TheNewsGuru

Tag: CODET

  • FUOYE wins engineering competition

    FUOYE wins engineering competition

    The Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has emerged the overall best in the just-concluded Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology (CODET) academic contest for all engineering faculties in Nigerian universities.

    The school disclosed this on Saturday in a statement jointly signed by Mr Wole Balogun, Special Adviser on Media Matters and Mr Foluso Ogunmodede, Chief Information Officer to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, in Oye-Ekiti.

    The statement said that FUOYE retained the topmost position in CODET which was held in Abuja after clinching a trophy in the 2018 edition of the contest.

    According to the school, the implication of the award is that FUOYE has the best Mechatronics Department in Nigeria and equally offers the best training in engineering courses.

    It said that the current Director of the institution’s Directorate of Pre-Degree programmes and an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Dr Adekunle Adefemi, who represented the programmes, and the vice chancellor received the honour on behalf of FUOYE in Abuja on Aug. 11.

    “We came first at the Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology (CODET) contest in Abuja and FUOYE was decorated on Aug.11 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, for the first position in single categories and emerging second best in the group categories, as well,’’ the statement quoted Adefemi as saying.

    He recalled that FUOYE took the first position in CODET competition in 2018.

    Recalling the 2018 win, Adefemi said, “FUOYE team topped all the engineering competitors by coming first in group competition with robotic surveillance car with night vision camera that can be viewed from home.’’

  • UniIlorin wins zonal CODET competition

    UniIlorin wins zonal CODET competition

    The University of Ilorin has won the just concluded Committee of Deans Of Engineering and Technology of Nigerian Universities (CODET) Students Project Competition for the North Central geo-political Zone.

    The CODET is a forum that provides a platform for the Deans of Engineering and Technology in Nigerian Universities to meet, discuss and share ideas on issues relating to the training of Engineering students, development and review of curriculum.

    Unilorin, which hosted three other universities at the event on Thursday, was victorious in both the single and group project categories of the competition.

    Earlier in his opening remarks, Prof. David Ogunniyi, the Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Ilorin, , appreciated the organisers for giving the institution the opportunity of hosting the Zonal competition.

    He added that students’ participation in the project would aid them in having something to fall back on after their graduation.

    Ogunniyi also appreciated members of the Panel of Judges that assessed the competition for ensuring that the standard for grading participants was not altered.

    Also speaking, Dr Musliu Sunmonu, Head of Department, Food Engineering of the institution, encouraged students to actively participate in the programme.

    Sunmonu, who is also the coordinator of the CODET programme, observed that the programme would give room for commercialisation.

    He called on the management of the institution to produce more projects due to large number of students in the department of Food Engineering.

    In her goodwill message, Dr Temitope Odetoye, the Chairman of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Ilorin Branch, expressed joy at the success of the exhibition.

    Odetoye commended the participating students for their abilities to practicalise theories they were taught to solve contemporary challenges.

    Dr Yusuf Adeyemo, a members of Manufacturing Association of Nigeria (MAN), said the exhibition had further projected hope that Nigeria would get its expected position soon at the speedy rate at which the youth are solving problems in the society.

    He called on the organisers to always call on the Association for assistance and support whenever they needed their inputs.

    The single category was swept by a project titled: “Voice Control Home Automation System” supervised by Dr Jayeola Opadiji of the Department of Computer Engineering.

    The group project was titled “Development of a Laboratory Scale Rice Processing Line”, jointly supervised by Dr Mayowa Sanusi and Dr Musliu Sunmonu from the Department of Food Engineering, and won the group category of the competition.

    The winners would compete with their counterparts from other geo-political zones at the forthcoming national competition coming up in Abuja, on Aug. 4.