they have five O’level
credits in Chemistry, English, Mathematics, Physics and another science subject, are
eligible for admission into Postgraduate diploma in Chemical Engineering.
3.2.5 Graduation Requirement
3.2.5.1 A weighting of 30% will be for continuous assessment and 70% for
examination at the end of the relevant semester.
3.2.5.2 The minimum requirement for a pass in any course is 50% provided the
candidate fulfilled the minimum of 75% attendance required, as specified in
the postgraduate brochure.
3.2.5.3 A candidate who fails any course(s) at the end of the semester will be
required to repeat the course(s) once only.
3.2.5.4. A candidate is withdrawn from the program if ;
i. He fails more than 50% of his courses in any one session.
ii. He breaches any university regulation.
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3.2.5.5 The Design Project will be examined and orally defended as laid down in the
University regulations. The format and number of copies to be submitted must
conform to the University regulations.
3.2.6 Award of Postgraduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering
A student will be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering when
he/she has earned a minimum of 32 credits (26 units from course work and 6 units
from project). The Diploma will be classified according to the following cumulative
grade point average:
(a) Pass with Distinction
(b) Pass with Upper Credit
(c) Pass with Lower Credit
(d) Pass
(e) Fail
-
4.50-5.00
3.50-4.49
2.50-3.49
1.50-2.49
0.00-1.49
These regulations are subject to both the Faculty of Engineering and University of
Maiduguri postgraduate Regulations. The Faculty and University Regulations apply
on matters where these present regulations are silent.
3.2.7 Programme Structure
Course Code and Title
Units
Compulsory courses
FIRST SEMESTER
CHE
CHE
CHE
CHE
CHE
CHE
CHE
601: Introduction to Chemical Engineering
603: Introduction to Engineering Profession
605: Engineering Mathematics I
607: Engineering Drawing
609: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
611: Experimental Process Engineering
... Elective
SECOND SEMESTER
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
_________
14
Course Code and Title
Units
CHE 602: Chemical Engineering Analysis
CHE 604: Physical Transport Phenomena
CHE 606: Unit Operations
2
3
3
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CHE 608: Chemical Reaction Engineering
CHE 610: Chemical Engineering Material
CHE 699: Design Project
Electives
CHE 613: Financial Management
CHE 615: Law for Engineers
CHE 617: Statistics
CHE 619: Basic Electronics
CHE 621: Strength of Materials
2
2
6
___________
18
2
2
2
2
2
3.2.8 Course Description
CHE 601:
Introduction to Chemical Engineering (2 units)
Introduction (the Chemical Engineering function, bench scale to industrial scale);
units and dimensions; temperature; pressure; the chemical equation and
stoichiometry; (Limiting reactant, excess reactant, degree of completion); material
balances. The gas laws (Charles, Boyle, Gay-Lussac, Dalton and amagat, real gas
relationships); vapour-liquid equilibrium (Raoult’s law, relative and percent
saturation, condensation, dew point); steam (enthalpy-temperature chart, steam
tables, throttling, calorimetry); combustion calculations (solid, liquid and gaseous
fuels, excess air); industrial safety (hazardous chemicals, safety precautions).
CHE 602: Chemical Engineering Analysis (2 units)
Use of mathematical tools for the analysis of chemical engineering operations;
process modelling and dynamic analysis; statistical tests, regression, design of
experiments.
CHE 603: Introduction to Engineering Profession (1 unit)
A series of lectures on historical development of engineering profession, its relation
to economics, sociology, ethics and other fields of human endeavour; impact of
engineering to society.
CHE 604: Physical Transport Phenomena (3 units)
Momentum Transfer: Conservation Laws: Laws of Fick, Fourier and Newton; unified
principle of transport phenomena; Microbalance; Dimensional Analysis; Flow
Phenomena Laminar flow, Turbulent flow: applications, Flow around obstacles, Flow
through beds of particles, flow meters. Mass Transfer: - Molecular Diffusion;
Convective Mass Transfer. Heat Transfer: Basic Laws of heat transfer, combined
heat transfer mechanisms, Three-dimensional heat conduction, non-stationary heat
conduction, and convective heat transfer. Heat transfer with change in phase, Heat
transfer by radiation; heat exchanger; simultaneous heat and mass transfer.
CHE 605: Engineering Mathematics I (2 units)
Sequences and Functions: Infinite sequences and their limits; a short recollection of
elementary functions and their properties; Limits and continuity of functions of a
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single real variable. Differential Calculus: Definition of a derivative; differentiability of
a function of one variable; geometrical and physical interpretation of a derivative;
techniques of differentiation; Roll’s and the mean-value theorems; Taylor and
Maclaurin’s series expansions. Applications of differentiation: maxima and minima of
function of a single variable; curve sketching in Cartesian co- ordinates; L’Hospitals’
rule for evaluation of limits of functions in the indeterminate forms - Tangents and
normals, curvature and evolutes of plane curves; Leibnitz’s formula for finding the
nth differential coefficient of a product of two functions.Vector analysis: vector
functions and limits; derivatives; gradient, divergence and curl; line and surface
integrals; Stoke’s and Greens’s theorems; application to geometry; tangents,
normals and envelopes; vector spaces and matrix algebra: linear dependence, bases
and dimensions; matrices; products; rank; system of linear equations; determinants;
adjoints, inverse; Cramer’s rule; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; reduction to diagonal
form. Complex variables: complex numbers; geometrical representation; De Moivre’s
theorem; polar form, roots and powers of complex numbers; functions of complex
variable: limits and derivatives; analytic functions; Cauchy-Riemann equations;
harmonic and elementary functions; complex integration; Cauchy’s integral formula
and Cauchy’s theorem; zeros and singularities; Taylor and Laurent series; residues;
evaluation of definite integrals; Rouche’s theorem; special functions.
CHE 606: Unit Operations (3 units)
Pumps and compressors: mixing, heat exchange equipment: drying, flow through
packed towers, sedimentation and classification, filtration, fluidisation, cyclones, size
reduction.
Distillation, absorption, stripping, humidification and cooling towers; evaporation;
crystallization, extraction-solid/liquid & liquid/liquid principles of similarity; models
and scale-up.
CHE 607: Engineering Drawing (2 units)
Introduction to drawing equipment; lettering; types of line; dimensioning; lines and
angles; triangles, quadrilaterals, circles, tangents and arcs; polygons; ellipse and
parabola; loci. Dimensioning; freehand sketching; geometric principles of projection;
the solids, orthographic projections (1st and 3rd angles); isometric drawings, oblique
drawing; visualization; sectioning; auxiliary views; elementary electric and civil
engineering drawings. Intersection of solids; development of surfaces; national and
international symbols and standards; sectional elevations and plans; elementary
assembly drawing.
CHE 608: Chemical Reaction Engineering (2 units)
Classification of reactions, definition and reaction rates, variables affecting reaction
rates; homogeneous reactions (elementary and non-elementary reactions),
molecularity and reaction order, rate constant, temperature dependency theories,
activation energy, constant-volume batch reactor (irreversible reactions of zero, 1st,
2nd and nth order; series and parallel reactions, overall order from half-life data;
reversible reactions of 1st and 2nd order); variable-volume batch reactor (irreversible
reactions of zero, 1st, 2nd and nth order), analysis of total-pressure data
(homogeneous and autocatalytic reactions), variable and constant volume systems,
ideal reactors (batch, mixed, plug-flow), design equations and calculations for single
reactions. Design equations and calculations for multiple reactions and reactor
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systems, product distribution; temperature and pressure effect (single and multiple
reactions, adiabatic and non-adiabatic systems, optimum temperature progression).
Non-ideal flow reactors (residence-time distribution and conversion, dispersion
model, tanks-in-series model, design, design calculations). Mixing of fluids; FluidFluid reactions; Non-catalytic Fluid-Particle reactions; Solid-catalyzed reactions (rate
equations and controlling resistance, overall rate equation, design applications);
Deactivating catalysts; Zeolites and their production; Fluidization.
CHE 609: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3 units)
Introduction (definition, scope and aims); Temperature concept, scales and absolute
zero: work (quasi-static process, PVT – system, path dependency); first law (work
and heat, adiabatic work, internal energy, enthalpy and heat capacity); second law
(inter conversion of work and heat, heat engines and cyclic processes, heat
reservoirs/sinks, thermal efficiency, refrigeration cycle, coefficient of performance),
entropy; Helmholtz and Gibbs functions; theory of corresponding states; chemical
reaction equilibrium, phase equilibrium and phase rule.
CHE 610: Chemical Engineering Materials (2 units)
Review (materials classification, atomic structure and bonding); Structure of perfect
solids (lattices, spacing and cell volume, crystal structure and analysis); structure of
imperfect solids (crystal defects) and equilibrium concentration, polymorphism, chain
and larger structures, corrosion-inducing defects; phase transformation and
equilibria (one-component and multi-component systems, equilibrium diagrams);
Chemical plant construction materials (strength and corrosion resistance with
particular reference to specific metals, alloys, polymers, wood, cements, refractories
and ceramics, etc., in varying media-atmospheric, acidic, basic, oxygenated, etc);
Corrosion-prevention techniques (anodic/cathodic protection, watings). Materials
selection (discussion of specific problems).
CHE 611: Experimental Process Engineering (2 units)
Experiments illustrating fluid flow properties; heat transfer by conduction and
combined conduction and radiation; the use of overall heat transfer coefficients;
mass transfer; simultaneous heat and mass transfer. Selected pilot-plant
experiments will be carried out. These are designed to enable verification of the unit
operations theory and empirical relationships covered during the unit operations
course lectures. Moreover, the exercise is intended to provide practical experience
in the operation of measured data.
CHE 613: Financial Management (2 units)
Financial planning and control: balance sheet, profit and loss account, ratio analysis,
profit planning, financial forecasting, budgeting; management of working capital:
working capital, sources and forms of short-term financing; capital structure: sources
and forms of long-term financing, financial structure and leverage; investment
decision: the interest factor capital budgeting decision.
CHE 615: Law for Engineers (2 units)
Definitions and functions of law; basic structure of Nigerian law; application of
business law to engineering: principles of law involving contracts and contract
documents, torts, companies, commerce, patents and inventions, copyrights,
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trademarks, property; industrial labour law: legislation on wages, trade unions and
industrial accidents; land acquisition, environmental laws; legal aspects of
professional engineering: responsibilities and liabilities.
CHE 617: Statistics (2 units)
The scope and role of statistics; statistics as the sciences of decision-making under
uncertainty; statistics and the scientific research; pitfalls in statistical reasoning and
graphical presentation; consideration; condensation of data and properties of
frequency distributions; fundamentals of probability; Pascal’s triangle and the
binomial distribution; the Gaussian curve and some of its properties; use of normal
tables; elements of regression and correlation analysis; rank correlation. Frequency
distribution and probability distribution; sample and population; important graphs for
representation of data; characterization of frequency distributions; elements of data
collection procedures; different approaches to probability sample space and events;
elements of combinatorial analysis; laws of probability; dependent and independent
events; evaluation of probabilities; Bernoulli trials, binomial distribution and its
applications; use of normal curve and normal tables.
CHE 619: Basic Electronics (2 units)
P-N junction in semiconductors: carrier diffusion, space charges, depletion zone,
barrier voltage, barrier capacitance; V-I characteristics of a P-N diode in forward and
reverse direction temperature dependence; reverse breakdown; zener and avalanche
effects; energy band description for reverse and forward bias; P-N diodes as
rectifiers; small signal and power rectifiers; basic smoothing circuits for small-signal
and power rectifiers; half-wave and full-wave rectification; voltage multipliers;
choosing diode types, zener voltage stabilizer; Bipolar transistors: principle of
operation power gain, effect of base thickness, emitter injection efficiency; V-I
characteristics in common base and common emitter connections; operating point,
differential parameters, linearised equivalent circuit; bipolar transistor structures;
alloyed, diffused planar, paraxial-planar, comparison of properties; unipolar
transistors: JFET, MOSFET, depletion and enhancement mode of operation.
CHE 621: Strength of Materials (2 units)
Force equilibrium; free body diagrams; concept of stress, strain; tension and
compression recognition; Young’s moduli and other strength factors; axially loaded
bars, composite bars, temperature stresses and simple intermediate prob Hoop
stress: cylinders rings; bending moment, shear force and axial diagrams for simple
cases; stresses and strains: simple tension and compression application; tensile,
compressive and transverse stresses; Hooke’s Law, modulus of rigidity, elasticity
proportional and elastic limits, yield point ultimate strength, Poisson ratio; theory of
simple bending; principal stresses and planes, combined bending and direct stresses,
deflection of simple beams; torsion, elastic buckling of beams and columns.
CHE 699: Design Project (6 units)
A detailed design of a part or whole of a process will be conducted; the design will
comprise of the theory of the process and a detailed specification of the associated
units or equipment required; it must also feature the economic studies and
environmental consideration of the process; students are expected to have a close
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interaction with the staff responsible; the design will be submitted as a report for
grading.
3.3 Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) in Chemical Engineering
3.3.1 Introduction
The Department of Chemical Engineering offers a Postgraduate degree programme
leading to the award of Master of Engineering (M. Eng) in Chemical Engineering in
the following areas of specialization:
i. Process Engineering
ii. Ceramics and Polymer Engineering
iii. Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering
iv. Biotechnology Engineering
3.3.2 Objectives
The postgraduate programme leading to the award of Master of Engineering (M.
Eng) in Chemical Engineering is intended:
i. To produce high level manpower for academic position in the
universities and other tertiary institutions as well as research institutes.
ii. To prepare high level man-power for the public and private sectors of
the chemical, process, petroleum, petrochemical and materials
industries in particular and the Nigerian economy at large.
iii. To further prepare the graduate for a successful entrepreneurial self
employment on graduation.
iv. To further the development and quality of the chemical engineering
programme at University of Maiduguri.
v. To offer opportunities for staff development in the department.
vi. To conduct advanced research relevant for technological development
and other needs of the national economy.
3.3.3 Admission requirements
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Five O’level credits in Chemistry, English, Mathematics, Physics and any
other science subjects.
Comply with the provision of University of Maiduguri “General
Regulations Governing Postgraduate Studies”
Have a University of Maiduguri ‘Bachelor of Engineering Degree
in Chemical Engineering or related discipline with a minimum of
second-class honours.
OR
Any other relevant qualification from any institution recognized by
and acceptable to the Board of Postgraduate Studies and the Senate
of this University.
Have at least Upper credit in Post graduate diploma in Chemical
Engineering.
3.3.4 Duration of programme
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i.
ii.
Four (4) semesters for full-time students
Six (6) semesters for part-time students.
3.3.5 Programme structure
The programme is structured as follows:
i.
ii.
Compulsory courses including dissertation
- 30 units
Optional courses to be chosen with supervisor’s guidance
- 4 units
A candidate is required to select at least four courses including not less
than two from his area of specialization. The remaining optional
courses may be chosen from any other postgraduate programme
within or outside the department.
iii.
Any undergraduate course prescribed by the supervisor
-zero unit.
Total for the M. Eng. Degree award (minimum) -34 units
3.3.6 Course structure
A.
Compulsory courses
Course Code and Title
CHE
CHE
CHE
CHE
CHE
CHE
CHE
CHE
B.
700:
701:
702:
703:
704:
705:
706:
799:
Units
Seminar
2
Advanced Transport Phenomena
3
Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3
Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering
3
Advanced Chemical Engineering Analysis
3
Advanced Separation Processes
3
Advanced Process Control
3
Dissertation
10
__________
Total
30
Optional Courses (4 Units)
i.
Process Engineering
CHE 707: Advanced Process Modelling & Simulation
CHE 708: Computer-Aided design
CHE 710: Advanced Process Optimization
CHE 713: Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Engineering 2
ii.
Ceramics and Polymer Engineering
CHE 709: Ceramic Materials
CHE 711: Polymerization Process
CHE 712: Polymer Properties & Application
CHE 714: Refractories
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
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iii.
iv.
Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering
CHE 708: Computer Aided design
CHE 716: Advanced Industrial Pollution & Control
CHE 718: Bio-fuels Process Technology
CHE 720: Solar and other Renewable Energy Technology
2
2
2
2
Biotechnology Engineering
CHE 708: Computer Aided design
CHE 710: Advanced Process Optimization
CHE 715: Advanced Biochemical Engineering
CHE 717: Modern Industrial Biotechnology processes
2
2
2
2
3.3.7 Course Description
CHE 700: Seminar (2 units)
Participation in departmental seminars and presentation of at least one seminar
paper in addition to the seminar requirements by the school of postgraduate studies.
Each student will be required to produce a manuscript in the usual journal
format on the topic under investigation. For these candidates literature review
and/or development of relevant mathematical models related to dissertation topics
will be acceptable.
CHE 701: Advanced Transport Phenomena (3 units)
Derivation and application of Navier Stokes equation to potential flow velocity
profiles in laminar and turbulent flows. Universal velocity profile Macromolecular
hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian fluids. Turbulence theories and their limitations,
the closure problem. Heat and Mass Transfer: Differential equation for transfer
processes and their application Thermal and concentration boundry layers. Diffusion
gases, liquids and solids. Two-film penetration theories of interphase mass transfer.
Mass transfer with chemical reaction. Interfacial phenomena and instability theories.
Phase transformation, boiling, condensation, crystallization. Heat transfer to multi
component fluids. Radiative heat transfer and application in furnaces and solar
energy collectors.
CHE 702: Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3 units)
Application of thermodynamic principles to selected topics including equations of
state, thermodynamics of non-reacting systems, complex chemical equilibria, phase
stability and immiscibility. Second law analysis of processes. Pinch technology.
CHE 703: Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering (3 units)
Survey of kinetic principles and factors which influence reaction rates kinetics of
complex, homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions. Correlations in homogeneous
and heterogeneous catalysis. Consideration of several topics in catalysis cracking
reforming, hydrogenation, hydration, oxidation. Analysis of chemical kinetics and
transport phenomena in the design and operations of industrial reactors.
Optimization of chemical` Reactors.
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CHE 704: Advanced Chemical Engineering Analysis (3 units)
Matrix formulation of chemical engineering problems with examples from areas such
as distillation. Gas absorption and reaction engineering Numerical Methods. Relation
and iterative methods, finite difference operators, interpolation, numerical operators
interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration, difference equations, solution
of ordinary and partial differential equations. Variational methods in engineering with
examples from transport processes. Statistical methods in chemical engineering
experimentations parameter estimation. Residence time distribution theory
introduction to Operational Research: Critical path analysis, scheduling queuing
theory, linear programming, replacement theory. Applications such as refinery
scheduling plant design and construction.
CHE 705: Advanced Separation Processes (3 units)
Uses and characteristics of separation processes. Review of binary separation
processes. Multicomponent, multistage separations. Extractive and Azeotropic
distillation. Capacity and efficiency of contacting device. Energy requirements,
selection of optimal design and operation of separation process. Selected recent
topics in separation technique.
CHE 706: Advanced Process Control (3 units)
Analysis of dynamic behaviour of chemical process. Stability analysis of feedback
systems. Design of feedback controllers. Design of feedback control system using
frequency response techniques. Synthesis of alternative control configurations for
multiple-input, multiple output processes. Design of control system for complete
plants. Analysis and design of advanced control systems.
CHE 707: Advanced Process Modelling and Simulation (2 units)
Formulation of simple and complex chemical engineering problems and their
solutions. Application to chemical engineering stage processes including rectification,
multi component distillation, staged absorbers, all types of reactors and heat
exchangers. Development of solution approaches through the usage of computer
programming and software (like MATLAB, ASPEN, etc.) However a computer-based
term paper is required in this course.
CHE 708: Computer-Aided Design (2 units)
Application of computer techniques to process synthesis analysis and simulation
process; Mathematical models of process flow sheets. Advanced equipment analysis.
Trouble shooting problems; Statistical analysis in design; Environmental control and
safety.
CHE 709: Ceramic Materials (2 units)
Review (Distinction between ceramics and other materials). History and current size
of the ceramic industry, the Nigerian ceramic industry, Atomic and crystal structure
of ceramics, survey of ceramic products (glass, building products, enamels, synthetic
crystals and gemstones, white wares and nuclear ceramic). Industrial processing,
raw materials properties and applications. Temperature measurement, Plant trip to
local ceramic industries, flow sheet of processes, Production of simple ceramic
porcelains.
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CHE 710: Advanced Process Optimization (2 units)
Introduction: The objective function. The economic objective function: investment
cost influence of time, Optimization methods: Analytical and numerical methods.
Global local and construed minima. Elimination of type II constrains. Geometric
programming, Numerical methods One dimensional objective functions.
Multidimensional objective function. Dynamic programming. Selection of optimization
methods.
CHE 711: Polymerization Process (2 units)
Addition and condensation polymerization mechamistry, kinetics and molecular
weight control copolymer Co polymerization mechanism and kinetics. Modification of
polymer. Alloying blending composites, post-polymerization reactions. Industrial
polymerization methods Reactor choice and design.
CHE 712: Polymer Properties and Applications (2 units)
Polymer solutions: Criteria for polymer solubility chain conformation of dissolved
polymers, thermodynamics of polymer,. Fractionation of polymers, polymer melt
rheology definition simple repological models, viscous flow: Solid state properties of
polyme5rs mechanical electrical, optical. Application of selected polymers.
CHE 713: Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Engineering (2 units)
Introduction to the petroleum industry: Sources and production of oil Petroleum
transportation and distribution. The structure of the industry. The structure of an oil
company. Crude oil and product properties. Chemical engineering processes used in
petroleum refiners for the manufacture of gaseous and liquid fuels, lubricants and
petrochemicals: Thermal and catalytic reforming, catalytic cracking, hydro-cracking,
cooking, vis breaking, desulphurization and extraction, gas and LPC treatment, Olefin
production, blending of petroleum products. Petrochemical feedstocks from refining
oxidation and chlorination processes, olefins and derivatives, aromatic and
naphthenic derivatives, petrochemical planning and design.
CHE 714: Refractories (2 units)
Application and classification of refractories; properties of refractory materials.
Fireclay. Clay raw materials (classification and geology structure of clay minerals.
Plasticity, effect of heat on clay and methods used for their identification. Nigeria
clay). Production of fireclay refractories. Raw materials and production of other
refractories. High alumina, silica, magnetite, dolomite and carbon refractories, pure
oxide refractories. Light weight insulating refractories, Refractory mortars, plastics
and castables (Cement, Preparation, properties and applications).
CHE 715: Advanced Biochemical Engineering (2 units)
Introduction to advanced biochemical engineering. Biochemical engineering kinetics.
Biochemical reactor and fermented design. Aeration and fermented design. Aeration
and mixing. Fermented operation and control. Homogeneous and immobilized
enzyme systems. Enzyme production and recovery. Sugar technology, modern
brewing technology, food technology and biological waste treatment technology.
CHE 716:
Advanced Industrial Pollution & Control (2 units)
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Introduction to environmental engineering, bio-geochemical cycles and pollution
problems (green-house effects, ozone depletion, toxicity, bioaccumulation). Effects
of toxic materials. Relationship between effects and dosage, lifetime of pollutants
and removal process, mobile and stationary sources of air pollutant, air pollution
control-desulphurization, pre-and post combustion, incineration and design of
incinerators. Other ccombustion related pollutants and their abatement. Industrial
waste water. Undesirable characteristics of industrial waste water. Water use and
water quality; waste water standards, classification and significance of parametric
indicators of pollution, effects of waste water discharges on receiving waters,
monitoring and analysis techniques. Waste water treatment processes. Primary
treatment methods, (removal of grit and floatable materials clarification) biological
waste water treatment (Waste water microbiology, factors governing biological
treatment systems) granular media filtration; tertiary treatment methods
(precipitation adsorption; ion exchange centrifugation, membrane processes etc),
sludge handling and disposal techniques. Technology for control of emission of
heavy metals (precipitation, ion exchange), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and
toxic organic compounds (adsorption, steam stripping, solvent ectraction, chemical
oxidation), oxidation and oxygen demand, biological growth and biological oxidation,
characteristics of industrial wastes (COD, BOD, etc), waste minimisation.
Applications, process selection and systems synthesis, application to industrial
groups (from food, textile, chemical metals, petroleum, paper and power generation
industries): on site systems for domestic waste, combined treatment at centralized
waste water plants.
CHE 717: Modern Industrial Biotechnology Processes (2 units)
Biotechnology applications in industry such as pulp and paper, chemicals, textiles,
food, metals and minerals. Biotechnology in environmental pollution control.
Production of industrial enzymes and pharmaceutical drugs via biotechnology.
Industrial bio-safety issues.
CHE 718: Biofuels Process Technology (2 units)
Fuel types and history of automobile fuels; types of bio-fuels; raw materials for
bioethanol production; conversion of sugar and starch into bioethanol; ethanol
distillation and dehydration; biodiesel production process; Dimethyl Furan and other
renewable biofuels; biofuel properties and quality control; environmental and
economic viability of biofuels.
CHE 720: Solar and other Renewable Energy Technology (2 units)
Renewable energy resources; solar radiation in Nigeria; direct and diffuse radiation
and their uses; solar applications and design of equipment (solar cooker, solar water
heater, solar still, etc); Photovoltaic power systems and application in Remote Area
Power Supply (RAPS); storage of energy in solar applications; wind energy systems;
microhydal power systems; tidal and geothermal energy systems.
CHE 799: Dissertation (10 units)
Candidates are required to undertake original research in their respective fields of
specialization and present a written dissertation to the department for oral
examination. Application of research techniques to solving current chemical
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engineering problems as directed by a supervisor. Project may also involve
development of research methodologies.
3.4 Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.) by Research in
Chemical Engineering
3.4.1 Introduction
The Department of Chemical Engineering runs a Postgraduate degree programme by
research leading to the award of a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering in the
following areas of specialization.
A. Process Engineering
B. Environmental and Material Engineering
C. Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development
D. Biotechnology Engineering
E. Reaction Engineering.
The programme would meet the demand of many prospective candidates within and
outside the sub-region, who aspire to undertake advanced research for the benefit
of the community and to acquire intensive academic and professional training.
3.4.2 Programme Objectives
i.
ii.
iii.
3.4.3
To train academics and professionals for the public and private sectors
To provide advanced training in the relevant areas of specialization
highlighted in 3.4.1 above.
To provide an avenue for in-depth problem solving research projects in
chemical engineering for the improvement of our industries and
community.
