Lightning is one of the most underrated natural hazards in the world today that has rendered untold havoc such as avoidable deaths, injury to human beings and animals, loss of valuables and properties, loss of public service (power outage, transient overvoltage) Regulations have made it mandatory in many countries like Germany that public
Read MoreABSTRACT Nowadays, people are getting more concerned to protect their residence from unauthorized people and as such, setting up an effective and reliable presence detection for residential and office usage has been a necessity. With technology advancement, movement can be sensed and a message sent quietly on a smart mobile phone
Read MorePREFACE TO FIRST EDITION In 1987, the Defunct National Council of Works and Housing directed that a National Building Code be evolved for Nigeria. All the stakeholders in the Building Industry were duly contacted for input. Thereafter the defunct Federal Ministry of Works and Housing organised a National workshop at ASCON,
Read MoreIntroduction Since time immemorial, man has relied on procurement to acquire what he needs from others. In general procurement is defined as the process of obtaining goods and services from another for some consideration Click below link for full presentation Effective Public Procurement Practices For Engineering And Construction
Read MoreInnovation is the creation, development and implementation of a new product, process or service, with the aim of improving efficiency, effectiveness or competitive advantage.” Kindly click link below for full presentation Leading Engineering Innovation
Read MoreIntroduction The history of engineering is the history of human civilization. Today's engineers not only build huge structures, such as the International Space Station, they are also building maps to the human genome . Engineering is one of the cornerstones of STEM Education; an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to motivate students to learn about Science,
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ABSTRACT Technological emergence and advancement over the decades in information and communication technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, 3D printing, internet of things and the next generation telecommunication networks such as 5G, big-data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about immeasurable global transformation. However, regulating these emerging technologies has been challenging for policy
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ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to design and construct a small scale model of a speed breaker electric power generator by harnessing the kinetic energy from vehicles to generate electric power using Ikpoba Hill, upper mission extension in Uteh community, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria as a case study.
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ABSTRACT Power systems are extremely complex systems, comprising of generators, transformers, buses, lines, loads (motor) and the associated protection & control devices/circuitry. Power system engineering or operations in Nigeria deals with the business of generation, transmission and distribution of electric power (electricity). Each components of the power system of generation, transmission
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ABSTRACT Substrate material plays an important role in controlling the performance and resonating frequency of graphene based nano patch antenna. The tunability characteristics of graphene based antenna using suitable dielectric materials for graphene based nano patch antenna design has been investigated in terms of return loss, bandwidth, gain, directivity and
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