Credit Hours - 3

This course is intended to introduce student to Mechatronics. It will also enable the students to acquire the necessary competencies in Electric Circuits and Components. This will then lead them to understand the complexities and working principles of Arduino programming and interfacing, data acquisition, sensors, and actuators.

Credit Hours - 3

This course seeks to introduce students to the use of various conveying systems discussed earlier in the processing of agricultural materials. Students will therefore be exposed to how miniature or variants of typical conveyor systems are employed in the processing (teaming, dewatering, drying, separation, etc.) of agricultural materials. Basic materials handling concepts, plant layout and materials handling, Design of belt, screw, chain, and bucket conveyors; Design of bins and hoppers; safety, environment and human factors in materials handling.

Credit Hours - 3

The purpose of this course is to impart to the students’ knowledge in green engineering and Life Cycle Assessments techniques. The topics to be treated in this course include Carbon accounting; Energy Efficiency and renewable enable resources and technologies; Sustainable engineering technologies for resource-constrained settings.

Credit Hours - 3

The purpose of this course to enable students to understand and appreciate that mechanization is not only practiced in crop production but also in animal production. Most often, crop production receives more attention than livestock, as such this course seeks to offer the student much more knowledge on the methods of livestock mechanization. Some topics to be treated included, diary machinery, forage harvesters, animal feed machinery, etc.

Credit Hours - 3

This course is designed to introduce the student to the various components of precision Agriculture. At the end of the course the students should have enough knowledge on the different components of a precision farming set-up. They will be equipped with knowledge to understand and appreciate GPS technology, GIS, yield monitoring systems, yield mapping, precision machine calibration, variable-rate technology for farming activities, IT in agriculture, automation, etc.

Credit Hours - 3

The course will prepare the student towards the planning and organization of labour and equipment for optimum output within any agricultural production chain. Students will also be equipped with the skills to be able carry out analysis of machine capacities, power requirements and rates of work. They will also be able to perform evaluation of running costs, depreciation and machinery replacement policies, analysis and prediction of operating costs and work rates, field capacity and efficiency, machinery operation costs, machinery selection and replacement.

Credit Hours - 3

This course will cover water availability, water allocation, water regulation and policy including legal and institutional arrangements for all levels-horizontal and vertical. Water Demand Management, Integrated Water Resources Management, Flood risk assessment and management, peculiar issues with surface and groundwater resources, water resources planning and water demand management.

Credit Hours - 3

This course is intended to develop students’ understanding of basic principles concepts, analysis and design of hydraulic structures such as weirs and barrage, regulation works, dams, reservoirs, storm surge barriers, spillways, canals, culverts, river training works regulation works, silt excluding devises, guide banks and spurs. Also, the designed and maintenance of these structures for managing and utilizing water resources.

Credit Hours - 3

The course will focus on the effective design of machine parts, principles and standards to observe, product specification and selection of standard parts like bearings, gears, keys and springs, manufacturing processes and the role of CAD/CAM. Students will acquire the skills to enable them design replacement parts for various farm machinery.

Credit Hours - 3

This course is intended to introduce students to the importance of the elements of climate and the different types of radiation and how they influence evapotranspiration.

The purpose of this course is to equip students with knowledge to be able to apply heat and water balance of earth’s atmosphere to the principles involved in agro-meteorology and hydrology. The focus will be on solar radiation, short and long wave radiation, direct and diffuse radiation, net radiation, measurement and estimation, and radiation utilization in photosynthesis. It will enhance the students’ understanding of energy balance/Bowen ratio, evaporation and evapotranspiration models, soil temperatures, drought, windbreaks and shelter belts.

Credit Hours - 3

Students work independently on an original, extension or modification of an engineering project under the guidance of an approved supervisor. Students are required to apply the acquired knowledge in earlier courses to design and test an engineering system or process to meet standard requirements. At the end of the project, students will make oral presentation of the work and submit a thesis. Students work independently on original projects under the direction of their approved advisors, make an oral presentation at a seminar, prepare and submit thesis for approval.

Credit Hours - 3

The course discusses definition of management. Evolution and Perspectives of Management: classical, human relations and management science. Hierarchy of Management, Managerial roles and Management Styles.  Inside and Outside an Organisation:  adapting to change and understanding the environment. Management Functions: Planning and Decision Making, Organising, Leading and Communicating. The Entrepreneurial Process and types of Businesses.  Creating New Products/Services and Business plans.  Evaluation: Analysis of new ventures, valuation techniques, Intellectual Property Issues. Financing New Ventures. Elements of Marketing Management. Managing Growth and Exit Strategy.

