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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Brief History of Department
Between 1st – 4th August, 2016, following the growth of the department in terms of equipment and other academic infractural developments, went into a resource inspection exercise conducted by the NBTE: On exactly December 2016, the department was accredited to commence the HND Program. The department took off immediately with the first stream of its students in 2016/2017 session with the following lecturers attached to its existing team:
Mr. Benedict Christopher, Umeojiako Chinwe, Ekpemandu JohnBosco with the following Part-Time Staff. Walter Peter, Engr. Frank Onyealusi, Engr. Dr. Egwu and Dr. George. The current Secretary to the department is Mrs. Kamalu Christiana with clerk as Mrs. Chikezie Dorisia. Since then till now, the department has on course its NDI, NDII, HNDI and HNDII students studying Chemical Engineering. The first Grandaunts are currently in the National Youth Service Corp Scheme 2019 –2nd batch.
Vision of Department
Head of Department Statement and Profile.
‘To provide strong academic leadership by leading, managing and developing the department to ensure it achieves the highest possible standards of excellence in all its activities.
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Admission Requirements
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For HND: The general entry requirements for the HND programme include:-
(c ) A minimum of one year cognate work experience.
In exceptional cases, the ND diplomats with a pass grade (CGPA of 2.0-2.49) in the ND examinations that had two or more years of cognate work experience my be considered for admission into the HND programme. However, such candidates should not be more than 10% of the total students in takes in each class.
Key Officers and their Responsibilities
The Departmental Key Officers and their responsibilities are:-
1) Mr. Njoku Victor Chidieze: He is the course adviser to our first year students (NDI students). His responsibilities include:
(i) Advising the students on all academic issues bordering on their career.
(ii) Preparing academic roasters for their results entry.
(iii) Preparation of comprehensive results sheets for departmental Consideration at the end of semester examination.
(iv) And any other activity may be assigned to him by the Head of Department. Mr. Njoku Victor also doubles as the project co-ordinator for our final year students (HND II).
In this position, he covers the activities of
(v) assigning project topics (where necessary) to the students,
(vi) Grouping them to their various project supervisors and
(vii) Organizing for project defence at the end of the session.
2) Mr. Nze Soronnadi Micheal:-
Nze Soronnadi Micheal is one of the foundation academic staff of the department and is the course adviser for our second level students (ND II). He advises the second level students on all academic matters, prepares their results roasters and comprehensive results sheets for departmental consideration.
He also attends to special issues of the department as assigned by the Head of department.
3) Mr. Christopher Benedict:-
Currently the Course Adviser to our third level students (HND I). On this position, he is responsible also for solving all departmental academic issues relating to these students proactively, prepares result roasters and results comprehensive sheets for consideration by the departmental board at the end of every semester.
He also attends to any other assignments as may be given to him by the Head of Department.
4) Engr. Mrs. Ojiabo Kenechukwu:-
Engr. Mrs. Ojiabo is the co-ordinator of students industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) for the NDII students. All matters bordering on the industrial work experience which is one of the essential entry requirements are handled by the officer. She is equally the seminar co-ordination for………………………
5) Mrs. Chima Golda:-
Chima Golda is the Seminar Coordinator for second level students (NDII). In this position, she plans and organizes for Seminar presentation (which is a graduating requirement) by the students. She equally doubles as the welfare coordinator for the department. Responsibly, she sees the overall welfare programs of both the academic and non-academic staff members of the department.
6) Anagwu Ifeanyi:-
He is the Course Adviser to the final year students (HND II). In this position, he advises the students on all matters bordering on their for result preparation and comprehensive result sheets for departmental consideration at the end of each semester examination. He is equally the project co-ordination for the second level students (NDII). With this position, he groups the students for project supervision, assigns project topics and organizes for the project defense.
7) Ofolowanyo Rosemary:-
Rosemary is the sports co-ordinator for the department. As they say, ‘all work and no plan makes Jack a dull boy’, she ensures that sports activities as put forward by the Polytechnic are carried out by both the staff and students of the department. She also carries out other duties as may be assigned by the Head of Department.
- Programmes
The department runs the two different prgarams – the National Diploma (ND) and the Higher National Diploma (HND).
For HND:
The programme is designed to run for a minimum of two academic sessions (four semesters) and a maximum of four academic sessions (eight semesters). Each semester is to last for eighteen weeks.
