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Numerical methods for solving problems arising in heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, chemical reaction engineering, and molecular simulation. Topics: numerical linear algebra, solution of nonlinear algebraic equations and ordinary differential equations, solution of partial differential equations (e.g., Navier-Stokes), numerical methods in molecular simulation (dynamics, geometry optimization). Runge Kutta and other methods in the solutions of ODE and PDEs. Numerical integration and differentiation. All methods are presented within the context of chemical engineering problems. 400 Level GET 402 Engineering Project I (2 Units C: PH 90) Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. complete the design phase of a complex engineering problem sourced from industry or community during the SIWES III programme; and 2. demonstrate the connection between engineering product-making and the theoretical courses they have learned following the applicable industry best practices. Course Contents In the second semester of the 400-level students, preferably in groups, work from the university on the identified industry or organization to tackle industry complex engineering problems. Theoretical issues may be provided by the department faculty or industry experts. During the vacation, students will now work full time with the organisation/industry on the project as part of the SIWES III. The students can also go beyond the department and engage in multidisciplinary undertakings. Literature survey, review of existing systems etc. must be achieved to a satisfactory extent. GET 404 Engineering Valuation and Appraisal (2 Units C: LH 30) Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. identify at least three (3) objectives of engineering valuation work, valuer's primary duty and responsibility and valuation terminologies; 2. describe at least four (4) Valuer's obligation to his or her client, to other valuers, and to the society; 3. demonstrate with example the engineering valuation methods, valuation standards, and practices; 4. prepare engineering valuation and appraisal reports and review; 5. discuss expert witnessing and ethics in valuation; and 6. determine price, cost, value, depreciation and obsolescence in real property, personal property, personal property, machinery and equipment, oil, gas, mines, and quarries valuation.

Offshore systems & design; platforms, subsea development and pipelines; underwater operation & design; sub-marines, robotics and remotely vehicles design and applications, corrosion and cathodic protection; underwater inspections, maintenance and repair operations. Coastal engineering: Dredging and sand-filling mechanism and piping system; maintenance; design of breakwaters and jetties. Application of Bayesian, fuzzy and ANN software.

