COURSE SYNOPSES

100 LEVEL

CH 101: GENERAL CHEMISTRY I      (3 UNITS)

Atoms, molecules and chemical reaction: Chemical equations and stereochemistry; Atomic structure, periodic classification of element and periodicity. Modern electronics theory of the atom; Radioactivity, chemical Boding; Starters and properties of matter, structure of solids; General gas equation; Kinetic molecular theory of gases, real gases Acids, Bases and salts Chemical Equilibrium constant, Factors influencing the position of equilibrium. Elementary Chemical Thermodynamics including Thermo-chemistry; Introduction to chemical Kinetics, Oxidation – reduction reactions, Basic electrochemistry, Principles of metal Extraction Chemistry of selected metals and Non-metals, Qualitative Analysis.

CH 102: GENERAL CHEMISTRY II            (3 UNITS)

Historical survey of the development and importance of Organic Chemistry; Empirical and Molecular Formulae Nomenclature and classes of organic compounds; Homology and Isomerism concept of hybridization isolation and purification of organic compounds; Qualitative and quantitative organic chemistry; Survey of reactions of functional groups in aliphatic and aromatic compounds. Stereochemistry; Determination of structure of organic compounds; Electronic theory in organic chemistry aldehydes, kehones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives; Stereochemistry; Simple sugar and synthetic polymers; periodic table and periodic properties; Valence forces; structure of solid The Chemistry of selected metals and non-metals; Qualitative analysis

CH 103 & CH 104: GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORIES (1 UNIT EACH)

Practical chemistry to cover CH 102 & CH 104

CS 101: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE I     (3 UNITS)

History of computers, functional components of computer, characteristics of a computer, software, problem solving flow charts; Algorithms, computer programming, states, symbolic names, arrays, subscripts, expressions and control statements. Introduction to BASIC or FORTRAN programming language, computer application, practical Exercise

CS 102: INTRODUCTION TO OMPUTER SCIENCE II        (3 UNITS)

Element of systems analysis, computer systems and management, management of data processing installation, data management, binary arithmetic, Boolean algebra AND OR NOT function,  Venn diagrams and truth tables. Modern computer storage techniques magnetic tape, cards, disc files and drums.

GS 101:  USE OF ENGLISH        (2 NITS)

Finding central information in sentences, taking notes from lectures and talks, recognizing sentence connections in a talk, making oral reports, basic reading techniques (3 skimming), scanning, SO3R), writing assignments and examination questions. Basic sentence structure, inverted sentences, co-ordinates and subordinate sentences, expands the sentence, problems with sentence construction (eg – agreement – between subject and verb the noun and its antecedent, shifts in person, number, subject, voice etc) run-on sentences, dangling modifiers, faulty parallelism; Tense problems, phrasal and other verbs, misuse of propositions; Organizing information at sentence level – given/new distinction, Focus and emphasis (focusing on the thing affected, selecting focus, the impersonal ‘it’)

GS 102: USE OF ENGLISH II      (2 UNITS)

Reading scientific texts – identification of overall idea in text, identification of main ideas of paragraphs, identification of patterns of organization of information in scientific texts, Study of grammatical features and vocabulary associated with scientific texts, cohesion and coherence, recognizing rhetorical divisions; Writing scientific texts – the paragraph in scientific writing, the problem solution model of paragraph organization, Describing objects and equipment, writing simple instructions

MA 121: ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS II           (3 UNITS)

Geometric representative of vectors in 1 - 3 dimensions, compounds, direction cosines, Addition, scalar multiplication of vectors; Linear independence, Scalar and vector products of two vectors. Differentiation and integration of vectors will respect to a scalar variable; two dimensional coordination geometric, straight lines, circles, parabola, ellipse, hyperbola; Tangents and normalcy Kinematics of a particle.  Components of velocity and acceleration of a particle moving on a plane force, momentum, laws of motion; under gravity, projectiles, resisted vertical motion, elastic sharing, simple pendulum; Impulse of two smooth spheres and of a sphere on a smooth sphere