Credit Hours - 3

Introduction to green supply chain management, Reverse Logistics/ Closing the loop, Carbon foot printing, Life Cycle Analysis, Green supply chain strategies; demand forecasting, planning and management; inventory planning, management and control; transportation planning, management and execution.

Credit Hours - 3

The purpose of this course is to teach the students the methods of ensuring mechanization is practiced in a climate friendly manner. It will introduce students to climate smart mechanization practices for field preparation and harvesting. The course will equip students to understand conservation agricultural practices, soil and water management to mitigate the problem of climate change, cultural practices to mitigate the problem of climate change. The course will finally offer students the knowledge in climate change and agriculture and conservation agriculture technologies etc.

Credit Hours - 3

The purpose of this course is for students to have knowledge of materials used in maintenance of agricultural machines and understand the role of instrument and equipment used in maintenance practices. The course will introduce students to the handling of basic maintenance activities of agricultural machinery. Their knowledge will be enhanced in machinery wear, breakages and the use of instruments to measure defects. The course will empower them in the selection of materials for repairs, diagnostic testing, bench work, blacksmithing and welding; repair and maintenance of agricultural equipment.

Credit Hours - 3

This course seeks to introduce the student to the various forms of renewable energy, how they are harnessed, stored and used. The course will provide an engineering perspective to renewable energy sources. At the end of this course, students will be able to design renewable energy systems that meet specific energy demands. Students will also be provided with knowledge in solar energy, wind power energy, hydropower energy, biomass conversion processes and biofuels, etc. and their storage.

Credit Hours - 3

This course covers fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the management of contaminated groundwater. The course also teaches the physical processes that control the flow of water below the ground, surface-water groundwater interactions, transport of solutes, and well hydraulics. It prepares students on topics related to groundwater production, remediation of polluted soils and industrial sites, and management of wastewater.

Credit Hours - 3

Students will be provided with the needed skills to assess drainage criteria, determine and design subsurface drainage, identify and select and install drainage systems. It will include: Water logging- causes and impacts; Drainage, objectives of drainage, familiarization with the drainage problems of the state, Salt balance, reclamation of saline and alkaline soils, leaching requirements, conjunctive use of fresh and saline water. Surface drainage coefficient, types of surface drainage, design of surface drains; Derivation of Hooghoudt’s and Ernst’s drain spacing equations; design of subsurface drainage system

Credit Hours - 3

In this course, principles derived from fluid dynamics along with empirical knowledge are used to solve problems encountered by hydraulic engineers. Specifically the course will be dealing with: theory for designing and analysing open-channel and closed conduit systems and application to water-supply management, flood management, and environmental restoration. Open-channel flow, pumps, dams, spillways, and stilling basins, closed conduit flow and water distribution.

Credit Hours - 3

The purpose of this course is to empower students to acquire the requisite knowledge in Suffocation hazards in Grain bins; Selecting optimum equipment sets; Selection techniques to minimize bottlenecks; Determining bottlenecks in grain processing systems; Performance cost and design considerations in seed processing facilities. Storage economics.

Credit Hours - 3

The course will provide students with the requisite knowledge in tractor and implement, construction and operational features of transmission systems, implement attachment and control. The course will enhance students’ abilities to appreciate tractive performance, traction aid, performance and efficiency indices, soil compaction and smear, tractor design and function, tractor hitching system, kinematic and equilibrium analysis of tractor/implement combination draw bar for performance prediction.

Credit Hours - 3

This course will enhance the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills of students in soil and water conservation techniques and watershed management activities, identify conditions of land degradation assessment and identify, design current soil conservation practices. Soil water potential concepts; potential distribution of soil water under field conditions; methods of soil water determinations; soil water retention curves; hysteresis. Soil Water Flow: flow of water in model systems - tubes and pipes; Darcy’s Law; transport of soil water under saturated conditions; transport of soil water under unsaturated conditions; determination of hydraulic conductivity. Soil Water Flow Processes in the Field: infiltration; runoff; internal drainage and redistribution; evaporation. Basic concepts of soil erosion; control of soil erosion; Mechanics of wind and water erosion; water and wind erosion control practices; concept of runoff and its estimation.

Credit Hours - 3

The course covers discussions on contracts (formation, performance, breach, and termination), corporations and partnerships, insurance, professional liability, risk management, environmental law, torts, property law, evidence and dispute resolution. The course emphasizes those principles necessary to provide engineers with the ability to recognize issues which are likely to arise in the engineering profession and introduces them to the complexities and vagaries of the legal profession. Students will gain knowledge and skills in the legal systems relevant for engineering: contract law, intellectual property and tort.