Entry Requirements
Unless otherwise specified the general regulations governing the Ph.D.
Degree programme by research in University of Maiduguri shall also apply.
Candidates seeking admission should
i.
Have a Master’s degree ordinarily with a minimum CGPA of 4.0 (B)
grade, from the University of Maiduguri or any other University
recognized by and acceptable to the
University of Maiduguri in any
of the following.
a.
Chemical Engineering
b.
Petroleum Engineering
c.
Any other relevant specialization acceptable to the department
3.4.4 Duration of programme
i.
From six (6) to ten (10) semesters for full-time students
ii.
From eight (8) to twelve (12) semesters for part-time students.
2.4.5
Course structure
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The course is structured as follows:
Course Code and Title
CHE 800: Selected topics in current chemical engineering research I
CHE 801: Selected topics in current chemical engineering research II
CHE 802: Non- thesis seminar I
CHE 803: Non- thesis seminar II
CHE 804: Seminar III
CHE 805: Seminar IV
CHE 899: Research-Based Ph.D. Thesis
Total
Units
3
3
3
3
4
4
40
___
60
3.4.6 Course Description
CHE 800: Selected Topics in Current Chemical Engineering Research I (3
units)
Selected topics of current research in catalysis, chemical reaction engineering,
renewable energy, biotechnology, biochemical engineering, nano-technology,
separation processes, optimization, control processes etc. It includes lectures and
student preparation and presentation of two major review papers for evaluation.
CHE 801:
Selected Topics in Current Chemical Engineering Research II
(3 units)
Selected topics of current research in catalysis, chemical reaction engineering,
renewable energy, biotechnology, biochemical engineering, nano-technology,
separation processes, optimization, control processes etc. It includes lectures and
student preparation and presentation of two major review papers for evaluation.
CHE 802: Non-thesis Seminar I (3 units)
Candidates will be required to make one seminar presentation. Each student will be
required to produce a manuscript in the usual journal format on the topic under
investigation. For this, candidate’s literature review and/or development of relevant
mathematical models related to dissertation topics will be acceptable.
CHE 803: Non-thesis Seminar II (3 units)
Candidates will be required to make one seminar presentation. Each student will be
required to produce a manuscript in the usual journal format on the topic under
investigation. For this, candidate’s literature review and/or development of relevant
mathematical models related to dissertation topics will be acceptable.
CHE 804: Seminar III (4 units)
Presentation of a seminar based on candidate’s research proposal.
CHE 805: Seminar IV (4 units)
Presentation of a seminar based on candidate’s research finding.
CHE 899: Research-Based Ph.D. Thesis (40 units)
Candidates are required to undertake original research in their respective fields of
specialization and present a written thesis to the department for oral examination.
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3.1 Staff List
(a)
Academic Staff
(1)
P.B. Onaji
Visiting Professor
B.Sc. (Zaria) Ir, M.Eng. (Netherlands), Ph.D. (Georgia)
MNSChE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Chemical/Ceramic Engineering, Biomass Conversion and
Bioenergy Systems, Techno-Economic and Environmental Studies
(2)
E-mail: pbonaji@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08053132168
U.A. El-Nafaty
Visiting Professor
B.Sc. (KAAU), M.Sc. (KFUPM), Ph.D. (Manchester)
MNSChE, MNSE, AIChE, IChemE, COREN Regd.
Chemical Reaction Engineering and Transport phenomena
(3)
E-mail: elnafaty@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08023742492
Odey Osha
M.Sc., Ph.D. (Belarus)
MNSChE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
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E-mail: oshaodee@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08039617328
M.O. Edoga
B.Sc. (Enugu), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Zaria)
MNSChE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
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E-mail: edochem2005@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08065713581
Gutti Babagana
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Lagos)
MNSChE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
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Visiting Reader
Materials, Process and Environmental Engineering
(4)
Visiting Reader
Polymer Science and Technology,
Advance Transport Phenomena, Process Development
(5)
Senior lecturer
Modelling & Simulation of Flow Systems,
Biomedical Engineering
(6)
E-mail: babaganagutti@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08034626874
Abdullahi S.B. Gimba
B. Eng. (Zaria), M. Sc., Ph.D (Lagos)
MNSChE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Visiting Snr. lecturer
Modelling & Simulation of Petroleum/Reservoir Engineering
E-mail: asbgimga@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08082155103
(7)
Surajudeen Abdulasam
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Sc. (Lagos),Ph.D (ABU)
Visiting Snr. Lecturer
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MNSChE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Process Design, Bioenvironmental and Process Engineering
(8)
E-mail: asurajd@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08032839412
Bitrus K. Highina
B.Eng., M.Sc. (Zaria) COREN Regd.
-
Lecturer I
-
Lecturer II
Process/Biochemical Engineering
(9)
E-mail: bkhighina@gmail.com
Mobile: 08078717406
Murtala M. Ahmed
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Sc. (Aberdeen)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Renewable Energy & Sustainable Development
(10)
E-mail: muriahmed@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08038047127
Olagoke A. J. Oladokun
B.Tech. (Ogbomosho), M.Sc. (Lagos)
-
Lecturer II
Process Identification, Development, Optimization & Control
(11)
E-mail: gokeoladokun@yahoo.com
Mobile: 0805024477
Aliyu A. Bello
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Sc. (Lagos), MNSE
-
Lecturer II
Process Design Simulation, Optimization and Control
(12)
E-mail: aliuabello@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08028330906
Habu Taura
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Edinburg)
-
Lecturer II
Transport Phenomena and Reservoir Engineering
E-mail: usmantaura@gmail.com
Mobile: 08151345311
(13) Abdu Zubairu
Assistant Lecturer
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Sc. (Lagos), Ph.D. (London)
Process & System Engineering Analysis
E-mail: abdulzubairu@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08083772411
(14) Muhammad N. Idris
Assistant Lecturer
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Tech. (Port-Harcourt), Ph.D. (Leeds)
Process Modelling & Simulation/Corrosion Engineering
(15)
E-mail: idrismn@hotmail.com
Mobile: 07058771096
A.S. Grema
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Lagos)
-
Assistant Lecturer
-
Assistant Lecturer
Energy Development and Utilization
E-mail: asgrema@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07036546738
(16)
Bintu Grema
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Leeds)
Process Engineering
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E-mail: bintgrem@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: 08131507689
(17) Dauda Ibrahim
B.Eng. (Maiduguri)
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Graduate Assistant
-
Graduate Assistant
-
Graduate Assistant
-
Higher Tech. Officer
-
Technologist II
Process Engineering
(18)
E-mail: didauda@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08066928339
Garba Magaji
B.Eng. (Maiduguri)
Renewable Energy
(19)
E-mail: garbamagaji@gmail.com
Mobile: 08066229600
Modu Aji
B.Eng. (Maiduguri)
Safety and Environmental Engineering
E-mail: ajimohammed@ymail.com
Mobile: 08039256413
(b)
Non-Academic/Technical Staff
(1)
Stephen Sambo Wakawa
Mobile: 07066272779
(2)
Hamza Umar
E-mail: qmoney10@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08033958241
(3) Rakiya Abdullahi
Mobile: 0703303731
(4)
Racheal M. Pella
Mobile: 07035457717
(5) Audu Bukar
Mobile: 08030528545
(6)
Asabe Sabo Mohammed
Mobile: 08066391430
(7)
Mustapha Ali
E-mail: alimusty115@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08060491461
(8) Ali Mairami
Confidential Sec. I /
Departmental Secretary
Chief Clerical Officer
-
Office Attendant
-
Lab. Assistant
-
Lab. Assistant
-
Cleaner
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4.
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL & WATER RESOURCES
ENGINEERING
4.2 Master of Engineering Degree Programme in Civil and
Water Resources Engineering
4.2.1 Introduction
The Department of Civil and Water Resources Engineering offers a Master of
Engineering (M. Eng) degree programme in Civil and Water Resources Engineering
with specialisations in:
(i)
Structural Engineering
(ii)
Geotechnical Engineering
(iii)
Environmental Engineering
(iv)
Highway and Transportation Engineering
(v)
Water Resources Engineering.
(vi)
Environmental Geotechnics
(vii) Construction Technology
4.2.2 Programme Objectives
The postgraduate programme leading to the award of Master of Engineering (M.
Eng) in Civil and Water Resources Engineering is intended to train engineers to
become specialists in the development, improvement, and protection of the
communal environment, providing facilities for living, industry and transportation.
These include buildings, roads, bridges, canals, railroad lines, airports, water supply
systems, dams, irrigation, harbours, docks, aqueducts, tunnels, and other
engineered constructions through the application and efficient use of materials and
forces of mankind.
4.2.3 Admission Requirements
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Comply with the provision of University of Maiduguri “General Regulations
Governing Postgraduate Studies".
Have a University of Maiduguri Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil &
Water Resources Engineering or related discipline with a minimum of secondclass honours.
Any other relevant qualification from any institution recognised by and
acceptable to the Board of Postgraduate Studies and the Senate of this
University.
4.2.4 Programme Structure
To qualify for the award of the Master of Engineering degree in Civil and Water
Resources Engineering, a candidate must fulfil the following conditions:
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(a)
Pass a minimum of 34 units of courses at the 700 level constituted as;
(i)
Six units of compulsory courses common to all specialisations in the
programme.
(ii)
Twelve units of compulsory courses for the candidate’s area of
specialisation.
(iii)
Six units of elective courses. The elective courses will be selected in
consultation with the supervisor(s) and the Head of Department.
(iv)
Ten units of dissertation.
(b)
Follow a scheme of supervised research, submit a dissertation, appear for and
pass oral examination on the M. Eng dissertation.
4.2.5 Programme Structure for Various Options
A) Environmental Engineering
Semester I
Courses Code and Title
CE 701: Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
CE 703: Quantitative Methods
CE 711: Water Supply Engineering I
CE 713: Wastewater Engineering
CE ...
Elective
Sub-Total
Units
2
3
3
3
3
14
Semester II
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
702:
712:
714:
...
799:
Seminar
Solid Waste Management
Environmental Pollution Control
Elective
M Eng Dissertation
Sub-Total
1
3
3
3
10
20
B) Water Resources Engineering
Semester I
Courses Code and Title
CE 701: Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
CE 703: Quantitative Methods
CE 721: Advanced Engineering Hydrology
CE 723: Water Resources Systems Planning
CE ...
Elective
Sub-Total
Semester II
CE 702: Seminar
CE 722: Hydraulic Structures
Units
2
3
3
3
3
14
1
3
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CE 724: Groundwater Resources Development 3
CE ...
Elective
CE 799: M Eng Dissertation
Sub-Total
C) Structural Engineering
3
10
20
Semester I
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
701:
703:
731:
733:
...
Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
Quantitative Methods
Structural Analysis
Design of Concrete Structures
Elective
Sub-Total
2
3
3
3
3
14
Semester II
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
702:
732:
734:
...
799:
Seminar
Design of Steel Structures
Design of Tall Structures
Elective
M Eng Dissertation
Sub-Total
1
3
3
3
10
20
D) Geotechnical Engineering
Semester I
Courses Code and Title
CE 701: Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
CE 703: Quantitative Methods
CE 741: Engineering Properties of Soils
CE 743: Foundation Engineering
CE ...
Elective
Sub-Total
Units
2
3
3
3
3
14
Semester II
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
702:
742:
744:
...
799:
Seminar
Advanced Soil Mechanics
Earth Retaining Structures
Elective
M Eng Dissertation
Sub-Total
1
3
3
3
10
20
E) Environmental Geotechnics
Semester I
CE 701: Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
2
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CE
CE
CE
CE
703:
741:
751:
...
Quantitative Methods
Engineering Properties of Soils
Principles of Environmental Geotechnics
Elective
Sub-Total
3
3
3
3
14
Semester II
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
702:
752:
754:
...
799:
Seminar
Waste Containment Systems
Contaminant Transport Processes
Elective
M Eng Dissertation
Sub-Total
1
3
3
3
10
20
F) Highway and Transportation Engineering
Semester I
Courses Code and Title
CE 701: Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
CE 703: Quantitative Methods
CE 761: Pavement Design, Construction and Management
CE 763: Traffic Management and Controls
CE ...
Elective
Sub-Total
Units
2
3
3
3
3
14
Semester II
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
702:
762:
764:
...
799:
Seminar
Highway Construction and Maintenance
Transportation Planning
Elective
M Eng Dissertation
Sub-Total
1
3
3
3
10
20
G) Construction Technology
Semester I
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
701:
703:
771:
733:
...
Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
Quantitative Methods
Materials and Construction Technology
Design of Concrete Structures
Elective
Sub-Total
2
3
3
3
3
14
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Semester II
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
702:
772:
774:
...
799:
Seminar
Construction and Project Management
Construction Techniques and Equipment
Elective
M Eng Dissertation
Sub-Total
1
3
3
3
10
20
4.2.6 List of Elective Courses
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
CE
715: Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
716: Water Supply Engineering II
725: Irrigation Technology
726: Advanced Groundwater Engineering
735: Bridge Engineering
736: Structural Use of Timber
737: Finite Element Method
738: Design of Industrial Buildings
745: Engineering Geology
746: Dam Engineering
747: Site Investigation
748: Rock Mechanics
753: Groundwater Hydraulics
755: Solid Hazardous and Industrial Waste Management
765: Highway Economics and Finances
766: Advanced Traffic Engineering
767: Airport Engineering
773: Construction, Maintenance and Design of Marine
Structures and Foundations
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4.2.7 Course Description
CE 701:
Computer Applications in Civil Engineering (2 units)
Overview of PC hardware; use of existing software for the design of civil engineering
projects e.g. water distribution, wastewater collection, structures, highway
pavement, traffic modelling, hydrological modelling, geotechnics, financial and
inventory problems.
CE 702:
Seminar (1 unit)
Presentation and participation in departmental seminars, each student will present at
least one seminar paper in addition to the requirements of Postgraduate School;
research methods: library search, information technology, methods of referencing,
indexing, preparation of technical reports.
CE 703:
Quantitative Methods (3 units)
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Data collection, analysis and interpretation. Database creation and management;
Applied probability and statistics test of hypothesis, linear and non-linear regression
analysis, time series analysis. Experimental designs. Simulation and optimisation,
network analysis; application to civil engineering studies e.g. highway, traffic,
hydrology, structures, geotechnics, construction management etc. Use of computer
packages for statistical analysis eg. COREL, QUATTRO PRO, SPSS, MINITAB,
MATLAB etc.
CE 711:
Water Supply Engineering I (3 units)
Components of water supply systems, development of design criteria for rural
(small) and urban (large) water supply schemes, water demand analysis, design and
analysis of transmission mains, water treatment works, service and storage
reservoirs; distribution network analysis, hydraulic design of' rural and urban water
treatment plants, operation and maintenance of water supply schemes; design
examples and studio exercises using computer software e.g. WATERCAD,
FLOWMASTER etc.
CE 712:
Solid Waste Management (3 units)
Composition of residential, commercial and industrial wastes; collection systems:
treatment and disposal methods, urban solid waste management models and cost
analysis; case studies of urban waste disposal in Nigerian cities; engineering
principles of domestic and municipal waste recovery and reuse: biogas, composting,
wastewater irrigation, compost, aquaculture; leachate management in sanitary
landfill sites.
CE 713:
Wastewater Engineering (3 units)
Wastewater surveys and characterisation, classification of excreta and wastewater
disposal systems, design of physical, chemical and biological wastewater treatment
processes, design of facilities for the treatment and disposal of sludge and strong
organic wastes effluent disposal methods, standards and regulations, design
examples and studio exercises.
CE 714:
Environmental Pollution Control (3 units)
Pollution on land, water and air environments. Analysis of problems of air, land and water
pollution; pollution monitoring, control and prevention measure, viz technical, legislative and
administrative methods, environmental impact assessment (EIA) of engineering projects;
environmental health.
CE 715:
Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Disposal (3 units)
Waste characterisation, survey, and laboratory analysis; micro-organisms: ecology,
metabolism and population kinetics; conventional and advanced wastewater
treatment methods: activated sludge, trickling filter, stabilization ponds, aerated
lagoons. Effluent disposal systems; industrial wastewater management.
CE 716:
Water Supply Engineering II (3 units)
Physical, chemical and biological properties of surface, ground and treated waters,
water quality and public health, surface and groundwater harvesting: impounding
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reservoirs, well drilling and development, conventional and advanced water
treatment for municipal and industrial supplies
CE 721:
Advanced Engineering Hydrology (3 units)
Hydrological models, hydrological forecasting, flood and drought analysis; stream
flow analysis, reservoir operation, hydrograph analysis, hydrological measurement
and analysis. Computer applications using existing software eg. Hydrologic modelling
(HEC)
CE 722:
Hydraulic Structures (3 units)
Analysis and design of earth dams, gravity dams, spillways, stilling basins and conduits;
embankment dams slope stability analysis; seepage control in earth dams, design of
culverts, inlets, urban drainage systems.
CE 723:
Water Resources Systems Planning (3 units)
Flood control; water resources planning in Nigeria, problems of water resources
planning in Nigeria, application of optimisation techniques in water resources
planning; river basin modelling, including water supply, irrigation planning and
operation, hydropower capacity development.
CE 724:
Groundwater Resources Development (3 units)
Occurrence and distribution of water in natural hydrogeology, fundamentals of flow
through porous media, equation governing flow in aquifer; overview of groundwater
hydrology: aquifer types, factors affecting groundwater flow; fresh and saline water
origin and exploitation techniques: concept of safe yield, quality, groundwater
control and recharge, groundwater mapping and seepage analysis; borehole and
well installation, pumping tests and borehole operation and maintenance.
CE 725:
Irrigation Technology (3 units)
Properties of soils; crop -water relations, irrigation water requirements; irrigation
techniques: surface and subsurface. Irrigation structures: canals, head works, water
conveyance and distribution, drainage, design of Irrigation systems, salinity
problems.
CE 726:
Advanced Groundwater Engineering (3 units)
Theory and application of deterministic and stochastic methods for numerical
modelling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport; current developments in
the analysis of groundwater flow and contaminant transport in porous media; control
and prevention of groundwater contamination.
CE 731:
Structural Analysis (3 units)
Influence lines for statically determinate and indeterminate structures; energy method in
structural analysis; matrix stiffness and flexibility methods of structural analysis of frames of
high-rise buildings, including load effect; advanced limit analysis, dynamic analysis.
CE 732:
Design of Steel Structures (3 units)
Design principles of structural elements subjected to shear and bending moments:
riveted bolted and welded connections, ties, struts, beams, base plates, stanchions,
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and grillage foundations; frames, deep and gantry girders and plated box structures;
composite construction in steel and concrete, review of steel codes of Practice
CE 733:
Design of Concrete Structures (3 units)
Limit state design, survey of current codes of practice; yield line theory and its
application in the design of slabs; analysis and design of statically determinate and
indeterminate structural members in pre-stressed concrete for the limit states of
cracking and excessive deflection; composite construction in pre-stressed concrete
work.
CE 734:
Design of Tall Structures (3 units)
Influence of ground conditions on choice of foundations for high-rise structures;
design of tall buildings for dead load, super-imposed load and wind loads; stability
analysis, plastic design of steel buildings; design exercises
CE 735:
Bridge Engineering (3 units)
Bridge deck analysis, design of pre-cast bridge deck and composite bridge deck;
stiffened plates and box girders, bridge abutments, cable stayed bridges and
suspension bridges. Bridge hydraulics; design exercises.
CE 736:
Structural Use of Timber (3 units)
Species of timber, variations in properties, defects and stress grading, basic stresses
and modifications factors, moisture, long term loading and deflections; design of
beams-solid phyweb, design of laminated beams, compression and tension
members, curved members: connections and joints, plywood.
CE 737:
Finite Element Method (3 units)
Approximation theory for analysis of deformation and stress in solids, finite element
formulations for frame, plane stress/strain, axisymmetric, torsion and threedimensional elastic problems. Programming methods for finite implementation.
CE 738:
Design of Industrial Buildings (3 units)
Design of single-bay building stanchion and truss construction, portal frame
buildings, flat roof construction, multi-bay portal frames, gantries for overhead
cranes, design exercises.
CE 741:
Engineering Properties of Soils (3 units)
Detailed study of physico-chemical nature of soils. Soil mineralogy; stress state and
stress-strain-time behaviour, small strain behaviour of soils and the significance of
small strain non-linearity in deformation problems; soil-water movement, effective
stress, consolidation, and strength; geo-synthetics and material interface properties;
introduction to the mechanics of partly saturated soils; measurement of soil suction;
soil-water characteristics, classification of partly saturated soils, engineering
properties and behaviour of tropical soils e.g. lateritic soils, black cotton soils, black
clays, soil modification and stabilisation.
CE 742:
Advanced Soil Mechanics (3 units)
Advanced treatment of topics in soil mechanics, including seepage, state of stress,
consolidation and settlement analysis; time invariants, failure criteria and shear
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strength of cohesion-less and cohesive soils; peak, post rupture and residual
strength; stability of soil masses-, soil suction and partial saturation, critical state
theory; constitutive laws for geotechnical materials including inelastic hyperbolic and
elastoplastic Cam clay.
CE 743:
Foundation Engineering (3 units)
A. Principles of foundation engineering; estimation of ultimate bearing capacity and
settlement of footings; analysis, design of shallow footings (strip, pad, raft); deep
footings (piles, caissons, deep shafts); buoyancy rafts and basements; geotechnical
processes for ground improvement techniques; shoring and underpinning;
foundations subjected to vibrations.
B. Structural design and construction of unreinforced and reinforced concrete
foundations (strip, pad etc.); continuous beam, grillage and raft foundations;
basement rafts and retaining walls including application of the Winkler spring model;
design of bridge foundations and abutments; design of structural aspects of pile
foundation and pile caps.
CE 744:
Earth Retaining Structures (3 units)
Earth pressure theories, design of rigid, flexible, braced, tied back, slurry and
reinforced earth walls; stability of excavation, cut and natural slopes- earth retaining
structures: cofferdams, silos, tunnels, and soil stabilization, grouting, underpinning
and shoring; slope stability analysis: classification of landslides and other mass
movements; methods of stability analysis for two and three-dimensional failures in
cohesive soils and rocks; flow slides in relation to changes in stress states, slope
stability analysis for short term, intermediate and long term conditions, back analysis
techniques; stabilization measures
CE 745:
Engineering Geology (3 units)
Principles of engineering geology, site investigation planning, Assessment of rock
masses and materials; rock excavation. quarrying, drilling and exploration
techniques; engineering geology of' reservoirs, dam foundations and road
construction; construction materials.
CE 746:
Dam Engineering (3 units)
Classification of dams; evaluation of dam sites; design and construction of concrete,
rock fill, and composite dams; design and construction of earth dams; sitting,
seepage control, stability evaluation; properties of fill materials, design of drains and
filters; instrumentation of dams.
CE 747:
Site Investigation (3 units)
Review of various methods of site investigations, sampling and field tests-,
laboratory tests; tile application of air-photo or GIS method in the following areas:
soil and geological mapping, location of highways, and marine access roads, studies
of interchanges and expressway systems, thickness of over burden and predictions
of underlying strata, drainage area studies, detection of water and air-pollution,
erosion and deposition studies along lake shores, land use classification.
CE 748:
Rock Mechanics (3 units)
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Classification of rocks, properties and behaviour of rocks as an engineering material,
strength theory of rock failure, stress in rock, slope stability analysis, application of
rock mechanics in engineering practice.
CE 751:
Principles of Environmental Geotechnics (3 units)
Site characterisation of contaminated sites; influence of physical and chemical
processes on the evaluation of contamination distribution; technologies for site
restoration or remediation; waste containment technologies including some
legislative aspects; use of geo-synthetics in geotechnical and geo-environmental
applications; reuse of industrial by–products for geo-environmental applications.
CE 752:
Waste Containment Systems (3 units)
Waste generation and disposal; characterization of wastes; soil-water-contamination
interactions; use of earth and geo-synthetic materials in waste containment
applications; liner and leachate collection systems for landfills; design of waste
containment systems including landfills, slurry walls; water content-density criteria
for landfill hydraulic barriers; hydraulic conductivity of earth, geo synthetic and
admixed materials, effects of chemicals on the hydraulic conductivity of barrier
materials; field and laboratory measurement of hydraulics conductivity; evaluation of
factors affecting hydraulic conductivity; stability and settlement analysis of waste
landfills; compacted clay barriers and their efficiency.
CE 753:
Groundwater Hydraulics (3 units)
Review of Darcy's law; analysis of solute transport in porous media; hydraulic,
convective and dispersive processes, flow in layered aquifer systems; numerical
methods for analysis of flow through porous media; use of computer software for
modelling flow through aquifers.
CE 754:
Contaminant Transport Processes (3 units)
The fate of contaminants in the environment; contaminant dispersion in the air,
surface water and groundwater; interphase transport processes such as
volatilisation, adsorption; kinetics of mass transfer across environmental interfaces;
contaminant transport processes in porous media viz advection, dispersion, diffusion;
measurements of adsorption of contaminants in soils and transport parameters
(including diffusion coefficients, Peclet number, retardation factor) using Batch
equilibrium adsorption, column diffusion tests, pilot and laboratory scale studies.
CE 755:
Solid Hazardous and Industrial Waste Management (3 units)
Sources and characteristics of solid, industrial and hazardous wastes. Health and
environmental pollution effects of solid, industrial and hazardous wastes; practical
aspects of solid and hazardous waste management with emphasis placed on
appropriate and relevant technology and interrelationship between environmental,
institutional and resource recovery constraints; theory and design of innovative
treatment technologies; current trends in remediation of hazardous waste sites and
control of groundwater contamination; case studies of solid, industrial and hazardous
waste disposal.
CE 761:
Pavement Design, Construction and Management (3 units)
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Traffic loading, sub grade properties, soil stabilization; bituminous materials; flexible
pavement design; rigid pavement design; pavement maintenance and upgrading;
pavement construction on problematic soils.
CE 762:
Highway Construction and Maintenance (3 units)
Location and testing of construction materials, earthworks, site investigations and
testing procedures during construction; earthmoving and compaction; design and
construction of embankments over different ground conditions, rock excavation,
quarrying, drilling, etc. construction equipment, construction procedures,
construction standards, specifications, and quality control, construction management
techniques: application of CPM, PERT, TQM procedures; highway maintenance,
assessing serviceability and performance of pavements, survey techniques, selection
of overlay thickness and materials, organisation and management of maintenance
team and budget.