MA 132: ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS III    (3 UNITS)

Function of a real variable graphs, limits and idea of community; the derivative, as limit of rare of change; techniques of differentiation; Extreme values, curve sketching. Integration as inverse of differentiation; Methods of integration; Definite integrals; Application to areas, volume

PH 101: GENERAL PHYSICS I   (2 UNITS)

Space and time framer of reference; units and dimensions, Kinematics, Fundamental laws of mechanics, static’s and dynamics, Galilean invariance; universal gravitation, work and energy; rotational dynamics and angular momentum conservation laws

PH 102: GENERAL PHYSICS II   (3 UNITS)

Mathematics/Molecular treatment of properties of matter, elasticity, Hooke’s law, Young’s, shear and bulk moduli, Hydrostatics, Streamlines, Bernoulli and continuity equations; turbulence,  Reynolds’s number; Viscosity, laminar flow, Poisecuille’s equation; Surface tension; adhesion, cohesion, capillarity, drops and bubbles. Temperature, the zero law of thermodynamics, heat, gas law, laws of thermodynamics; kinetic theory of gases, Applications

PH 103: GENERAL PHYSICS III    (3 UNITS)

Electrostatics, Electric current and conductors, Microscopic form of Ohm’s law; Dielectrics and capacitance; Magnetic fields; magnetic force on a current; torque on a current loop; moving coil instruments, Lorentz Force and the Hall effect, Electromagnetic induction Faraday’s and Lenz’s law of induction; basic principle of the transformation; applications, discharge of electricity through gases; thermonic emission, photoelectric effect

PH 104:  GENERAL PHYSICS IV    (2 UNITS)

Waves; Longitudinal and transverse stationary and traveling (progressive); Sound waves; propagation, speed of sound frequency pitch resonance; Noise and musical notes, Overtones in strings and air columns; Heats; Speed of light and its measurement; Rectilinear propagation of light

PH 107 & PH 108:  GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY   (1 UNITS EACH)

The introductory course emphasizes quantitative measurements, the Treatment of measurement errors, and graphical analysis. A variety of experimental techniques will be employed. The experiment include studies of, meters, the oscilloscope, mechanical systems, Electrical and mechanical resonance systems, light, heat viscosity and other topics covered in  PH 101, PH 102, PH 103, and PH 104

EG 102:  DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY  (3 UNITS)

Descriptive Geometry and Geometrical constructions, including tangents, normal, polygons, ellipse, parabola, hyperbolic, epicycloids etc

200 LEVEL

EG 201 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS I (3 UNITS)

First order ordinary differential equations and their solution by various methods. Linear differential equations; Systems of differential equations, stability, existence and uniqueness of solutions, series solution of ordinary differential equations; Laplace transforms

EG 202 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS II (3 UNITS)

Vector algebra; Vector differential calculus and it applicants; Line, double, and triple integrals; the theorems of strokes, and Green, materials and determinants; Eigenvalues and Eigenvector; Applicants of mastics to system of differential equations; Fourier analysis-series integral and transforms

EG 203 WORKSHOP PRACTICES II    (2 UNITS)

Introduction to basic equipment in wood, machine and welding shop; Elements of safety practice with the various tools used the workshop; Section of tools for elementary operations; Use of measuring instruments: calipers, micrometers, gauges sine bar. Practice in wood planner’s saws, sanders pattern making

CS 202 COMPUTER APPLICATION (3 UNITS)

Computing and engineering; Introduction to computer system; Computer hardware ad systems software. High level programming languages; structured design and programming; Algoriments and fluid chatting; Programming in Basic; The fundamentals of BASIC computations: Input/output; section, repetition and sub-router large amounts of data; Programming in Fortran; The fundamentals of FORTRAN: Computations; input/output: section; repetition and subroutine, Large amount of data.

