RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESEARCH GROUP

RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESEARCH GROUP

 

In respect of the invitation by the Senate Research Grants Committee to Academic Staff of the University to form Departmental, Faculty and University –based Research Groups, we are pleased to inform you of the formation of a Research Group, as described below.

 

  1. 1. NAME OF RESEARCH GROUP:

Renewable and Alternative Energy Research Group

  1. RESEARCH FOCUS:

The group’s research activities will focus on Renewable, Alternative and Non-conventional Energy Resources and Technologies, including

  • Solar drying/heating/power generation.
  • Wind energy resources and technologies
  • Small-scale hydro energy systems
  • Biofuels (solids, liquids and gases) and their Conversion Technologies
  • Indirect Energy Supply through more efficient energy conversion, supply and consumption systems and methods
  • Biowastes to Energy conversion
  • Energy conservation
  • Energy Storage
  • Hybrid Conventional and Non-conventional Energy Systems
  • Environmentally Hazardous emission control technologies related to energy supply, transportation and consumption
  • Energy and Environment interactions
  • Others
  1. SOME PROPOSED RESEARCH TOPICS

The Research Group will aim, where possible and appropriate, to develop commercial scale energy conversion technologies, while supporting such work with laboratory scale and more fundamental research. Some of the proposed research topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Development of a bio-waste fueled Biogas Plant with power generation
  • Design and Construction of a Pilot Biodiesel Production Plant
  • Optimization of a Diesel Engine for Use with Biodiesel
  • Development of a Commercial Scale Hybrid Solar/Biomass Crop Dryer
  • Design and Construction of a Medium Capacity Solid Absorption Solar Refrigerator
  • Development of an LPG Stove Capable of Replacing the Kerosine Stove with improved Efficiency and Environmental Impact
  • Performance Evaluation and Certification Standards to Solar-PV system Components
  • Others

 

  1. COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP

The Group is composed principally of staff from the Departmental of Mechanical Engineering. It also includes staff from the National Center for Energy Research and Development (NCERD) all of the University of Nigeria. The member of the Group is as follows:

  1. Prof. O.C. Iloeje             Leader                                     Mech. Eng.
  2. Prof. A.O. Odukwe Professor                                 Mech. Eng
  • Prof. C.I. Ezekwe Professor                                 Mech. Eng
  1. Prof. S.O. Onyegegbu Professor                                 Mech. Eng
  2. Prof. S.O. Enibe             Professor                                 Mech. Eng.
  3. Prof. G.O. Unuachukwu Professor                                 Mech. Eng/NCERD
  • Dr. J.I. Eze Principal Research Fellow       NCERD
  • Dr. S.C. Nwanya                         Snr. Lecturer                           Mech. Eng.
  1. Dr. Joshua Ifeanyi Ume Snr. Lecturer                           Mech. Eng.
  2. Dr. C.A. Mgbemene Snr. Lecturer                           Mech. Eng.
  3. Engr. C.O. Agbo Lecturer I                                Mech. Eng.
  • Engr. H.O. Njoku Lecturer I                                Mech. Eng.
  • Engr. M.N. Eke Lecturer I                                Mech. Eng.
  • Mr. I.C. Ezema Lecturer I                                Met & Mat
  1. Mr. C.D. Ogbonnia Chief Technologist                  NCERD
  • Mr. Akpan Lecturer II                               Mech. Eng.
  • Mr. Ifeanyi Umeh Lecturer II                               Mech. Eng.
  • Mr. Darlington Egeonu Grad. Asst                               Mech. Eng.
  • Mr. Emmanuel Ezeani Grad. Asst                               Mech. Eng.
  1. Mr. Hillary. O. Onyishi Grad. Asst                               Mech. Eng.
  • Mr. G.U. Akubue Research Asst                         NCERD
  • Mr. C.K.C Oluah Grad. Asst                               Mech. Eng.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5          BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE

5.1       Prof Onwuamaeze C. Iloeje (C. Eng, MI Mech E, MNSE, MSESN, FSESN)

            B Sc 1st Class Honours, Mech Eng (1968) – Univ. of Nottingham, England

MS (1971) MS in Mech Eng (1971), PhD (1975) – Mech Eng, MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

