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At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. identify an engineering research problem; 2. demonstrate proficiency in PowerPoint presentation in a seminar; 3. demonstrate a methodology for actualising aims and objectives of a research project; 4. partake in a group research project efficiently; and 5. submit report comprising a topic, abstract, problem statement, aims and objectives, methodology, experimentation and/or analysis, results and analysis, conclusion and recommendation.

Final-year projects are assigned at the beginning of each academic year. Each final year student chooses a project supervisor in consultation with the final-year project coordinator. The process is entirely interactive, but the coordinator ensures that there is an even distribution of students amongst the lecturers. The final topic is decided by the student and his supervisor, selected from the fields of mechanics of solids and fluids, materials science, machine design, heat power, heat transfer, production technology, industrial engineering and management. Each student presents at least two seminars as part of their final year project, usually at the beginning and ending of the second semester. Each student is required to submit a report of their findings and undergo an oral examination. All seminars are scored by a panel of lecturers. Minimum Academic Standards Equipment Common Facilities 1. University Libraries 2. Lecture Theatres and Lecture Rooms 3. Laboratories/ Central Workshops 4. Drawing Studio 5. Computer-Aided Graphics Laboratory 6. Faculty Computer Laboratory 7. Industrial Training Coordinator’s Office. 8. Laboratories for Some General Engineering Courses Laboratories/Workshops General Workshop Drawing and Design Studio Mechanics of Machines Strength of Materials Thermodynamics Fluid Mechanics Metallurgy General Workshop Equipment Fitting & Machining Section 1. Work benches with vices for metal work 2. Tool boxes containing hand tools such as screw drivers, wrenches, hammers, hacksaws, files, centre punch, chisel, scrapers, etc. 3. Lathe machines 4. CNC lathe machine 5. Milling machines 6. CNC milling machine 7. Drilling machines 8. Grinding machines 9. Folding machines 10. Power hacksaw 11. Shaping machines 12. Tennoning machine 13. Vertical mortising machine 14. Dovetailing machine 15. Vernier Callipers and Micrometer Screw Gauges 16. Sheet metal folding machine Foundry Section 1. Furnaces (heat treatment facility) 2. Casting facilities Welding & Fabrication Section 1. Arc welding machines and accessories 2. Gas welding facilities 3. Safety goggles, eye and ear protectors 4. Pop riveting machine 5. Guillotine cutting Machine 6. Rolling machine, etc. 7. Spot welding machines Carpentry & Woodwork Section (Wood processing machines and equipment) 1. Band saw, radial arm saw and circular saw 2. Surfacing machine 3. Mortise machine 4. Thicknessing/Planing machine 5. Wood Lathe machine 6. Portable sander machine 7. Jig saw, rip saw, cross-cut saw, panel saw, tenon saw, compass saw 8. Drilling machine 9. Chest drill 10. Spraying machine 11. Oil stone 12. Wood workbenches with vices 13. G clamp, F clamp, Sash clamp 14. Jack planes, smooth planes 15. Other hand tools such as tri square, claw hammer, pincer, marking gauge, mortise gauge, spirit level, flat chisel, wood rasp, round chisel, wood mallet, spoke shave, screw drivers, tape rule, scraper. Electrical/Electronic Section 1. Water distillers 2. Hydrometers 3. Multimeters, voltmeters, ammeters and clamp meters 4. Soldering irons 5. Battery chargers 6. Standard tool boxes for electrical and electronics works 7. Electrical/electronics data books 8. Oscilloscopes 9. Tachometers and phase sequence meters 10. Logic probes 11. Etching machines complete with accessories 12. Coil winding machine, etc. Drawing and Design Studio 1. Drawing tables and chairs 2. Drawing boards, T-squares and instruments 3. Automatic drafting machine 4. Drafting gadgets, stencils, etc 5. Automatic stencil cutter 6. Computer graphics and design hall with necessary design software (e.g. Fusion 360 (AutoCAD) software, SolidWorks, Solid Edge or equivalent 7. 3-D printer Mechanics of Machines Laboratory 1. Free oscillation of point and distributed masses (Simple and Compound Pendulum) 2. Quick return mechanisms (Whitworth), Scotted line slider-crank, scoth yoke Geneva stop 3. Power transmission systems (belts, gears, shafts and clutches). 4. Coefficient of friction apparatus (belt, drive, slipping friction) 5. Free and force vibration of single degree of freedom systems with and without damping 6. Static and dynamic balancing systems 7. Power regulation (by Flywheel and Governors) 8. Demonstration of coriolis and centrifugal forces 9. Gyroscopic motion 10. Journal bearings 11. Vibration and Noise test set up. Strength of Materials Laboratory 1. Apparatus for tensile, compression and torsion tests 2. Simple bending apparatus 3. Unsymmetrical bending apparatus 4. Impact tests apparatus 5. Elastic behaviour of thin- and thick-walled pressure vessels 6. Creep and fatigue 7. Theories of failure 8. Helical springs 9. Deflection of curved beams 10. Columns and struts 11. Strain gauging and photo-elastic behaviour. Thermodynamics Laboratory 1. Temperature measurement apparatus 2. Power measurement apparatus (compressor, dynamometer etc) 3. Pressure measurement apparatus 4. Steam boiler 5. Equilibrium of mixtures of air and steam, quality of wet steam 6. IC engine apparatus 7. Calorific values of fuels 8. Analysis of products of combustion 9. Gas and bomb calorimeters 10. Gas and steam turbine apparatus 11. Heat-exchange apparatus 12. Free and forced convection