EG 204 ENGINEERING DRAWING II (2 UNITS)

Isometric and oblique projections; Sectioning; Assembly drawing; working/part/production drawings, introduction to machine drawing: gears, threads and fasteners

EG 205: ENGINEERING DRAWIG I (2 UNITS)

Introduction to drawing instruments and their proper uses; Use of scales, lines work lettering and dimensioning: Pictorial/free-hand sketching: Orthographic projections of simple objects in first and third angle; Application of principles of projection of points and lines in space; True length, intersection and surface developments

EG 206 FLUID MECHANICS (2 UNITS)

Foundation concepts and properties of fluids: developments, scope and significance of fluid mechanics; fascial characteristics and properties of fluids; Fluid at rest: pressure at a point, pascal’s law; Pressure variation with elevation, pressure measurements, hydrostatic forces of plane surfaces, hydrostatic forces on curved surfaces; Buoyancy and equilibrium: Archimedes principals, stability of submerged and floating bodies. Kinematics of the flow of filed: definitions of pathline, strakline, control volumes etc uniformity and steadiness of flow, conservation of mass fluid element in general state of motion 

EG 207 BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING I  (2 UNITS)

Nature o electricity, principles of ohm’s law series and parallel circuits, D. C. circuits: Kerchoff’s laws, thevenina theorem, Norton theorem, superposition theorem, nilmum’s theorem; Loon aid Nodal analysis. Delta/star and star/deltas transfer motions maximum power transfer; A.C circuits. Atrnain qualities, Peak, RNS and man value of alternating quantities, phsor diagrams, RL, rC and RCL circuits; Power in A.C circuit and under factor correction;  Both series and parallel resonances; Circuit O-factor; Theotremagnetic induction and magnetic forces self and mutual induction, magnetic forces self and mutual induction, magnetic and currents, three phase circuits

EG 208 BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING II  (2 UNITS)

Introduction to semi conductor devices-semi conductors; The function diode, reverses bias, forward bias, Diode capacitance, diode models, a.c model breakdown diode, the bisolar function transfer BJT operation, BJT cortigu-rations; BJT small signal amplifiers; Introduction to digital electronics to logic element BCD to 7 segments decodes simple logic circuits realizations, basic digital integrated circuits building blocks, electromechanical energy conversion devices: The transformer, principles of operation, E.M.F. equation, flux linkage, voltage regulation and frequency, open auto transformer, D. C. machines, winding E. M. F. equations, armature reaction and computation. D.C general; excitation and characteristics; D. C. motors: Excitation and tongue

EG 209: APPLIED MECHANICS I  (2 UNITS)

Representation of vectors, resultant of several vectors, scalar and vector products triple scalar and triple vector products; Direction consines, Lami’s theorem; Polygon of faces; Conditions for equilibrium of coplanar forces-speed and velocity Newton’s law of motion; An analytical treatment of static equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies; Distributed forces; Centroid and centres of gravity: moments of inertia; Analysis of structures: trusses, frames etc friction

EG 210:  APPLIED MECHANICS II (2 UNITS)

An introduction on to the kinematic and kinetics of partricles and rigid bodies, Newton’s laws; energy, power, momentum and impulsive motions; System of particles, motion of a rigid body bout (I) a fixed axis (ii) in a plane, vectorial treatment to be emphasized; Simple harmonious motion;

 PRE-Reg. EG 211

EG 211:  MATERIALS SCIENCE (2 UNITS)

Introduction to engineering materials; The atomic structure; Mass number and its trophy; The physical model of the atom, radioactivity electronic structure ad electronic configuration; Ionization energy, electrons affinity.  Interatomic bonding crystal structures stacking sequence and staking faults, interplanar distances, miller indices, crystal imperfections. Mechanics, Thermal and chemical properties of materials; Phase equilibrium diagrams and alloys solid state transformations

EG 212: THERMODYNAMICS ( 2 UNITS)