With his first degree, he worked for 2 years at Hall Thermotank International, England, becoming a Refrigeration Systems Design Engineer after his 1st year. Subsequently, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he had a very successful career as a Research Asst. on Post Dryout Heat Transfer problems in Nuclear Reactor Loss of Coolant Accidents. After his PhD, he carried on this work for 3 years as Engineer/Snr. Engineer at General Electric Nuclear Energy Division, San Jose California, USA. Thereafter he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Nigeria in 1977 as Lecturer I and became Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1989. His teaching and research had focused principally in the area of Energy and Power (Conventional and Renewable) and on the use of locally available materials. These led to an innovative and unique Three-step Model of Dispersed Flow Heat Transfer, Solid Absorption Solar Refrigerator, a Commercial Scale Solar Rice Dryer, A Friction Brake Pad Based Predominantly on Locally Available Materials – among many others. He has over 35 Journal and Technical Conference Papers, 13 Technical Reports, 6 Books and Booklets and 27 Invited Workshop and Seminar Papers. He has served as Chairman/Member of various University, Faculty and Departmental Committees, including Chairman CEC Board (1987-1992), member Consultancy Management Board, Chairman Faculty Engineering Design and Practice Center, Chairman Departmental Postgraduate Committee, etc, etc. He was Assoc. Dean of Engineering (1987/89,)

He served very notably as Director Energy Center/NCERD –UNN (1989-1994). He was thereafter appointed Director, Energy Information Systems (1996-1998) and Director, Energy Policy and Planning (1997-2005) – all at the Energy Commission of Nigeria ECN, Lagos/Abuja. At the ECN he was responsible for the studies on, and development of various energy policy and plan documents including the first National Energy Policy, the first National Renewable Energy Master Plan (2005-2025), the first 30–year Comprehensive National Energy Demand Projection (2000-2030), the first 25–year Electricity Generation Expansion Plan (2000-2030) and many others.

He was a member of the Electric Power Sector Reform Implementation Committee, EPIC (2000-2003) and in that capacity helped to develop the power Sector Reform Policy, the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (2005) and many other power sector reform instruments. He was later appointed a Federal Commissioner in the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. As one of 7 pioneer Commissioners of NERC, he was instrumental to developing several regulations, guidelines, procedures and policy documents, including the first Multi-year Tariff Order, which helped to make functional the new reformed Electricity Supply Industry and establish NERC as a viable and dependable electric sector regulator.

 

 

 

 

The Chairman

Senate Research Grants Committee, UNN

 

Thro:               The Dean

Faculty of Engineering, UNN

 

 

Thro:               The Head

Department of Mechanical Engineering, UNN

 

 

CONCEPT NOTES AND RELEVANT DATA IN RESPECT OF THE ENERGY REGULATION AND POLICY RESEARCH GROUP

 

 

 

  1. NAME OF RESEARCH GROUP:

Energy Regulation and Policy Research Group

  1. RESEARCH FOCUS

The exploitation of Nigeria’s energy resources and the assurance of national energy security require research-based energy policies, projections and plans.

The new Electricity Supply Industry, with its focus on private sector operators and competition in an imperfect market for the delivery of electricity services, requires informed development of policies, regulations and guidelines to ensure a smooth, efficient and effective operation of the market. The evolving and similar gas market, in consequence of the revised gas policy, requires similar regulatory support.

Consequently, the activities of the research group will be focused on:

  • Regulations for the supply, transportation, trading, capacity expansion , service provision and efficient consumption of electricity
  • Special regulations for rural electrification
  • Regulations for the supply, transportation, trading, capacity expansion and consumption of gas
  • National, regional, state and industry sector energy policies, as well as policies specific to energy types, economic sectors or population groups
  • Energy supply and demand studies and projections;
  • Trends in, constraints to, and appropriate policies for the development and promotion of identified energy markets
  • Energy intensities in economic sectors
  • Energy and Environment interaction studies and mitigation measures.
  • and Others

 

