Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
synopsis of departmental courses

BIO 101 GENERAL BIOLOGY I
Cell structure and organisation; functions of cellular organelles; diversity, characteristics and classification of living things, general reproduction, interrelationship of organisms, heredity and evolution; elements of ecology and types of habitat. Scope of biology, differences between plants and animals. Variation and life cycles of plants to include non-vascular plants like algae, fungi, bacteria, viruses, bryophytes and petridophytes. Varieties and forms life
cycles and functions of flowering plants.

ENG 282: BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING II (3 Units)
Pre-requisite ENG 281.
Periodic waveforms and their average and effective values. Characteristics and use of non-linear elements in simple circuits. Magnetic circuits, single-phase alternating current circuits. Series and parallel resonance. Power factor correction, magnetic circuit, mutual inductance, Introduction to electrical machines and polyphase systems; DC generators and motors. Electrical and Electronic Power measuring instruments and equipment, A.C. and D.C. bridges. Basic control system, span/closed loop system, communication fundamentals and introduction to basic communication equipment (T.V. Radio, Telephone).
EEE 290: STUDENTS WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMME/ ENTREPRENEURSHIP (8 Weeks) (4 Units)
A practical work programme (during the long vacation) arranged within the campus and its immediate environment to enable the students’ gain some basic skills in the profession of engineering in general and electrical engineering in particular. Aspects of starting a business. Selecting a promising idea, initiating enterprises, explaining opportunities and obtaining initial finance. Market analysis. Legal aspects of starting a business. Accounting and special tax problems.
ENG 301 ENGINEERING STATISTICS (2 Units)
Descriptive statistics: mean. Median, mode, charts and frequency distribution curve. Probability and probability distribution. Normal distribution. Binomial distribution – Linear and multiple regressions. Correlations. Analysis of variance and degree of confidence. Interpretation of statistical models. Computer applications in statistics.
ENG 302 TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING (2 Units)
Principles of effective Communication. Professional use of the English Language. Principles of technical writing. Oral presentation of technical ideas. ^Go Top
EEE 311: MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION (3 Units)
Pre-requisite ENG 282.
General Instrumentation. Basic meter in DC measurement. Basic meter in AC measurement, rectifier voltmeter, electro-dynamometer and wattmeter, instrument transformers, DC and AC bridge and their applications, general form of AC bridge universal impedence bridge; Electronic instruments for the measurement of voltage, current, resistance and other circuit parameter; electronic voltmeters, AC voltmeters using rectifiers, electronic multimeter, digital voltmeters, oscilloscope; vertical deflection system, horizontal deflection system probes, sampling CRO, Instruments for generating and analysing waveforms, square-wave and pulse generators, signal generators, function generators, wave analysers; Electronic counters and their applications; time base circuitry; universal counter measurement modes; Analog and digital data acquisition system; tape recorders D/A and A/D conversions, sample and hold circuits.
EEE 321: ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING I (3 Units)
Pre-requisite ENG 281
Free electron motion in static electric and magnetic fields, electronic structure of matter, conductivity in crystalline solids, theory of energy bands in conductors, insulators and semi conductors; electrons in metals and electron emissions, carriers and transport phenomena in semi-conductors, characteristic of some electron and photo devices, junction diodes, and transistors, FETS, SCR, vacuum tubes, photo resistors, diodes, transistors, photocell and light emitting diodes. Elementary discrete devices fabrication techniques and IC technology. Single stage transistor amplifiers. Circuits, analysis and designs of multistage amplifiers.
EEE 322: ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING II (3 Units)
Broadband and narrow band amplifiers, power amplifiers, voltage and current stabilising circuits, Sinusoidal RC and RLC and crystal oscillators. Switching properties of electronic devices. Switching and waveshaping circuits. Generation of non-sinusoidal waveforms; astable, monostable and bistable multi-vibrators, comparator, Schmitt trigger and time base generators using discrete transistor, operational amplifier fundamentals, analyses and applications, other analog integrated circuits - Time chips and their applications. Analysis and design of logic gates of various families. Diode logic, RTL, TTL, RCL, MOS and MOS of digital integrated circuits. Interfacing between various logic families. Concepts of small, medium, large and very large scale integration and their consequences, some digital building blocks; flip flops, counters, register and decoders. Introduction to D/A and A/D conversion principles. ^Go Top
EEE 331: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY (3 Units)
Pre-requisite ENG 282
Review of electromagnetic laws,. Gauss’ Law, Ampere’s and Faraday’s Laws; Electric potential, Electrostatic fields due to distribution of charges, Energy stored in Electric field, magnetic fields in and around current carrying conductors of different shapes, magnetic vector potential. Time varying magnetic and electric fields; conduction and displacement current in magnetic vector potential.
EEE 332: ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE THEORY (3 Units)
Pre-requisition: EEE 331 Maxwell’s equations (in rectangular coordinates and vector-calculus notation);
Derivation of Maxwell’s equation; electromagnetic potential and waves; poynting vector; Boundary conditions; wave propagation in good conductors, skin effect, plane waves in unbounded dielectric media: reflection and transmission of electromagnetic waves across boundaries of different media, Propagation of electromagnet waves in ionized media, fundamentals of transmission lines, matching, voltage reflection coefficient standing wave ratio wave guides and antennae. Applications of wave theory in communication.