Introduction to thermodynamics: What is thermodynamics? Scope of thermodynamics, dimension and units; Fundamental concepts; Systems, control volume, properties and states, processes, heat and work, pressure and temperature; The first law of thermodynamics and its corollaries; Thermodynamics properties of pure substances: P. V. T. relation and diagrams the ideal gas, property tables and charts; The second thermodynamics and its corollaries: Reversibility, irreversibility, efficiency and thermodynamic temperature scales; Zeroth law of thermodynamics; Entropy: calices inequality, heat engines and heat pumps

EG 213: WORKSHOP PRACTICE II (1 UNIT)

Laboratory work designed to cover topics courses in EG 203

EG 214: STRENGTH OF MATERIAS (2 UNITS)

Resultant of forces, moment and couples; equivalent force system; direct stresses and trains; Hook’s law; Method or superposition; Stresses and deformations resulting from temperature changes; Stresses in thin cylinders and spheres; Stresses on inclined planes, Principles sharing forces and bending moment in beams simple bending theory torsion of circular shafts

EG 215: BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY (1 UNIT )

Familiarization of V.C. Oscilloscope, L.C. Circuit and Resonance, Maximum power transfer 

EG 216: BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING II (1 UNIT)

Performance Characteristic of Diodes, Transfer, Diode rectifier circuit, performance characteristic of D.C. motion, measurement of balanced three phase network

EG 218: APPLIED MECHANICS LABORATORY II (1 UNIT)

Laboratory work designed to cover topics courses in EG 206, EG 212

EG 220: THERMO-FLUID LABORATORY II (1 UNIT)

Laboratory work designed to cover topics courses in EG 206, EG 212

EG 222: STRENGHT OF MATERIAL LABORATORY (1 UNIT)

Laboratory work designed to cover topics courses in EG 214

300  LEVEL

EG 301: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS III (3 UNITS)

Particle differential equations; Application of laplace and Fourier transforms to the solution of partial differential equations; Complex analytical functions; Complex integration, series; Taylor, Laurent and power series; Convergence of series; Integration by the method of residues; pre-requisite EG201

EG 302: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS IV (3 UNITS)

Conformal Mapping, spherical and cylindrical harmonies; Numerical analysis-numerical integration and differentiation; Application to matrices; numerical solution of ordinary differential equation; Numerical solution of partial differential equation; pre-requisite EG202

EG 303: TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING (2 UNITS)

Principles of communication-Preparation and writing of technical reports and presentation; use of visual aids-and other communication equipment in technical and research presentation; Introduction to principle of effective communication , emotive contents and style, principle of technical writing, organization and presentation of technical reports, feasibility studies, technical correspondence, oral presentation of technical ideas, technical aids in presentation  and organization of practical reports.

EA 301: BASIC AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING         (2 UNITS)

Introduction to agriculture engineering professor; Identification of various tractors and implements; Tractor driving and test; Use of tractor for various field operations 90T (p)

 

EA 302: ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY   (3 UNITS)

Hydrologic cycle; solar earth radiation; Precipitation, evapo-transpiration and infiltration; Rainfall run-off over agricultural land; Stream gauging steam-flow routing; Ground water hydraulics

Flood control

EA 304: MACHINE DRAWING AND DESIGN (2 UNITS)

Part assembly; detailed drawing of machine components; Sketching and use of standards, design features, symbols, screws, fasteners, couplings, churches gears; Machine component design; Presentation of design portfolio;  Pre-requisite EG 204

EA 305:  HYDRAULICS (2 UNITS)

Pipe flow; Pipes in parallel and in series; Branched pipes; Simple pipe network; Water hammer;  Hardy cross method of water distribution; Open channel flow; Weirs, flumes, pumps turbines, outlets high pressure outlets gees, valets, channel transition and control Hydraulic jump; Back water curves; Dimensional analysis and similitude; reservoir hydraulics and planning; Prerequisite: EG 206

EA 306: SOIL MECHANICS (2 UNITS)

Soil classification, flow in soils, seepage and permeability, effective stress principles, site investigation.

EA 307: HYDRAULICS LABORATORY (1 UNIT)

Flow control; Hydraulic jump; Flow over weirs; Measurement of velocity profile; Pressure losses in pipes; Friction coefficient determination; Flow measurement; Water hammer phenomenon, etc  Prerequisite: EG 206.

EA 308:  SOIL MECHANICS LABORATORY (1 UNIT)

Soil bulk density, particle size analysis, soil water content, permeability test, compaction test

EA 309 AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY (1 UNIT)

Identification of various makes; models and parts of farm tractors and implement General survey of the tractor engine; Identification of tractor engine system such as cooling system, fuel system, electrical system, hydraulic system and power transmission; Tractor driving practices; Coupling of farm implements to tractors

EA 310: SOIL SCIENCE FOR ENGINEERS    (2 UNITS)

Nature of soil profile, field identification of soils, colour standards, soil solids, soil water, soil air, soil temperature, and soil organism. Introduction to soil survey, and classification, soil texture, soil structure, infiltration and hydraulic properties

EA 312:  SOIL SCIENCE FOR ENGINEERS LABORATORY (1 UNIT)

Study and identification of major soil forming rocks and minerals, consistency, soil structure

ME 301: MECHANICS OF MACHINE I (2 UNITS)

Newton’s level and the fundamentals of rigid body dynamics; Displacement, velocities and acceleration of points in simple mechanism in two-dimensional motion, Kinematics of Cam follower motion; Crack effort diagrams

ME 302: MEACHANICS OF MACHINES II (2 UNITS)

Placing of rotating masse and. Application to the balancing of multi-cylinder in engines; Power transmission by screw throats, friction clutches and belt drives

ME 308:  THERMODYNAMICS II         (2 UNITS)

Application of second low of thermodynamics to flow and non-flow processes; Thermodynamics property relations; Mixture of non-reacting gases; Dalton law for mixture of perfect gases; Mixture of gases and saturated vapour; Psychometric and psych9metric charts; Vapour  power cycles; carnot, Rankine super heat, reheat and regenerative cycles; Gas power cycles; Air standard cycles, intercooling, reheating and introduction to regenerative cycle; Heat pump and refrigeration cycles. Types and measures of efficiency vapour compression system, absorption system and selection of fluids: pre-requisite EG212.

ME 309: ENGINEERING DRAWING III      (2 UNITS)

Technical terms in Engineering Drawing; Gear Geometry: Types application and standard presentation; Gear assembly, parts and assembly drawing; numerous exercises; Drawing of fasteners.

pre-requisite EG205

ME 311: PHYSICAL METALLURGY        (2 UNITS)

Introduction to metals and alloy systems; Difference and similarities between physical, chemical and mechanical metallurgy; the metallic bond and crystalline metals; Preparation of metals to reveal internal structure; Annealing of deformed metals, grain growth, surface energy and shapes of crystals; Deformation, slip, twinning, effect of microstructure viscous flow; Effect of variable binary equilibrium; Heterogeneous equilibrium: pre-requisite EG211

GL 203: BASIC GEOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS     (2 UNITS)

The earth, geological process; Engineering properties of rocks; Stratigraphy, geotechtonics, geomorphology; Mineralogy and petrology; geology of Nigeria

SV 201:  BASIC SURVEY (2 UNITS)

Definition, measurements of distance, use of minor instruments; random Errors Chain surveying; bearing of lines; leveling, topographic surveys; traversing; Theodolites traversing; plane table surveying triangulation; Land shaping and earthwork

AG 234: PRINCIPLES OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (2 UNITS)

Type of livestock (for eggs, milk, meat, wool, etc); Distribution of livestock in Nigeria, Animal feeding and nutrition, Forage crops and their preservation; Artificial insemination, livestock housing. Livestock processing equipment

AG 238:  PRINCIPLES OF CROP PRODUCTION (2 UNITS)

Crop production and its development; the principles problems and prospects of crop production; Importance of crop rotation, cultural practices, water and soil conservation, irrigation and drainage; General types and characteristics of arthropods, micro-organism and other pests affecting crops; Weeds and their effects on crop production; pests, diseases and weed control. Basic mendelian genetics; Principles of crop production, harvesting processing and storage