  1. SOME PROPOSED RESEARCH TOPICS

Some of the proposed research topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Regulations and Guidelines to Promote Rural Electrification in Nigeria
  • Survey of Sectoral Energy Consumption in Nigeria
  • Long term (25-year) Energy Demand Projection
  • Development of an Implementable Billing Formula for Unmetered Customers
  • Others
  1. COMPOSITION OF THE GROUP

The group is composed of the following persons

  1.          Prof. O.C. Iloeje                     Leader                         Mech. Eng
  2. Prof. S.O. Enibe                      Professor                     Mech. Eng

iii.        Prof. G.O. Unuachukwu         Professor                     Mech. Eng/NCERD

  1. Dr. S.C. Nwanya Snr. Lecturer               Mech. Eng
  2. Ifeanyi Joshua Ume Snr. Lecturer               Mech. Eng
  3. Engr. C.O.A. Agbo Lecturer I                    Mech. Eng

vii.       Engr. M.N. Eke                       Lecturer I                    Mech. Eng

viii.      Engr. Paul A. Ozor                 Lecturer I                    Mech. Eng

  1. Mr. P.U. Akpan Lecturer II                   Mech. Eng
  2. Ifeanyi S. Umeh Lecturer II                   Mech. Eng
  3. Mr. Darlington Egeonu Grad. Asst.                  Mech. Eng

xii.       Mr. Hillary Onyishi                 Grad. Asst.                  Mech. Eng

xiii.      Mr. G.U. Akubue                    Research Asst             Mech. Eng

xiv.      Mr. Henry N. Ononiwu          Grad. Asst.                  Mech. Eng

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5          BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE

5.1       Prof Onwuamaeze C. Iloeje (C. Eng, MI Mech E, MNSE, MSESN, FSESN)

            B Sc 1st Class Honours, Mech Eng (1968) – Univ. of Nottingham, England

MS (1971) MS in Mech Eng (1971), PhD (1975) – Mech Eng, MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

With his first degree, he worked for 2 years at Hall Thermotank International, England, becoming a Refrigeration Systems Design Engineer after his 1st year. Subsequently, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he had a very successful career as a Research Asst. on Post Dryout Heat Transfer problems in Nuclear Reactor Loss of Coolant Accidents. After his PhD, he carried on this work for 3 years as Engineer/Snr. Engineer at General Electric Nuclear Energy Division, San Jose California, USA. Thereafter he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Nigeria in 1977 as Lecturer I and became Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1989. His teaching and research had focused principally in the area of Energy and Power (Conventional and Renewable) and on the use of locally available materials. These led to an innovative and unique Three-step Model of Dispersed Flow Heat Transfer, Solid Absorption Solar Refrigerator, a Commercial Scale Solar Rice Dryer, A Friction Brake Pad Based Predominantly on Locally Available Materials – among many others. He has over 35 Journal and Technical Conference Papers, 13 Technical Reports, 6 Books and Booklets and 27 Invited Workshop and Seminar Papers. He has served as Chairman/Member of various University, Faculty and Departmental Committees, including Chairman CEC Board (1987-1992), member Consultancy Management Board, Chairman Faculty Engineering Design and Practice Center, Chairman Departmental Postgraduate Committee, etc, etc. He was Assoc. Dean of Engineering (1987/89,)

He served very notably as Director Energy Center/NCERD –UNN (1989-1994). He was thereafter appointed Director, Energy Information Systems (1996-1998) and Director, Energy Policy and Planning (1997-2005) – all at the Energy Commission of Nigeria ECN, Lagos/Abuja. At the ECN he was responsible for the studies on, and development of various energy policy and plan documents including the first National Energy Policy, the first National Renewable Energy Master Plan (2005-2025), the first 30–year Comprehensive National Energy Demand Projection (2000-2030), the first 25–year Electricity Generation Expansion Plan (2000-2030) and many others.

He was a member of the Electric Power Sector Reform Implementation Committee, EPIC (2000-2003) and in that capacity helped to develop the power Sector Reform Policy, the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (2005) and many other power sector reform instruments. He was later appointed a Federal Commissioner in the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. As one of 7 pioneer Commissioners of NERC, he was instrumental to developing several regulations, guidelines, procedures and policy documents, including the first Multi-year Tariff Order, which helped to make functional the new reformed Electricity Supply Industry and establish NERC as a viable and dependable electric sector regulator.