CE 763:
Traffic Management and Controls (3 units)
Economic, social, and human factors in traffic flow theory, level of service and
highway capacity; traffic control signals, signs, road and markings, and road
equipment; management of highway use traffic routing techniques (along corridor
and area-wide), techniques of space and time sharing of highway between demand;
road pricing.
CE 764:
Transportation Planning (3 units)
Review of transportation systems, characteristics, survey, and planning, trip
generation, growth attraction, assignments and distribution models, evaluation of
transportation proposals, models in transport planning process, choice analysis,
attribute perception and evaluation, behavioural intent, choice, inertia, and logic
model; introduction to transport systems, simulation of system performance, system
optimisation and evaluation.
CE 765:
Highway Economics and Finance (3 units)
Basic economic principles, average cost versus marginal cost, economic effects of
highway development; approaches to resource allocation decisions, highway
investment appraisal, distinction between economic and financial appraisals,
discounted cash flows methods; world bank and other approaches to cost benefit
analysis of highway projects; sources of funds for highway projects and methods of
obtaining them; methods of recovering costs of highway projects.
CE 766:
Advanced Traffic Engineering (3 units)
Traffic stream, characteristics, fundamental diagram analysis and interpretation, carfollowing theory, and platoon dynamics, single and multiple lane traffic flow analysis,
traffic queuing theory, computer simulation techniques.
CE 767:
Airport Engineering (3 units)
Airport types and classifications, types of air transport service; airport layout or
configuration, airport planning, airport pavement design, construction and
maintenance, airport drainage, heliports: site selection, layout and structural design
of landing and take off area.
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CE 771:
Materials and Construction Technology (3 units)
Concrete Technology: analysis of plastic mixtures, concrete mix design, air entrained
concrete, admixtures, rheology of freshly mixed concrete, creep shrinkage with
special reference to hot weather conditions; material testing and quality control,
bituminous materials, timber technology, steel processes technology, maintenance of
buildings and structures.
CE 772:
Construction and Project Management (3 units)
Contract administration and organisation, tendering procedures, contractors and
consulting organisations, contract laws and procedures; site layout, construction
procedure: materials, construction sequence, project planning and scheduling,
network analysis: CPM, PERT, TQM, benchmarking, resource allocation.
CE 773:
Construction, Maintenance and Design of Marine Structures
and Foundations (3 units)
Considerations associated with the design and construction of coastal and offshore
structures, including piers and platforms. Design criteria for steel and concrete
structures, pile and mat foundations.
CE 774:
Construction Techniques and Equipment (3 units)
Construction techniques for foundations of structures, roof and floor systems,
frames, silos, liquid retaining structures, retaining walls, pre-cast units and industrial
buildings. Types and uses of equipment for lifting, excavation, field compaction,
dredging operations, blasting, tunnelling, drilling, piling, pumping operations, etc.
Factors affecting the selection of construction equipment. Criteria for the selection of
construction equipment.
CE 799:
M. Eng. Dissertation (10 units)
The students will be required to undertake a research project based on a civil
engineering problems in their field of specialisation, the project may be laboratory
based; field work, design, computer simulation or combination.
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4.3 Doctor of Philosophy Degree Programme by Research in
Civil and Water Resources Engineering
4.3.1 Introduction
The Department of Civil and Water Resources Engineering runs a programme by
research leading to the award of Ph.D. degree in Civil & Water Resources
Engineering with specialisations in:
(i)
Structural Engineering
(ii)
Geotechnical Engineering
(iii)
Environmental Engineering
(iv)
Transportation Engineering
(v)
Highway Engineering
(vi)
Water Resources Engineering.
(vii) Environmental Geotechnics
(viii) Construction Technology
The programme would meet the demand of many prospective candidates within and
outside the sub-region, who aspire to undertake advanced research for the benefit
of the community and to acquire intensive academic and professional training.
4.3.2 Programme Objectives
The main objectives of the programme are:
(i)
To train academics and professionals for the public and private sectors
(ii)
To provide advanced training in the areas of Structural
Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering,
Highway Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Water Resources
Engineering, Environmental Geotechnics and Construction Technology.
(iii)
To provide an avenue for in-depth problem solving research projects in
engineering for improved academic, engineering and rural
development.
4.3.3 Admission Requirements
Unless otherwise specified, the general regulations governing the Ph.D. degree
programme by research in the University of Maiduguri shall also apply. Candidates
seeking admission to the Ph.D. degree programme by research in Civil & Water
Resources Engineering should have a Master’s degree ordinarily with a minimum
CGPA of 4.0 (60%), from the University of Maiduguri or any other University
recognised by and acceptable to the University of Maiduguri in any of the following:
(i)
Civil Engineering
(ii)
Water Resources Engineering
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(iii)
(iv)
(v)
Mechanical Engineering
Civil and Water Resources Engineering
(vi)
Any other relevant specialisations acceptable to the department.
Agricultural Engineering (Farm Structures or Soil and Water Engineering )
4.3.4 Programme Structure
a) Minimum Courses/Unit Requirements
Seminars
Elective Courses
Thesis
Total
b)
Curricular Layout
i)
Compulsory Courses
Course Code and Title
CE 801: Seminar I
CE 802: Seminar II
CE 821: Seminar III
CE 822: Seminar IV
CE 899: Research-based Ph.D. Thesis
Total
ii)
9 Units
6 Units
45 Units
60 Units
Units
2
2
2
3
45
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Elective Courses
A candidate shall take and pass a minimum of six (6) credit units from
among the courses listed below. The courses will be selected in
consultation with the supervisor(s) and the Head of Department.
Course Code and Title
CE 803: Research Methodology
CE 804: Structural Safety and Reliability
CE 805: Structural Dynamics and Stability
CE 806: Problem Soils and Soil Improvement
CE 807: Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering
CE 808: Stochastic Hydrology
CE 809: Finite-Element Analysis
CE 810: Simulation and Modelling in
Civil and Water Resources Engineering
CE 811: Topics in Bituminous Materials
CE 812: Highway Network Planning
CE 813: Dynamic Oceanography
CE 814: Environmental Hydraulics
CE 815: Water Pollution Control
CE 816: Structural Stability Theory
CE 817: Structural Optimisation
Units
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
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4.3.5 Course Description
CE 801: Seminar I (2 units)
A non-thesis seminar, which should be presented on a topic related to civil and
water engineering during the first semester of registration; attendance and
participation in other departmental and faculty seminars.
CE 802: Seminar II (2 units)
A non-thesis seminar, which should be presented on a topic, related to civil and
water engineering during the second semester of registration, attendance and
participation in other departmental and faculty seminars.
CE 803: Research Methodology (3 units)
Review of basic statistical concepts; design of experiments; analysis of data and
presentation; curvilinear and multiple regression analysis, improving experimental
precision, use of computer software for solving civil and water resources engineering
problems.
CE 804: Structural Safety and Reliability (3 units)
Problems of structural safety, reliability methods, multiple safety factor formats,
second moment reliability index (FORM, SORM and GENERAL RELIABILITY INDEX),
level III reliability methods and system reliability, stochastic response of structures,
stochastic model for material strength, stochastic model for loads.
CE 805:
Structural Dynamics and Stability (3 units)
Types of dynamics loadings; equation of motion and vibration of simple systems.
Analysis of response in terms of natural modes; methods of transient response;
determination of natural modes and frequencies; natural dumping of structures and
foundations; stochastic modelling of wind-induced vibrations; numerical, energy and
matrix methods of analysis of multiple degree of freedom systems.
CE 806:
Problem Soils and Soil Improvement (3 units)
Types of soils, origin, distribution, geology and geotechnical properties of laterites,
black cotton soils (vertisols), collapsible and organic soils in Nigeria; ground and soil
improvement methods.
CE 807: Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering (3 units)
Soil formation processes and soil mineralogy; compaction behaviour of soils and
compaction equipment; mechanical behaviour of soils including shear behaviour
under monotonic and cyclic loading; introduction to environmental geotechnics,
including geo- environmental site investigation, waste containment, chemical effects
on soils, soil remediation, reuse of industrial by-products.
CE 808:
Stochastic Hydrology (3 units)
Hydrologic time series analysis fitting of statistical models to hydrologic processes,
synthetics stream flow /rainfall generation techniques (Box Jenkins, Fractions
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Brownian noise and other stream flow models); drought and flood frequency
estimation, parameter estimation techniques for dynamic systems.
CE 809: Finite-Element Analysis (3 units)
Introduction; basic concepts; truss and beam elements; transformation matrix;
stresses and matrix methods; other finite element problem and interactive design;
the isoparametric element family and numerical integration; the Parch test, refined
elements for plates and shell, bending plate element; discrete Kirchhoff plate and
shell element; dynamic loading application; non-linear problems.
CE 810: Simulation and Modelling in Civil and Water Resources
Engineering (3 units)
Modelling: physical and virtual models of linear, chaotic and stochastic systems;
simulation; techniques and methods for static and dynamic models; use of
programming languages such as, BASIC, QBASIC, FORTRAN, C++ and application
programmes such as RISA 2D and 3D, SOFTDESK 8, STORMCAD and STAAD
(examples from various areas such as structural engineering, water resources and
public health engineering, construction technology and management, geotechnical
engineering, environmental engineering, and transportation engineering topics or
projects).
CE 811:
Topics in Bituminous Materials (3 units)
Production of asphalt and tar; chemical, physical and rheological properties of
asphalt; concepts of design and use of asphaltic mixtures of pavement construction
and maintenance.
CE 812:
Highway Network Planning (3 units)
Highway types and functions; evolution of highway/traffic networks,
interdependency of highway/traffic system elements; road hierarchy: type, levels
and rationale; traffic network concepts and principles underlying traffic flow theory;
urban and rural transport and land use.
CE 813:
Dynamic Oceanography (3 units)
The statics and dynamics of oceans and lakes; tsunamis, boundary value problems
in wave hydrodynamics; wave generation, harbour agitations, design of polders.
CE 814:
Environmental Hydraulics (3 units)
Review of pollutant-induced mass and heat transport processes in the environment.
turbulent diffusion equation and its solution for the antonymous and continuous
releases; concepts of longitudinal dispersion in shear flow, application to pollutant
transport predictions in lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal zones, as well as the
atmosphere; relative role of hydrodynamic transport to reaction kinetics; exchange
processes for mass and heat at the air water interfaces; convective transport due to
density currents, jet mixing and the design of outfall structures.
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CE 815:
Water Pollution Control (3 units)
Ecology of the receiving waters; pollution patterns and natural self-purification,
oxygen balance and related deoxygenation and reoxygenation kinetics; stream
criteria and standards; eutrophication and algal control, ecological effects of coastal
developments; groundwater quality and pollution control; Inland water pollution;
water quality legislation; national and international laws, conversion and protocols;
pollution monitoring.
CE 816:
Structural Stability Theory (3 units)
Principle of stability and their application; equilibrium path; limit and branding,
points, instability, vanishing stiffness, imperfections, perturbation method; Lyapunov
direct method and the principle minimum energy for discrete systems; development
of Lyapounov functional method and the minimum energy method for continuous
systems.
CE 817:
Structural Optimisation (3 units)
General formulation of the optimal problem; re-analysis methods; optimality criteria
methods; linear programming; geometric programming; dynamic programming;
applications.
CE 821: Seminar III (2 units)
Presentation of a Seminar based on the candidate’s research proposal in the first
semester of second year of registration.
CE 822: Seminar IV (3 units)
A seminar based on the candidate’s research findings to be presented in the third
year of registration. The candidate will be required to write a major seminar paper in
accordance with the format approved by the School of Postgraduate Studies,
University of Maiduguri
CE 899: Research-based Ph. D. Thesis (45 units)
Candidates are required to undertake original research in their respective fields of
specialization and present a written thesis to the Department for oral examination.
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4.1 Staff List
(a)
Academic Staff
(1)
Augustine U. Elinwa
B.Eng., M.Eng. (Zaria), Ph.D. (Bauchi)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
-
Visiting Professor
-
Visiting Professor
Structural Engineering
(2)
Email: aelinwa@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08065040376
Abimbola Y. Sangodoyin
B.Eng. (Ibadan), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Birmingham)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Water Resources & Environmental Engineering
(3)
Email: bimbosangodoyi@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: 08033715522
Charles M. O. Nwaiwu
B. Eng. (Benin), M. Eng. (Lagos), Ph.D. (Zaria)
Professor
Geotechnical Engineering/Environmental Engineering
(4)
Email: nknwaiwu@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: 08028526457
Lateef O. Onundi
FTC, M.Sc. (Sofia), PGD (Israel)
MNSE, COREN Regd
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Reader
-
Reader
Structural Engineering
(5)
Email: onundii@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: 08023726603, 08068890802
Nkiruka E. Nwaiwu(Mrs.)
B. Eng. (Nsukka), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Zaria)
Environmental/Public Health Engineering
(6)
Email: nknwaiwu@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: 08025528200
Sunday G. Yadima
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M. Eng. (Benin), Ph. D. (Zaria)
MNSE
Senior Lecturer
Water Resources & Environmental Engineering
(7)
Email: sunny.yadima@gmail.com
Mobile: 08034654125
Ali Musa Kundiri
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc., Ph. D. (Zaria)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Senior Lecturer
Highway & Transportation Engineering
Email: alikundiri@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08027246079, 08034633633
(8)
Samuel S. Garba
B.Sc. (Zaria), M.Sc. (Zaria), MBA (Maiduguri),
Ph.D. (Cranfield)
Senior Lecturer
Land Surveying
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(9)
Email: sam.garba@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07089798044
Baba Shehu Waziri
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Jos), Ph.D. (Zaria)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Lecturer I
Email: shehuwaziri@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08069636368
Alhaji Mustapha
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc., Ph. D. (Newcastle)
MNSE
Lecturer I
Costruction Management
(10)
Pipeline Engineering
Email: almus2@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08030644817
( 11)
Babafemi O. Sanyaolu
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Dar es Salaam)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
-
Lecturer I
Water Resources & Environmental Engineering
(12)
Email: babafemife@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08035074354
Philips B. Otuogba
B. Tech., M. Tech. Arch. (Minna), MBA (Maiduguri)
Lecturer I
Architecture
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
Email: baguofasa@gmail.com
Mobile: 08076931357
Mr. Alfred Jones Ndahi
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Birmingham), MNSE
Email: alfred ndahi@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08034219822
Bukar Usman
B. Sc. (Kansas), M.Sc. (Lougborough)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Email: busman957@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08035799558
Baba Shehu Umar Ibn Abubakar
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Eng. (Kano)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Email: bashehu@yahoo.com
Mobile: +60163142949
Mohammed Kachalla
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Zaria)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Email: wuniwuni2@yahoo.com
Mobile 08038297511
Zainab Yagana Abbagaji (Mrs.)
B. Eng., M.Sc. (Maiduguri)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Email: zgaji@yahoo.com
Lecturer II
Lecturer II
Lecturer II
Lecturer II
Lecturer II
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(18)
(19)
(b)
Mobile: 08034871986
Nura Muazu
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Kano)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Email: muaazu@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07033645762
Ali Garga Bukar
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Eng. (Bauchi)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Email: aligarga7@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08030482030
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Lecturer II
-
Lecturer II
Non-Academic/Technical Staff
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Buba Ahmed Umdagas
Email: umdagas2@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08035163993
Mrs. Celestina C. Ogarawu
Mobile: 08034222198
Sheriff T. Gazali
Mobile: 07035870874
Mohammed Talake
Mobile: 08034635581
Sylvester A. Nwachukwu
Mobile: 08055048376
Hauwa Abdullahi (Mrs.)
Mobile: 08063031105
Isa Duniya
Mobile: 07037809561
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Assit.Chief Technologist
-
Chief Sec. Asst.
-
Higher Technical Officer
-
Principal Technical Officer II
-
Senior Draughtsman
-
Chief Clerical Officer
-
Senior Clerical Officer
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5.
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING
5.2 Master of Engineering Degree Programme in Computer
Engineering
5.2.1 Introduction
The Department of Computer Engineering offers a Master of Engineering Degree
programme with specialisations in:
(i)
M. Eng. (Communications Engineering)
(ii)
M. Eng. (Computer Engineering)
5.2.2 Objectives
Engineering sciences and practices are presently undergoing rapid development
particularly in microelectronics and areas related to it. However, there are
considerable challenges for young graduates to understand the global impact of
engineering solutions from these specialized fields to be able to make immediate
contribution to industrial and research environments.
The M. Eng courses are built on conventional Computer and Communication
Engineering undergraduate curriculum to train young engineers to make such
contribution and to play leading roles in global context. Candidates are expected
upon graduation to possess the capacity to:
(i)
investigate and develop a system to meet desired needs
(ii). function on multidisciplinary projects
(iii)
guide project from initial customer specification, through design, simulation,
manufacture to evaluation and testing.
Programme Objectives
(i)
M. Eng. (Communication Engineering). There has been a tremendous
growth in the pattern of worldwide communication and information technology in
recent years. Great studies are being made especially in areas related to digital and
microwave technology and devices. The M. Eng. Course is a broad-based study of
the theoretical aspects of communication, from realization of particular systems
through to the design of their constituent parts. Graduates of the course are
expected to make immediate contribution on entering the communication industry
which is recently characterized by space technology and direct television
broadcasting by satellite to individual homes. Other areas of application include
computer communication, audio, video and remote systems.
(ii)
and
M. Eng. (Computer Engineering). Computer engineering is a highly active
fast changing discipline. The present diversity includes PC laptop computer,
network, multimedia and the strict performance fail-safe embedded systems.
The M. Eng. Course provides a breadth and in-depth insight to enable students
make major contributions in all microprocessor system engineering solutions. These
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include design, analysis and their industrial applications in information
technology and real-time communication/control.
5.2.3 Admission Requirements
To be eligible for admission into the programme, a candidate must:
(a)
in general, comply with the provisions of the University’s “General
Regulations Governing Postgraduate Studies”, and
(b)
in particular, possess either:
(i)
a University of Maiduguri Bachelor of Engineering degree in
Computer Engineering with a minimum of Second Class, or
(ii)
Any other equivalent qualifications from any institution
recognized by, and acceptable to the Board of Postgraduate
Studies and the Senate of this University.
5.2.4 Programme Requirements
To qualify for the M. Eng. Degree award, a candidate must fulfil the following:
(a)
pass a minimum of 34 units constituted as outlined in (b) and (c)
below;
(b)
follow a programme of course work including lectures, seminars;
laboratory, workshop and field studies for at least 24 units to be
passed with minimum ‘C’ grade, 49% or below being failure or course
repeat. Any student who fails 50% or more of the prescribed courses
would not be allowed to continue his/her studies;
(c)
follow a scheme of approved and supervised research, present a
dissertation, appear for and pass an oral examination on the research
study for 10 units
5.2.5 Programme Structure
The programme is structured as follows:
(a)
Compulsory courses including dissertation
22 units
(b)
Optional courses to be chosen with supervisor’s guidance.
A candidate is required to select courses not less than four
from his area of specialization
12 units
(c)
Any undergraduate course – prescribed by the
supervisor
Zero Unit
Total for the M. Eng. Degree award
34 Units (Minimum)
5.2.6 Course Structure
A.
Compulsory subjects
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S/No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Course Code and Title
Units
CPE 701: Seminar
1
CPE 702: System Modelling and Simulation
1
CPE 703: Laboratory Experiment
1
CPE 704: Probability Theory and Stochastic
3
Processes
CPE 705: Optimisation and Linear Optimal Control
3
CPE 706: Microprocessors and Computer Systems
3
CPE 799: Dissertation
10
B.
Optional subjects
I.
Communication Engineering
S/No.
1
2
3
4
5
II.
Course Code and Title
Units
CPE 711: Communication Theory
3
CPE 712: Digital Communication
3
CPE 713: Optical Communication
3
CPE 714: Mobile and Wireless Communication
3
CPE 715: Antennas and Radio Wave Propagation
3
6
7
8
9
10
CPE
CPE
CPE
CPE
CPE
716:
717:
718:
719:
722:
Microwave Communication Systems
Communication Networks
Information Theory
Traffic Theory and Queuing Systems
Advanced Computer Architecture
11
CPE 728: Design of Intelligent Systems
3
3
3
3
3
3
Computer Engineering
S/No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Course Code and Title
CPE 717: Communication Networks
CPE 721: Programming Languages
CPE 722: Advanced Computer Architecture
CPE 723: Data Base and Mining System
CPE 724: Internet Technology
CPE 725: Media and Virtual Reality
CPE 726: Image Processing and Computer Vision
CPE 727: Information Policy and Security
CPE 728: Design of Intelligence Systems
Units
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
5.2.7 Course Description
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CPE 701: Seminar (1 unit)
Participation in departmental seminars and presentation of at least one seminar
paper in the session in addition to the seminar requirement by the postgraduate
school.
CPE 702: System Modelling and Simulation (1 unit)
Survey of system modelling and simulation techniques, languages and tests. s-plane,
z-plane and state-space formats; analogue, hybrid and digital methods of simulation
treated by means of case studies; speed and cost of alternate computing procedure;
introduction to MATLAB, SPSS and other software tools; project type problems used
for illustration; computer laboratory
CPE 703: Laboratory Experiment (1 unit)
Students are expected to design a mini laboratory project on the use of instruments,
choice of components, equipment, experimental methods and standards; it takes
three hours (3hrs) weekly and a written report is submitted for assessment.
CPE 704: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes (3 units)
Axiomatic basis of probability theory; conditional probability, independence; random
variables and probability distributions, expectation, moments, characteristic
functions; vector-random variables; sequences of random variables; modes of
convergence; stochastic processes in discrete and continuous time; Markov
processes; Gaussian process; stationary processes – auto-correlation and crosscorrelation; spectral density functions, white noise; and linear operations on
stationary processes; stochastic difference and differential equations, optimum
detraction and estimation of signals; applications to communication, control,
computer and signal processing.
CPE 705: Optimisation and Linear Optimal Control (3 units)
Introduction to unconstrained optimization and techniques for solutions, equality and
inequality constraints, conditions, allgoritings Lagrange multipliers, duality, problem
solution; linear and quadratic programming, penalty methods; introduction to linear
optimal control state space models, stability, controllability, observability,
dectectability, Kalman decomposition, pole placement, full and reduced-order
observers; stability and robustness; formulation and conditions for the existence of
optimal controls, relaxed controls; bang-bang principle. LQR problem, properties of
ARE; non-standard features impulse controllers, time delays and state constrains,
return difference, inequality, robustness; applications.
CPE 706: Microprocessors and Computer Systems (3 units)
Architecture of traditional Von Herman and Stach-based computers; unified
approach to the design of 8-, 16-, 32-, and 64- bit computer-based system;
techniques in machine control and memory addressing; number systems and codes;
operation and bus-timing diagrams; hardware–software design equivalence,
advanced architectural and system concepts; fault tolerant, redundancy and
reliability of computer memory and I/O system design and interfacing techniques;
memory management techniques and structures; magnetic semiconductor memory
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devices and disk; design and manufacture, programming digital computers in high
level and assembly languages; computer applications.
CPE 711: Communication Theory (3 units)
Modelling of information sources, communication channels and sinks; definitions of
prior and posterior probabilities in relation to the model of communication channel;
MAP criterion, likelihood functions and likelihood ratio; an initial study on the
performance of a digital communication system and expansion to a spread spectrum
system; optimum detection theory- detection criteria; receiver operating
characteristics (ROC); detection of known signals in the presence of white noise and
the concept of an optimum receiver; matched filter receivers and their mathematical
analysis; extension to non-white noise; orthogonal signals and the approximation
theorem; M-ary signals and signal constellation; basic concepts and analysis of
orthogonal and biorthogonal M-ary communication systems; 64-ary Walsh Hadamard
signal set; PN-sequences – Galois field GF(2) basic theory, shift registers, Basic
properties of M-Sequences, statistical properties of m-sequences, gold sequences;
PN-signals modelling, cross/auto correlation functions and power spectral density,
partial correlation properties; spread spectrum systems (SSS) – basic concepts and
parameters; classification and modelling of jammers; modelling of BPSK and QPSK
direct sequence SSS in a jamming
CPE 712: Digital Communication (3 units)
Data transmission systems– elements of the system, the source, shaping filters and
modulation systems and techniques; clock and carrier recovery, equalization and
scrambling, coded modulation schemes; sampling theorem and application; base
band transmission; matched filtering; band pass transmission; ASK, PSK, FSK and
DPSK; multiphase PSK and multi frequency FSK; wideband data signals; coded
division multi placing; dispersive channels; design of modern digital switching,
networks and integrated services; application of data transmission principles to
radar, internet, mobile network and satellite network.
CPE 713: Optical Communication (3 units)
Fundamentals of communicating with light EM descriptions guided electron-magnetic
waves– the slab waveguide, modes, dispersion; modes and attenuation in fibres;
properties of LEDs and lasers as communication sources; photodiodes and receiver
circuits, sensitivity, noise and l bandwidth; modulation techniques, coherent
communication, time division and wavelength division multiplexing; optical
amplifiers, non-linear effects; system architectures and applications, free space
systems; signal processing, routing , and timing components, devices.
CPE 714: Mobile and Wireless Communication (3 units)
Transmission path – VHF and UHF propagation, propagation losses, inverse fourth
power propagation, Rayleigh fading, shadowing losses; coverage probability, outage
and coverage probabilities, error performance analysis for transmission systems,
quality factor and re-use distance calculations; transmission schemes – wideband
channels and wideband transmission, equalisation and multiplexing, multiple access
scheme; area coverage, analogue and digital transmission systems. Introduction to
cellular concept and capacity considerations; modulation techniques; signal coding;
mobile networks, GSM cellular systems; spread spectrum mobile cellular systems.
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CPE 715: Antennas and Radio Wave Propagation (3 units)
Principle of radiation; various antennas, their parameters, transmission and
reception; gain, directivity polarisation, patterns, transponders; radio wave
propagation in free space .reflection, refraction, multi-path, scattering and
absorption;
propagation in different environments; terrestrial, satellite, etc.;
frequency and time-division multiplexing and modulation techniques; ionospheric
propagation, anomalous; effects of noise, interference, error, fading. Diversity
techniques; system design; satellite system and satellite packet communications;
ground stations.