SW 399: STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (2 UNITS)

Attachment to relevant industry for a period of three (3) months during long vacation

400LEVEL

EG 401:  ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS V (2 UNITS)

Optimization Techniques; Linear programming; Probability theory Distribution; Mathematical statistics, a hypothesis testing, regression analysis: pre-requisite EG301

EG 413:  ECONOMICS FOR ENGINEERS    (2 UNITS)

Nature of Economic Science, Basic Demand, Supply and Market Analysis, Elasticity Analysis, its measurement and uses, types of business organizations; Sources of Financing Businesses; GNP and Internal Trade; Capital cost and Manufacturing Cost Estimation, Financial Analysis, Discounted Cash Flow Analysis, Accounting and Depreciation, Sensitivity Analysis and Break Even Analysis.

EA 401:  BASIC FARM POWER AND MACHINERY (3 UNITS)

Farm power sources, Selection and management of farm tractors and equipment; Force analysis and power measurement on tillage tools; Field performance evaluation of crop production equipment

Adjustment, maintenance and repair of farm tractors and equipment; Prerequisite: ME 301,EA 301

EA 403:  BASIC IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ENGINEERING (2 UNITS)

Water requirements in an irrigation system; Methods of irrigation; Frequency and amount of irrigation

Irrigation water scheduling; Evaluating irrigation system and practices; Design of furrow basic and sprinkler irrigation; Effect of poor drainage on plants and soil; Drainage requirements of crops, surface drainage; Sub-surface drainage, 30h(T);  Pre-requisite: EA 303,  EA 302,  and EA 305

EA 405: FARM STRUCTURES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL (2 UNITS)

Environmental and structural requirements of crops and livestock; Planning of plant livestock houses, storage and sores disposal; Specification and selection of farm building materials; Environmental control for plants and livestock; Design of structural members, water supply and sewage disposal; Use of psychometric charts; Farm stead, planning and layout 30h (T); Pre-requisite: EA 301.

EA 407:  ENGINEERING PROPERTIES AND HANDLING OF AGRICULTURAL

MATERIALS (2 UNITS)

Some physical, Mechanical, Rheological and Thermal properties of agricultural materials  Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids; Handling methods; Deign and construction of appropriate material-handling equipment for tropical products; Economics of Material handling; Pre-requisite: EG 214.

EA 409 FOUNDATION ENGINEERING (3UNITS)

Stress in soils, consolidation, and compaction. CBR and soil improvement, stability of slope, earth pressure analysis, bearing and settlement analysis of shallow and deep foundations;

Pre- requisite EA 306, EA 308

EA 411:  FARM POWER AND MACHINERY LABORATORY (1 UNIT)

Periodic maintenance of farm tractors; Adjustment of farm tractor’s front wheel s and rear wheels for various field operations; Balancing of weights on the farm tractor; Field performance evaluation of plugs, seed drills, fertilizer broadcasters etc; Calibration of Napsac and Boom sprayers

EA 413: SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (3 UITS)

Concept of soil and water conservation, Relevance of soil and water conservation in agriculture and in the river valley projects, productivity loss due to soil erosion, water stress and water excess, Types and mechanics of soil erosion, Theories of sediment transport, control of run-off and sediment loss, Design of soil and water conservation structures: check dams, gully blocks, water ways, Gabians,, earth dams, silt retention dams, farm ponds, Energy dissipation structures etc.