 

 

 

5.2      Dr. Chigbo A. Mgbemene B. Eng, Mech Eng. (1991), Univ. of Nigeria M. Eng (2002) and PhD (2011) in Mech. Eng, Univ. of Nigeria

Dr. Chigbo A. Mgbemene is a Mechanical Engineer by profession. Currently, he teaches at the Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Nigeria, Nsukka as a Senior Lecturer. He participates in both local and international researches across different disciplines. He was a Fulbright scholar to University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA from 2006-2007 where he carried out his doctoral research work on Thermoelectric Power Generation. His major area of research is Renewable Energy but he also researches in gas Turbines, Heat Transfer, Waste Heat Recovery and Reuse of Agric. Waste Products. In 2010, he researched with Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland on the use of agricultural waste products (maize cobs, rice husks and groundnut shells) in the production of building panels. In 2011, he also participated in the University Lecturers Skills Enhancement Training Programe, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. In 2014 he participated in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s MISTI Africa Empowering the Teachers Program in Cambridge USA. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy of UK. He has eight publications to his name in notable international journals across different disciplines and also has a book sold internationally in solar thermoelectric power generation to his name. Dr. Mgbemene is a registered engineer and a member of numerous professional and scholarly societies.

 

5.3       Dr John I. Eze B. Sc, Food Sc. & Tech (1987) Univ. of Nigeria

  1. Sc. (1992), PhD (2001) Food S.c & Tech, Univ. of Nigeria

Dr. John Ikechukwu Eze is a Senior Research Fellow and Head Biomass Unit at the National Center for Energy Research and Development with a parallel appointment as a Senior Lecturer in Department of Food Science and Technology, both at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He pioneered the Biomass Research Unit of the Energy Research Center. He has had some training courses in Biomass Technology abroad.

He designed and constructed his first commercial biogas plant (10m3 capacity) in 2004 and has also constructed many more biogas plants. He served as the Editor-in-chief of the Solar Energy Journal for three (3) consecutive tenures, making it a total of 6 years, having satisfactorily impressed The Solar Energy Journal every year with either one or two Issues of the Journal annually. He is a Fellow of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria.

He was a member of the Technical Committee that published the Biogas Technical Training Manual for Energy Commission on Nigeria organized conferences, training and workshops. He has published more that 56 technical papers in reputable international journals.

In 2013, he made a research break-through when he generated electricity from biogas produced from cow dung after configuring a petroleum generator.

 

5.4       Mr P. A. Ozor

Hails from Umulumgbe in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. He obtained a B.Eng in Mechanical/Production Engineering from Enugu State University of Science and Technology in 2001. Upon completion of the mandatory National service, he joined Bonez Construction and Engineering Services Nigeria Limited as the Project Manager from 2004 -2009. Within this period, he enrolled for a Master’s degree programme in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Engineering and Management Option) at the University of Nigeria and graduated in 2008. He was subsequently employed in the latter institution as a Lecturer in 2009, the same year he enrolled for a Ph.D programme in the same Department. The programme is currently in its final stage. He has proficiency in Excel and Matlab for System life cycle data analysis, System Maintenance and Control Policies Assessment and System Failure Analysis. Mr Ozor is a reliability and Maintainability Engineering expert and has published 7 papers in the area. He has Benefitted from the Association of Commonwealth Universities scholarship for early researchers which ensured his participation in the sixth international Conference in Engineering Failure Analysis (ICEFA VI) held in Lisbon, Portugal in 2014. He is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and has successfully supervised over 25 completed Undergraduate Students Projects since he started teaching in 2009.

 

5.5       ENGR. EKE MKPAMDI NELSON

He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri in 1996 and proceeded to Kwara State for the National Youth Service Corp(NYSC) scheme in 1997. In 1998, I moved to Abuja in search of greener pastures where I worked briefly for one year with Abuja Furniture Productions, a section of Julius Berger Nigeria, Plc. Abuja. I got admission in February, 1999 to pursue a Masters Degree Programme in the department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and I research on the topic ‘’Optimal Scheduling of Petroleum Products Distribution in Nigeria.’’ At the period of my Masters Degree Programme in 2001, I got a three month Young Collaboration Program Research on Non-Conventional Energy in Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. In May 2002, I completed my Masters’ of Engineering programme in the department of Mechanical Engineering with bias in Industrial Engineering and Management.

