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Introduction to Rock Mechanics – Definition of terms and importance of rock mechanics. Field applications in mining, civil and petroleum engineering. Classification and Index properties of rocks – geological classification of rocks (crystalline rocks and organic rocks); porosity density; permeability; strength: Slaking and Durability; sonic velocity as an index to degree of fissuring; classification of rock masses for engineering purposes. Rock strength and failure; criteria modes of failure of rocks common laboratory strength tests (uniaxial, triaxial, Brazilian, flexural tests); stress-strain behaviour in compression; effect of confining pressure; the meaning of rock strength; application of the complete stress-strain curve. The Mohr Coulomb failure criterion. The effect of water. The influence of the principal stress ration on failure; empirical criteria of failure; Coulom-Navier criterion of failure of rocks; Griffith brittle failure criterion. Elastic properties. Applications of rock mechanics in engineering or underground openings. Rock slope stability. Support systems design and selection – caving and subsidence. Observation of mass deformations – extensometers and strain transducers. Case studies.

Review of the anatomy of digestive system of the ruminant animals; Patho-physiology of the ruminant digestive tract; traumatic reticulitis; tympani and torsion; Nutrition and metabolism of ruminants

Procedures for starting, running and stopping marine engines. Watch keeping, logging, fault diagnosis and maintenance of main and auxiliary engines. Overhauling, dismantling and checking of components for wear cracks and damage. Inspecting and overhauling of turbochargers, transmission systems, bearings, seals and filters. Testing of injectors, fuel pumps and valves. Repair/replacement of parts and assembly. Different maintenance methods and their significance. Checking and adjustment of clearances, alignments, fittings and bolts. General safety guidelines and machinery grinding-in procedure.

Concept of integrated rural development (planning and implementation). Overview of the problems of rural infrastructures. Review of agricultural construction survey. Rural road network. Rural road design, construction and maintenance; erosion of earth roads; minor road crossing. Small scale irrigation; rural electricity; rural water supplies; rural sanitation. Practical contents: A levelling survey exercise for road construction. Excursion: Visit to an earth dam site and an irrigation project. 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. 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. 6. Determine price, cost, value, depreciation and obsolescence in real property, personal property, personal property, machinery and equipment, oil, gas, mines, and quarries valuation. Course Content Objectives of valuation work/ valuer's primary duty and responsibility. Valuer's obligation to his or her client, to other valuers, and to the society. Valuation methods and practices. Valuation reports. Expert witnessing. Ethics in valuation. Valuation standards. Price, cost and value. Depreciation and obsolescence. Valuation terminology. Real asset valuation; personal asset valuation. Machinery and equipment valuation. Oil and gas facilities valuation. Mines and quarries valuation. Appraisal reporting and review. ABE 401: Instrumentation and Measurement in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (2 Units C: LH 15; PH 45) Learning Outcomes This course will help students to: 1. identify the appropriate instruments for measuring parametres relevant to agricultural activities; 2. manage the acquisition, transmission, recording, analysing and computing of data; and 3. apply these instruments, particularly for research in agricultural and biosystems engineering. Course Contents Motion, force, torque and shaft power, pressure and sound flux; humidity measurement; application of primary sensing element; data manipulation, computing and compensating devices; data transmission and recording.

Epidemiology – Definition, Principles and methods, Health Education, Environmental health, Occupational health, Public Health administration/Health Care. Epidemiology of Communicable and non-communicable diseases. Social medicine, National and International Regulations relating to health.Radiography and sonography in pediatric, maternal care and emergencies.

Construction and choice of strata; frames and various equal and unequal probability sampling schemes with properties; Estimation of means; proportion and their variances; Successive sampling scheme; Problems of non-sampling error and non-response: application to some selected specialized survey

