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Each student will submit report of his/her project based on original research work carried out under staff supervision. Where applicable, original design of pro-type pattern drafting, clothing construction, fabric design, will be presented in addition. Minimum Academic Standards Textile Equipment Dye Stuffs of various colours Chemicals and reagents Printing inks of various colours Printing machine Digitiser Printing Tables Weaving looms Weaving threads Wax Gloves Stoves Gas Cooker and Cylinders Dye Baths Buckets and bowls Cassava Flour Mesh Brushes Screen Water tank Sketch Pads/Drawing books Light box Laboratory coats Squeegees Tracing paper Staffing Personnel The personnel requirements for the programme should reflect students’ population and the variety of activities to be performed in the classrooms, studios, laboratories and workshops. The ratios should conform to the NUC minimum guidelines on staff/student ratio of 1:15. Academic Staff The point of entry for each of the recognized academic positions should reflect appropriate academic qualifications, and experience in both teaching and professional practice. Details of the requirements for the various positions are indicated below: Academic Support Personnel Teaching Assistant/Demonstrators are recommended to assist lecturers in the conduct of tutorials, practicals and fieldwork. Administrative Support Personnel The services of the administrative support staff are indispensable in the proper administration of the departments. These will normally include confidential secretaries, clerical officers, typists, messengers and cleaners. It is important to recruit very competent senior personnel who are technology savvy. Technical Support Personnel The technical support personnel shall consist of technical officers and technologists. It is important to recruit very competent senior technical staff to maintain teaching and research equipment. Library In addition to the library resources at the University central library, the programme should be provided with fully equipped library and information technology centre with minimum of 5 computers, Internet connectivity, 5 reference books, 5 periodicals, 5 Journals for each of the areas of specialisation in the programme and audio-visual materials. The computers should be fully connected to the e-library section of the University central library having e-books and e- journals in all areas of specialisation of the programme. Classrooms, Laboratories Clinics Workshops and Offices Space Use Minimum (m²) 17. Professors Office Academic 24 18. Head of Department Administration 24 19. Senior Lecturer Academic 20 20. Lecturer Academic 16 21. Assistant Lecturer Academic 12 22. Senior Technical Staff Technical 12 23. Senior Administrative Staff Administration 12 24. Junior Technical Staff Technical 10 25. Junior Administrative Staff Administration 10 26. Studio Space Students 30 27. Lecture Space Students 75 28. Seminar Space Students 30 29. Laboratory Space Students 30 30. Library Students 35 31. Social Space Students 40 32. Storage Space Students 30 Laboratories 1. Pattern Drafting Laboratory 2. Clothing Construction Laboratory 3. Textile Laboratory with dark room 4. Weaving Laboratory 5. Drawing studio 6. Dyeing studio 7. Exhibition Room 8. Store 9. Departmental Library 10. Offices 11. Lecture rooms/ Classrooms 12. Staff Offices Laboratory Equioment 1. Patten Drafting Tables 2. Stools 3. Ironing Boards 4. Dry and Steam irons 5. Varieties of notions (sewing and embroidery threads, zips, buttons, lace, ribbon, appliqués) 6. Fitting room/ cubicle 7. Full-length mirror 8. Brown papers 9. Knitting machines 10. Fashion Card Software 11. Hand, treadle, electric and industrial Sewing machines 12. Over locking machines 13. Embroidery machines 14. Electric Cutter 15. Stoning Machines 16. Mannequins 17. Thimbles 18. Tracing wheel 19. Long Rulers 20. French Curves 21. Varieties of Scissors 22. Fabrics 23. Fashion Catalogues B. Sc / B. Tech. Environmental Management

Projects will depend on staff expertise and interest but should be of investigatory nature. Preferably, students should be advised to choose projects in the area of their option/elective subjects.

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.