In July 2006, I was employed by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as a Technologist I in the department of Mechanical Engineering. In May 2008, I got employment as Lecturer II in the same department which I am doing till date. Within the period I got the employment with the University of Nigeria, I enrolled for a doctoral programme   I am currently carrying out research on the Improvement of performance of thermal power systems through Energy and Exergy Analysis.

I have four(4) publications and one(1) conference paper to my credit.

5.6       G.U. Akubue

He obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (Air conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology), with Second Class honours (Upper Division) in 2004 and Master of Engineering (Energy & Power Technology) in 2010 both in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, (FUTO) Imo State and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State respectively. He is currently a Research Fellow (II) at the National Centre for Energy Research and Development, a position he held since April, 2010 and also lectures in the Faculty of Engineering both in University of Nigeria, Nsukka. At present, he is a Ph.D student in the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Nigeria Nsukka, working on Solar Sorption Refrigeration.

Mr. Akubue research interest is on Renewable Energy Technologies (wind and Solar), Energy and Exergy, Thermodynamics, Thermal Energy Storage and Heat & Mass transfer. He has attended a number of workshops/conferences and training locally on renewable and alternative energy applications and has co-authored about eleven (11) research publications in both reputable journals and conferences.

He is a member of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria (MSESN).

5.7       DARLINGTON IHUNANYACHUKWU EGEONU RESUME

darlington.egeonu@unn.edu.ng, +2348068623163

Mr Darlington Ihunanyachukwu Egeonu was born on 6th May, 1984 in Uloano-Ndugba, Isu L. G. A., Imo State. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honors from University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 2010. In 2014, he was awarded a Master of Engineering degree from the same University. Mr Egeonu did his six months Industrial Training (IT) at National Centre for Energy Research and Development at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he worked as a Research Trainee in Renewable Energy Technologies (Biomass, Photovoltaic etc.). His lecturing experience started at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Federal Polytechnic Bauchi where he did his one year compulsory National Youth Service. After the youth service in 2011, he was employed as a Junior Mechanical Engineer at Dangote Cement Plant, Ibese, Ogun State where he worked in Utilities Department and Central Maintenance Unit. Mr. Egeonu is currently a lecturer II in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he teaches Mechanics of Machines 1 (ME 341) and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Technology (ME 419). His research areas include renewable energy, energy and exergyanalysis of mechanical systems and application of artificial neural network to system modeling. Mr Egeonu is proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (Microsoft word, excel, power point etc.), AUTOCAD software (for drawing), 3DS MAX Software (for animation), MATLAB/SCILAB software (for engineering analysis) and ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK (ANN) toolbox (for system modeling). He speaks Igbo and English Language fluently. Mr Egeonu has four publications to his credit.

 

5.8       MR. OGBONNIA C.D.

Qual: HND Mechanical Engineering, Yoba Tech, Lagos

Mr Ogbonnia C.D. is an HND graduate of Yaba College of Technology. He joined the services of the University in 1991 and was posted to the National Center for Energy Research and Development upon appointment. He rose to the rank of Chief Technical Officer at NCERD-UNN and has been in charge of the Design and Production Unit at the Center from his employment to date. He attended an eight weeks Biogas Training Course in China in 1994 named “The International Training Workshop on Biogas Technology Chendu, Peoples Republic of China, at the Chendu International Biogas Center. Since then, he had assumed responsibility for the design and construction of Biogas Digesters at the Energy Center UNN. He has subsequently designed and constructed functional Bio-digesters at the following sites:

10 m3    Digester at the NCERD-UNN

10 m3   Digester at Ugbo Nwankwu, Enugu State

10 m3   Digester at Awka-Ekiti, Anambra State

40 m3   Digester at Ukana, Essien Udim, Akwa Ibom State

 

 

5.9       Umeh Ifeanyi. S.

 

Umeh Ifeanyi joined U.N.N as a teaching staff on 23rd May, 2014. He graduated from the Cranfield University, England, with a Masters Degree (MDes, 2012) in Design and Innovation for sustainability. He also hold both MEng (1990) and BEng (1985) Degrees in Mechanical / Production Engineering from the Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH), Enugu. He specialises in Mechanical Engineering Design with major interests in Rotordynamics Machinery and Thermal Power.