CPE 716: Microwave Communication Systems (3 units)
Review of Maxwell’s equations; transmission: parallel plate, planar; hollow metallicwave guards; scattering materials and applications; microwave: transmitters
receivers, radiometry, measurements and instruments; materials; semiconductor
devices, attenuation networks and passive devices; microwave cavity; microwave
active devices: amplifiers, G&As FET amplifiers; modulation and solid state
oscillators; pulse radar concepts; pulse compression techniques
CPE 717: Communication Networks (3 units)
Introduction to layered approach to the analysis of communication networks; study
and analysis of different communication networks, their architectures and associated
protocols – local area network (LAN), metropolitan area network (MAN), wide area
network (WAN) and internet; design of data and packets witched networks,
topological issues, routing strategies and congestion control; B-ISDN protocol
reference model, multimedia traffic characterisation and performance analysis; the
design of fault tolerant communication systems; overview of the OSI management
model, intelligent networks (IN) and telecommunications management networks
(TMN).
CPE 718: Information Theory (3 units)
The statistical nature of communication, elements of information theory of discrete
systems – information measures, memoryless and memory sources, the noiseless
coding theorem, methods of source coding, information theory of continuous
systems; Shannon’s capacity theorem and its interpretation; comparison of
communication systems with the ideal; applications of information theory in
communications and signal processing; mathematics of coding, groups and rings;
linear codes; parity, error correction, polynomial algebras and Galois fields; shift
register cyclic codes; implementation; BCH and Reed-Solomon codes; ideas of
redundancy; fundamental problems in coding theory and practice, distance
measures and bounds to performance of codes.
CPE 719: Traffic Theory and Queuing Systems (3 units)
Introduction to teletraffic analysis; mathematical basis of traffic theory – Markov
processes; loos-system analysis – route congestion in circuit switched systems,
models for overflow traffic, restricted availability, congestion in circuit switches;
delay-system analysis – introduction to queuing
theory, congestion in message
switched systems and packet- switched systems, queuing network models; analysis
of random access protocols, traffic characterisation of broadband services, admission
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and access control in broadband networks, routing in ATM networks,
performance/reliability analysis of communication systems using Markov reward
models.
CPE 721: Programming Languages (3 units)
Theory and implementation of modern programming languages; high-level language
design algorithms; logic, lambda calculus, type theory, domain theory, category
theory, semantic, languages of different paradigm and structures; programme
design methodology, functional decomposition, dataflow; object oriented concepts
and design based on data; JSD methodologies; design rules:
abstraction,
modularity, adaptability, compiling and cohesion, etc.; programme testing test and
tracing; debugging tools; documentation forms and aids; software crisis, objectives,
quality assurance and maintenance; computer assisted software engineering (CASE)
tools and characteristics.
CPE 722: Advanced Computer Architecture (3 units)
Measuring and reporting computer systems performance; Amdahl’s Law; pipelined
CPU architecture; instruction set design and pipeline structure; dynamic scheduling
using score boarding and Tomasulo’s algorithm; software instruction scheduling and
software pipelining; vector processors and their performance; superscalar and long
instruction word architectures; vectorising compilers and their capabilities;
applications to parallelisation and memory hierarchy optimisation; SIMD
architectures and their programming; interconnection networks; MIMD messagepassing systems; the data parallel programming model; shared-memory MIMD
systems: self-scheduling loops, load balancing, and synchronisation; contented
addressable and associated memories;
implementations of shared memory:
multistage interconnection networks versus multicache systems;
the cache
coherency problem, and weak cache consistency; RISC architectures and influence
of VLSI processor arrays systolic and wave front arrays; assembly level language
programming; application drives architectures.
CPE 723: Database and Mining System (3 units)
Advanced topics in database; query languages, concurrency control, deadlock
resolutions, recovery schemes, distributed database systems, design and models;
object-oriented approach; introduction to data analysis and extraction from huge
database, techniques in data mining; clustering; classification, estimation,
forecasting, statistical analysis and visualisation tools; applications in engineering,
medicine and business disciplines.
CPE 724: Internet Technology (3 units)
Introduction to internet, standards and specifications, survey of contemporary
internet technologies; current internet tools, architecture protocols and traffic
characteristics; voice, video and multi-media distributed programming in Java using
different paradigms; designing and publishing a web server; www programming –
mark up languages; using alternative protocols in www, adding multimedia features
to www; server-side programming, client programming and database programming
for the web; security and privacy issues; delivery and fault tolerance; content
distribution and management service, overlay network, routing and convergence;
network economics and incentives.
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CPE 725: Media and Visual Reality (3 units)
Multimedia and hypermedia concepts; hardware and software components; audio
recording, editing and mixing; capturing and processing images, moving pictures
and animation, authoring systems; introduction to hypertext and hypermedia;
comparison of digital and traditional publishing methods; human memory and
hypermedia, structuring hypermedia applications, hypermedia development;
process; virtual reality modelling and navigation; VR multi-user real-time
entertainment; virtual prototyping, tourist, tele-medicine and distance learning; 3D
arts and design; interactive visualization; VR internet technology and current R&D
trends.
CPE 726: Image Processing and Computer Vision (3 units)
Image processing, enhancement techniques, colour image processing, segmentation
and image compression; methodologies in image recovery, reconstruction and
restoration; 3D information from 2D images; techniques for camera calibration,
stereopsis, motion analysis, pose estimation and structure; applications to virtual
reality and graphics.
CPE 727: Information Policy and Security (3 units)
Privacy, freedom of information, antitrust and other business applications of policies,
international aspects of information policy, electronic mail, E-business capacity
planning and performance; authentication services, techniques for security of data
and programmes in computer systems; authentication methods, logging
authorisation, encryption, statistical inference control; effects of operating systems
and machine architecture on security.
CPE 728: Design of Intelligent Systems (3 units)
Fuzzy graphs, fuzzy relations, fuzzy probabilities, soft computing, fuzzy sets, fuzzy
numbers, fuzzy truth values, fuzzy mathematical programming, fuzzy databases,
fuzzy control, evidence theory, control methods in systems with uncertain data;
introduction to neural network; neurons in the brain, convergence time, networks,
capacity from back propagation, evolutionary computing, learning theory, constraints
passing logic programming, probabilistic reasoning, computer vision speech
processing and natural language processing, application.
CPE 799: M. Eng. Dissertation (10 units)
The research project commences only after successful completion of all other
courses; staff are to provide and discuss a wide range of topics based on current
interests, joint projects with industry, previous background of student and
expectations on graduation; the dissertation and its lucid presentation of problem
solution provide a valuable foretaste of what is to be expected in the industrial and
research environments.
5.2.8 Distribution of Courses by Semester
First Semester
5 Units
CPE701, CPE703, CPE705
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Minimum of 6 Units
Minimum of 6 Units
CPE711, CPE713, CPE715, CPE717 CPE721, CPE723, CPE725, CPE727
CPE719
CPE717
Second Semester
7 Units
CPE702, CPE704, CPE706
Minimum of 6 Units
Minimum of 6 Units
CPE712, CPE714, CPE716, CPE718 CPE722, CPE724, CPE726, CPE728
CPE722, CPE728
Dissertation
10 Units
CPE799
M. Eng.
M. Eng.
(Communications Engineering)
(Computer Engineering)
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5.1 Staff List
(a)
Academic Staff
(1)
O.U. Okereke
B.Sc. (Benin), M.Sc. (Lagos), Ph.D. (Bauchi)
MNSE
Visiting Professor
Wireless Communication
(2)
E-mail: ouokereke@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036087674
Souley Boukari
B.Tech, M.Sc., Ph. D. (Bauchi)
MCOAN, MNMS, MSAN, MMAN
-
Visiting Senior Lecturer
Computer Science
(3)
E-mail: bsouley2001@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08181427490, 08069667696
Ahmed Mukhtar Liman
B.Tech, M.Sc., Ph. D. (Bauchi)
MNCS, MCPN
Visiting Senior Lecturer
E-mail: mukhtarliman@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08081866119, 07034085913
O.A. Fakolujo
B.Sc. (Ile-Ife), Ph.D. (London)
SMIEEE, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Visiting Senior Lecturer
Software Engineering
(4)
Microprocessor-based System Design, Signal Processing &
Microelectronics
(5)
E-mail: ola@fakolujo.com
Mobile: 08034079742
E.C. Anene
Visiting Senior Lecturer
B. Eng. (Zaria), M. Eng., Ph. D. (Bauchi)
MIET, CEng, MNSE, COREN Regd.
Machine Control & Signal Processing
(6)
E-mail: ejikeanene@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08055938768
Christopher Umeruah Ngene M. Sc. (Kiev), Ph.D. (Kiev)
MNSE, MNCS
Lecturer I
System Engineering
(7)
E-mail: umerahlove@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: +380630640344
Abdulfattah Adelani Aboaba HND, PGD, M. Eng. (Kano), MNSE
Lecturer I
Electronics
(8)
E-mail: adeabdul2002@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: +60133213439
Abdulkadir Iyyaka Audu
B.Eng., M.Eng. (Bauchi)
-
Lecturer II
System Engineering
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(9)
E-mail: 5555lm324@gmail.com
Mobile: 08062255780
Emmanuel Gbenga Dada
B.Sc. (Ilorin), M.Sc. (Ibadan)
-
Assistant Lecturer
-
Assistant Lecturer
-
Assistant Lecturer
-
Assistant Lecturer
-
Assistant Lecturer
Computer Information Security
(10)
E-mail: gbengadada2004@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08032079757
Abdulkadir Hamidu Alkali
B.Eng. (Bauchi), M.Sc. (Sheffield)
Computer & Network Engineering
(11)
(12)
E-mail: abdulkadiralkali@yahoo.com
Mobile: +447900294016
Abah Joshua
B.Tech. (Bauchi), M.Sc. (Kano)
MMAN, MCPAN
E-mail: jehoshua_a@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08030710804
Nuruddeen Mohammed Iya
B.Eng. (Bauchi), M.Eng. (Dhahran)
Telecommunication Engineering
(13)
E-mail: nuruddeeniya@yahoo.com
Mobile: +966552973617
Mohammed Kyari Dikwa
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Aberdeen)
Information Engineering with Network Mnagement
(14)
E-mail: mkdikwa@gmail.com
Mobile: 08038668983
Dauda E. Mshelia
B.Eng. (Bauchi), M.Sc. (Glasgow)
Assistant Lecturer
Wireless Communication Technologies
(15)
E-mail: daudamshelia@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08169426312
Oladayo Jelili Olawore
Graduate Assistant
B.Tech. (LAUTECH, Ogbomoso),
M.Sc. (University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus)
Communication & Computer Engineering
(16)
E-mail: bilal2002ng@yahoo.com
Mobile: +60166355958
Joseph Stephen Bassi
B.Tech (Minna )
Graduate Assistant
Electronics and Communication
E-mail: sjbassi74@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: 08036784014
(17)
Abideen Adekunle Ismail
B.Tech. (LAUTECH, Ogbomoso)
E-mail: dekunleismail@yahooo.com
Mobile: 08067658180
-
Graduate Assistant
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(18)
(19)
(20)
(b)
Mohammed Ahmed Mustapha B.Tech ( Bauchi)
E-mail: mkurbamajnr@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08030631281
Shettima Bunu Lawan
B.Sc. (New Delhi)
E-mail: shettimabl@hotmail.com
Mobile: 08034776130
Mustapha Digima
B.Eng. (Maiduguri)
E-mail: digimass22@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08035862356
Graduate Assistant
Graduate Assistant
Graduate Assistant
Non-Academic/Technical Staff
(1)
II
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
David Asimiakhuini
-
E-mail: engrdave100@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036696439, 08028326945
Bitrus N. Umar
E-mail: bitlink2003@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08034619537, 08088637330
Emmanuel Luke Balami
E-mail: imabalami@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08058558717
Amina A. Igwebe (Mrs)
Mobile: 08054419591
Danladi Zarma
Mobile: 08135657088
Hassan Koma
Mobile: 08038896297
Computer Technologist
Computer Technologist
Computer Technologist
Computer Operator
Confidential Secretary
-
Cleaning Supervisor
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6.
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
ENGINEERING
6.2 Master of Engineering Degree Programme in Electrical and
Electronics Engineering
6.2.1 Introduction
The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering offers a Master of
Engineering Degree by examination and dissertation leading to any of the following:
(i)
M. Eng. (Electrical Power Systems Engineering)
(ii)
M. Eng. (Electronics Engineering)
(iii)
M. Eng. (Control Systems Engineering)
6.2.2 Objectives
Engineering sciences and practices are presently undergoing rapid development
particularly in microelectronics and areas related to it. However, there are
considerable challenges for young graduates to understand the global impact of
engineering solutions from these specialized fields to be able to make immediate
contribution to industrial and research environments.
The M. Eng courses are built on conventional Electrical and Electronics Engineering
undergraduate curriculum to train young engineers to make such contribution and to
play leading roles in global context. Candidates are expected upon graduation to
possess the capacity to:
(i)
investigate and develop a system to meet desired needs
(ii)
function on multidisciplinary projects
(iii)
guide project from initial customer specification, through design, simulation,
manufacture to evaluation and testing.
Programme Objectives
(i)
M. Eng. (Electrical Power Systems Engineering). The course is to meet
the
direct needs of industry in electrical energy research, development,
application, education and training. It provides a candidate an in-depth knowledge
in
electrical power system analysis, protection, control, energy conversion and
computer applications.
(ii)
M. Eng. (Electronics Engineering). The course provides a candidate the
competency of design, laboratory research and development of electronic
circuits
and systems. It covers application areas such as computing, digital
system,
communications, control, information, processing and instrumentations
for
immediate industrial relevance.
(iii)
M. Eng. (Control Systems Engineering). Control System Engineering has
developed rapidly in response to the growing demands of the space
programme, and chemical, oil, aeronautical, metallurgical, power and other
industries. New challenges arise continually from the insatiable quest for higher
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performance, greater efficiency and broaden horizons of information technology. The
M. Eng. Course provides engineers full introduction to the subject matter at a high
level to enable candidates make contribution to complex safety-critical systems upon
graduation.
6.2.3 Admission Requirements
To be eligible for admission into the programme, a candidate must:
(a)
in general, comply with the provisions of the University’s “General Regulations
Governing Postgraduate Studies” and
(b)
in particular, possess either:
(i)
a University of Maiduguri Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical
and Electronics Engineering with a minimum of Second Class, or
(ii)
any other equivalent qualifications from any institution recognized by,
and acceptable to the Board of Postgraduate Studies and the Senate of
this University.
6.2.4 Programme Requirements
To qualify for the M. Eng. Degree award, a candidate must fulfil the following:
(a)
pass a minimum of 34 units constituted as outlined in (b) and (c) below;
(b)
follow a programme of course work including lectures, seminars, laboratory,
workshop and field studies for at least 24 units to be passed with minimum ‘C’
grade, 49% or below being failure or course repeat. Any student who fails
50% or more of the prescribed courses would not be allowed to continue
his/her studies;
(c)
follow a scheme of approved and supervised research, present a dissertation,
appear for and pass an oral examination on the research study for 10 units
6.2.5 Programme Structure
The programme is structured as follows:
(a)
compulsory courses including dissertation
22 units
(b)
optional courses to be chosen with supervisor’s guidance.
A candidate is required to select courses not less than four from his area of
specialization
12 units
(c)
any undergraduate course – prescribed by the supervisor
Zero Unit
Total for the M. Eng. Degree award
34 Units (Minimum)
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6.2.6 Course Structure
A.
Compulsory subjects
S/No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
B.
Course Code and Title
Units
EE 701: Seminar
1
EE 702: System modelling and simulation
1
EE 703: Laboratory Experiment
1
EE 704: Probability Theory and Stochastic
3
Processes
EE 705: Optimisation and Linear Optimal Control
3
EE 706: Microprocessors and Computer Systems
3
EE 799: Dissertation
10
Optional subjects
I.
Electrical Power Systems Engineering
S/No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
II.
Course Code and Title
Units
EE 711: Steady state power System analysis
3
EE 712: Power System Protection
3
EE 713: Control System in Power Engineering
3
EE 714: Transmission and Distribution Plant
3
EE 715: Reliability and Power Quality
3
EE 716: Dispersed Generation
3
EE 717: Power System Dynamics
3
EE 718: Power System Operation and Economics
3
EE 723: Power Electronics and Machines
3
Electronics Engineering
S/No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Course Code and Title
Units
EE 721: Electronic Circuits and Systems
3
EE 722: Instrumentation Electronics
3
EE 723: Power Electronics and Machines
3
EE 724: Electronics Devices
3
EE 725: Industrial Electronics
3
EE 726: Digital Signal Processing and Digital
3
Filters
EE 727: Biomedical Measurements
3
EE 728: Radio Frequency Electronics
3
EE 729: Advanced Computer Architecture
3
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III
Control Systems Engineering
S/No. Course Code and Title
1
Units
EE 731: System Identification and Adaptive
3
control
2
EE 732: Non-linear control system
3
3
EE 733: Design of Multivariable control system
3
4
EE 734: Design of Intelligent Systems
3
5
EE 735: Process Control
3
6
EE 736: Estimation and Stochastic Control
3
7
EE 713: Control System in Power Engineering
3
8
EE 722: Instrumentation Electronics
3
9
EE 727: Biomedical Measurements
3
10
EE 729: Advanced Computer Architecture
3
6.2.7 Course Description
EE 701:
Seminar (1 unit)
Participation in departmental seminars and presentation of at least one seminar
paper in the session in addition to the seminar requirement by the postgraduate
school.
EE 702:
System Modelling and Simulation (1 unit)
Survey of system modelling and simulation techniques, languages and tests, s-plane,
z-plane and state-space formats; analogue, hybrid and digital methods of simulation
treated by means of case studies; speed and cost of alternate computing procedure;
introduction to MATLAB, SPSS and other software tools; project type problems used
for illustration; computer laboratory
EE 703:
Laboratory Experiment (1 unit)
Students are expected to design a mini laboratory project on the use of instruments,
components, equipment, experimental methods and standards; it takes three hours
(3hrs) weekly and a written report is submitted for assessment.
EE 704:
Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes (3 units)
Axiomatic basis of probability theory; conditional probability, independence; random
variables and probability distributions, expectation, moments, characteristic
functions; vector-random variables; sequences of random variables; modes of
convergence; stochastic processes in discrete and continuous time; Markov
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processes; Gaussian process; stationary processes – auto-correlation and crosscorrelation; spectral density functions, white noise; and linear operations on
stationary processes; stochastic difference and differential equations, optimum
detraction and estimation of signals; applications to communication, control,
computer and signal processing.
EE 705:
Optimisation and Linear Optimal Control (3 units)
Introduction to unconstrained optimization and techniques for solutions; equality
and inequality constraints, conditions, algorithms. Lagrange multipliers, duality,
problem solution; linear and quadratic programming, penalty methods; introduction
to linear optimal control state space models, stability, controllability, observability,
detectability, Kalman decomposition, pole placement, full and reduced-order
observers; stability and robustness; formulation and conditions for the existence of
optimal controls, relaxed controls; bang-bang principle. LQR problem, properties of
ARE; non-standard features impulse controllers, time delays and state constrains,
return difference, inequality, robustness; applications.
EE 706:
Microprocessors and Computer Systems (3 units)
Architecture of traditional Von Herman and Stach-based computers; unified
approach to the design of 8-, 16-, 32-, and 64- bit computer-based system;
techniques in machine control and memory addressing; number systems and codes;
operation and bus-timing diagrams; hardware – software design equivalence,
advanced architectural and system concepts; fault tolerant, redundancy and
reliability of computer memory and I/O system design and interfacing techniques;
memory management techniques and structures; magnetic semiconductor memory
devices and disk; design and manufacture, programming digital computers in high
level and assembly languages; computer applications.
EE 711:
Steady State Power System Analysis (3 units)
Engineering, operational network constraints, power flow problem, load-flow
problem and its solution using Gauss-Seidal and the Newton-Raphson method;
current/voltage relations, admittance models, network calculations; the fast
decoupled load flow method; sensitivity metric and sensitivity analysis; programming
techniques – optimal ordering, matrix sparsity and clustering; state estimation and
security analysis.
EE 712:
Power System Protection (3 units)
Principles of protection of high voltage and low voltage systems; over current and
earth faults, identification and discrimination, unit and distance relay protection; pilot
wire, carrier current and V.V.F. communication principles; inter-strip schemes;
electromagnetic, solid state and digital equipment for protection and control of
power stations, busbers feeders, transformers, and substations; industrial system
protection including fuse and relay coordination, motor protection, future trends.
EE 713:
Control System in Power Engineering (3 units)
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The active power-frequency and reactive power-voltage control problem;
characteristics of AVRs and governors; transient performance of interconnected
systems to disturbances; control of P and Q over tie-lines; off-line and on-line
computer applications; machine analysis; general three phase systems and field
orientation control of induction motors; applications of mini and microcomputers;
security monitoring and constraints; flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) based
on power electronics converters and control methods; optimum dispatch security
and emergency operations; computer modelling and simulation.
EE 714:
Transmission and Distribution Plant (3 units)
EHV AC power transmission; overload line and underground transmission;
transformers, switchgear and earthing; symmetrical components, short circuit
studies; load flow, transient stability and sustained fault analysis; multi-machine
systems; machine and system modelling; practical applications of computer in loadflow analysis; short-circuit analysis, transient stability, power system network design,
travelling waves insulation coordination, types and surge protection.
EE 715:
Reliability and Power Quality (3 units)
General requirements and guidelines; factors affecting power-line disturbances;
interconnected systems, composite generators, transmission and distribution;
characteristics and settings of system, sub-stations, switchgear station, plant and
system protection; disturbance effect of computer power supplies; growing and
noise control; evaluation of availability and reliability of power supply systems,
economics; cost of power outages, dips/sags, harmonics; reliability of specific
equipment; practical application problems.
EE 716:
Dispersed Generation (3 units)
Assessment of various energy systems; interfacing of different types of energy
systems; wind photovoltaic, hydroelectric and other technologies; dispersed
generation; concepts of conversion and cogeneration; pollution control; biological
effect of high electric and magnetic fields; management of dispersed generation,
impacts and distribution networks; future developments; theory and practice for
direct production of electricity using solar cells, thermionic converters, fuel cells and
batteries; concepts of solid state energy bands, work function and conversion
efficiency, and limitations; electrostatic, magnetic, thermoelectric systems
conversion; conversion of light and heat to electricity; magnetohydrodynamic
systems, superconductive machine and systems.
EE 717:
Power System Dynamics (3 units)
Theory of travelling wave phenomenon in electrical power transmission lines;
switching and lightning surges and the resultant over voltages on long lines for
various terminals; breaker closing sequence, side inductance and multiple infeeds;
recovery voltage after short line faults; advanced machine modelling, transients
stability, voltage stability and small disturbance stability and effectiveness of
protection, transient corona and its effect on wave shape; electromagnetic
transients, HVDC and FACTS; methods of automatic calculation of over-voltages in
complex systems and insulation level requirements.
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EE 718:
Power System Operation and Economics ( 3 units)
Economic dispatch and generation scheduling, security assessment, state estimation,
optimal power flow, generation control, operation in a competitive environment;
basic economic principles, tools for economic analysis of power systems, energy
market place, cost allocation, tariffs, pricing of networks, regulation, future trends.
EE 721:
Electronic Circuit and Systems (3 units)
Network types, equations and analysis; modelling and simulation (SPICE) of BJTs
and MOSFETs; noise sources and analysis; CMOS building blocks, current-mirrors,
differential pairs; OP-amps, ICs and slow noise design; analogue ICs, design case
studies; amplifiers, oscillators, filters, etc; high performance and radio frequency
electronics system, building blocks: mixers, video, TV, transmitters; digital circuits
design methodology; behavioural, logic circuit simulation; planning, layout, circuit
structures and techniques; testing and design for test etc. digital architecture:
pipelining, register sharing, etc.
EE 722:
Instrumentation Electronics (3 units)
Definition and examples of measurements and their calibration and rehabilitee
limitations; resolution, accuracy, sensitivity; noise in electronic systems; non-linear
system, analogue, digital and sampling oscilloscopes;
DC and AC bridges;
amplifiers; sampling and analogue to digital conversion; over sampling; oscillators
and synthesizers; phase noise; frequency measurements; coherent measurements
and interferometer; correlation techniques; network and spectrum analysis at radio
frequencies;
time domain reflectometry; data acquisition system;
electrical
measurement of non electrical quantities; sensors and sensing processes; magnetic
sensors, electromagnetic compatibility; tomography, case studies, phase sensitive
detection; imaging analysis; lab.
EE 723:
Power Electronics and Machines (3 units)
Comparison of power semiconductors with signal transistors improvements to basic
switch-mode power supply circuits to provide isolation and high efficiency; inversion
of DC to AC and rectification with sinusoidal current; classification of machine types;
comparison of permanent magnet and field winding excitation; development of
brushless pm machines; control of induction machines with an inverter;
measurement methods for machine parameters, temperature rise; use of finiteelement methods; optimal control of turbine generators; CAD.
EE 724:
Electronics Devices (3 units)
Brief review of solid state physics with focus on energy band diagrams; discussion
and comparison of different FETs: JFET, MESFET and HEMT; optimizing the ‘classical
BJT’ using a combination of different materials: HBT; study of high-speed and noise
performance in FETs and BJTs; THz oscillators using the gunn diode or the resonant
tunneling diode; basic properties of superconductors.
EE 725:
Industrial Electronics (3 units)
Application of electronic devices in industry, continuous and sampled control
systems, induction, microwave and dietectric heating principles, timing and counting
circuits reliability and automatic checking equipment, computer control of machine
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tools, production large energy corpuscular flux; applications of electron beams;
plazma generation and its physical properties; application of plazma in metallurgy;
application of lasers in metrology and technology; influence of ultra-sonics on
materials;
application of ultra-sonic in technology, telecommunication and
measurements. Electrical measurement of non-electrical quantities: measurement
transducers, measurement systems and equipments analysis, design and application
of h.f. currents in medicine, biological environmental, military radiations mining and
geophysics.