Offshore production. Sub-sea well completion methods; offshore processing equipment and design; loading systems and other transportation; multiphase pumping and metering. Offshore operations; logistics and contingency planning; environmental considerations; oil spill and oil removal; corrosion control. Flow assurance challenges, prediction and management; hydrates formation; scale; erosion. Minimum Academic Standards Equipment List of Laboratory Equipment in Fluid and Cement Laboratory 1. Mixers and cups 2. Marsh funnels 3. Direct indication viscometers 4. Consistometer 5. Pressure filter press 6. Constant temperature water bath 7. Roller oven 8. Standard API sand sieve 9. Retort kit 10. Resistivity meter 11. Mud rheometers 12. pH meters 13. Mud balance 14. Chemical balance 15. Standard filter press 16. Filter papers 17. Bentonite, barytes and mud additives (chemicals) 18. Cement analyzer List of PVT Laboratory Equipment 1. Visual PVT cell 2. Recombination cell 3. Oil molecular weight tester (Cryette Cryoscope) 4. Multi-stage flash separator 5. Gasometer 6. Digital density meter 7. High pressure high temperature density meter (Pycnometer) 8. Electromagnet viscometer or rolling ball viscometer 9. Gas cylinder 10. Oil cylinder 11. Gas chromatograph (with all support gases such as hydrogen, air and helium) for gas analysis 12. Gas chromatograph (with all support gases such as hydrogen, air and helium) for liquid analysis 13. Positive displacement pump 14. PVT surface sampling kits 15. Pressure generator system 16. Sample restoration apparatus 17. Weight balance Other Accessories in the PVT Laboratory 1. Heating mantle 2. UPS 3. Digital pressure gauge 4. Piping materials for gas chromatograph installation Core Analysis and Reservoir Engineering Laboratory S/N Equipment Accessories 1 Resistivity meters tensiometer 2 Core slabbing crosscut and band saws 3 Core milling machine 4 Core preservation system Refrigerator, wax bath and core trays 5 Dean stark equipment 6 Distillation assembly Compressor 7 Porosimeters Nitrogen cylinder/gas 8 Core cleaner (Soxhlet extractor) Heating mantle, oven 9 Centrifugal extractor 10 High pressure saturator 11 Capillary pressure test equipment 12 Refractometer 13 Liquid and gas permeameters Nitrogen cylinder/gas 14 Planimeter Other Equipment 15 Core trimming/cutting machine 16 CT scanner 17 Gamma ray logging machine 18 Digital core photography camera 19 Humidity and conventional oven 20 Particle size analyzer 21 Retort oven 22 Miniature core flooding system Compressor nitrogen cylinder/gas 23 Amott cell Production Laboratory 1. Viscosimeters 2. Hydrometers 3. Corrosion test kits 4. Flow meter rig 5. Centrifuge Computer Laboratory The computer laboratory should have at least 40 PCs with at least one of the following software installed. No. Area Software Purpose 1 Reservoir MBAL Material balance calculation/Decline engineering curve analysis 2 Reservoir ECLIPSE Dynamic simulation engineering 3 Production PROSPER Nodal analysis, stimulation and gaslift Design 4 Formation TECHLOG Petrophysical evaluation evaluation 5 Geology PETREL Seismic and 3-D modeling 6 Economics CYSTAL BALL Economic evaluation 7 Field QUESTOR Cost estimation and development Development concept selection 8 Plant Design Aspen hysys Process plant design for gas dehydration etc. Other Requirements for Training of Students 1. CD/DVD players 2. LCD screens 3. Projectors 4. Wireless speakers 5. Audio CDs, tapes, etc., on Petroleum Engineering courses 6. Some disused oil field equipment like stabilizers, centralisers, drilling bits, well head assembly, gas lift mandrels, etc. 7. Demonstration rigs 8. Demonstration flow stations 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 There must be adequate library facilities to cater for the interest of all the programmes in the faculty. These include current journals, handbooks, textbooks, manuals, codes of practice, and standards and specifications in sufficient numbers. Classrooms, Laboratories, Workshops, Clinics and Offices Academic and Non-Academic Spaces The NUC recommends the following physical space requirements: 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 Accommodation The requirements for office accommodation are: S/N Office No in Room Facilities o 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 and computer unit. 4. Senior 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves and Lecturer computer unit. 5. Lecturer I 2 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet and bookshelves. 6. Lecturer II 3 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet and bookshelves

Overview of basic design concepts; environmental design considerations - wind, current and wave conditions for different return periods; field development and concept selection; design features, considerations and issues of fixed offshore structures; jacket structures, jack-up structures and compliant tower structures; design features, considerations and issues of floating offshore structures; FPSO systems, semi-submersibles, TLPs, Spars and design project.

Understanding the Nigerian and global business environment. Doing business in Africa, engineering and AfCFTA. Overview of Entrepreneurship: origins, definitions, entrepreneurship and technopreneurship. Steps for successful entrepreneurship start-up; Nigerian content opportunities; business registrations. Sources of funding. Gains and pains of business growth. Joint ventures and special purpose vehicles in PPPs. Business development – business information, promotion, marketing tools and strategies, basic personnel management, client recruitment and management. Business proposals and plans. Profiles of business ventures in the oil and gas industry. Business/enterprise commercialisation and digitisation, FINTECHs, TECH hubs, etc. Financial management and business sustainability. Entrepreneurship team projects (well testing, reservoir management, mud-logging, core analysis, PVT analysis, environmental laboratory, pipeline.). Guest presentations.

Introduction to petroleum engineering: Subsurface and surface operations. Operational functions and output of subsurface production engineer. Nodal analysis in flow and outflow performances: governing equations, inflow performance relationship (IPR), productivity index, formation damage, fines migration and skin effect, vertical lift well head equipment performance and pressure losses, and choke performance. Problem wells analysis: sand, water, hydrate, scale, unstable flow, surge, waxy crude production, etc. Well surveillance. Well stimulation: fracturing and acidising. Introduction to artificial lift methods. Gas lift and pumping system.