Prior to taking up employment with the U.N.N., Ifeanyi has had over 14 years engineering experience working with the following organizations: Project Development Institute (PRODA), Enugu; Drake & Scull Nig. Ltd., Lagos; Afrocommerce W.A. Ltd., Lagos; Advanced Concepts Nig. Ltd., Enugu; Nigerian Bank for Commerce and Industry (N.B.C.I.), Calabar; and Blackwood Hodge (Nig.) Ltd, Port Harcourt.

Current Research:

Currently researching the development of a new species of Heat Engine. Main focus is on developing an integrated framework and benign architecture for effective management and utilisation of the renewable energy portfolios.

6          Professor Unachukwu Godwin Ogechi

BSc. Hons (Industrial Chemistry) Nigeria, 1982, M.Eng (Fuel & Energy Engineering) Petroleum Engineering Dept. University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State 1991, PhD (Energy & Power) Mechanical Engineering Dept. Nigeria, April 2005, Certificate in “Energy Management and Cleaner Production in Small and Medium Scale Industries” University of Twente Enchede–The Netherlands 2006, Certificate in “Energy Efficiency in Industry, Commerce and Buildings” Awarding Body Renewable Academy, Berlin Germany, Certificate in “Financing Renewable Energy Project” Institute of Distance Learning, Beuth University of Applied Sciences/Renewable Academy Berlin Germany, Certificate, “Train the Trainers” Capacity Building for Energy Auditing, UNIDO/ECN 2003 and 2004 & other certificate from professional bodies

Position in the University:    Professor

Area of Expertise/Research Activity

Energy Research and Development activities, Energy Policy Formulation, Thermodynamics/Exergy Analysis, Industrial Energy Audit, Energy Management and Environment, Energy Data Collation and Analysis, Energy Efficiency & Management, Renewable Energy Technologies, Domestic Cook-Stoves Development and Performance Evaluations, Waste to Wealth Energy Recovery Systems, Coal Utilization

Prof Unachukwu has 38 publications in the areas of energy and related field.

6.1       Engr. Dr. Joshua Ifeanyichukwu Ume

Engr. (Dr) Ifeanyichukwu Ume was born on 15th February 1953 in Enugu, in Enugu State of Nigeria. He attended the Colliery Comprehensive School, Ngwo, near Enugu, where he earned the WAEC School Certificate in Division one distinction in 1971. On completion of his Higher School Certificate Programme at Dennis Memorial Grammer School, Onitsha in 1972, he proceeded to the University of Lagos, where he bagged a First Class Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1978. He capped it up with a Master’s Degree, also in Chemical Engineering from the same institution in 1982. He later proceeded to the Pennsylvania State University, University park, USA, from where he earned a PhD. in Fuel Science and Engineering in 1994. He served in various capacities as lecturer in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, as well as consultant to the Nigerian Coal Corporation, Enugu. He had also served as external examiner in various Universities and Polytechnics in the Country. He has travelled widely across the globe. He was a member of the Presidential Technical Committee on Coal Development in Nigeria between June and December 2003. He was also a member of Presidential Visitation Panel to Federal College of Education (special), Oyo State between June and September 2004. He also served as the Director of Materials and Energy Technology at the Projects Development Institute, Enugu (2005-2008) and Director of Nuclear Power Plant Development, Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Abuja (2008-2010). He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Engr Dr Ume has 23 Journal and Conference papers and his research interests cover, Fossil Fuel Beneficiation, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Goechemical and Geopysical Investigations.

On-going research topics include, Development of algorithm for the design of retort for fossil fuel cabornization, Heavy metal contamination of green leafy vegetables cultivated in residential gardens in urban centers, south east of Nigeria, Contamination assessment of heavy metals in road deposited sediments of some selected roads in metropolitan centers, south east of Nigeria.