EE 726:
Digital Signal Processing and Digital Filters (3 units)
Finite and infinite impulse response digital filter design techniques, interpolation and
decimation, half-band filters and spectral analysis, spectral transformations, circular
convolutions, discrete Fourier transforms and computational complexity, the fast
Fourier transform and prime radix algorithms, number theoretic transforms,
sectioned convolution applications to speech signal analysis, image processing,
television signal processing, limit-cycle performance, reduced sensitivity structures
including wave digital filters and linear transformation techniques, lattice structures
and half-band filter realizations.
EE 727:
Biomedical Measurements ( 3 units)
Physiology of the human body from a systems viewpoint; interrelationships of the
body systems;
theory of measurements and techniques for electronic
measurements on biological spectrum; imaging sensors and medical telemetry,
separation and analysis, applications of computer and engineering techniques in
patient treatment;
medical instrumentation;
rehabilitation engineering,
handicapped individuals, rehabilitation mobility.
EE 728:
Radio Frequency Electronics (3 units)
Topics in radio frequency and microwave circuit design and testing; antenna
terminology; power and noise link budget; narrowband matching; transmission line
circuits, the Smith chart and its uses; lumped and distributed filters, impedance
transformations; S-parameters;
circuit cascading, embedding, parasitics deembedding; series and shunt feedback, de-embedding; transistor amplifier design;
stability at high frequencies, oscillators; power amplifier design; RFIC and
monolithic microwave integrated circuits.
EE 729:
Advanced Computer Architecture (3 units)
Measuring and reporting computer systems performance; Amdahl’s law; pipelined
CPU architecture; instruction set design and pipeline structure; dynamic scheduling
using score boarding and Tomasulo’s algorithm; software instruction scheduling and
software pipelining; vector processors and their performance; superscalar and long
instruction word architectures; vectorising compilers and their capabilities;
applications to parallelisation and memory hierarchy optimisation; SIMD
architectures and their programming; interconnection networks; MIMD messagepassing systems; the data parallel programming model; shared-memory MIMD
systems: self-scheduling loops, load balancing, and synchronisation; contented
addressable and associated memories;
implementations of shared memory:
multistage interconnection networks versus multicache systems;
the cache
coherency problem, and weak cache consistency; RISC architectures and influence
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of VLSI processor arrays systolic and wave front arrays; assembly level language
programming; application drives architectures.
EE 731:
System Identification and Adaptive Control (3 units)
Dynamic systems, models and statistical properties of estimates; spectral and
correlation analysis; least equates parameter estimates; identification of the
transfer function of linear systems in continuous time; identification of the efficient
of models of discrete-time systems including FIR, AR, ARX, ARMA and state space
models; output prediction, various methods for recursive identification, data
acquisition and design; adaptive control of poorly defined model or slowly varying
systems; properties of stochastic control, various approaches, self-tuning; stability,
robustness and convergence of controller parameters; structures and applications.
EE 732:
Non-Linear Control System (3 units)
For non-linear systems, methods for determining stability and for designing
stabilizing controllers are studied using state-space (Lyapunov theory, variable
structure analysis), function space (small gain theorem, passivity) and frequencydomain (Popov and circle criteria, describing function) methods; model reference
adaptive control is treated using the passivity concept.
EE 733:
Design of Multivariable Control System (3 units)
Analysis: system representations, return difference metric, stability theory,
multivariable poles and zeros; design: design criteria, dominance based approaches,
LQG design methods, norm-based methods, robust stability and performance; Hinfinity design techniques; design examples: use of CAD techniques in the design of
controllers for industrial processes
EE 734:
Design of Intelligent Systems (3 units)
Fuzzy graphs, fuzzy relations, fuzzy probabilities, soft computing, fuzzy sets, fuzzy
numbers, fuzzy truth values, fuzzy mathematical programming, fuzzy databases,
fuzzy control, evidence theory, control methods in systems with uncertain data;
introduction to neural network; neurons in the brain, convergence time, networks,
capacity from back propagation,
evolutionary computing, learning theory,
constraints passing logic programming, probabilistic reasoning, computer vision
speech processing and natural language processing, application.
EE 735:
Process Control (3 units)
Estimation of achievable control performance, control structure selection, controller
tuning; modelling and implementation of digital controllers: z-, delta-, w-, and
discrete-time Fourier transforms; discretion synthesis using root-locus, Nyquist and
state-space techniques; bounded-input bounded-output stability, small tracking error
and robustness, fundamentals of industrial processes, remote, supervisory and
distributed control. CAD/CAM and integrated manufacturing; robotic control and
numerically controlled machines; image analysis and electronic sensors; logic
controllers and AI; tolerance, reliability integrity, maintenance, economy and backup; examples are drawn from control in the chemical paper and metallurgical
industries.
EE 736:
Estimation and Stochastic Control (3 units)
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This course is concerned with the estimation and regulation of linear stochastic
systems and the recursive detection of faults and changes; topics covered include:
stochastic models – power spectra, ARMAX models, state–space representations,
covariance equations; Kalman filtering – the Kalman filter, steady-state filters,
continuous-time filters, Bayes confidence intervals; fault detection and estimation –
Bayes and Neyman-person hypothesis tests, joint estimation and model testing;
stochastic optima, control – stochastic linear, linear-quadratic optimal control, infinite
horizon regulation, LQD control with incomplete information, tracing problems.
EE 799:
Dissertation (10 units)
The research project commences only after successful completion of all other
courses; staff are to provide and discuss a wide range of topics based on current
interests, joint projects with industry, previous background of student and
expectations on graduations; the dissertation and its lucid presentation of problem
solution provide a valuable foretaste of what is to be expected in the industrial and
research environments.
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6.2.8 Distribution of Courses by Semester
First Semester
5 Units
EE701, EE703, EE705
Minimum of 6 Units
Minimum of 6 Units
EE711, EE713, EE715 EE721, EE723, EE725
EE717, EE723
EE727, EE729
Minimum of 6 Units
EE731, EE733, EE735,
EE713, EE727 EE729
Second Semester
7 Units
EE702, EE704, EE706
Minimum of 6 Units
Minimum of 6 Units
EE712, EE714, EE716 EE722, EE724, EE726
EE718
EE728
Minimum of 6 Units
EE732, EE734, EE736
EE722
Dissertation
10 Units
EE799
M. Eng.
(Electrical Power Systems)
M. Eng.
(Electronics)
M. Eng.
(Control Systems)
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6.3 Doctor of Philosophy Degree Programme by Research in
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
6.3.1 Introduction
The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering runs a programme by
research leading to the award of Ph.D. degree in the following areas of
specialization:
(i)
Ph.D. (Electrical Power Systems Engineering)
(ii)
Ph.D. (Electronics Engineering)
(iii)
Ph.D. (Control Systems Engineering)
The research programme is devoted to tackling an individual project under a
supervisor and topics chosen by the candidates based on previous background
including industrial experience, current interests and expectations on graduation.
6.3.2 Programme Objectives
The main objectives of the programme are:
(i)
To give a relish to clear intellectual, scientific relevance and challenges
(ii)
To train academics and professionals for the public and private sectors
(iii)
To provide advanced training in any of the related fields and applications of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
(iv)
To provide an avenue for in-depth problem solving research projects in
engineering for industrial development
(vi)
To enable candidates play leading roles in engineering solutions in a global
context.
6.3.3 Admission Requirements
Unless otherwise specified, the general regulations governing the Ph.D. degree
programme by research in the University of Maiduguri shall also apply to the Ph.D.
degree programme by research. Candidates seeking admission to the Ph.D. degree
programme by research in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department should
have a Master’s degree ordinarily with a minimum CGPA of 4.0 (60%), from the
University of Maiduguri or any other University recognized by and acceptable to the
University of Maiduguri in any of the relevant fields.
6.3.4 Programme Structure
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Courses Code and Title
Units
EE 801:
EE 802:
EE 803:
EE 804:
EE 805:
EE 806:
EE 899:
Total
Seminar I
Seminar II
Seminar III
Seminar IV
Research Methodology
Topics in Mathematics for Signals and Systems
Research-based Ph.D. Thesis
2
2
2
3
3
3
45
60
6.3.5 Course Description
EE 801:
Seminar I (2 units)
A non-thesis seminar which should be presented on a topic related to Electrical and
Electronics Engineering during the First Semester of registration, attendance and
participation in other departmental and faculty seminars.
EE 802:
Seminar II (2 units)
A non-thesis seminar which should be presented on a topic related to Electrical and
Electronics Engineering during the Second Semester of registration, attendance and
participation in other departmental and faculty seminars.
EE 803:
Seminar III (2 units)
Presentation of a seminar based on the candidate’s research proposal in the first
semester of second year of registration.
EE 804:
Seminar IV (3 units)
A seminar based on the candidate’s research findings to be presented in the third
year of registration.
EE 805:
Research Methodology (3 units)
Design of experiments and analysis of data and presentation; application of
statistical tools, simulations and computer aided design packages; research methods
in engineering.
EE 806:
Topics in Mathematics for Signals and Systems (3 units)
Functional analysis in more advanced mathematics literature on signals, signal
processing, systems, communication and control; the detailed contents will vary
depending on the current development and available expertise; candidates submit a
seminar-type report.
EE 899:
Research-based Ph.D. Thesis (45 units)
Candidates are required to undertake original research in their respective fields of
specialization and present a written thesis to the department for oral examination.
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6.1 Staff List
(a)
Academic Staff
(1)
Mohammed Ibrahim Onogu
B.Eng. (Zaria), Ph.D. (Leeds)
MNSE, AMIEE, MSESN, COREN Regd.
-
Visiting Professor
Mechatronics and Control
(2)
E-mail: profmionogu@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036460140
Jibril D. Jiya
Visiting Reader
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Eng. (Benin), Ph.D. (Shenyang, China)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Power and Machines
(3)
E-mail: jibjiya@yahoo.co.uk
Mobile: 08043128086
Elijah E. Omizegba
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Sc. (Lagos), Ph.D. (Bauchi)
MNSE, MNIEM, COREN Regd.
Visiting Reader
Electronics and Communication
(4)
E-mail: 08058616382
Mobile: omizegbaee@yahoo.com
Ganiyu A. Bakare
Visiting Snr. Lecturer
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Eng. (Bauchi), Ph.D. (Duisberg, Germany)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Power and Machines
(5)
E-mail: bakare_03@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08058632661
Bukar U. Musa
Senior Lecturer
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Strathclyde)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Power and Machines
(6)
E-mail: Musa_bu@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07035812037
Babagana Mustapha
Senior Lecturer
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Kano), Ph. D. (Bauchi)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Electronics and Communication
(7)
E-mail: bgmustaphaee@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08062390386
Kulbu Monguno
B.Sc. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Maiduguri)
-
Lecturer I
-
Lecturer I
Electronics and Communication
(8)
E-mail: mkulbu@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036047081
Ibrahim A. Ali
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Eng. (Kano)
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MNSE, COREN Regd.
Electronics and Communication
(9)
E-mail: ibrahimaali@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036163423
Baba Alkali
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Eng. (Kano)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
-
Lecturer I
-
Lecturer II
-
Lecturer II
-
Lecturer II
-
Lecturer II
-
Lecturer II
Control System Engineering
(10)
E-mail: balkaliee@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08034167453
Umar Mustapha Bakura
B.Eng. (Dhaka), M.Eng. (Beijing)
COREN Regd.
Electronics and Communication
(11)
E-mail: bkumar52@hotmail.com
Kunduli Mustapha
B.Eng., M.Eng. (Maiduguri)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Electronics and Communication
(12)
E-mail: kunduli@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08028316428
Musa Abdulkadir
B.Eng., M.Eng. (Maiduguri)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Electronics and Communication
(13)
E-mail: Musabdulkadiir@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08034279849
Jafaru Musatapha
B.Eng., M.Eng. (Maiduguri)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Power and Machines
(14)
E-mail: jafarusman@yahoo.coom
Mobile: 08060819427
Ibrahim Mustapha
B.Eng., M.Eng. (Maiduguri)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Electronics and Communication
E-mail: ibrahimmussa@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036163423
(15)
Nanami Gana Lantewa
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Eng. (Kano)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
-
Lecturer II
Electronics and Communication
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(16)
E-mail: naglantewa@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036522413
Adam Bukar
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Eng. (Bauchi)
-
Tutor
Power and Machines
(17)
E-mail: adborjino@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08055548752
Zainab Musa Gwoma (Mrs)
B.Eng., M.Eng. (Maiduguri)
-
Graduate Assistant
Power and Machines
E-mail: Zee10musa@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036314998
(b)
Non-Academic/Technical Staff
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
Saidu Oloje Adanu
E-mail: saiduolojeadanu@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08073916448
Usman Ali
E-mail: usmanalidmayo@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07054829117, 08024270560
Haruna Jiji Fika
E-mail: moikaige5910@qvi.com
Mobile: 08027366512, 08096555808
Bulus Ijablula
Mobile: 08079086648, 08033546861
Mohammed Kabir
E-mail: umarkm@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07030065777, 080777/5611
Aye Ibrahim Nda
Mobile: 08065818977
Abubakar Usman
Mobile: 08034573058, 08055186809
Habiba Mohammed Kura (Mrs.) Mobile: 08061509412
Wanda Ishidi Dzarma
Mobile: 07085316809
Rifkatu Yohona
Mobile: 08087498245
Chief Technologist
Principal Technologist
Senior Technologist
Engineering Officer II
Senior Technologist
Prin. Work Supt.
Lab. Assistant
Principal Confidential
Secretary
Senior Clerical Officer
Cleaning Supervisor
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DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
7.2 Master of Science Degree Programme in Food Science and
Technology
7.2.1 Introduction
The Department of Food Science and Technology has been running
its M.Sc. degree programme since 1988. This programme would
meet the demand of many prospective candidates within and outside
the sub-region, who aspire to undertake advanced research in Food
Science and Technology.
7.2.2 Admission Requirements
Candidates for admission to the M.sc. degree programme in Food Science and
Technology shall possess one of the following:
(a) A first degree in Food Science and Technology with first or second class honors
of the University of Maiduguri or any other recognized university.
(b) A post-graduate diploma in Food Science and Technology.
(c) All candidates must satisfy other admission requirements of the University of
Maiduguri.
7.2.3 Course Requirements
To meet the award of the masters degree student must:
(a) Meet the departmental requirements regarding compulsory courses:
(b) Maintain a c-average performance or be asked to withdraw from the
programme at the end of the first semester.
(c) Take a minimum of the 24 units of graduate course work and
(d) Present a dissertation based on research and which would be orally defended
before a panel of examiners.
(e) The duration of the course should be a minimum of 12 calendar months and a
maximum of 24 calendar months.
7.2.4 Programme Structure
The M.Sc. degree programme is divided into:
(a) Compulsory courses in Food Science and Technology and
(b) Optional courses in Food Science and Technology.
The choice of optional courses would be based on the background, interest and
career goals of candidate. However, choice selection in relation to specialization
would be under the strict guidance of the department
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7.2.5 List of Courses
Compulsory Courses
Units
FST 701: Advanced Food Chemistry and Analysis
3
FST 702: Advanced Food Microbiology
3
FST 703: Advanced Unit Operation in Food Processing
3
FST 704: Research Methods in Food Science and Technology
2
FST 705: Physical Properties of Foods
2
FST 706: Independent Study/ Seminar
1
FST 799: Postgraduate Research Dissertation
10
Total units
24
Optional Courses
Units
FST 707: Foods of Animal Origin I (Meat, Milk and their Products)
2
FST 708: Foods of Animal Origin II (Fish, Poultry, Eggs and their Products)
2
FST 709: Foods of Plant Origin I (Cereals, Legumes and Pulses)
2
FST 710: Foods of Plant Origin II (Fruits & Vegetable/Roots and Tubers)
2
FST 711: Biotechnology in Food-Processing
2
FST 712: Advanced Thermal Processing and Dehydration
2
FST 713: Low Temperature Presentation and Irradiation of Foods
2
FST 714: Extrusion Technology
2
FST 715: Food Additives and Legislation
2
FST 716: Flavour Chemistry and Technology
2
FST 717: Advanced Food Toxicology
2
FST 718: Nutritional Status of Processed Foods
2
FST 719: Food Quality Control and Assurance
2
Total Units = 10-14
7.2.6
Course Description
FST 701: Advanced Food Chemistry and Analysis (3 units)
Molecular structure, function and uses of food components (water, proteins,
carbohydrates, lipid, vitamins, minerals and pigments). Interaction of food
components during processing and storage. Physical, Chemical and Biochemical
methods of food analysis. Use of selected instruments in food analysis.
FST 702: Advanced Food Microbiology (3 units)
Isolation and identification of micro-organisms. microbiology of food processing.
Microbiological examination of foods and foodstuffs. Current topics on food-borne
microorganisms.
FST 703: Advanced Unit Operation in Food Processing (3 units)
A review of underlying engineering principles; material and energy balances; fluid
flow application; heat and mass transfer- theory and applications; contact
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equilibrium and separation processes; advanced treatment of selected unit
operations in food processing, food process conditions, plant design and layout.
FST 704: Research Methods in Food Science and Technology (3 units)
Advanced experimental design; analysis of variance; regression and correlation
analysis; techniques in proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and macronutrient research;
statistical methodology in sensory evaluation and food quality control; research
techniques in physical properties of foods.
FST 705: Physical Properties of Foods (2 units)
Physical, thermal, structural, textural and rheological properties of foods and food
systems; theories and principles of viscosities, determination of viscosity of food
systems; food texture and their instrumental measurements; recent advances in
food texture measurement.
FST 706: Independent Studies/Seminar (1 unit)
Designed to enable students to explore areas of special interest in Food Science and
Technology.
FST 707: Foods of Animal Origin I (Meat, Milk and Their products) (2
units)
Structure of meat as related to processing. Factors influencing carcass and meat
processing characteristics. Post mortem muscle biochemistry and physiology. The
fluid milk industry, composition quality, sanitation, nutritive value, processing and
packaging and distribution of milk and milk products. Physical, chemical and
microbiological factors in the processing of dairy products, ice cream, ice milk,
cheese. Yoghurt and related dairy products. Imitation milk and meat technology.
Characteristics and technology of traditional African meat and dairy products.
FST 708:
Foods of Animal Origin II (Fish, Poultry, Egg and their
Products) (2 units)
Advance treatment of the processing biochemistry, post mortem changes and
preservation of fish and fish products. Major groups of microorganisms of
importance to the fish industry, emphasis on ecological, physiological and public
health aspects. The science and technology of processing and preservation of
poultry. Composition and properties of egg components. Egg product utilization and
microbiological consideration.
FST 709: Foods of Plant Origin I (Cereals, Legumes and Pulses) (2 units)
Composition, structure of seed; uses of the main cereals (wheat, rice, millet and
sorghum). Processing of cereals, illustrated by the milling of wheat, rice, maize,
sorghum and millet. Wheat bread, paste and porridges. The rheology, of the main
cereals. Studies on the use of non-wheat flour in bread biscuit making, composite
flour technology. Traditional foods from cereals. Seed structure and composition of
tropical grain legumes handling and storage of tropical grain legumes (Cowpea,
groundnuts, soybean, bambara groundnuts). Traditional and convectional food
legume processing and utilization. Toxicity aspects.
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FST 710:
Foods of Plants Origin 1I (Fruits and Vegetables, Roots and
Tubers) (2 units)
Roots and tubers, storage of tropical roots and tubers. Composition, processing,
nutritive properties and velocity aspects of roots and tubers. Recent advances in
tuber processing physiology and biochemistry of fruits and vegetables, postharvest
changes and their control, fruits vegetables products.
FST 711:
Biotechnology in Food-Processing (2 units)
Biotechnology in food production and processing (application of genetics to food
production). Methods and processes in Biotechnology- molecular cloning,
fermentation systems and products. Bio-process control, tissue culture, and enzyme
application. Malting of barley, sorghum and millet.
FST 712:
Advanced Thermal Processing and Dehydration (2 units)
Thermal processing and canning of foods- heating and cooling characteristics of
foods; thermal resistance of microorganisms; can design and construction; theories
of food dehydration application- mechanism of moisture transport in drying,
estimation of drying time; design, operation and use of evaporators and driers; infrared and microwave heating of foods.
FST 713: Low Temperature Preservation and Irradiation of Foods (2 units)
Heat transfer in freezing and prediction of freezing times; freezing systems,
refrigeration and cold storage design theory, air-conditioning design theory; design
and operation of cold stores and air-conditioning systems; properties of ionizing
irradiation on microorganisms and food, methods of measurements; safety
evaluation of irradiated foods; controlled atmospheric storage systems.
FST 714:
Extrusion Technology (2 units)
Study of present extrusion cooking techniques in the food and confectionery
industry; nutritional and toxicological aspects; effects on food components and
stability of extrusion systems; relationship between process parameters and product
quality; physiochemical and functional modifications of food constituents of extrusion
cooking in comparison with conventional processes in the food industry; extruder
design parameters.
FST 715:
Food Additives and Legislation (2 units)
Classification, functional properties and application of food additives; evaluation of
the toxicity of food additives and their reactions, food laws, their formulation and
enforcement; the role of the FDA in ensuring adequate food sanitation and food
hygiene.
FST 716:
Flavour Chemistry and Technology (2 units)
The chemistry and classification of food flavour compounds; flavour interactions in
foods, stability and reactivity, isolation and identification; production of natural
flavours; analysis of flavours.
FST 717:
Advanced Food Toxicology (2 units)
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Chemistry and biochemistry of food toxins; principles of toxicology; occurrence of
toxin compounds in foods and their effects; toxins of processed food and effect of
processing on food toxin; toxins of fungal and bacterial origin; case studiesprotease inhibitor, lathrogens, fauvism, cyanogens and gossypols; miscellaneous
toxicants in foods; detection and isolation of toxin compounds.
FST 718:
Nutritional Status of Processed Foods (2 units)
Nutrient evaluation in foods; stability of nutrients in processed foods, nutrient
optimisation in food processing; effect of handling, processing and storage in
nutrient content for major food commodities; nutrient fortification and
supplementation.
FST 719:
Food Quality Control and Assurance (2 units)
Food quality maintenance; food plant and personnel hygiene and sanitation;
statistical methods in food quality control; sensory evaluation.
FST 799:
Postgraduate Research Dissertation (10 units)
Supervised independent concentrated appraisal and/or study of relevant problems in
Food and Technology culminating in the write-up and presentation of a dissertation.
7.3 Doctor of Philosophy Degree Programme by Research in
Food Science and Technology
7.3.1 Introduction
The Department of Food Science and Technology offers a doctoral degree
programme with specializations in:
i) Food Process Engineering and Technology
ii) Food Chemistry and Analysis
iii) Food Microbiology and Biotechnology
iv) Meat Quality
v) Dairy Products
vi) Cereals and Pulse Products and
vii) Nutritional Studies
7.3.2 Objective
The objective of the programme is to develop and train individuals in the process of
scientific thinking to prepare them for teaching and/or research, and to train them in
concepts relevant to planning and practice of food processing technology and
preservation.
7.3.3 Admission Requirements
Candidates seeking admission to Ph.D. degree programme should have one of the
following qualifications:
a)
M.Sc. in Food Science and Technology, ordinarily with ‘B’ average
grade, of the University of Maiduguri or from any other University recognized
by the University of Maiduguri.
b)
M.Sc./M.Phil. in Food Science or M.Sc./M.Phil. in Food Technology of
any other University recognized by the University of Maiduguri.
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c)
Any other qualification together with relevant experience acceptable to
Senate.
d)
A candidate may be allowed to advance to the Ph.D. programme on
completion of the prescribed course works for Masters Degree on
recommendation of the Department, provided that he/she obtains at least ‘B’
grade in all courses.
7.3.4
Programme Structure
Duration
The Ph.D. programme in Food Science and Technology shall be of 24 months
minimum duration for full time candidates and 48 months for part-time
candidates. The duration shall not exceed 80 months for full time and 72 months
for part-time candidates, unless permitted otherwise.
Course and Research Requirements
Graduate specialization in Food Science and Technology for Ph.D. degree shall
comprise a minimum of 20 units of course work, including 2 units of Seminar, 40
units of Research work to be submitted in form of thesis. There will be an Oral
Examination on the thesis. The programme of each candidate shall have the
approval of candidate’s advisory committee and other relevant University
authorities.
a)
Unit Requirements
Compulsory Courses
–
Elective Courses
–
Research
–
11
9
40
b)
Deficiency Courses
A candidate may be required to take and pass some deficiency courses
(maximum of 9 units) from within or outside the Department.
c)
Other Requirements
Such as advisory committee, examination, etc., not specifically mentioned shall
be the same as the general regulations governing Ph.D. degree programme in
the University of Maiduguri.
d)
A candidate shall present a Seminar on his/her research proposal
before submitting such proposal for approval by appropriate bodies of this
University.
Curricular Layout
a)
Compulsory Courses
S/No. Course Code
Course Title
No.of
Units
3
1
FST 801
Food Chemistry and Analysis
2
3
FST 802
FST 803
Advanced Food Processing and Engineering
Research Methodology
3
3
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4
5
FST 804
FST 899
Total
Seminar
Thesis
2
40
51
b)
Elective Courses
Students shall have to take and pass at least 9 units of courses from among the
courses listed below based on the area of specialisation. The selection of courses
will be done in consultation with the supervisor(s).
S/No. Course Code
Course Title
No.
of
Units
1
FST 808
Cereal Technology
3
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
FST
FST
FST
FST
FST
FST
FST
FST
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
7.3.5
Meat and Poultry Technology
Dairy Product Technology
Fish and Fish Product Technology
Legumes and Oil Seed Processing
Food and Industrial Microbiology
Food Biotechnology
Food Quality Control and Legislation
Nutritional Studies
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Course Description
FST 801:
Food Chemistry and Analysis (3 units)
Advanced biochemical aspect of food systems, especially as they relate to plant
and animal sources. Selected instrumental methodologies including advances in
automatic chromatography, NMR and application of spectroscopic techniques to
the analysis of food constituents.
FST 802:
Advanced Food Processing and Engineering (3 units)
Advanced technologies associated with food processing studied in more detail.
Topics include – irradiation, sterilization, extrusion cooking, dehydration and
rheology of food systems.
FST 803:
Research Methodology (3 units)
Design of experiments, sampling, analysis of data and presentation of results;
use of computer data processing programmes to analyse results.
FST 804:
Seminar (2 units)
Special topics, critical reviews and discussions of literature throughout a wide
range of subject areas in food science and technology.