heat and mass transfer systems 13. Thermal conductivity apparatus 14. Apparatus for the determination of radiative properties of materials 15. Jet propulsion systems 16. Vapour power cycles 17. Positive displacement engines and compressors 18. Refrigeration and Air-conditioning cycles Fluid Mechanics Laboratory 1. Manometry 2. Hydrostatic forces on plane and curved surfaces 3. Forced vortex apparatus 4. Stability of floating bodies 5. Meter calibration and flow test set up 6. Hydraulic test benches 7. Nozzle and orifice flow apparatus 8. Laminar and turbulent flow in pipes 9. Friction loss in pipes 10. Heat losses in pipe fittings 11. Flow visualisation apparatus 12. Flow of fluid round bodies 13. Hydraulic power circuitry and measurement units 14. Reciprocating pump system 15. Centrifugal pump system 16. Pelton wheel 17. Resistance to motion of air through banks of finned and unfinned tubes 18. Calibration and performance of flow measurement devices 19. Subsonic wind tunnel and accessories 20. Supersonic flow apparatus Metallurgy Laboratory 1. Apparatus for visualisation of atomic and crystal structures 2. Cooling curve apparatus 3. Simple metallography 4. Simple heat treatment apparatus 5. Apparatus for creep, hardness and fracture tests 6. X-ray crystallography equipment 7. Electric microscope 8. High power metallurgical microscope with camera unit Staffing Academic Staff The NUC guidelines on staff/student ratio of 1:15 for Engineering and Technology departments shall apply. However, there should be a minimum of six full-time equivalent of Staff in the department. There is need to have a reasonable number of Staff with doctoral degrees as well as sufficient industrial experience. With a minimum load of 15 Units per semester for students and a minimum of six full-time equivalent of staff in each programme, staff should have a maximum of 15 contact hours per week for lectures, tutorials, practicals and supervision of projects. NUC requirement encourages all academic staff to have PhD degrees, hence appointment of academic staff is preferably to the Lecturer cadre. Only in exceptional cases are candidates with great promise appointed to Graduate Assistant and Assistant Lecturer positions for the purpose of being developed to the Lecturer cadre as registered PhD candidates. Academic Support Personnel Teaching Assistant/Demonstrators to help lecturers in the conduct of tutorials, practicals and field work. This category of personnel is not expected to be regular staff as they are to be paid on the basis of approved hourly rate. Administrative Support Staff The services of the administrative support staff are indispensable in the proper administration of the departments and faculty offices. It is important to recruit very competent senior staff that are computer literate. Technical Support Personnel The services of technical support staff, which are indispensable in the proper running of laboratories and workshop/studios are required. It is important to recruit very competent senior technical staff to maintain teaching and research equipment. They are also to undergo regular training to keep them abreast of developments in equipment operation and maintenance. The minimum of academic staff to technical staff ratio of 5:1 should be maintained. Minimum Number of Staff Subject to the general standards specified by NUC: 1. there should be a minimum of two PhDs and four M.Eng degree holders full-time academic staff to mount the programme; 2. each workshop or laboratory should have an adequate number of staff with the right mix, such that each unit or section in that workshop or laboratory can run efficiently; and 3. there should be an adequate number of administrative staff of the appropriate calibre for the office of the Head of Department to run. Student/Staff Ratio The minimum staff-to-student ratio should be 1:15 from 200 level to 500 level. library Subject to the general standards specified by NUC, the central and/or faculty/departmental libraries should have: 1. physical holdings of current books in the relevant fundamental science and engineering subject areas; 2. physical holdings of current books in the core mechanical engineering subject areas; 3. physical holdings of current journals in the core mechanical engineering subject areas; 4. e-subscription of current books in the relevant fundamental science and engineering subject areas; 5. e-subscription of current books in the core mechanical engineering subject areas; and 6. e-subscription of current journals in the core mechanical engineering subject areas. classrooms, Laboratories, Workshops, Clinics and Offices The NUC recommends the following physical space requirement: Academic m2 Professor’s Office 18.50 Head of Department’s Office 18.50 Tutorial Teaching Staff Space 13.50 Other Teaching Staff Space 7.00 Technical Staff Space 7.00 Science Staff Research Laboratory 16.50 Engineering Staff Research Laboratory 14.50 Seminar Space per student 1.85 Drawing Office Space (A.O. Board) (Per Student) 4.60 Drawing Office Space (A.I. Board) (Per Student) 3.70 Laboratory Space 7.50 Non-Academic Secretarial Space 7.00 Office Facilities S/No Office No in Room Facilities 1. HOD 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer unit, Secretary and facilities. 2. Professor 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer unit, Secretary and facilities. 3. Reader 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer unit. 4. Senior 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, Lecturer computer unit. 5. Lecturer I 2 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves. 6. Lecturer II 3 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves