Project

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: 1. initiate worthwhile projects of a research or professional nature; 2. analyse the project problem and develop creative proposals for the solution; 3. execute the proposal for the solution to the problem; and 4. clearly and persuasively communicate solutions orally and in writing.

For proper guidance of the students, projects will depend on the available academic staff expertise and interest but the projects should be preferably of investigatory nature. Preferably, students should be advised to choose projects in the same area as their option subjects. Minimum Academic Standards Equipment Structural Engineering Laboratory  Civil engineering materials equipment  Routine testing equipment  Equipment for models and prototype testing,  Studio/design office. Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory  Field soil survey and testing kits (including sub-soil investigation and drilling)  Laboratory soil/rock testing equipment. Geodetic Engineering & Photogrammetry Laboratory  Laboratory equipment stores  Photogrammetric and remote sensing laboratory equipment. Highway and Transportation Engineering Laboratory . Highway materials testing laboratory equipment . Pavement laboratory equipment 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 equivalents 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, practical’s 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, practical’s 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 caliber 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 University Library Library books, journals and other resource materials should be adequate in number and currency Electronic Library The University library should subscribe to some on-line databases relevant to structural engineering degree programme such as: ASTM standards, ASTM digital library, compendex, Google Scholar, ICE virtual library – Ebooks, and computer-aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. Journals subscription should include volumes such as: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Automation in Construction, Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings, Transportation Research Part B, Methodological, Transportation Research Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review, Structural Safety, Journal of Hydrology, and Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. Faculty/Departmental Library A faculty or departmental library should be available for the use of staff and students. Current, local, national and international journals relevant to Structural Engineering should be available e.g. Nigerian Society of Engineers technical transactions, relevant codes and standards should also be available. Classrooms, Workshops, Clinics, and Offices List of basic equipment/instruments/machines/tools expected in laboratories/ workshops common to all engineering disciplines Central Workshop Fitting and Machining Section (i) workbenches with vices for metal work (ii) tool boxes containing hand tools such as screw drivers, wrenches, hammers, hacksaws, files, centre punch chisel, scrapers, etc. (iii) lathe machines (iv) milling machines (v) power hacksaw (vi) shaping machines (vii) NC lathe machine (viii) NC milling machine (ix) drilling machines (x) vernier callipers and micrometer screw gauges (xi) sheet metal folding machine (xii) grinding machine, etc. Foundry Section (i) Furnaces and casting facilities Welding and Fabrication Section (i) arc welding machines and accessories (ii) gas welding facilities (iii) safety goggles, eye and ear protectors (iv) pop riveting machine (v) guillotine Cutting Machine (vi) rolling machine, etc. Carpentry and Woodwork Section (i) band saw, radial arm saw, circular saw (ii) surfacing machine (iii) mortise machine (iv) thicknessing / Planing machine (v) wood lathe machine (vi) portable sander machine (vii) jig saw, rip saw, cross-cut saw, panel saw, tenon saw, compass saw (viii) drilling machine (ix) chest drill (x) spraying machine (xi) oil stone (xii) wood workbenches with vices (xiii) G clamp, F clamp, sash clamp (xiv) jack planes, smooth planes (xv) 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, etc. Electrical/Electronic Section (i) water distillers (ii) hydrometers (iii) multimeters, voltmeters, ammeters and clamp meters (iv) soldering irons (v) battery chargers (vi) standard tool boxes for electrical and electronics works (vii) electrical/electronics data books (viii) oscilloscopes (ix) tachometers and phase sequence meters (x) logic probes (xi) etching machines complete with accessories (xii) coil winding machine, etc. Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (i) manometers (ii) hydrostatic forces on plane & curved surfaces apparatus (iii) stability of floating bodies’ apparatus (iv) laminar and turbulent flow apparatus (v) temperature measurement apparatus (vi) pressure measurement apparatus (vii) thermal conductivity apparatus (viii) apparatus for flow through nozzle and orifice Strength of Materials/Materials Laboratory (i) simple bending apparatus (ii) apparatus for tensile, compression and torsion tests (iii) strain gauges, wheatstone bridge, etc. Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory (i) D. C. and A. C. power supplies (ii) signal generators (iii) function generators (iv) oscilloscopes (v) voltmeters, ammeters, multimeters (vi) frequency counters (vii) circuit components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, transistors, etc. (viii) potentiometers, etc. Teaching Facilities Classrooms There should be adequate lecture theatres and classrooms for the programme. At least three adequate and dedicated classrooms should be available with lecture theatres. Offices Size Offices should be 18.5 m2 while research laboratory should be 14.5 m2 Safety, Sanitation and Environmental Sanitation of Teaching Facilities Buildings should be safe and in compliance with Federal, State and Local Government Laws relating to safety, fire hazards, etc. All buildings should have functional fire-extinguishers, fire buckets with sand, and water source/reservoir and all staff and students should have some knowledge on how to operate all the fire equipment. Drawing Office and Equipment There should be space and furniture in the graphics room for at least 20% of the students in 200 Level in the faculty to be able to carry out their drawings at the same time. All the students are expected to own portable drawing boards, instruments and T-square. There should be some provision for computer-aided graphics. Teaching Aids The programme should have adequate numbers of projectors installed in the classrooms. There should be good white boards and public address systems for large lecture rooms. Modern facilities such as interactive magic boards are expected in all the lecture rooms. Each student is expected to own and use a computer/Laptop. Virtual Laboratory, Simulation Systems and Models Virtual laboratory facilities, audio-visual recording studio, models, and simulation computer software packages, should be available. All other items as specified in the Discipline Section.