FST 808:
Cereal Technology (3 units)
Selected topics related to the advancement taking place in cereal processing
technology will be studied to gain an in-depth understanding of their principles,
application and potential impact.
FST 809:
Meat and Poultry Technology (3 units)
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Structure of meat as related to processing. Factors influencing carcass
composition and meat processing characteristics. Post-mortem muscle
physiology. Factors involved in mechanizing livestock and meats.
FST 810:
Dairy Product Technology (3 units)
Theories, principles and the application of advanced techniques in dairy
processing. Current research methods in dairy processing.
FST 811:
Fish and Fish Product Technology (3 units)
Fundamental aspects of fish processing – protein denaturation, fat stability.
Recent developments in fish processing. Developments of novel fish products.
FST 812:
Legumes and Oil Seed Processing (3 units)
Selected topics related to advancement taking place in legumes and oil seed
processing will be studied to gain an in-depth understanding of their principles,
applications and potential impact.
FST 813:
Food and Industrial Microbiology (3 units)
Many microbial processes from food fermentations to biological waste treatment
and current topics on food borne infections and intoxications, starter cultures and
microbiological standards.
FST 814: Food Biotechnology (3 units)
Characteristics, mechanisms and applications of soluble enzymes currently used
in food processing. Immobilized enzyme technology to include production of
enzymes, immobilization techniques, changes in enzyme properties and scale up
to commercial application. Developments in biotechnology as it relates to food
processing concerning traditional food fermentations as well as novel food
biotechnology enzymes, ingredients, genetic engineering and tissue culture.
FST 815: Food Quality Control and Legislation (3 units)
Advanced topics in chemical, physical, microbiological sensory and physiological
quality control properties of food. Food legislation and control systems, the role
of manufacturers, enforcement agencies and government.
FST 816: Nutritional Studies (3 units)
Various techniques in research on human nutrition and metabolism. Planning and
executing nutrient balance studies. Nutritional assessment. Malnutrition and
starvation, maternal and child nutrition, nutrition and ageing. Nutrition
programme planning and selection of appropriate administration approaches for
effective programme implementation. Nutrition policy and National development.
FST 899:
Thesis (40 units)
Candidates are required to undertake original research in their respective fields of
specialization and present a written thesis to the department for oral
examination.
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7.1 Staff List
(a)
Academic Staff
(1)
Iro Nkama
Professor
B.Sc. (Nsukka), Ph.D. (Leeds)
FNIFST Cereal Technology, Micotoxicology and
Traditional Food System
(2)
E-mail: ironkamas@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08034281885
Charles A. Negbenebor
B.Sc. (Benin), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Mississippi)
MNIFST
Professor
E-mail: charlesnegbenebor2000@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08028910155
Mamudu H. Badau
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Maiduguri), Ph.D. (Bauchi)
MNIFST
Reader
Food Microbiology and Animal Product Technology
(3)
Food Processing/Food Microbiology/Food Safety
(4)
E-mail: mamudu_badau@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08054685648
Elizabeth C. Chibuzo (Mrs)
Reader
B.Sc. (Tuskegee), M.Sc. (Cornell), Ph.D. (Ibadan)
MADA (USA), MNSN
Nutrition and Dietics Public Health
(5)
E-mail: e_chibuzo@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08052865255
Usman M. Abubakar
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Maiduguri)
MNIFST
-
Senior Lecturer
-
Lecturer I
-
Lecturer I
-
Lecturer I
Food Processing and Engineering
(6)
(7)
(8)
E-mail: usmancdoo@gmail.com
Mobile: 08065459044
Afodia L. Kassum (Mrs)
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Maiduguri)
MNIFST
E-mail: afodiakassumsale@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07039084276
Amin O. Igwegbe
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Libya)
MNIFST
E-mail: amanjide1964@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036231533
Amina A.K. Jato (Mrs)
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Maiduguri)
MNIFST
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(9)
(10)
(11)
(b)
E-mail: aminakaka@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07037717826
G.I. Agbara
Lecturer II
B.Sc., PGD, M.Sc. (Ibadan), PGDE, Ph.D. (Maiduguri)
MNIFST
E-mail: aikh2008@gmail.com
Mobile: 07030354852
Paul Y. Idakwo
Lecturer II
OND, HND, PGDE (Kaduna), PGD (Port-Harcourt),
M.Sc. (Maiduguri)
MNIFST
E-mail: paulidawo@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08074243308
Hadiza K. Lawan
Graduate Assistant
B.Sc., M.Sc. (Maiduguri)
MNIFST
E-mail: kubura@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08027082397
Non-Academic/Technical Staff
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
S.S. Anaso
Mobile: 08035615548
O.S. Oyebanji
Mobile: 08020736682
Fati S. Gimba
Mobile: 08023761489
Umar Abba
Mobile: 08026693350
Grace E. Nwagbara
Mobile: 08052852031
Zainab A. Ado
Mobile: 08072199124
Peter Birma
Mobile: 07063925390
Usman Tella
Mobile: 08188348505
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Chief Technologist
-
Asst. Chief Technologist
-
-
Senior Technologist
Senior Lab. Assistant
-
Chief Sec. Assistant
-
Admin Assistant
-
Chief Clerical Assistant
-
Care Taker
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8.
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANCIAL ENGINEERING
8.2 Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Mechanical Engineering
8.2.1 Introduction
This programme is essentially an up-grading course to engineers, to enhance their
competence and enable them practice their various fields at the highest level and to
provide further academic preparations for those who may wish to benefit from our
postgraduate degree programmes. It is designed to satisfy the minimum
requirements for admission into our postgraduate degree programmes.
The post-graduate programme leading to the award of Post Graduate Diploma (PGD)
in Mechanical Engineering consists of coursework and a project.
8.2.2 Admission Requirements
Candidates with Third class honours degree in Mechanical Engineering or any other
relevant discipline acceptable to the department, provided they have five O’level
credits in relevant subjects. They must also satisfy all other requirements of the
School of Postgraduate Studies.
8.2.3 Duration
A. Full time: Minimum of 2 semesters and maximum of 4 semesters
B. Part time: Minimum of 4 semesters and maximum of 6 semesters
8.2.4 Graduation Requirements
Students should obtain a minimum of 26 credit units from coursework and 6 credit
units from the Project making a minimum total of 32 credit units. Selection of a
minimum of 6 units of elective courses by the candidate will be based on
consultation with the Head of Department.
The project work must be defended before a panel of examiners (including an
external examiner) for a candidate to be awarded the Diploma.
8.2.5 Compulsory Courses
Course Code and Title
ME 600: Laboratory I
ME 601: Engineering Mathematics I
ME 602: Engineering Mathematics II
ME 603: Thermodynamics
ME 604: Laboratory II
ME 605: Mechanics of Materials
ME 606: Engineering Design Concept
ME 607: Properties of Materials
Units
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
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ME
ME
ME
ME
608:
609:
610:
699:
Control System Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Mechanics of Machines
Project
2
2
2
6
8.2.6 Electives
Course Code and Title
ME 612: Production Engineering
ME 613: Analysis of Manufacturing Systems
ME 614: Engineering Metallurgy
ME 615: Transport Phenomena
ME 616: Power Systems
ME 617: Automotive Components and Structural Design
ME 618: Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
ME 619: Industrial Management
Units
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
8.2.7 Course Description
ME 600:
Laboratory I (1 unit)
Experiments based on ME 603.
ME 601:
Engineering Mathematics I (2 units)
Matrix operation and their application to solving linear equations. Conical
transformation Eigen value and Eigen vectors. Vector Analysis, three dimensional
vector representation, scalar & vector product of two vector, differentiation of
vectors, gradient divergent and Curt Greens theorem, surface integral stokes
formula, the relation between contour and surface in strokes theorem volume
integral. Circumferential mean value theorem, obtain the Poison integral Remann’s
mapping theory. Applications of conformed Mapping to Engineering problem.
ME 602:
Engineering Mathematics II (2 units)
Numerical methods- non linear equations, solutions by alternative statistical method
theories of statistics, theories of conditional probability including Bayer’s theorem.
Solve problems involving simple stochastic processes. Basic problems of linear
programming duality theorem simplex method. Solve two-person games problems,
least square and minimize solution method. Solve typical linear programming
problem using the computer.
ME 603:
Thermodynamics (2 units)
Energy of system: Definition Differentiate between available and unavailable energy
of system from energy, energy effectiveness. Power cycles:- theory of reversed
power cycles, vapour compression, Carnot and absorption refrigeration cycles.
Conduct experiments for steam set refrigeration. Solve problem relating to
availability of energy system power cycle and reversed power cycles. Principles of
combustion’s, list processes Define combustion of efficiency, dissociation. Flames
ignition and quenching, giving practical examples: solve problem. Perform
experiments to measure and control combustion – generated air pollution (NOX, CO)
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refrigerator, vehicle Aerodynamic Principles theory of compressible flow, solve
problems. Cycles of internal combustion engine cycles, efficiency of cycle. Main
parameters of the cycle and engine calculations. Fuels for combustion engine. Heat
balance of engine. Fuel feed system, governing system, supercharging and turbo
charging.
ME 604:
Laboratory II (1 unit)
Aerodynamics of the flow in a centrifugal pump, Boundary layer flow, Whirling air
torsional vibration, Application of strain gauges (Poison’s ratio, strain and stress),
Thin waft torsion members, Experiment with governor, Electro hydraulic
control system
Compression Ignition and Spark- Ignition Engine performance Tests.
ME 605:
Mechanics of Materials (2 units)
Stresses and strains under internal and external pressures in single and compound
cylinders, columns, shuts and long columns, effects of end conditions, equivalent
slenderness ratio, Euler, Rankine and Gordon formulae, Buckling in Beams with
central concentrated loads Ud. L and off centre loads supported at different levels,
du=moment theorem. Curved bars – stress in bar, deflection by direct method and
strain energy (Castigliano`s theorem) portal frame by strain energy. Unsymmetrical
bending of beams; principal axes and principal moment of inertia; Torsion of shafts,
Riveted and Bolted connections strength of rivet and plate strength and efficiency of
joints. Elasticity theory and experimental stress analysis – two and three dimensional
using Mohr`s Cycle Cartesian polar spherical co-ordinates.
ME 606:
Engineering Design Concept (2 units)
Design Criteria and methodology, Tools for effective designing input/out analysis,
methodology analysis, aesthetics ergonomics in relation to environmental factors,
human factors, static and dynamic stresses in Mechanical element. Management of
Design:- design for manufacture, modular design, assembly, connection, hand
brakes and standards for design, CAD-CAM design. Component for mass production.
Stage of design project work. Carry out a design project applying the principles
learnt above.
ME 607:
Properties of Materials (2 units)
Defect of metallic materials – Defects in crystal (point defects, dislocations and grain
boundary defects) Yield phenomena – ineleastic properties, plastic yielding. Maxwell,
Van mises and Tresca (Maximum shear stress) in term of yielding and yield locus.
Theory of plasticity – elements of theory of plasticity Fatigue and Creep theories –
effects of stress range, means stress, complex stress, surface treatment and
corrosion and fatigue effects of time, high and low temp to creep. Material selection
for Engineering application – optical and Mechanical process (Ferrous metals,
ceramics, cement, concrete and polymers.
ME 608:
Control System Engineering (2 units)
Automatic Control – Central systems terminology, mechanical systems using Bode
Nyquist and Nicholas technique, systems compensation (parallel and series). Carry
out exercise in component selector (servo motors, single and two stage, overlap,
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baffle and system). Design of control systems incorporating various components and
members.
ME 609:
Fluid Mechanics (2 units)
Rotodynande machines: Flow through rotating passages. Euler`s turbine equation
and Hydraulic efficiencies. Type of turbines. Performances curves. Specific speeds
and scale ratio. Turbines selection. Net positive suction head. Cavitation. Detection
of cavitation and avoidance. Advanced gas dynamics: reviews of normal shock wave.
Pradtl – Meyer rotation oblique shock waves, Attached and detached shock waves.
Measurement of temperature in high speed gas flows. Pitot tube in compressible
flow, Meyer flow. Shock expansion theory. Intermediate hydrodynamics: General
equation of flow in vectorial form. Thin airfoil terminology. Properties of a
synunctrical airfoil of infinite length. Wings of inffd+c length. Practical airfoils (shape,
data and performance).
ME 610:
Mechanics of Machines (2 units)
Review of D-Alembert’s principle. Governors – Principles of operations and
constitution effects of frictions on governor. Calculation on governors. Perform an
experiment on the steady state response of governor. Balancing of Rotating masses
– In the same plane and different planes. Primary and Secondary balancing forces
and moment of reciprocating machines, V – engines and compressors. Effects of
imbalance on the performance of vehicle, and other machines. Carry out experiment
on the balancing of reciprocating masses. Cams and their Application:- principles of
operation, analysis of offset roller and tangent cam with roller followers. Gyroscope
– forces and moments, gyroscope couple and acceleration for plane disc, application
of gyroscope in automobiles, gyroscope couple on the whirling sharp. Power
transmission:- Methods, positive. Function and electro-mechanical devices, working
of hydrodynamic and hydrostatic fluid drives and their applications. Lubrication
Mechanism:- function in sliding and rolling lubrication, boundary Lubrication, one
dimensional Reynolds equation for oiling thrust beating and Externally pressurized
bearing types and property of lubrication and bearings. Types and application of
bearings and scales. Vibrations:- free forced and damped vibrations. Multi-body and
distribution mass linear systems. Application of Rayleigh’s principles Holzer’s method
to linear systems, forced vibration of a uniform beam by harmonic heading torsional
and flexural vibration of beams and whirling of shafts, use of dampers and absorbers
in vibration isolation.
ME 612:
Production Engineering (2 units)
Foundry Technology: Industrial casting sand moulds, properties of sand core and
core sands, design of moulds, centrifugal precision casting methods; die casting,
shell, moulding and investment casting. Metal forming methods: Rolling – Hot and
cold Rolling, defects in rolled metals, extrusion, wire rod and tube drawing, Drawing
and deep drawing Power Metallurgy, forging, defects in forging introduction to
industrial finishing, polishing, plating etc. Welding processes, pressure welding cold
welding and resistance welding processes, fusion welding, electric arc and gas
welding. Microstructure of welding:- Transformation and freezing of weld metal,
welding with a chemical heat source. Neutral oxidizing and carbonising flames.
Thermal welding, weld stresses and distortions. Relief of stresses, brazing, soldering.
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ME 613:
Analysis of Manufacturing Systems (2 units)
Mathematical and graphing models for problems analysis – linear break even
models, linear programming models, Network systems, PERT CPM, Bar Charts),
project engineering, plant capacity and project planning. Implementations
requirement for selecting a project, product rule workout production programme,
man-power development plant scheduling and sequencing. Production planning and
control techniques, job flow system, work study system, capacity planning, machine
hour rate, cost of production material cost, manufacturing cost of product and selling
price.
ME 614:
Engineering Metallurgy (2 units)
Clienfical principle relating to the processing of materials. Constructions
interpretation and application of simple and complex equilibrium diagrams. Chemical
extraction flow sheets for specific metallurgical system, hydro, pyuro metallurgical
techniques for processing of material physical and Mechanical processing of
materials and Principles. Classify Metallurgical furnaces in terms of energy source,
design, heat transfer mechanism efficiency and application. Importance of interface
in metallurgical operations. Sources of energy, particularly high energy processing
techniques and their principles. Reasons for thermomechanical treatment of
materials. International and National standards for the classification and
characterization of engineering materials, differentiate the competiveness between
SP. Material for SP. Application for high steels, cryogenic, high temperature,
packaging, high strength optical and magnetic materials. Local metallurgical case
studies: problems faced by metallurgical industries, identify local metallurgical craft
and craftsmanship, quantify their operation and upgrade their manufacturing
techniques. Identify the modes of failure in failed components. Investigation and
Analysis of materials: Principles and techniques for quantitative metallurgraphy.
Identify structure of engineering phases chemical composition and mechanical
properties; Develop simple and non-conventional techniques of identifying and
characterizing material in environments where the normal tools are not available.
Produce photomicrographs to illustrate versatility of different analytical instrument.
ME 615:
Transport Phenomena (2 units)
Principles of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiance. Analysis of
steady and unsteady state, 2-D heat conduction (Laplace equation Poisons equation)
using – graphical techniques, numerical methods analytical method and technique,
Define dimension-less variables of heat conduction. Fourier’s equations. Free and
forced convection, Dimension less numbers and (Reynolds, Prandtle, Grahol
Rayleigh, Stefan, Nusselt, Pedet and Greetz numbers) Colburn J. factor Buckinghampi theorem boiling and condensation. Electromagnetic spectrum. Thermal radiation
spectrum, emissive, emission power. Plot the pectrodiomtric curve. Electrical
network analoques. Heat exchangers design construction, operation types. Design
simple heat exchanger using the LMTD and NTU methods. Mass transfer, diffusion in
2-component system, Ficks first law, Schmid layer theory, thickness, separation and
control drag.
ME 616:
Power Systems (2 units)
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Fluid flow-Theory of flow through conduit and fittings. Design of pipe Networks:Parallel and series, design, pipe network for steam gas hydraulics. Power system
fluid, design seals, Fluid power machinery and component:- Performance
characteristics and selection criteria for pump compressors, fans, motors
accumulators, valves, actuators. Fluid power circuit and control for hydraulics and
pneumatic. Problem in fluid power System design:- Industrial and machine tools
application of fluid logic circuits, Solve problems relating to design of fluid power
systems. Steam power plant. Installation and operation of Industrial Boilers and
steam turbine, combustion equipment fuels, steam turbine performance test. Gas
Turbines:- duct work performance characteristics and component selection criteria,
starting and shut down procedure advantage and disadvantages of gas turbines over
reciprocating engines. Maintenance management, purpose, advantages of planned
and preventive maintenance.
ME 617:
Automotive Components and Structural Design (2 units)
Principles of vehicle and loading. Methods of calculating vehicle loading and design
conditions as its reliability, and longevity. Use mathematical methods to describe
spring and upspring weight. Design a piston considering choice of materials for the
head and ring. Calculate force on the gudgeon pin using polar acceleration force on
crank gear, friction reduction in engine design, equation for function in
hydrodynamic mix, and boundary lubrication, calculate engine strength, mass of
connecting rod, heads on piston assembly and piston ring friction gear shift
mechanisms synchronizer and box cases. Flow capacity of inlet and outlet system.
Use of schematics to illustrate the dynamics of inlet and exhaust system. Use
schematics of the simple Heimholts resonator to calculate (a) the inlet/exhaust
resonant turning RPM, (b) effective length of pipes, (c) dimensions of the manifolds,
(d) effective volume of the cylinder, (e) the turned manifolds frequencies, and (f)
diameter of the cylinder. Automotive structure design methods.
ME 618:
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning (2 units)
Air conditioning plant system design equipment/component, boilers and chillers,
cooling tower, heat pumps etc. System costing, estimate and drafting, synthesis of
Refrigerator:- Vapour absorptions unit, Boot system unit in aircraft, thermo-electric
and wortex tube refrigerator. Cryogenic: pipes and piping design types and
selections, fittings. Environmental pollution. Decay equation, odium and smoke
control methods, temperature and humidity pollution, effects of water flora and
fauna, oil pollution, noise.
ME 619:
Industrial Management (2 units)
Management function (Productions personnel marketing and finance) business
stand-up, business financing – small and medium enterprises, loan facilities
(NEFFUND, NDE) Operation research and its application (decision tress, break even,
linear programming forecasting, critical path analysis, inventory management
investment appraisal, project planning and evaluation, managerial accounting and
financial accounting. Business and Industrial law:- Agency law, industrial law and
labour relations, industrial safety laws, the law of contract. Work study and time
study:- Basic technique in work study, various techniques of time study.
ME 699: Project (6 units)
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Projects assigned by the Department are on problems of relevance to the locality;
they may be theoretical, experimental, design or a combination of these; basic
purpose of project is to improve students’ skill in research and Engineering principles
to solve practical problems.
8.3 Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) in Mechanical Engineering
8.3.1 Introduction
The Department of Mechanical engineering offers a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
degree in Mechanical engineering with specializations in:
i.
Industrial and Production Engineering
ii.
Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
iii.
Design Engineering and Solid Mechanics
iv.
Thermo-fluids and Power plants Engineering
v.
Foundry Engineering
vi.
Energy and Environmental Studies
8.3.2 Objectives
This programme is designed to meet the needs of graduates working or intending to
work in industries, commerce, the public services and teach in tertiary institutions.
Similarly, a considerable amount of research work that would be undertaken would
be closely related to these same areas. A number of courses and research work can
be undertaken on a part-time basis for the benefit of those who cannot attend the
University on full-time basis.
8.3.3
Admission Requirements
a. Comply with the provision of University of Maiduguri “General Regulations
Governing Postgraduate Studies”
b. A minimum of Second Class Lower Division from University of Maiduguri,
or any other recognized universities.
c. A minimum of Third Class and a PGD in Mechanical engineering from the
University of Maiduguri or any other equivalent qualification from any
institution recognized by and acceptable to the Board of postgraduate studies
and the Senate of this University.
8.3.4 Duration of Programme
A.
Full time: Minimum of 4 semesters and maximum of 6 semesters
B.
Part time: Minimum of 6 semesters and maximum of 8 semesters
8.3.5 Programme Structure
The programme is structured as follows:
a.
Compulsory courses including dissertation
- 22 units
b.
Optional courses to be chosen with supervisor’s guidance
-12 units
(minimum)
A candidate is required to select at least four optional courses including not less than
two from his area of specialization. The remaining optional courses may be chosen
from any other postgraduate programme within or outside the Department.
c.
Any undergraduate course – prescribed by the supervisor - zero unit
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Total for the M.Eng. degree award (minimum)
- 34 units
8.3.6 Course Structure
Compulsory Courses
ME 701: Departmental Seminar
ME 703: Research and Experimental Techniques
ME 705: Numerical Analysis and Computation
ME 707: Finite element Methods
ME 709: Project Management
ME 799: Dissertation
Units
1
2
3
3
3
10
I. Industrial and Production Engineering
Core Courses
ME 710: Industrial and Production Management
ME 711: Metal Forming and Production Processes
ME 712: Advanced Metal Casting
ME 713: Operations Research
ME 714: Welding Engineering
ME 715: Production Cost Analysis and Control
ME 716: Advanced Machine Tools
ME 717: Industrial Management and Statistics
ME 718: Quality Control, Reliability and Ergonomics
ME 719: Numerical Control of Machines
ME 772: Quality and Manufacture
ME 773: Virtual Prototyping for Production
ME 791: Computer-Aided Manufacture
II.
Units
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Thermo-fluid and Power Plant
Core Courses
ME 720: Advanced Thermodynamics
ME 721: Advanced Fluid Mechanics
ME 722: Heat and Mass Transfer
ME 723: Fuels and Combustion
ME 724: Thermal Power Systems
ME 725: Turbomachinery
ME 726: Computational Fluid Mechanics
ME 727: Fluidization
ME 728: Energy Studies
ME 729: Gas Dynamics
III.
Units
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Metallurgical and Materials
Core Courses
Units
ME 730: Furnace Technology
3
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732:
733:
734:
735:
736:
737:
738:
739:
774:
775:
Iron and Steel Metallurgy
Non-Ferrous Metal Production
Advanced Physical Metallurgy
Process Metallurgy
Powder Metallurgy
Defects in Crystals
Deformation Processing
Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
Composite Materials
Advanced and Modern Materials
Advanced Engineering Materials
IV.
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Design Engineering and Solid Mechanics
Core Courses
ME 740: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Design
ME 741: Mechanical Vibration
ME 742: Theory of Elasticity
ME 743: Theory of Plasticity
ME 744: Computer-Aided Design
ME 745: Fracture and Fatigue Mechanics
ME 746: Material Selection and Costing
ME 747: Advanced Engineering Dynamics
ME 748: Advanced Strength of Materials
ME 749: Plant Design
V.
Units
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Foundry Engineering
Core Courses
ME 750: Ferrous Foundry Technology
ME 751: Mould and Core Making Materials and Methods
ME 752: Non-Ferrous Foundry Technology
ME 753: Modern Foundry Processes
ME 754: General Foundry Methodology
ME 755: Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy
ME 756: Inspection and Quality Control
ME 757: Heat Treatment of Castings
ME 758: Heat Transfer and Solidification of Castings
ME 759: Foundry Planning and Design
VI.
Units
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Energy and Environment Engineering
Core Courses
ME 760: Introduction to Energy Studies
ME 761: Management of Energy Systems
ME 762: Fossil Fuels and Combustion
Units
3
3
3
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764:
765:
766:
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768:
769:
770:
771:
776:
777:
Thermal Power Plant Engineering
Fluidized Bed Combustion Technology
Energy from Wastes
Energy and Pollution
Energy Economics
Direct Energy Conversion
Biomass
Solar Energy
Hydropower Energy
Energy Management
Sustainable Development and Impacts on Technology
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
8.3.7 Course Description
ME 701:
Departmental Seminar (1 unit)
The presentation is normally a small self-contained investigation associated with one
of the main research proceedings in the department. It may, however, concern a
problem connected with the graduate student’s own particular industrial interest.
Students are required to attend all departmental seminars.
ME 703:
Research and Experimental Techniques (2 units)
Use of Libraries, literature searching and information patenting; verifying of papers
and report organization of research, experimental planning; general principles of
linear and angular measurements; measurement of straightness, flatness;
squareness alignment, roundness and circularity; circuit techniques; mechanical,
optical, electrical and pneumatic measuring methods as applied to pressure
measurements of load, deflection and strain; measurement of steady and unsteady
pressure measurements, pressure sensitive elements; flow measurements; statistical
analysis of experimental results; computer use in design and analysis of systems.
ME 705:
Numerical Analysis and Computation (3 units)
Numerical methods for solving linear and non-linear algebraic equations; Iteration,
optimization techniques; Numerical differentiation and integration, solution partial
differential equation with engineering application; finite difference formulation and
application to engineering problems,; Computer programming; Techniques and
languages. Various energy theorems and their engineering applications; Finite
element methods; Computer application to these numerical approaches.