Introduction to Petroleum Engineering: Subsurface and surface operations. Operational functions and output of subsurface production engineer. Nodal analysis in flow and outflow performances: governing equations, inflow performance relationship (IPR), productivity index, formation damage, fines migration and skin effect, vertical lift well head equipment performance and pressure losses, and choke performance. Problem wells analysis: sand, water, hydrate, scale, unstable flow, surge, waxy crude production, etc. Well surveillance. Well stimulation: fracturing and acidising. Introduction to artificial lift methods. Gas lift and pumping system.

Overview of High-Speed Railway (Foreign); Overview of High-Speed Railway (Domestic high- speed railway planning, development and construction); Organization and Management transport mode of Special Line for Passenger Train; Passenger Train Operation Plan of Special Line for Passenger Train; Calculation of train diagram and carrying capacity of Special Line for Passenger Train; High-speed railway construction and maintenance organizations; The using plan and the Crew of Basic concepts of EMU on Special Line for Passenger Train; The work organization of High-speed railway station; Operation scheduling command system of Special Line for Passenger Train

Optical transmitting devices, LEDs optical receivers, optical fibres/types, features, joining, coupling/deep space communication system/capacity, reliability economy/application of PCM and A DPCM concepts.

The concepts of peace, conflict and security in a multi-ethnic nation. Types and theories of conflicts: ethnic, religious, economic, geo-political Conflicts; structural conflict theory, realist theory of conflict, frustration-aggression conflict theory; root causes of conflict and violence in Africa: indigene and settlers phenomenon, boundaries/boarder disputes, political disputes, ethnic disputes and rivalries, economic inequalities, social disputes, nationalist movements and agitations; selected conflict case studies – Tiv-Junkun, ZangoKartaf, chieftaincy and land disputes, etc. Peace building, management of conflicts and security: Peace & Human Development. Approaches to Peace & Conflict Management (religious, government, community leaders, etc.). Elements of peace studies and conflict resolution: Conflict dynamics assessment Scales: Constructive & Destructive. Justice and Legal framework: Concepts of Social Justice; The Nigeria Legal System. Insurgency and terrorism. Peace mediation and peace keeping. Peace and Security Council (international, national and local levels). Agents of conflict resolution – Conventions, Treaties Community Policing: Evolution and Imperatives. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) (dialogue,. arbitration, negotiation, collaboration, etc). The roles of international organizations in conflict resolution ((a) The United Nations, UN and its conflict resolution organs. (b) The African Union & Peace Security Council (c) ECOWAS in peace keeping). The media and traditional institutions in peace building. Managing post- conflict situations/crises: Refugees. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs);the role of NGOs in post-conflict situations/crises. ENT 312 : Venture Creation (2 Units C: LH 15; PH 45) Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, students, through case study and practical approaches, should be able to: describe the key steps in venture creation; spot opportunities in problems and in high potential sectors, regardless of geographical location; state how original products, ideas and concepts are developed; develop a business concept for further incubation or pitching for funding; identify key sources of entrepreneurial finance; implement the requirements for establishing and managing micro and small enterprises; conduct entrepreneurial marketing and e-commerce; apply a wide variety of emerging technological solutions to entrepreneurship; and appreciate why ventures fail due to lack of planning and poor implementation. Course Contents Opportunity identification (sources of business opportunities in Nigeria, environmental scanning, demand and supply gap/unmet needs/market gaps/market research, unutilised resources, social and climate conditions and technology adoption gap). New business development (business planning, market research). Entrepreneurial finance (venture capital, equity finance, micro-finance, personal savings, small business investment organizations and business plan competition). Entrepreneurial marketing and e-commerce (principles of marketing, customer acquisition & retention, B2B, C2C and B2C models of e-commerce, First Mover Advantage, E-commerce business models and successful e-commerce companies). Small business management/family business: Leadership & Management, basic book keeping, nature of family business and family business growth model. Negotiation and business communication (strategy and tactics of negotiation/bargaining, traditional and modern business communication methods). Opportunity discovery demonstrations (business idea generation presentations, business idea contest, brainstorming sessions, idea pitching). Technological solutions (The concept of market/customer solution, customer solution and emerging technologies, business applications of new technologies - artificial intelligence (AI), virtual/mixed reality (VR), Internet of things (IoTs), blockchain, cloud computing, renewable energy, etc. Digital business and e-commerce strategies).