 

 

 

 

6.2       Mr. Patrick Udemeobong Akpan

He obtained a BEng in Mechanical Engineering (Energy and Power option), UNN in 2006. In 2011, He completed an M.Sc Programme in Process Systems Engineering (Energy systems and Thermal processes option) at Cranfield, University, UK. He has proficiency in Excel and Matlab for analysing data and solving ODE equations, proficiency in Wanda Transient for pressure transient analysis in water pipeline systems, proficiency in Ansys. Fluent for 2D CFD analysis. He speaks English, Yoruba and Ibibio fluently and has a basic knowledge of Urhobo, Igbo and Spanish language. Mr. Akpan has benefited from NNPC/ESSO Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship program and Exxon Mobil Producing Nigeria Limited Undergraduate Scholarship. He is a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Energy Institute (EI) UK. At present, He works as a Lecturer II in the department of Mechanical Engineering, UNN. His teaching responsibilities are on the following courses; Measurement and Instrumentations Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Heat and Mass Transfer. He has supervised over 10 completed Undergraduate students projects since he started teaching in 2011. He has six (6) Publications.

  1. Patrick.akpan@unn.edu.ng
  2. +2348102475639

 

6.3       Ononiwu Ndudim Henry

He is a graduate of Federal University of Technology Owerri Imo state. He graduated in 2011 from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Industrial Production Technology with a Second Class Upper. He is currently employed by University of Nigeria from March 2013 to present. He is in the Industrial Engineering and Management Area in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is currently undergoing his Masters Degree in the earlier stated area of specialization in the earlier stated area from 2013 to present in University of Nigeria Nsukka Campus. He currently has no publications to this date.

OnoniwuNdudim Henry

Mechanical Engineering Department, UNN

+2348060103786

ndudimononiwu@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.4       Agbo Cornelius O. A.

Date of Birth:              22nd January, 1964

Marital Status:             Married

Education:                   M. ENG. (Nig.)

Specialization:             Design and Production

Work Experience:       Workshop Manager, CNOEL Nig. Ltd, Enugu, Nigeria from 1991 to 1992

Mechanical Engineer, Mercedes-Benz, ANAMMCO Ltd, Enugu, Nigeria, from 1992 to 1996

Manager Service Training, Mercedes-Benz, ANAMMCO Ltd, Enugu, Nigeria, from 1996 to 2006

Lecturer, CARITAS University, Amorji-Nike, Enugu, 2007 to 2008

Lecturer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from 2008 to date

Areas of Research:      Design of equipment and machinery, waste management and environmental control, composite materials research, energy generation and utilization, automobile engineering etc.

Publications:    Published up to 6 articles in both local and international journals.

 

6.5       BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Onyishi Hillary Onyebuchi   hillary.onyishi@unn.edu.ng   +2348065715108

[Hillary. O. Onyishi is a Mechanical Engineer by profession. He received his B.Eng degree from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria Nsukka in 2012. As a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, he has research interests in Renewable and Alternative Energy with particular focus on related engineering designs and innovations. He has participated in a number of short courses including Shell Petroleum Engineering Summer School in 2011 and 2012. In 2012 he carried out extensive performance tests and produced results on a 112kW diesel engine test best in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, University of Nigeria, Nsukka as his B.Eng Project. From March 2013 to February 2014, he worked as Works Supervisor at Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo State on capacity as a National Youth Service Corps member. Currently he is working on a number of research works including the Design of a Self-Powered, Renewable Energy Car.

 

6.6       BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Oluah Chukwumaobi Kingsley       maobi2tech@yahoo.com     +2348068682768

Chukwumaobi K. Oluah is a Mechanical Engineer by profession. He received his B.Eng degree from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria Nsukka in 2012. As a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, he has research interests in Renewable Energy Technologies. In 2012 he carried out an extensive work on “Electricity Generation Potentials of PV systems in Nigeria: Estimate based on Online Open-Access Data” as his B.Eng Project. From March 2013 to February 2014, he worked at Technology Incubation Center (TIC) Calabar, Cross-River State on capacity as a National Youth Service Corps member. He did his Industrial Training at Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) Ekpan, Delta State from May to September, 2011. Currently he is working on a number of research works including Design of a hybrid solar air heating system with thermoelectric modules (TEM) for power generation.