ME 707:
Finite Element Methods (3 units)
Finite Element Theory; the concept of an element; Various Element shapes (Beams,
Plates, Solid elements, Axisymetric Elements); Trial Functions, Shape Functions,
Higher-Order Elements, Calculation of element Matrix; Element Transformation;
Assemblage of Element Matrices; Boundary Conditions, Band width; solution of
Global Equations; Rayleigh-Ritz and Weighted Residual Methods. Application of Finite
element Methods; Plane Stress and Plane Strain Analysis; Torsion of Prismatic
Shafts. Finite Strain Tensors and Associated Stress Tensor; Solution procedure for
Static problems. Linear Modes, Iteration Schemes for Transient Response, Mass
matrix (consistent and Luped) Heat Transfer. Variation formulation; Element
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Boundary Matrices; Linear Triangular Element, Linear Triangle Application; Internal
source, Free Convection; Linear Rectangles; General Elements; Numerical Integrated
arrays; Orthographic Conduction. Axi-symmetric Formation; Radiation effect.
ME 709:
Project Management (3 units)
Project Feasibility Analysis, Project Planning, Project Formulation, Project Design
Project Scheduling and Control using Network Methods. Project Costing, Cost
Duration Analysis. Limited Resource Scheduling. The Resource Balancing Problem.
Project Appraisal Project Appraisal. Project Reporting.
ME 710:
Industrial and Production Management (3 units)
Industrial Relations, Health and Safety at work; Company Structures; Production
Planning and Control; Plant Layout Systems, Work-Study, Method Study and Work
Measurement, Time Study, Material Handling Equipment, Ordering, Inventory
Control; Labour and Labour control. Job evaluation, Training and Implementation
changes. Batch production control, Flow System Control.
ME 711:
Metal Forming and Production Processes (3 units)
Plastics and High energy Forming; Yield Criteria, Plastic Flow Equipment, Slip line
Field Theory; Theoretical analysis of Selected Forming Processes such as Wire
Drawing, Rolling, Extrusion, Blanking and Piercing Forging, High-Energy Forming
Methods.
Technological and Metallurgical Aspects of Forming Processes: Forging, Rolling,
Sheet and Wire Drawing, Shearing Processes, Coining, Bending. e.tc. Industrial
Finishing: Polishing Burning, diamond tools, wire brushing, harp rising barreling
vibratory electrolytic polishing, abrasive blast treatment. Roughening, sand blasting,
metal shot blasting, anodizing. Cleaning in solvent, alkaline, metal shot blasting.
Pickling and dipping. Plating: Copper, Nickel, Chromium and zinc. Converting coats.
Paints. Residual stress in metal forming processes evaluation, reduction and heat
treatment effect.
ME 712:
Advanced Metal Casting (3 units)
Concept of Net or Near-Net Processing and Technological Factors such as
dimensional accuracy, surface finish, energy efficiency and improved materials,
product integrity and reduced manufacturing costs; Technological characteristics,
Process Parameters and Control of Near-Net-Shape Casting Processes viz.
Investment Casting; Ceramic Moulding; Vacuum Moulding, Plaster Moulding;
Squeeze Casting and Recasting; Gravity, Low-pressure and High-Pressure Die
Casting Processes. Sand Reclamation.
Production, Properties, and Application of Spheroidal Graphite, Compacted Graphite
and Austempered Ductile Cast Iron. Analysis of important Casting Defects and
Remedial Measures. Salvaging of Casting.
ME 713:
Operations Research
(3 units)
Linear Programming (Simplex Method); Non-Linear Programming, Dynamic
Programming; application of Programming to Engineering problems; Project Planning
and Control, CPM and PERT, Cost-Time trade-offs; Research Scheduling (allocation).
Probabilistic Networks, Queuing Theory, Simulation Modelling; Transportation and
Assignment Models; Computer Applications to engineering Research Problems.
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ME 714:
Welding Engineering (3 units)
Detailed study of processing variables involved in joining materials by Welding,
Brazing and Adhesive Broaching, Testing Inspection and Properties of Welded Joints.
Stress Analysis of Welded Structures, including a brief introduction to Variational and
Finite element Methods. Weld defects and quality control including code
philosophies, Residual stresses and distribution welded studies, Fatigue and fracture
of welds. Effect of Corrosion and Residual Stresses on Weld Strength. Friction
Welding of Plasma Metals Metallurgical aspect of Welding.
ME 715:
Production Cost Analysis and Control (3 units)
Engineering Economics, Production Economics and the Significance of Production
Cost, Cost Analysis (objective & control); Investment Techniques, Review of
Standard and Marginal Costing, Overhead Absorption, Variance analysis, BreakAnalysis, Budgetary Control, Profit Planning and Profitability Analysis.
ME 716:
Advanced Machine Tools (3 units)
Metal Casting, Theory of Chip Formation, Angle of Tool Surface; Types of Tool
Materials available and their application. Cutting conditions for Economic Tool Life.
Machinability of work Piece Materials, Cutting action of Milling Cutters, Drills,
Broaches, e.t.c. Grinding Processes: Selection of Grinding Wheels and Quality of
Surfaced Produced; Lapping and Honing; New Metal Removal Processes;
electrochemical Machining and Spark Erosion. Machine Tools Construction: Principles
of Design of Machine Frames, Gear Boxes, Spindles, Bearings and Sideways; Factors
limiting the performance of Machine Tools; Economic Selection of Machine Tools;
Mechanical Devices for Automatic Controls; Electrical Control with Feedback and
Digital Programming.
ME 717:
Industrial Management and Statistics (3 units)
Functions of Managers; Organization for Production; Resource Allocation and
Scheduling, Probability Theory and Distribution; Statistical Measurements, Test of
Significance; Regression and Correlation Analysis.
ME 718:
Quality Control, Reliability and Ergonomics (3 units)
Quality control Principles and Concepts; Economics of Quality Organization and
Management of Control; Control Charts (for Variables and Attributes), Sampling
Systems and Defects Control, Material and Product Control. Reliability: Frequency
Distributions of Life and Reliability, Estimation of Distribution Parameters, Reliability
Design and Testing. Acceptance sampling, Life Testing. Exponential and Weibull
Models. Computer Applications in Quality Control; Use of National and International
Standards. Economics: Human Factors in Engineering, Application of Human Factors
and Engineering Practice in Accidents Prevention and Reduction of Health hazards.
ME 719:
Numerical Control of Machines (3 units)
Machine tool principles and applications, metal removal processes; theory of metal
cutting, tool materials, and tool life. Economics of machining. Heat in metal cutting.
Three-dimensional cutting. Vibration of Machine tools. Principles of numerical
control. Numerical control programming and programming languages and their
applications, Managerial problems of Numerical control, Theory of electro-chemical
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machining (E.C.M.) and practical applications. Electro-Discharge Machining (E.D.M)
theory and practical applications. Recent development in machine tools.
ME 720:
Advanced Thermodynamics (3 units)
Equilibrium of Thermodynamics Systems: Concept of Equilibrium, Spontaneous
change and Criterion of Stability. Thermodynamic Properties of systems of Constant
Chemical composition:- thermodynamics Properties, Thermodynamic Relations for
Pure Substances. Applications of Thermodynamic Relations. Relationships between
the Specific Heats at constant volume and Specific Heats as constant Pressure. The
Claudius:- Clapeyon Equation. Liquefaction of Gases:- Thermodynamics Properties of
Ideal Gases and Ideal Gas mixture of constant composition:- State Thermodynamic
Properties of ideal Gases and Ideal Gas mixture of Constant Composition:- State
Equation for all Ideal Gases. The Internal Energy and Enthalpy of an Ideal Gas,
Entropy for an Ideal Gas. Mixture of Ideal Gases. Heats of Reaction or Calorific
Values and Adiabatic Combustion. Heats of Formation And Hess’s Law. Entropy of
Ideal Gas Mixture: Thermodynamics Properties of Gas Mixture with Variable
Composition:- thermodynamic Relation for Mixture of Variable Composition the
chemical potential. Chemical Stoichiometry and Dissociation. Chemical Equilibrium
Process- Equilibrium and Frozen Flows. Application of Thermodynamics to special
Systems:- Elastic systems. System with surface tension. Reversible cell. Magnetic
Systems. Steady state or irreversible Thermodynamics, thermoelectricity.
ME 721:
Advanced Fluid Mechanics (3 units)
Governing Equations of Approximations: continuity and Navier – Stoke’s equation in
Cartesian and Cylindrical Polar Co-ordinate, Effects of Compressibility, Low Reynold’s
umber Flows, Boundary Layer concept and Inviscid Irrotational Flow. Irrotational
Flows: Velocity Potential and Stream Function, Laplace’s Equation, Simple Analytic
Flow Patterns and Analogy with Conduction Isotherms. Laminar Boundary Layers:
Momentum integral equation, prediction of growth and separation in a pressure
gradient. Turbulent Shear Flows: Turbulent Structure and Shear Stress, Eddy
Viscosity Concept, Mixing Length Models in Boundary Layers, Pipes and Boundary
Layers. Boundary Layer Velocity profiles and Development, Prediction in a Pressure
Gradient (head’s entrainment method). Flow Measurement: Prediction and control of
transition and separation, Fluidic Devices, Effect on heat Transfer. One Dimensional
compressible Flow: Gas Pipeline, with Friction and Heat Transfer, Transcent Flows
and Moving Shocks, Water Hammer with Instantaneous Shut-down, Rapid shutdown in Long Pipes with Gases and Liquids.
ME 722:
Heat and Mass Transfer (3 units)
Conduction Heat Transfer; Steady and Transient Heat Conduction for Various
Boundary Conduction. Heat Transfer by Convection. Thermal Radiation heat
Transfer. Heat Exchangers Tupes and Calculations. Mass transfer Diffusion in Twocomponent/Fluid phase Systems, Concentration. Film and Overall Coefficient and
Heat-mass analog, Schmidt Number. Momentum Transfer. Navier Stroke’s equation.
Boundary Layer Theory and Thickness, Velocity Distribution. Laminar and turbulent
Boundary Layers, Drag, Flow through Conduits and Flow through Submerged Bodies.
ME 723:
Fuels and Combustion (3 units)
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Methods and Technologies for Producing Clean Liquid, Gaseous and Solid Fuels from
Coal, Oil Shale and Tar Sands. Properties and Chemistry of Raw and Product Fuels.
Comprehensive Treatment of Combustion Processes in Homogeneous and
Heterogeneous Systems Example from Laminar Flames.
ME 724:
Thermal Power Systems (3 units)
Introduction: source of energy for Prime Movers, eg., Coals, Gas, Oil, Nuclear Power,
etc. Relative efficiencies of various power plant, e.g. IC Engines, Gas Turbines,
Steam Turbines, Power Stations. Reciprocating Engines: engine types; “sparkignition and Diesel, four-Stroke and Two Stroke, Scavenging Mechanics. Combustion
systems: Chamber Designs, Fuel Preparation Performance Calculations. Sparkignition engine Combustion; Phenomenological Models, Flame Speed Approaches,
Two-zone Models, Multidimensional Calculations. Boilers, Evolution, types and
Applications. Heat transfer, Fluid Flow and Water Circulation. Thermal Testing. Fire
tube boilers – Designs for Output, Efficiency and Reliability.
ME 725:
Turbomachinery (3 units)
One dimensional Performances of Turbo machine Stages. Analysis and Production of
Stage Power Transfer – Factors influencing Losses and Efficiency Performance of
Multi-stage Compressible Flow Machines. Circulation in Two dimensional Cascade
Flows and its Relationship to Energy Transfer and Blade Surface Diffusion. Machine
Losses and their Relationship to Surface Diffusion and Vortex Rool-up Behaviour.
Combustion chamber Design. Blade croling. Engine Arrangements. E.g, Turbotan,
Reheat, Variable Inlet Geometry, e.t.c. Turbocharger Components.
ME 726:
Computational Fluid Mechanics (3 units)
Numerical Operations for Differentiation and Integration: the Linear, Quadratic and
Central Difference Interpolation formulas. Fluid-Flow Problems represented by
ordinary Differential Equations: One-dimensional, compressible flows involving
Simultaneously Two or more of the effects such as Friction, Heat Transfer, e.t.c.
Solution of the Boundary Layer Thickness as a function of position arising from the
use of the von-Karman Integral Momentum Equation particularly where there is nonzero pressure gradient in the free stream. Solution of the Non-linear Blansins
equation for determining the velocity profile. Introduction to Numerical Integration
and Ordinary Differential Equations. Steady-Flow Problems represented by Partial
Differentials Equations: An Introduction to Steady-flow Boundary-Value Problems:
Potential Flow, Viscous Laminar Incompressible flow in a Duct, and Numerical
solution of the Navier– Stoke’s Equation for Low Reynolds numbers.
ME 727:
Fluidization (3 units)
Regimes of Fluidization, Slugging, Spouted and Partientate Fluidized Beds motion of
a Single Bubble in Fluidized Beds. Bubble Behaviour and Growth in a Multi-Bubble
Bed. Properties of Emulsion Phase in Dease Bubbling Beds. Gas-Solid reactions.
Treatment of Particle Ensembles. Conversion of Gas in Bubbling Systems. Analysis of
Non-catalytic Gas Solid Reactions. Applications to Heat Exchangers and Fluidized Bed
Combinators.
ME 728:
Energy Studies (3 units)
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Non-renewable Resources, Methods and Technologies for Producing Liquid, Gaseous
and Solid Fuels from Coal, Oil, Shale and Tar Sands, etc. Product Fuels, Conversion
fundamentals and Integrated Plant Designs. Environmental, Considerations. Plant
and Economics, Future Requirements and Developments. Renewable Resources:
Basic elements of energy Production from Wind, Solar, Tidal, Wave, Geothermal and
Biomass. Application of Building Heating and Cooling Systems, Industrial and
Electricity Generating Plants, Plant Designs and Economics.
ME 729:
Gas Dynamics (3 units)
Fundamental Treatment of Problems in Non-equilibrium Gas Dynamics involving
Simultaneous Occurrence of Chemical Reaction and Transport of Mass, Momentum
and Energy. Applied chemical Kinetics. Conservation Equations considering Chemical
Reaction and Multispecies Diffusion. Relaxation Phenomena Method. Characteristics
of Non-equilibrium flows. Acoustic waves, Shocks, Flames, Detonations, their
Propagation and Structure. High-temperature Gas Flow in Jets, Nozzles, Hypersonic
Boundary Layers. Chemical Effects on Turbulence; Engineering Applications.
ME 730:
Furnace Technology (3 units)
Refractories; Properties, Classification, Processing and Transformations during
Processing, Testing and Applications. Heat General for Furnace Operation; Solid,
Liquid and Gaseous fuels, Kinetics of Combustion and Heat Transfer. Heat Transfer,
Heat losses and Heat Recovery in Furnace; Burners, Electrical Heating in Furnaces.
Furnace Design; Combustion Calculation, Material and Heat Balance Calculation for
Smelting and Refining Furnaces. Design Calculations for electrical furnaces.
ME 731:
Iron and Steel Metallurgy (3 units)
Production of Coke, Pig Iron, Sponge Iron, Cast Iron and Carbon Steels.
Construction and Operational Characteristics of Furnace and Bassemer and Oxygen
Converters. Melting Process, Reduction and Oxidation Periods of Melting.
Desulphurization and blow operations. Gases in Metals, the Relationship between
Carbon and Oxygen in Liquid Metals. Manufacture of Low-alloy and High-alloy Steels,
Alloy Cast Irons, High Strength, heat Resistance and Tool Steels, Deep-drawing
Steels and Stainless steels. Construction.
ME 732:
Non-Ferrous Metal Production (3 units)
Properties, uses, manufacturing techniques and metallurgical considerations of nonferrous metals including copper, aluminium, nickel, chromium and magnesium and
their alloys; the applications of these non-ferrous metals in engineering; fluxing,
degassing and rain refining of non-ferrous alloys.
ME 733:
Advanced Physical Metallurgy (3 units)
Development and Stability of Metallurgical Microstructure. Effect of Microstructure on
Mechanical Properties such as Strength and Hardness. Structures produced by
Plastic Deformation and Annealing. Recovery, Re-crystallization, Grain Growth,
Deformation and Annealing Textures. Coarsening and Thermal Stability. Deformation
and Strengthening Mechanisms. Deformations maps. Typical Alloys stems.
ME 734:
Process Metallurgy (3 units)
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Classification of Extractive Metallurgy Processes. Gas-solid Reactions and Oxide
Reduction. Slag-metal Reactions in Smelting. Metallurgical Processes such as Iron
Blast Furnace, Basic Oxygen Steel Making; Direct Reduction and Electric Furnace
Steel Making, Stainless Steel Making by the AOD process; Copper Smelting,
Manganese Nodule Processing by liquid ion exchange separation; Halide Processing;
Ferroalloy Production.
ME 735:
Powder Metallurgy (3 units)
Production and Testing of Metal Powders. Compacting, Sintering of Compacts.
Theory of Sintering with and without a liquid phase. Furnaces and atmospheres. Hot
Pressing properties of sintered Powder and their relation to processing conditions.
Industrial Applications.
ME 736:
Defects in Crystals (3 units)
Treatment of Point, Line and Plane Defects in Crystals. Discussion of Geometrical
Structures and various Physical Properties such as Stress Fields, Energies and
Mobility. Interaction between Defects including Point Defects Clustering, Point of
Defect Dislocation Climbs. Grain boundaries as Point Defects sources/sinks;
Dislocation Energies and Motions and their relation to Mechanical Properties.
ME 737:
Deformation Processing (3 units)
Processing for Shape Change and Property control by Plastic Deformation. Yield
behaviour in Isotropic and Anisotropy Materials, Continuum Plasticity, Use of
Constitutive Relations, Structural Basis of Anisotropy, Upper Bound of Forces,
Friction Control, Flow Instability, Draw Ability and Super Plasticity. Theory of Metal
Working Operations and Metal Flow Experimental Approaches to Metal Processing.
ME 738:
Mechanical Behaviour of Materials (3 units)
Review of Elasticity Theory, Elements of Plasticity Theory, Strengthening
Mechanisms in Metals. Mechanical Behaviour of Polymers. Application and Principles
of Linear Elastic Fracture . Mechanics to Brittle Fracture and to Fatigue Crack
Propagation. Micro Mechanisms of Fracture (cleave, ductile fracture, fatigue, creep
stress corrosion cracking). Principles of Failure Analysis. Study of Mechanical
Behaviour of Pure Metals and Alloys above the minimum Re-crystallization
Temperature. Mechanisms of Deformation and Fracture at Elevated Temperatures
Creep Theories. Applications of Stress Rupture and Thermal Fatigue Testing.
Strengthening Principles of Super Alloys and Refractory Metals.
ME 739:
Composite Materials (3 units)
Techniques of Processing Metal, Ceramic and Polymer Composites. Special problems
in Composites such as Failure Mode, Bonding, Inter Laminar Failure and Elastic and
Thermal Stress Concentration. Elastic properties of Constituent Components and
Laminated Structure based on Tensor and Matrix Notation. Property Prediction of
Isotropic and Anisotropic Structures using Theoretical and Empirical Models.
ME 740:
Advanced Mechanical Engineering Design (3 units)
Engineering Design, Industrial Design, Optimum Design Realization. Stress Analysis
in Design Models and prototypes. Patents and Design Registration Launching a
product, Group Design projects.
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ME 741:
Mechanical Vibration (3 units)
Review of Free, Forced and Damped Vibrations of Systems. Response to Harmonic,
Periodic and Non-periodic Excitations. Multi-degree of Freedom systems. The
Lagrange’s Equations’ Vertical displacement, D’Alembert’s Principles, Lagrange’s
Equations, Generalized Forced-Matrix methods applied to Multi-degree of Freedom
systems. Transient Vibrations. Numerical Methods. 30 h (T) 45h (P).
ME 742:
Theory of Elasticity (3 units)
Theory of Elasticity, Equilibrium, Compatibility, Stress Strain Relations, Compatibility
Equations in Rectangular Co-Ordinates Compatibility Equations and Solutions in polar
coordinates. Stress Concentration around Circular Holes, Rigid Attachment, Rim
Reinforcement. Energy Methods of Structural analysis. Membrane analysis of Shells,
Stress Resultants, Deformations, Flat Plates in Bending Equilibrium, MomentCurvature Relationships. Rectangular plates. Circular plates under axially symmetric
loading; Use of standard solutions. Edge solutions for Cylindrical Shell under Axisymmetric Loading (Beam on elastic Foundation), Edge Coefficients.
ME 743:
Theory of Plasticity (3 units)
Definitions of Stress, Strain Rate, Idealized and Empirical Stress-Strain Curves.
Effects of Temperature, Strain Rate, Pressure on Material Properties. Three
dimensional stress and Strain, Invariants, Molar’s caroled. Yield criteria, Stress-Space
Representation, Stress-Strain Relations, Plastic Potential, Maximum Work Hypothesis.
Effective Stress-Strains. Simple Forging and Simple Metal Forming Analysis. Friction
Plastic Bending and Torsion; Residual Stresses Pressurized Thick Hollow sphere and
Cylinder, Residual stresses, influence Displacement. Plastic Instability. Thin Tubes,
Spheres, diaphragms. Load Bounding, Tangential Velocity Discontinuities. Plane
Strain.
ME 744:
Computer Aided Design (3 units)
Hardware: Display Devices, Hardcopy Devices, Interactive Input devices
Transformations; Translation; Rotation; Scaling; Reflection; shear Homogeneous Coordinates; Rotation about an Arbitrary Axis, Composite Transformations. Three
Dimensional Viewing; Parallel and Perspective Viewing Transformations; Geometric
Modelling; Wire Frame Representation; Free Form Surface; Parametric Equations;
begiod spine curves; Solid Modelling; Constructive Solid Geometric Boolean
Operations. Basic Design Calculations.
ME 745:
Fracture and Fatigue Mechanics (3 units)
Review of Stress Strain Relations in Fracture Mechanics, Theories and Modifications
of Recent Advancements. Role of Solid Structure on Cleavage and Ductile Fracture.
Fatigue Phenomenon, Theories and Recent Advancements. Environmental Effects.
Embitterment. Crack Initiation and Growth. Fracture of Specific Materials, Thermal
and High Strain Fatigue, Fatigue Life Distribution Cumulative Damage. Fracture
Mechanics, Analysis of Fatigue. Crack Propagation and Brittle fracture.
ME 746:
Material Selection and Costing (3 units)
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Motivation for selection; Cost Basis for Selection, Establishment of Service
Requirements and Failure Analysis. Selection for Mechanical properties, Static
Strength. Toughness. Stiffness. Fatigue. Creep and Temperature Resistance.
Selection for Surface Durability, Selection for Corrosion Resistance; Selection for
Wear Resistance; Relationship between Materials Selection and materials processing.
ME 747:
Advanced Engineering Dynamics (3 units)
Non-linear Vibrations; Origin of Non-linearity, Phase Plane, Duffing equation, Van
Der Pole equation, Stability, Continuum Mechanics; Itamiltoris Principle; One
dimensional system; Galerkin and Ritz Methods. Effects of Mechanical Vibrations,
Periodic, Random, and Transient Signal Analysis. Mechanical sources of Noise and
Vibration. Reduction Techniques. Physiological and Legal aspects of Noise. Rigid
Body Dynamics.
ME 748:
Advanced Strength of Materials (3 units)
Advanced Topics in Bending Moments and Shear Force Beams. Stress and Strain in
Shells under Internal and External Pressure. Columns and Struts. Bending of Beams
Transformation of Stresses Mohr circle. Failure Theories. Thick Walled Pressure
Vessel.
ME 749:
Plant Design (3 units)
Design Objectives, Systems Engineering, Value and Optimization Concepts. Decision
Making under Risk and under Uncertainty; Subjective decision-making. Baye’s
theorem. Plant availability, reliability and maintainability Prediction, Economic
considerations, Life-circle costs, Financial and manpower Resource Allocation for
Plant Operation. Design Review Strategy and Analysis Methods. Quality Assurance;
Design Obligations; Contractual Agreements, Planning large-scale Design Projects.
Component Design, Modular Construction. The application of CAD to Plant Design.
ME 750:
Ferrous Foundry Technology (3 units)
Classification, Structure, Properties and Application of SG, CG and Malleable Irons.
Carbon and Alloy Steels. Constructional Details and Operation of Cupola, Induction,
Ore and Rotary Furnaces, Charge Calculation and Irregularities in Cupola Operation.
Inoculation, Desulphurization, Nodularisation and Malleabilication Practices for Cast
Irons. Acid and Basic Practices; Oxidation and Refining, Fluxing, Sulphur and
Phosphorus Removal, Deoxidation; Methods of Degassing, Tapping and Pouring for
Carbon and Alloy Steels Melt Quality Control Tests. Moulding and Core making
Practices; Fetting and Salvaging of Castings, Casting Defects and Remedial
Measures.
ME 751:
Mould and Core Making Materials Methods (3 units)
Sand: Classification and Characteristics of different types of Sand; Grain Size Shapes,
Distribution and its Effect on Properties. Testing of Sand. Binders: Clays, Linseed oil,
Dextrin, Sodium Silicate and Molasses, their Characteristics and quality Tests,
Bonding Mechanism. Additives and Washes:- their role and Washes, Conventional
Mould and Core-making Methods; Green and Dry Sand Methods, CO2 Method. Oil
Sand and Shell Sand practices, Development in Processes for Quality and Rapid
Production of Mould and Cores.
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ME 754:
General Foundry Methodology (3 units)
Foundry Pattern Material, their Characteristics and Selection Criteria; Pattern
Allowances and Layout; Pattern Making, Hand Tools and Machinery Pattern Coatings,
Storage and Repair. Principles of Casting Design; Mass, Shape, and Size Effects,
Dimensional Design Factors; Simplification of Foundry Practice. Elements and Types
of Gating Systems and their Functions; Fundamentals of Fluid Flow in Gating.
Aspiration Effect, Slag Traps and Filters; Design of Gating Systems for Different Cast
Alloys. Principles of solidification of Castings-Directional and Progressive
Solidification; shape, Size, Location and Number of Risers; Feeding Range, Feeding
Efficiency and Feeding Aids, Design of Risers for Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Alloys.
ME 755:
Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy (3 units)
Development and Stability of Metallurgical Microstructures and its Effects on
Mechanical Properties; Structures Produced by Plastic Deformation and Annealing;
Recovery, Recrystallization and Grain Growth. Deformation and Annealing Textures;
Coarsening and Thermal Stability; Deformation and Strengthening Mechanisms;
typical Alloy System.