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

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 List of Laboratories/Workshop and Equipment Structural Engineering 1. Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory 2. Structures Laboratory: Routine testing Models and prototype testing Studio/design office Geotechnical Engineering Field soil survey and testing (including sub-soil investigation and drilling) Laboratory soil/rock testing Geodetic Engineering and Photogrammetry 1. Laboratory equipment stores 2. Photogrammetry and Remote sensing Laboratory Water Resources and Environmental Engineering 1. Hydraulics Laboratory 2. Hydrology Laboratory 3. (iii)Environmental Health Laboratory Highway and Transportation Engineering 1. Highway Materials Testing Laboratory 2. Pavement Laboratory. Major Equipment Structural Engineering Laboratory 1. Universal Testing Machine with accessories for tension, compression, 2. transverse 180o cold bend, double shear, punching and brunel hardness tests. Capacity – 10000KN; Transverse beam – 500KN. 3. Proto-type tests facilities for testing of proto-type in structural elements, i.e. beams, frames, trusses, etc. Accessories for the purpose include 1000KN, 250KN load rings, electronic load cells, faculty workshop facilities, DEMEC High accuracy gauges, hydraulic jacks, etc. 4. Compression testing machine and transverse flexural testing frame: suitable for standard compression, flexural tensile tests and split cylinder tests on standard concrete and wood specimens to BS 1881 and CP 112 respectively. Shear rig can be manufactured and attached to this machine for testing shear strength of wood and glued wood joints. Capacity of the machine is 2500KN. 5. Routine testing and demonstration equipment: This includes armfield extensometres, arch frames, suspension bridge frame and pin-jointed frame work. 6. Concrete batching and making equipment: Multi-flow mixers, 112 Dm3 (4ft3) and 56 Dm3(2ft3) capacities 200-240V. Test BS sieves of various sizes Semi-automatic scale 25kg capacity Automatic scale 500kg capacity Standard moulds of various sizes and tamping rods Vibrating table 7. Concrete quality and workability equipment: Slump cone apparatus to BS 1881 ASTM CI43 Compacting factor apparatus to BS 1881 (2 sizes) Vibro Consistometre to BS 1881 Vicat apparatus Air entrainment metre Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Laboratory 1. Laminar/turbulent pipe flow apparatus 2. Radial flow pump 3. Radial flow turbine 4. Surges in pipes apparatus 5. Surge tower 6. Water hammer apparatus a. Evaporating dish 7. Steam bath or infrared lamp 8. Drying oven 9. Desiccator 10. Analytical balance 11. Reagents – Sodium hydroxide, in distilled 12. Water, phosphate buffer solution, magnesium 13. Sulphate solution, calcium chloride solution, ferric chloride solution, acid and alkali solution, etc 14. Laboratory flow channel 15. Fibre glass 16. Thermometres 17. Funnels 18. Test Tubes Geotechnical Engineering/Highway and Transportation Engineering Laboratory: 1. Tri-axial testing machine complete with transducers cells and accessories 2. Motorized direct/residual shear box machine complete with load rings, set of weights and accessories 3. CBR Testing machine complete with moulds, load ring gauges and accessories 4. Consolidation apparatus complete with cells, gauges and set of weights 5. Laboratory vane test apparatus complete with set of springs and motorizing attachment 6. Large capacity floor-mounting electric ovens 40oC to 16oC 7. Hotplates with Simmersat heat control unit 220–240V, 2000 W 8. Mettler top-loading balance with optical scale 100 g, Readability 0.01 g, capacity1.3 kg 9. Graduated twine beam scale complete with two stainless steel pans 0 to 200 g x10g 10. Semi-automatic balances, 25kg capacity complete with scoope and set of counter weights 11. Autographic unconfined compression apparatus complete with platens springs 12. Unconfined compression apparatus complete with platens and strain gauge mounting assembly and dial gauge 13. Automatic sieve shaker for up to 200 mm diametre sieve 14. BS sieves 212 mm to 8 mm and 200mm diametres 15. Simple hand boring sampling augers complete with accessories 16. Portable drilling unit with two-stroke petrol engine and two pairs of handles complete with extension rods 17. Atterberg limits determination apparatus complete with liquid limit device and accessories 18. High-speed stirrer complete with cup and baffler 19. Constant temperature bath complete with hydrometre jars, watt heater, thermostat, etc 20. CBR Marshall tester complete with breaking head stability mould and flow metre dial gauge 21. Compaction pedestal complete with hammer and mould body 22. Constant head permeability apparatus complete with cells and accessories 23. Standard proctor compaction mould, 1000 cm3 capacity complete with rammers and accessories 24. GEONOR swelling test apparatus complete with cells and accessories 25. Riffle boxes complete with three rigid metal containers 26. Wax melting pot with thermostatic control up to 150oC range 27. Hand-operated extruder – screw type sample extruder for 38mm dia. Complete with built- in sample tube supports 28. Proctor/core cutter extruder comprising a frame and a 15-KN hydraulic jack 29. Universal extruder comprising a frame and a 15-KN hydraulic jack 30. Bench-moulding mixer with three-speed gear box complete with stainless steel bowl 7.5 dm3 capacity 31. Long stem soil hydrometre graduated 0.995 to 1.030 g/ml 32. Sieving extractor complete with clamps and clamming ring for use with sieves of 200mm dia 33. Minor centrifuge complete with 8-place angle head, 8 x 50 ml metal buckets and caps 34. Ductilometre for testing 4 specimens complete with briquette moulds and base plate 35. Flash and fire-points apparatus gas heated. Geodetic Engineering and Photogrammetry Laboratory: 1. Theodolites 2. Levels 3. Compasses 4. Umbrellas 5. Protractors 6. Steel tapes 7. Engineer’s chains 8. Ranging rods 9. Surveyor’s scales 10. Theodolites 11. Levels 12. Compasses 13. Umbrellas 14. Protractors 15. Steel tapes 16. Engineer’s chains 17. Ranging rods 18. Surveyor’s scales a. Various graph paper b. French curves c. Log tables 19. Planimetres 20. Plumbulbs 21. Arrows 22. Field books 23. Modern survey equipment as affordable e.g. Total Station, Global Positioning System (GPS), Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS). 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 Personne 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. 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, standards and specifications etc. in sufficient numbers. Library Facilities The following facilities should be provided to enable users make maximum use of library services: 1. Reading Rooms 2. Visually Impaired Resource Centre 3. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Security gate for theft detection 4. RFID tags for book tagging 5. Notebook computers for loan service 6. Over two hundred computers distributed at the various service points for Database search at the University library and Faculty Libraries 7. Workstations at the Faculty Libraries for Database search 8. Projectors and Screens for presentations 9. Photocopying machines 10. Scanners 11. Visually Impaired Resource Centre 12. Information display screen 13. E-Library (postgraduate and undergraduate sections) 14. Discussion Rooms Types of Laboratories Chemistry and Reaction laboratory Unit Operations laboratories – at least 3 Instrumentation laboratory Thermodynamics and Heat transfer laboratory 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 Accommodation S/No Office No in Facilities Room 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 Lecturer 1 Table, chairs, A/C, filing cabinet, bookshelves, computer unit. 5. Lecturer I 2 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves. 6. Lecturer II 3 Table, chairs, fan, filing cabinet, bookshelves.

Each student will be guided by a supervisor. The choice of a project will be in an area in which the students is interested within the rehabilitation profession into which the student was admitted. This will lead to a dissertation, which will be presented for assessment during the final examination.

Each student must produce a bound project report on an approved topic based on any acceptable area of study. It must be a research work carried out by the student under an approved supervisor.