CURRICULUM:
The curriculum consists of four main components these are:-
(a) General studies/Education
(b) Foundation Courses
(c ) Professional Courses
(d) Project
The General Studies/Education component include course in:-
English Language, Communication, Industrial Management and Engineer in Society; The General Education component accounts for not more than 15% of the total contact hours for the programme.
Foundation Courses include courses in Mathematics. The number of hours for the programme accounts for about 10-15% of the total contact hours.
Professional Courses are core courses of the programme, which give the student the theory, and professional skills he needs to practice in his field of calling at the technologist level. These account for 60-70% of the total contact hours.
CURRICULUM STRUCTURE:
The structure of the Higher National Diploma programme consists of a minimum semesters of classroom, laboratory and workshop activities in the Polytechnic. Each semester is 18 weeks made up as follows:-
(a) 15 weeks of teaching, i.e. recitation, practical exercise, quizzes, tests, etc., and
(b) 3 weeks of examination and registration
ACCREDITATION
The Diploma programme is accredited by the National Board for Technical Education before the diplomats can be awarded the Higher National Diploma Certificates.
AWARD OF HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA
Conditions for the award of Higher National Diploma include the following:
(a) Satisfactory performance in all prescribed course work, which include class work, test, quizzes, workshop practice and laboratory work.
(b) Supervised industrial work experience scheme for four months.
(c ) Satisfied performance at all semester examinations.
(d) Satisfactory completion of final year project work. Normally, continuous
Assessment contributes 30%, project work 10 while semester examination is weighted 60% to make a total of 100%.
Higher National Diploma is awarded in four classes:-
(i) Distinction - CGPA of 3.50 and above
(ii) Upper credit - CGPA of 3.00 – 3.49
(iii) Lower credit - CGPA of 2.50 – 2.99
(iv) Pass - CGPA of 2.00 – 2.49
FINAL YEAR PROJECT
Final year students in this programme are to carry out a project Work. This could be on individual basis or group work. The project should as much as possible incorporate basic Element of design, drawing and complete fabrication of a marketable item or something that can be put to use.
Project reports should be well presented and be properly supervised. The department makes its own arrangement of schedules for project work. The courses include;
1st Level (ND II) SEMESTER
S/N Course Code Course Title 1st 2nd Total Credit
Common Course
1. BPH 111 Basic physics I 3 - 3
2. BCH 111 Basic chemistry I 3 - 3
3. STA 111 Introduction to statistic 2 - 2
4. MTH 111 Elementary maths I 3 - 3
5. CHE 101 Intro. To chem. Engrg I 3 - 3
6. MEC 101 Technical Drawing 2 - 2
7. MEC 112 Basic workshop practice 3 - 3
8. GNS 101 Use of English 2 - 2
9. ICT 111 Information and communication tech. 2 - 2
10. GNS 127 Citizenship Education 2 - 2
11. CHE 111 introduction to chem. Engrg. 2 - 2
TOTAL 25 25
1st Level (ND II) SEMESTER
S/N Course Code Course Title 1st 2nd Total Credit
Common Course
1. BPH 121 Basic physics II - 3 3
2. BCH 121 Basic chemistry II - 3 3
3. MTH 121 Elementary maths II - 3 3
4. ICT 121 Computer system and prog. - 2 2
5. GLT 111 General lab techniques - 1 1
6. CHE 102 Intro. To chem. Engrg II - 3 3
7. CHE 104 Electrical engr. science - 3 3
8. CHE 106 Intro. To chem. Engrg plant services
and maintenance - 2 2
9. CHE 108 Chem engr drawing - 2 2
10. GNS 102 communication in English - 2 2