ME 756:
Inspection and Quality Control (3 units)
Classification of Destructive and Non-destructive Methods of Inspections Principle
and Testing Techniques, Merits and Demerits and Field of Application; Sampling
Inspection Scheme. Quality and Cost Consideration; Quality Engineering; Chill
Testing, Thermal analysis and Modularity Assessment; Evaluation of Casting.
Statistical Quality Control; Control Chart; Quality Improvement and Defect
Minimization through Team Approach; Product Failures due to mechanical
Properties, Environmental Effects and Dynamic Working Conditions, Fractography
and Failure Analysis.
ME 757:
Heat Treatment of Castings (3 units)
Alloying Behaviour of Iron and Decomposition of Austenite; Pearlitic Bainitic and
martensitic Transformations; Theory of Age Hardening. Annealing, Normalising,
Hardening and Tempering Treatments for Components, Concept of Hardness,
Hardenability, Mass Effects, e.t.c; Surface Hardening Techniques such as Nitriding,
Carburising, Cyaniding, e.t.c. Heat Treatment of Carbon and Alloy Steels, Cast Irons
and Non-ferrous (Al, Mg, and Cu-based) alloys, Defects due to Heat Treatment,
Causes and Remedial Action.
ME 758:
Heat Transfer and Solidification of Castings (3 units)
Steady State Conduction in One Dimension, Multilayer Wall with specified Boundary
Temperatures; Overall Heat Transfer Co-efficient; Steady Two Dimensional Problems
and their Solutions; Unsteady Problems and Laplace Transforms; Heat Transfer
through Furnace Walls; Solidification of Castings; Sand and Metallic Moulds;
Estimation of Solidification Time and Rate of Heat Transfer, Free and Forced
Convection in Compressible and Incompressible Flows; thermal radiation and
Radiation Characteristics; Shape Factors; Combine Convection and Radiation;
Selected Problems in Foundry Applications.
ME 759:
Foundry Planning and Design (3 units)
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Project Planning, Costing and Estimating for Castings; Types of production; Market
Research, Materials Control, Concept of Productivity and its Improvement, Human
Resources Development and Evaluation. Location of Foundry, Consideration for Site
Selection; Estimation of Plant Capacity, Equipment and Manpower Requirements;
Functional Design for Adequacy of Capacity, Flexibility Balance and Economy;
Materials Handling Equipment, Characteristics and Selection; Foundry Layout and
Facilities Planning.
ME 760:
Introduction to Energy Studies (3 units)
Energy resources demand, supply and cost, future projections. Projections of energy
demands. A substitution of conventional sources of energy by alternative sources.
Energy Conservation patterns of energy use. Domestic energy requirements.
Commercial and public buildings. Energy Utilization in agriculture, transport and
manufacturing. Efficiency of energy utilization. Pollution from fossil fuel combustion.
Environmental problems. Air pollution, radiation hazards, accidents and selection.
Transport of fuels and wasted, Waste disposal. Environmental and social aspects.
ME 761:
Management of Energy Systems (3 units)
Designing, Initiating and managing of Energy systems, Energy audit, Energy sources
and rate structures; economic Evaluation; lighting heating, ventilation and air
conditioning; management of Combustion processes and the use of industrial wastes
steam generation and distribution; control systems and computers; maintenance;
insulation; process energy management; Alternative Energy sources and water
management.
ME 762:
Fossil Fuels and Combustion (3 units)
Solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels and their derivatives and properties. Proximate and
ultimate analysis. Comprehensive treatment of fuels. Combustion calculations.
Burner design-oil and gas burners. Pulverized coal combustion, Grate combustion.
Fluidized bed combustion systems. Internal combustion engines. Mass and energy
balances Chemical equilibrium. Theoretical flame temperatures. Calculation of actual
flame temperatures. Flame emissive. Application to combustion plant-(heat recovery,
Boiler and furnace efficiency, Gasification problems).
ME 763:
Thermal Power Plant Engineering (3 units)
Introduction to power generation system: History and present status of energy
resource. Electrical power, energy sources for modern power plants. Power systems
and utility demand patterns. Modern electric generating stations, Economic of
electric production. Fossil-fuelled steam power plants: introduction to power plants
systems and components; fuel handling and preparation; steam generation
configuration. Steam generation analysis etc. Air circulating and hearing system.
Water treatment systems, cooling towers, Emission control systems, waste disposal.
Nuclear power stations: Principles of Nuclear fossil. Nuclear core analysis, power
reactor system. Fuel design and analysis Thermal analysis. The nuclear fuel cycle.
Internal combustion engines; Diesel and petrol generators. Diesel power plant, Gas
Turbine. Production of mechanical Energy: the steam cycle. Gas turbine power
plants. Combined eyeles. Steam and Gas turbines. Turbine configuration; Turbine
analysis; off-design turbine analysis, Turbine control, hydraulic turbines and
prompted storage.
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ME 764:
Fluidized Bed Combustion Technology (3 units)
Introduction: Fluidization. Advantages and disadvantages of fluidization for industrial
operations. Grass behavior of fluidized bed. Minimum fluidizing velocity. Terminal
velocity and pressure drops of fluidized Types of fluidization, bubble formation and
importance of distributor, voidage in fluidized beds: variation in size distribution in
the height; viscosity and fluidity in fluidized beds. Analysis if fluidized bed
combustion system in comparison with conventional furnaces. Combustion of solid
fuel in fluidized bed. Control of NOx and SO2 in fluidized bed combustion systems.
Power consumption. Heat transfer calculation, Radiations from fluidized beds. Heat
transfer. The design of fluidized beds at atmosphere pressure.
ME 765:
Energy from Wastes
(3 units)
Type of waste generation form various sources. Disposal methods, recycling, solid
waste disposal, channel and liquid wastes, radio-active waste and interaction with
the soil and rocks, gaseous waste, municipal, industrial, and domestic waste disposal
practices, hydrological implication of waste disposal, interaction between waste and
natural materials. Public Health Act and local By-laws; interpretation, methods of
enforcement, sorting, collection, transportation, salvage and disposal, Re-use of solid
waste.
ME 766:
Energy and Pollution (3 units)
World energy supply options, extraction of energy from fossil fuels, nuclear energy,
hydropower, geothermal energy, biomass and other renewable energy sources,
energy systems in Nigeria, cost analysis and conservation measures, different use of
energy, types and sources of pollutants, cleaner production technology and industrial
technology, pollution from this source of power generation, radiation damage in
reactors and its effect on surrounding pollution, protection from radio-activity and
the methods used.
ME 767:
Energy Economics (3 units)
Introduction source of income, Energy costing, cost of fuels, Effect of energy type on
costs. Rate, Fixed element, Customer element. Cost of equipment, total cost of
energy, the investors’ profit, Depreciation and replacement, Theory of rates of
Mailing up rate structures, Energy in economic development.
ME 768:
Direct Energy Conversion (3 units)
Elementary magneto hydrodynamics; power cycles using MHD cycles analysis.
Design and MHD generators; conductivity enhancement system consideration,
materials, plasma diodes, fabrication theory; performance applications;
electrohydordynamic generators. Thermal to electrical conversion. Thermoelectric
effects. Thermoelectric materials and transport phenomena. Thermoelectric effects.
Thermoelectric generators, semi-conductor devices, principles of photovoltaic cells.
Fabrication, performance and application of solar cells. Chemical to electrical
conversion. Theory of fuel cells, principles. Performance, applications, Photo
galvanic.
ME 769:
Biomass (3 units)
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Introduction, Biomass classification. Biomass sources and production; Direct
combustion for heat; technical and economic problems of biomass combustion.
Pyrolysis: Charcoal production. Disadvantages of traditional charcoal production
processes. Oil production. Wood gas production. Traditional and Industrial charcoal
production. Gassification processes; Alcohol fermentation; anaerobic digestion for
biogas. Air steam and oxygen gasification.
ME 770:
Solar Energy (3 units)
Solar Radiation: source and nature, solar constant, terrestrial and extra-terrestrial
solar intensities; direct, diffuse, and total solar intensities; measurement and
prediction of solar energy intensities; solar angles and their relationships;
relationship between solar and local time; solar energy conversion: conversion to
heat, solar energy collectors, flat plate and focusing collectors; thermal losses,
optical losses, useful gains and efficiencies; performance analysis of collectors; direct
conversion to electricity; photovoltaic (PV) cells and their characteristics; solar
energy systems: solar energy activated power cycles; solar water heating systems,
solar water heating systems, solar cooling systems; simulation and optimization of
solar energy stems; PV system components and system design; economics of solar
energy systems: simple payback period; discounted payback period; replacement
energy payback period; incentives of encourage use of solar energy.
ME 771:
Hydropower Energy (3 units)
Introduction to hydropower, principle of operation; types of turbine, hydroelectric
system, hydraulic ram pump; assessing the resource of small hydropower
installations; design considerations for hydro-stations; design of hydro-plants and
turbines.
ME 772:
Quality and Manufacture (3 units)
Typical assignment may include: Japanese industrial competitive advantage
investigation, analysis of business failures in manufacturing, application of JIT
techniques for continuous improvement, creative problem solving workshop, process
capability and control studies, quality culture and strategy, the development of
quality thinking through the study of the work of internationally recognised masters,
international comparisons of quality strategies through levels of conformance,
continuous performance movement, and integration of innovation; framework for
quality studies: total quality management (TQM) BS7850, quality and the
environment BS7750, quality systems BS5750; the European Quality Model and
corporate systems; system intervention strategies, creative problem solving, and
project management models; quality applications and business processes; designing
and implementing quality related studies in customer care, logistics and technical
and human resource systems; lean manufacturing, optimisation and waste
minimisation; process control systems and the use of techniques in performance
analysis.
ME 773:
Virtual Prototyping for Production (3 units)
Robotic sensors: introduction to a wide range of industrial transducers and sensors
and their main features; use of sensors in automation; introduction to image and
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vision processing; safety in the working environment: safety practices and systems;
safety considerations in designing and operating automated cells; system planning
and analysis: workplace analysis, evaluation, optimum system solutions; virtual
systems and prototyping methods, cost effectiveness study, implementation
planning; Robot End Effectors Specification and Design Gripper mechanisms and
materials; process related end effectors and special applications (use of suction
cups, etc); system models and graphics; human factors and systems: definition of
human factors and systems including machine interfaces, mechanical and automated
systems together with system characteristics hierarchy; environment and component
function; identification of human factor research methods; minor physical activities
and control system: appreciation of the design of hand tools and other workspace
devices; consideration of causes of injury and design or inhibit personal damage;
anthropometrical data and workspace design: considerations of physical space,
illumination, noise, heat and cold; appreciation of the limiting factors in terms of
workspace environment; minor factors applications in systems dynamics:
understanding of system characteristics and the influence on stages in the design
process; recognition of the capabilities of people and machines including
comparative data; computer aids to workplace design; development of appreciation
of human error and work related topics such as selection of staff, training, task
mastering and safety.
ME 774:
Advanced and Modern Materials (3 units)
Definition and classification of materials; advanced polymeric composite materials:
reinforcements (glass, carbon, aramid, natural fibres); matrices (definitions and
features of thermoplastic and thermosetting matrices): laminate/hybrid/sandwich
composites (history, theory, construction and applications); advanced non-ferrous
and ferrous alloys; manufacturing of advanced and modern materials; advanced
computer-aided evaluation and selection of modern materials and manufacturing
technologies; structural integrity evaluation and non-destructive testing of advanced
and modern materials; nanotechnology and nano-materials; recycling and
environmental impact of materials; applications of advanced and modern materials.
ME 775:
Advanced Engineering Materials (3 units)
Life cycle of advanced materials and the materials revolution; evolution,
development, commercialization; high temperature materials- intermetallics, single
crystal materials, mechanical alloying; composites- fibres for reinforcement,
discontinuous and particulate reinforcement, laminated and sandwich structures;
metal, polymer and ceramic matrix composites; surface engineering- mechanisms of
wear and corrosion, measurement methods; thin film ceramic coatings; thick films
for thermal and wear barriers- methods and materials; joining- modern methods;
adhesives; ultra hard materials- transition carbides; nitrides, borides, diamond;
electronic and magnetic materials- metallic glasses; superconductors; smart
materials- shape memory, magneto-striation, piezo-electric, polymeric gals sensors
for intelligent systems; signal processing; recent development, e.g. nanotechnology,
fullerines, new alloys, micro machining; material data bases.
ME 776:
Energy Management (3 units)
Sources of energy data: statistics for conventional and renewable energies; current
research and techniques in energy management; potential for energy conservation,
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switches of energy resources, eco-indicators; review of plant efficiency
determination, importance of mass and energy balances in audit, energy accounting
methods and use of software, energy in buildings, degree day data, prediction of
energy losses, tariff structures and financial accounting; benchmarks and targets for
classes of building; examples of good practice in energy saving for plant and
buildings; fossil fuel properties and air pollution in boiler and furnace systems;
legislation including the large combustion plant directive; air pollution from diesel
and spark ignition engines and methods of control; combined heat and power
systems system characteristics; comparison of engine and boiler systems including
incineration; investigation into the operating characteristics of TOTEM micro-CHP
system; study of biomass combustion.
ME 777:
Sustainable Development and Impacts on Technology (3
units)
Meaning of the Brundtland definition of sustainable development; Rio Declaration
(1992); Agenda 21 and Local Agenda 21; environment, economics and ethicsdimensions of sustainable development; examples of sustainable and unsustainable
technologies; global environmental problems; the carbon, nitrogen and hydrological
cycles; world water, food, population distributions and imbalances; acid rain, ozone
depletion; green house gases and climate change; modelling of climate change; local
environmental problems; review of pollution to air, water and land; health problems;
criteria and standards for clean water and air; environmental legislation; review of
Nigerian Environmental Protection Act; control of pollution act; role of the
Environment Agency; examples of regulations for waste and water management and
environmental assessment; comparative studies on environmental legislation in
Nigeria, other developing countries- UK, USA and Japan; drivers for the introduction
of sustainable technologies; examples of carbon taxes, packaging regulations, landfill
levy, recycling targets, waste water pollutant discharge limits, emissions trading;
clean development mechanism; descriptions of sustainable technologies; examples
of industrial waste water treatment systems; renewable energy; materials recycling;
business opportunities; company green image and the green stake holder; financial
accounting for the environment- externalities; bench marking; eco-indicators and
consumer satisfaction; prediction of business opportunities; examples of profits from
best practice environmental schemes, e.g. aired and Calder project.
ME 791:
Computer-Aided Manufacture (3 units)
Introduction to Manufacturing systems Controls; Manufacturing Systems;
Management System and Information; Computer Applications to Manufacturing
Automation; Computer System and Information; Computer Applications to
Manufacturing Automation; Computer Application to Processes; Introduction to
Computer-Aided Design; Computer Tools for Engineering Analysis and Computer
Graphics.
ME 799:
Dissertation (10 units)
Dissertations assigned by the Department are on problems of relevance to the
locality; they may be theoretical, experimental, design or a combination of these;
basic purpose of dissertation is to improve students’ skill in research and Engineering
principles to solve practical problems.
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8.4 Doctor of Philosophy Degree Programme by Research in
Mechanical Engineering
8.4.1 Introduction
The Mechanical Engineering Department runs a postgraduate programme by
research in both full-time and part-time bases leading to the award of Doctor of
Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in the following areas:
i. Industrial and Production Engineering.
ii. Metallurgy and Materials Engineering.
iii. Thermo-Fluids and Power Plant.
iv. Design Engineering and Solid Mechanics.
v. Energy and Environmental Studies.
vi. Foundry Engineering and
vii. Manufacturing Processes.
8.4.2 Programme Objectives
The main objectives of the programme are:
i. To train academics and professionals for the public and private sectors
ii. To provide advanced training in the various areas of mechanical engineering
iii. To provide an avenue for in-depth problem solving research projects in
engineering for improved technological development.
8.4.3 Entry Requirements
Unless otherwise specified, the general regulations governing the Ph.D. degree
programme by research in the University of Maiduguri shall also apply. Candidates
seeking admission to the Ph.D. degree programme by research in Mechanical
Engineering should have a master’s degree with a minimum CGPA of 4.0 (60%) from
University of Maiduguri or any other University recognized by and acceptable to the
University of Maiduguri in any of the following disciplines:
i. Mechanical Engineering
ii. Agricultural Engineering
iii. Civil and Water Resources Engineering
iv. Electrical Engineering
v. Any other relevant disciplines acceptable to the department.
8.4.4 Duration of the Programme
i. From six to ten semesters for full-time students
ii. From eight to twelve semesters for part-time students
8.4.5 Programme Structure
a.
Minimum Courses/unit(s) Requirements
Seminar
Elective Courses
9 units
6 units
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Thesis
Total
b.
45 units
60 units
Curricular Layout
i. Compulsory Courses
Course Code and Title
ME 800: Non-Thesis Seminar I
ME 801: Non-Thesis Seminar II
ME 811: Seminar III
ME 812: Seminar IV
ME 899: Research-based Ph.D. Thesis
Total
Units
2
2
2
3
45
54
ii.
Elective Courses
A candidate shall take and pass a minimum of six (6) Credit units from among the
courses listed below. The courses will be selected in consultation with the
Supervisor(s) and the Head of Department.
Course Code and Title
Units
ME 802: Research Methodology
3
ME 803: Finite Element Analysis
3
ME 804: Advanced Energy Management
3
ME 805: Special Course in Advanced Engineering Materials
3
ME 806: Special Topics in Advanced Modern Materials
3
8.4.7
Course Description
ME 800:
Non-Thesis Seminar I (2 units)
A non-theses seminar which should be presented on a topic related to Mechanical
Engineering during the first semester of registration; attendance and participation in
other departmental and faculty seminars.
ME 801:
Non-Thesis Seminar II (2 units)
A non-theses seminar which should be presented on a topic related to Mechanical
Engineering during the second semester of registration; attendance and participation
in other departmental and faculty Seminar.
ME 802:
Research Methodology (3 units)
Review of basic statistical concepts; design of experiments; analysis of data and
presentation; curvilinear and multiple regression analysis; improving experimental
precision; use of computer software for engineering design and data analysis.
ME 803:
Finite Element Analysis (3 units)
Introduction, basic concepts; truss and beam elements; transformation matrix;
stresses and matrix methods; other finite element problems and interactive design;
numerical Integration; bending plate element; discrete Kirchhoff plate and shell
element; dynamic loading application; non-linear problem application in solving
vibration problem.
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ME 804:
Advanced Energy Management (3 units)
Sources of energy data; statistics for conventional and renewable energies; current
research and techniques in energy management; potential for energy conservation,
switching of energy resources, eco-indicators; review of plant efficiency
determination, importance of mass and energy balances in audit; energy accounting
methods and use of software; energy management in buildings; degree day data,
prediction of energy losses, tariff structures and financial accounting; benchmarks
and targets for classes of building; examples of good practice in energy saving for
plant and buildings; fossil fuel properties and air pollution in boiler and furnace
systems; legislation including the large combustion plant directive; air pollution from
diesel and spark ignition engines and methods of control; combined heat and power
systems, system characteristics; comparison of engine and boiler systems including
incineration; investigation into the operating characteristics of a TOTEM micro-CHP
system; study of biomass combustion.
ME 805:
Special Course in Advanced Engineering Materials (3 units)
Life cycle of advanced materials and the materials revolution, evolution,
development, commercialization; high temperature materials- inter-metallic; single
crystal materials, mechanical alloying, (Al-Li alloys); composites – fibres for
reinforcement – discontinuous and particulate reinforcement; laminated and
sandwich structures; metal, polymer and ceramic matrix composites; surface
engineering – mechanisms of wear and corrosion; measurement methods; thin film
ceramic coatings; thick films for thermal and wear barriers, methods and materials;
joining – modern methods, adhesives; ultra hard materials – transition carbides,
nitrides, borides, diamond; electronic and magnetic materials – metallic glasses,
superconductors; smart materials – shape memory; magneto-striation; piezoelectric, polymeric gals sensors for intelligent systems; signal processing; recent
developments – e.g nanotechnology; fullerenes; new alloys; micro machining;
material data bases.
ME 806:
Special Topics in Advanced Modern Materials (3 units)
Definition and classification of materials; advanced polymeric composites materials;
reinforcements (glass, carbon, Aramid, natural fibres); matrices (definitions and
features of thermoplastic and thermosetting matrices); laminate/hybrid/sandwich
composites (history, theory, construction and applications); advanced non-ferrous
and ferrous alloys; manufacturing of advanced and modern materials; advanced
computer aided evaluation and selection of modern materials and manufacturing
technologies; structural integrity evaluation and non-destructive testing of advanced
and modern materials; nanotechnology and nano-materials; recycling and
environmental impact of materials; applications of advanced and modern materials.
ME 811:
Seminar III (2 units)
Presentation of a seminar based on candidate’s research proposal in the first
semester of second year of registration.
ME 812:
Seminar IV (3 units)
A seminar based on the candidate’s research findings to be presented in the third
year of registration.
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ME 899:
Research-Based Ph.D. Thesis (45 units)
Candidates are required to undertake original research in their respective fields of
specialization and present a written thesis to the department for oral examination.
8.1 Staff List
(a)
Academic Staff
(1)
Anthony O. Inegbenebor
M.Sc. (Donetsk), Ph.D. (Wales)
AMIM (UK), MNSE, COREN Regd.
-
Professor
-
Visiting Professor
Materials/Metallurgy
(2)
Mobile: 08035013583
Ahmed T. Sulaiman
B.Eng. (Zaria), Ph.D. (UK)
FNSE, FNISE, COREN Regd.
Energy
(3)
E-mail: atsulaiman@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08037032618
Adamu A. Umar
B.Eng. (Zaria), M.Eng. (Bauchi), Ph.D. (Benin)
Visiting Reader
Production
(4)
(5)
MNSE, MIProdE, MIMechE, AMASME, COREN Regd.
E-mail: 08033149499
Mobile: aupins@yahoo.com
Oladiran K. Abubakre
M.Sc. (Donetsk), Ph.D. (Minna)
Metallurgy
MNSE, MNMS, MMSN, COREN Regd.
E-mail: 08056509326
Mobile: diranabubakre@yahoo.com
Mohammed Dauda
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Lagos), D.Eng. (Tokyo)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
Visiting Reader
-
Reader
Materials/Composites
(6)
E-mail: mdsmatt@gmail.co
Mobile: 07035285530
Abdulrahim A. Toyin
B.Eng. (Ilorin), M.Sc. (Ibadan), M.B.A (Maiduguri),
Ph.D. (Kano)
MNSE, MNIM, COREN Regd.
Senior Lecturer
Thermofluid/Energy
(7)
E-mail: engrabdulrahim@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08075708858
Aji Isuwa Sulaiman
Lecturer I
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M. Eng. (Minna), Ph.D. (UPM, Malaysia)
MNSE, COREN Regd.
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Material and Production
(8)
E-mail: suleimanaji@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08037862071
Zaka Audu Mshelia
B. Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Sc. (Ibadan)
MNSE, COREN Reg.
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Lecturer I
Industrial Engineering/Production
(9)
E-mail: zaklia2001@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07038318076
Garba Mohammed Ngala
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Eng. (Kano)
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Lecturer I
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Lecturer I
Energy
(10)
E-mail: ngala_g@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08025523713
Malah Ali Abba Aji
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Eng.( Minna)
Production
(11)
E-mail: birma4real2004@yahoo.com
Mobile: 07060740998
Gregory A. Okute
B.Sc. (Ravensborg), M.Sc. (Berlin)
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Lecturer I
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Lecturer I
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Lecturer I
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Lecturer I
Mechanics
(12)
E-mail: okutegrey43@gmail.com
Mobile: 07069008991
Fasiu A. Oluwole
B. Tech. (Yola), M.Sc. (Maiduguri)
MNIAE
Energy/Farm Power and Machinery
(13)
E-mail: engrfasiu@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08069594685
Oumarou Ben Mohammed
B.Eng. (Kano), M.Eng. (Yola), Ph.D. (Kano)
Energy
(14)
E-mail: mmbenomar@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08036305537
El-Jummah Abubakar Mohammed
B.Eng. (Maiduguri), M.Eng. (Kano)
Energy
(15)
E-mail: aljummah@yahoo.com
Mobile: +447501968405
Shodiya Sulaimon
B.Eng. (Ilorin), M.Sc. (Ibadan), PGD Ed. (Lagos)
Lecturer II
Production
(16)
E-mail: sulaimonshodiya@yahoo.com
Mobile: 08169108486
Victor Medugu Dagala
B.Tech.(Yola), M. Tech. (Bauchi)
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Graduate Assistant
Automobile
E-mail: victordagala@yahoo.com
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Mobile: 08030641408
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Non-Academic/Technical Staff
(1)
Kaka M. Kaigama
Mobile: 08065499314
(2)
Isaiah O. Andura
Mobile: 08038334315
(3)
Mohammed Shuwa
Mobile: 07035901564
(4)
Felicia O. Ijere (Mrs)
Mobile: 08038492362
(5)
Gloria Ishaya (Mrs)
Mobile: 08022919435
(6)
Musa Haruna
Mobile: 07067612447
(7)
Abba Bashir Mohammed
Mobile: 08033326217
(8)
Mohammed Adamu
Mobile: 08062484671
(9)
Tukur Isah
Mobile: 08022604552
(10) Shuaibu Saidu
Mobile: 08082022723
(11) Bwala Adamu Akau
Mobile: 08080379326
(12) Liman Izge
Mobile: 0802972448
(13) Balami E. Hyelakumi
Mobile: 08061119563
(14) Umar Usman
Mobile: 08034566615
(15) Adamu Daniel
Mobile: 08O6558881
(16) Ahmed Umar
Mobile: 08060324289
(17) Baba Hussani Bukar
Mobile: 08082513093
(18) Modu Gaidi
Mobile: 07057427188
(19) Hauwa Bukar
Mobile: 08139125805
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Chief Technologist
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Chief Technologist
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Principal Technologist
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Asst Chief Secretary
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Principal Technical Officer
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Higher Technical Officer
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Higher Technical Officer
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Senior Technologist
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Senior Foreman
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H.W/Supt.
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Executive Officer
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Workshop Supervisor
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Technical Officer
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Foundry Assistant
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Lab Assistant
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Lab Assistant
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Cleaning Supervisor
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Care Taker
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Care Taker
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