EEE 341: ELECTRIC CIRCUIT THEORY I (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: ENG 282
Laplace and Fourier transforms, application of Laplace transform to transient analysis of RLC circuits, transformation concepts, reliability of transfer functions, Foster and Cauer’s methods of synthesis, 2-ports network synthesis, active filters.
EEE 342: ELECTRIC CIRCUIT THEORY II (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: EEE 341
Networks; Node, loop analysis, Realisability of transfer functions, Foster and Cauers methods of synthesis. Filters: design, operation, low, high, Band pass. Butterowrth, Chebychev, filters, Non-linear circuit analysis Locus diagrams.
EEE 343: LOW LEVEL LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING (2 Units)
Genaral machine structure, program counters and instruction registers, Machine language and Assembly languages. Instruction formats and types of instructions, including operation codes, index and address registers for Intel 8086, 8088. Addressing techniques, the use of mnemonics to represent operation codes in assembly language. Symbolic labels and functions of the symbol tables. The functions of the passesof a 2-pass Assembler macros: Definition and use in relation to open sub-routine- loaders. Absolute and Relocatable loaders compilers design. ^Go Top
EEE 351: ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES AND MACHINE I (3 Units)
Review of Principles of electromechanical energy conversion; general rotating machines. Design construction and characteristics of DC machines. Performance and speed control of shunt, and series motors. Transformers, equivalent circuits, design construction, characteristics. Open/short circuit and polarity tests. Regulation. Auto, three-phase transformers, connections and parallel operation.
EEE 352: ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES AND MACHINE II (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: EEE 351
Synchronous machines, rotating magnetic fields, emf equations, 3-phase alternator, steady-state performance, Mathematical representation of salient and non-salient synchronous machine characteristics. Synchronising torque, infinite bus and parallel operation. Synchronous motor, construction, characteristics, circuit diagram, Method of starting. Induction machines, construction, characteristic, circuit diagram of induction motors. Torque/slip relation, speed control. Induction generators, single-phase induction motor, universal motor, reluctance motors, applications. Protection of machines.
EEE 361: ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC LABORATORY I (1 Unit)
Laboratory work involves Soldering Techniques, Measuring Instrument, Identification of semiconductors, Application Circuit and Transformer Testing. A laboratory work designed to illustrate topics covered in measurement and instrumentation, electric circuits theory transformers and DC machines.
EEE 362: ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC LABORATORY II (1 Unit)
Laboratory work involves Winding of Transformer and protective devices. Confirmation of semi conductor – Op Amp, Timing circuit. A laboratory work designed to illustrate topics covered in electric circuits theory electronic engineering and AC machines.
EEE 390: STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME II/ ENTREPRENEURSHIP (4 Weeks) (4 Units)
A more advanced programme similar to EE 290. Students this time are attached to appropriate electrical engineering facilities and industries to further enhance practical approach to engineering through on-the-job training. Going public, Setting out, acquisition. Banking and diversification decisions. Family involvement, entrepreneurial succession. Management organization and control. Students’ business proposal. ^Go Top
EEE 411: CONTROL THEORY (3 Units)
Pre-requisite EEE 322, EEE 342
Basic concepts and examples of control systems, feedback time response analysis, concept of stability, Routh- Hurwits criterion; Root locus techniques, Frequency-response analysis, polar and Bode plots, Nyquist stability criteria. Nicholas Chart, compensation technique chart, compensation techniques, introduction to non-linear systems.
EEE 421: INSTRUMENTATION AND COMPUTERS IN INDUSTRY (3 Units)
Transducers and their application in sensing light, voltage, pressure, motion, current, temperature, etc. Electromechanical relays, solid state relays. Remote control concept in instrumentation. Digital components in combinational and sequential circuits. Review of microprocessor – based systems. Plug-in Units and special functions. A/D and D/A converters. Digital voltmeters and Multimeters: Basic principles of OP Amps and its application in voltmeter, Automation in voltmeter, Digital multimeter circuits. Digital power Meters. Spetrum Analyzers, Logic Analyzer. Application of Instrumentation in Industry. Fire alarms, burglar alarm and general home and industrial instrumentations.
EEE 431: COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES (3 Units)
Amplitude modulation, double sideband, single sideband and vestigial sideband modulation schemes; simple modulators, power and bandwidth performance. Angle modulation; frequency modulation, phase modulation, bandwidth requirements, clippers and limiters - Amplitude modulated signal reception; discrimination frequency tracking loop, phase locked loop and noise performance commercial radio systems. Transmission media; attenuation in open space, air, cable and fibre channels; construction of cables and fibre, sampling theorem, pulse amplitude modulation, pulse width modulation multiplexing, quantisation systems and pulse code modulation, delta modulation, courses and correction of errors in PCM and DM, ideal and matched filters, frequency acquisition, phase referencing and timing line codes, block encoding and Shannon’s theorem.