ME 411:  COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) (2 UNITS)

Application programme in computer aided design of mechanical systems. Discuss a typical computer aided design network system and enumerate its importance and application in draugtmanship, architecture, engineering and other relevant fields, Explain the difference between computer aided design(CAD) and computer aided manufacturing(CAM), advantages of CAD in engineering systems,elements of digital computer design, control unit, micro-programming, bus organization and addressing schemes. Micro-processors, system architecture, bus control, instruction execution and addressing schemes.Micro-processors, system architectures, bus control, instruction execution and addressing modes. Machine codes, assembly language and high level language programming. Microprocessor interfacing, input/output technique, interrupt systems and direct memory access, interfacing to analogue/digital/analogue converters. Programming    

SW 499: STUDENTS IDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIECE SCHEME (SIWES)   (4 UNITS)

Attachment to relevant industry for a period of six (6) months during the second semester period

500 LEVEL

EA 500:  RURAL WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION (2 UNITS)

Water requirement water quality standard; Water borne disease; Biochemical oxygen demand; Potable water impurities; Sources ad treatment methods of water for rural homes water lifting devices. Transportation and distribution system; Pipe sizes; Waste disposal of sewage from rural homes; Septic tanks digestion ponds and family provides

EA 501:FARM POWER AND MACHINERY (3 UNITS)

Farm power sources, Farm tractor selection, use and maintenance, Other power sources section use and maintenance, Hitches and hitch system, Design consideration of singe-axle two-wheel drive, four-wheel drive and crawler tractor, Tractor mechanics, Power measurement, Hydraulic fluid controls,  Tractor testing and test codes. Force analysis and design considerations of various farm machinery; Hitching methods, Power requirement for operating farm equipment and machines. Operation and maintenance of various farm machinery; Field evaluation; Creature for replacement; Pre-requisites: EA 304, EG 212, ME 308, EA 301 AND EA 401.

EA 502: DRAINAGE SYSTEM DESIGN (2 UNITS)

Surface drainage; subsurface drainage design of drainage systems envelope materials and their design Load on conduits; Drainage pumping Drainage wells; Construction and installation of various drainage types. Maintenance of drains; Pre-requisite: EA 403.

EA 503: FARM TRANSPORTATION (2 UNITS)

Farm roads; Farm transportation system;  Development and construction of farm transport equipment.  Farm transport system – standards and specification; Ergonomics

EA 504: AGRICUTURAL MECHANIZATION (2 UNITS)

Nature and objectives of Agricultural Mechanization; Factors affecting agricultural mechanization in the tropics; Analysis of production systems; Agricultural mechanization as a strategy for rural development; Impact on food production and on infrastructural development;  Linkages with rural industrialization; Case study of selected farms

EA 506: FARM MACHINERY MANAGEMENT (2 UNITS)

Integrated approach to machinery usage and agricultural production sequence of operations; Equipment selection, machinery management and maintenance, machinery ownership, costing and profit analysis; Optimization of machinery input combinations; Scheduling of field operations and seasonality factors. Management of farm enterprises; Case studies

EA 507: FARM ELECTRIFICATION 2 UNITS)

Electrical codes, tariffs and regulations, generation and transmission of electricity: farm steam distribution system; Testing procedure; Power factor correction; Selection and use of electric motors; Transformers energy conversion; application of electricity to handling, processing and storage of agricultural products. Basic electronic applications to farm electrical processes; Pre-requisites: EG 207, EG 217 and EG 208.

EA 508: POST-HARVEST PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF AGRIC PRODUCE II (2 UNITS)

Dehydration and drying; principle, methods and equipment, Psychrometry and Psychometric chart, The technology of processing various food crops in Nigeria into varieties of product, Design of grain storage structures, Storage of root and tuber crops, Refrigerated storage of various fruits.

EA 509: FOOD ENGINEERING (2 UNITS)

Definition of food engineering, unit operations in food processing, Heat and Mass transfer; Heat exchanger design and application, Thermal insulation, Heat and cold preservation of foods, pasteurization, sterilization, Blenching, Food packaging, Food quality control principles of design of food equipment. Pre-requisite EG212, ME 308

EA 510: LAND CLEARING AND DEVELOPMENT (2 UNITS)

Land resources and Land use Act in relation to Nigerian agriculture.  Objectives, methods and equipment for land clearing and development; Machinery selection, mechanics of operations and vegetation types; Land reclamation; Earth-moving machinery and earth-moving mechanics