Concept and principles of inspections. Definitions –Inspection, Sanitary Inspection of Premises (SIP), Sanitary Audit (SA) Standards. Guidelines, Purpose, Objectives of inspection, Procedure and methodology of premises inspection. Ethical issues in sanitary inspection of premises - fairness, objectivity, honesty, openness and many others. Types of premises: residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, hospitality; institutional, mobile premises and special event. Environmental surveillance tools: Tools (form ES 1, 2 …..15); equipment (camera, GPS kits, metre rule, torch light and many others) and instruments (hand held noise level meter, thermometer, air quality monitors, contamination metre [Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP), and many others] for sanitary inspection of premises (SIP); Planning for SIP- area mapping, plan of action, budget, resource mobilisation and utilisation, Strategy for SIP; Qualities of inspecting officer, inspection skills - thoroughness, accuracy and many others. Report writing and dissemination (Environmental Health Management Information System, Local Data Base, web portal, reporting tools; laws, policies, regulations, guidelines and enforcement. Nuisance: types of nuisance – structural nuisance, non-structural nuisance, statutory nuisance; Abatement of nuisance – Abatement Notice, Improvement Notice; Communication on SIP- Behaviour Change Communication (BCC); Target parameters/Nuisances for inspection: Sanitary situation, Toilet facilities (Availability/Access/Cleanliness/Adequacy), Noise level, Temperature, Humidity, Pest & vector infestation, microbial contamination, congestion, water safety waste disposal, crowding, Lighting, Ventilation, Records & Certifications and many others. Certification of Premises – Certificate of Fitness for Habitation; Certificate of Fitness for Use; Certificate of Fitness for Continued Use; Private Sector Participation (PSP) in SIP/A; National Policy Guidelines on Sanitary Inspection of Premises.

Satellite frequency bands. services, transmission and multiplexing schemes. trans- multiplexing. multiple access schemes. Satellite orbit. Satellite motion. Paths. Geostationary satellites. Non-geostationary constellations. Satellite subsystems. Satellite launching. Antennas: types, gain, pointing loss, G/T, EIRP. High power amplifiers. Low noise amplifiers. BUC/LNB: conversion process, polarisation hopping, redundancy configurations. earth station monitoring and control. Basic link analysis. attenuation. sources of interference. carrier to noise and interference ratio. System availability. Frequency reuse. Link budget. Link design. Multiple access techniques: companded FDM-FM-FDMA, SSB-AM-FDMA, amplitude, and phase nonlinearities. Optimised carrier to noise and intermodulation ratio. TDMA: frame structure, burst structure, frame efficiency, super-frame structure, frame acquisition and synchronisation, satellite position determination. TDMA equipment. advanced TDMA satellite systems. CDMA: direct sequence CDMA (DS-CDMA), sequence synchronous and sequence asynchronous DS-CDMA. random access DS-CDMA. link analysis. FH-SS systems. FH-CDMA. acquisition and synchronisation. Demand assignment multiple access (DAMA). types of demand assignments. DAMA characteristics. real time frame reconfiguration. DAMA interfaces. SCPC DAMA. SPADE. digital speech interpolation. Message transmission by FDMA. M/G/1 queue. message transmission by TDMA. pure ALOHA- satellite packet switching. slotted ALOHA. packet reservation. tree algorithm. Advantages and disadvantages of multi-beam satellites, interconnection by transponder hopping, interconnection by on-board switching (SS/TDMA). interconnection by beam scanning, ISL: GEO-LEO, GEO-GEO, LEO-LEO, RF, and optical links. VSAT networks. VSAT technologies. network configurations. multi-access and networking. network error control. polling VSAT networks. Lab Work: Illustration of Basics of Satellite Communication. Demonstration of antennas, high power amplifiers and low noise amplifiers. Illustration of FDMA techniques. Demonstration of TDMA structure and equipment. Illustration of CDMA equipment and techniques. Illustration of DAMA techniques. Demonstration of VSAT networks.

Basic concept of satellite geodesy. Geometric and dynamic techniques. Methods of observations. Satellites orbits, normal/perturbed orbits. Mathematical model, error behavior and applications of satellite techniques. Types of satellites. Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Satellite laser ranging and satellite altimetry. Anatomy of Global Position System (GPS). Description, observations, mathematics models, error analysis, software structure and data processing in GPS. Classical and modern 3–Dimensional approaches to geodetic networks. Global coordinate system and applications of satellite to positioning and figure of the earth, gravity field determination and geodynamics.

Wood log yard. Grading or sorting of wood. Preservation of logs. Determination of sawing patterns. Sawing of wood. Resawing. Sorting, grading and storage of boards. Production measurements in mills. Mill efficiency. Sawing equipment in the sawmill.