11. EED 126 entrepreneurship education - 3 3
12. GNS 128 Citizenship Education - 2 2
13. CHE 104 Chemical Engr. Lab - 2 2
14. CHE 106 Chemical Engr. Lab - 2 2
TOTAL 33
2nd LEVEL HND II SEMESTER
S/NO COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE 1st 2nd Total Credit
1. CHE 201 Intro. To engr analysis 2 - 2
2. CHE 203 Chemical engr thermodynamics 2 - 2
3. CHE 205 Unit Operations I 2 - 2
4. CHE 207 mass transfer I. 2 - 2
5. CHE 209 Heat transfer I 2 - 2
6. CHE 211 fluid mechanics 2 - 2
7. CHE 213 chemical engr lab I 2 - 2
8. CHE 215 corrosion and material science 2 - 2
9. CHE 217 project seminar 2 - 2
10. CHE 219 SIWES 2 - 2
11. EED 216 practice of entrepreneurship 3 - 3
TOTAL 26
2nd LEVEL HND II SEMESTER
S/NO COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE 1st 2nd Total Credit
1. CHE 202 Engineering management 1 - 2 2
2. CHE 204 Chemical Reaction engr - 2 2
3. CHE 206 Unit Operations II - 2 2
4. CHE 208 instrumentation and process control - 2 2
5. CHE 210 health, safety and environment - 2 2
6. CHE 212 chemical engr lab II - 2 2
7. CHE 214 project - 4 4
8. CHE 216 introduction to Bio-Technology - 2 2
9. CHE 218 polymer science and technology - 2 2
10. CHE 220 Fuel technology - 2 2
11. CHE 222 Petroleum Engineering - 3 3
TOTAL 25
3rd Level (HND I) SEMESTER
S/N Course Code Course Title 1st 2nd Total Credit
Common Course
1. MTH 311 Advance Algebra 2 - 2
2. MTH 312 Advance Calculus 2 - 2
3. MTH 313 Engineering Statistic 2 - 2
4. GNS 301 Use of English II 2 - 2
5. MTH 321 Advance Numerical Methods 2 - 2
6. COM 321 Computer Programming 2 - 2
7. GLT 301 Instrumentation 2 - 2
8. GNS 302 Communication in English - 2 2
DEPARTMENTAL COURSES
9. CHE 301 Engineer in Society 2 - 2
10. CHE 303 Unit Operations III 2 - 2
11. CHE 305 Chemical Engrg. Lab. III 3 - 3
12. CHE 307 Heat Transfer II 2 - 2
13. CHE 309 Chemical Engrg Thermodynamics II 2 - 2
14. CHE 311 Mass transfer II 2 - 2
15. CHE 302 Unit Operations IV - 2 2
16. CHE 304 Fluid Mechanics II - 2 2
17. CHE 306 Chemical Rxn Engrg. II - 2 2
18. CHE 308 Chemical Engrg Lab. IV - 2 2
19. CHE 310 Polymer Sch. & Tech. - 3 3
20. CHE 312 Strength of Materials - 2 2
TOTAL 21 20 41
4TH LEVEL HND II SEMESTER
S/NO COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE 1st 2nd Total Credit
1. CHE 401 Process Design 3 - 3
2. CHE 403 Chemical Plant Economics 2 - 2
3. CHE 405 Unit Operations V 2 - 2
4. CHE 407 Food Sci & Tech. 2 - 2
5. CHE 409 Chemical Engrg. Lab.V 3 - 3
6. CHE 411 Chemical Engrg. Analysis 2 - 2
7. CHE 413 Project(Seminar/ResearchMethodology) 2 - 2
8. CHE 415 Engrg. Management 2 - 2
9. EED 413 Entrepreneurship Development 2 - 2
10. CHE 402 Unit Operations VI - 2 2
11. CHE 404 Equipment Design - 2 2
12. CHE 406 Chemical Process Dynamics & Control - 2 2
13. CHE 408 Health, Safety & Envir. II - 2 2
14. CHE 410 Chemical Engrg. Entrepreneurship - 2 2
15. CHE 412 Plant Services & Maintenance - 2 2
16. CHE 414 Pet. Refining & Petrochemical Tech. - 2 2
17.CHE 416 Project - 2 2
TOTAL 20 16
ELECTIVE COURSES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO AREAR OF SPECIALIZATION IN
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING IN 4TH LEVEL
S/NO COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE SEMESTER
1st 2nd
1. CHE 417 Pulp and paper Tech 2 -
2. CHE 419 Process Metallurgy 2 -
3. CHE 418 Biochemical Engrg. - -
4. CHE 420 Gas Processing Tech. - 2
5. CHE 422 Reservoir Engrg. - 2
N.B. In the elective courses, each final year student is expected to undergo one elective
Course in each of the semesters of the 4th level (HND II).
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