EA 511:  IRRIGATION SYSTEM DESIGN (2 UNITS)

Design of open channels; Water flow measurement; Pumping power requirements; Design of irrigation systems:- border, sprinkler, drip, furrow, center pivot, etc. salinity and quality of irrigation water; Reclamation of saline and alkali soils. Seepage from canals and canal lining; Design of an irrigation project; Field evaluation of irrigation systems and practices; Irrigation water management; (Pre-requisites, EA 403, EA 411, EA 302)

EA 512: DESIGN OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY          (2 UNITS)

Machine design processes and procedures; Materials of construction: selection, strength properties, stress analysis, costing; Design of machine element. Machine fabrication; Typical design of low-cost agricultural machinery, Problems and prospects of agricultural machinery. Development and commercial manufacture in Nigeria; Pre-requisite: EA 304.

EA 513: FARM POWER AND FARM MACHIERY LABORATORY (1 UNIT)

Farm tractor engine, fuel system, cooling system, lubrication system, Electrical System, Power transmission and system; P. T. O. and remote sensing, Hydraulic system, Fault diagnosis (Trouble shooting). Tractor driving practice, coupling of farm implements to tractor drawbar and 3 – point hitching, Field operations with ploughs harrows, rotovators, mowers and planters, maintenance of farm implements. (pre-requisites;EA 309, EA 411)

EA 514: ENERGY SOURES AND UTILIZATION (2 UNITS)

Fossil fuels, their processing and utilization, renewable source of energy, solar energy equipment and their operations, wind mill design; Geothermal energy; Its recovery and utilization, environmental consequences of geothermal energy, exploitation. Biomass, Tidal waves, principles of operation of nuclear reactors; Safety problem in nuclear reactors

EA 515: POST-HARVEST PROCESSING AND STORAGE OF AGRIC. PRODUCT I  (2 UITS)

Unit operation in crop processing, clearing sorting, grading, and separation principles, techniques and machine, communication (size reduction), processing machine – hammer ill, barr mill and roller mill, storage types and environment, factors affecting produce. Environmental control in storage

EA 517: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (2 UNITS)

Design of unit operations and processes in water and wastewater treatment, Sedimentation; Chemical coagulation; Ion exchange; Filtration; Disinfection; Water supply treatment and distribution; Water quality wastewater handling, treatment and disposal. Solid water disposal air pollution and control

EA 597: PROJECT I             (2 UNITS)

Individual student project to deepen knowledge, strengthen practical experience and encourage creativity and independent work. The project ends in a comprehensive written report.

EA 598: PROJECT II     (4 UNITS)

Continuation from project I

MM 511/EG 511: LAW FOR ENGINEERS        (2 UNITS)

Relationship of law and other disciplines e.g. engineering contract law-essential of contracts, terms, and condition of contracts, mistake and misrepresentation determination; Tort-Negligence, sales of goods, Agency, intellectual properties – copyright, patent, Trade Marks, Marine law and law of the airy space

MM 513/ EG 513: INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT FOR ENGINEERS (2 UNITS)

Money as  means of exchange, Factors of production, plant location, Business and Budgets, Business environment, Business Risks, Businesses insurance, worker protection and safety in the work place (Accident prevention programmes), Evaluation of work, work study, incentive schemes, personnel management, industrial relations, fixed and working capital, principles of business management.

MM 516 ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT

 

 

RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND JOURNALS OF THE DEPARTMENT

The Department has a solid minerals development research unit, which was approved by the Senate at its 78th regular meeting. The purpose of the research unit is to conduct research, collate and provide information on the solid minerals in the North-Eastern region of Nigeria.

 

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STANDING COMMITTEES  OF THE DEPARTMENT

(a) Solid Minerals Development Research Unit
(b) Research committee
(c) Admissions committee
(d) Welfare committee
(e) Disciplinary committee
(f) Curriculum review committee
(g) Appraisal committee
(h) Postgraduate committee

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