EEE 441: ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONAL METHODS (3 Units)
Polynomials and their zeros - methods of bisection, Newton, Bairstow, synthetic division and Lehmer; Direct methods of the solution of linear equations; Iterative process, its application to the solution of simultaneous linear equations; convergence; Interpolation and differentiation method in Numerical integration - Newton coatas formulae and finite difference methods; The eigenvalue problem solution of ordinary differential equations - methods of Taylor, Euler predictor-corrector and Runge - Kutta.
EEE 443: DIGITAL DEVICES AND LOGIC CIRCUITS (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: EEE 342
Introduction to analysis and design of digital systems. Boolean algebra and mapping methods. Karuangh and variable entered maps, combinational logic realization with gates, multiplexers, read only memories (ROMS) and programmable logic arrays (PLAS). State machine analysis and design; State diagrams, redundant states sequential counters and mainly synchronous systems, state machine realization with multiplexers, ROMs and PLAs. Asynchronous systems approach to digital systems designs, top-down design, trail and error methods. Codes, number systems and arithmetic operations. Introduction to computer structures; register transfer, hardware programming methods. Von Neumann machines, and memory systems. Standard logic function with MSI circuits; seven segment display drivers, parity generators/checker encoders, adders, etc. ^Go Top
EEE 4 51: ELECTRICAL POWER PRINCIPLES (3 Units)
Pre-requisite EEE 352
Introduction to power systems and sources of electric energy, structure of electric power system, load characteristics, electric power transmission and distribution, line impedance, representation and per unit systems; relationship between currents and voltages; regulation of voltage, transmitted power and losses, DC transmission construction of overhead lines and underground cables, power system equipment; standard and safety.
EEE 461: ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC LABORATORY III (1 Unit)
Laboratory work involves Winding Techniques, Computer hardware and software, Maintainance and Repairs, Communications. A laboratory work set up to illustrate topics covered in control theory, communication principles, electronic engineering, computer techniques and electric power principles.
ENG401: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN ENGINEERING (2 UNITS)
Identification of PC parts and peripheral devices: Functions, applications, and how to use them; safety precautions and preventive maintenance of PC. Filing system: directory, sub-directory, file, path, and how to locate them. Word Processing: Principle of operation, applications, demonstrations, and practical hand-on exercise in use of a popular word processing package. Internet: available services, principle of operation, applications, demonstrations, and practical hand-on exercise in email, and www. Spreadsheet: principle of operation, applications, demonstrations, and practical hand-on exercise in use of spreadsheets to solve problems. Database Management package: principle of operation, applications, demonstrations, and practical hand-on exercise in use of DBMS. Report Presentation Software Packages: Principle of operation, applications, demonstrations, and practical hand-on exercise in use of a popular report presentation package (such as power point). Mini-project to test proficiency in use of software packages. ^Go Top
EEE 402, EEE 404, EEE 406:STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME II (6 Months) (10 Units)
A comprehensive internship programme in which students spend a full semester in approved electrical engineering establishments (private and public) and industries. The exposure also provide opportunity for students to sharpen their technical writing skill through field reports, keeping log-books and prepared technical documents under close supervision of professionals and lecturers.
EEE 501 ENGINEERING ECONOMICS (3 Units)
Scope of managerial economics, management models, revenue of the forms, production decision, cost of production, profit analysis of the firms, pricing techniques, location and localization of industries, industrial growth in Nigeria, the size of the firm integration and diversification, marketing, demand and forecasting, distributive trade in Nigeria, business finance, investment, capital budgeting and management control, government policies and the form.
EEE 502: ENGINEERING LAW AND MANAGEMENT (3 Units)
Law Ethnics and conduct in engineering, legal definitions and specifications, application of business law to engineering, patents and inventions, trademarks and copyrights contracts and contract documents, engineering business, types, the structure and functions of organizations, professional problems - legal responsibilities professional liability, role of engineer in law suits. Management: Organizational structure and behaviours, engineer to engineer manager transition, managerial functions, principles and techniques of planning forecasting, organizing technical activities, project selection and management, style of leadership and management techniques. ^Go Top
EEE 511: CONTROL ENGINEERING I (3 Units)
Pre-requisite EEE 411
State space description of linear systems; concepts of controllability and observability, state feedback, modal control observers, realization of systems having specified transfer function, application to circuit synthesis and signal processing.
EEE 514: CONTROL ENGINEERING II (3 Units)
Review of state space approach, Observers, models, robust control, optimal control, application of computer to control systems, analysis, design and optimization. Other concept of modern control.
EEE 531: DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: EEE 322
Compare digital and analogue signal processing. Discrete time signal systems and classification. Sampling theory, Z-transform, Fourier Transform, and applications. Convolution theorem. Design of digital filters, and characteristics windows, IIR, FIR. Digital Signal Processing (DSP) implementation by hardware and software methods. Basic image processing concepts.
EEE 533: COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (3 Unit)
Pre-requisite: EEE 332
Microwave frequencies and uses; microwave transmission in transmission lines and wave guides, microwave circuits; impedence transformation and matching, microwave circuits; passive microwave devices, resonant and filter circuits, active microwave devices; klystron and magnetron tubes and semi-conductor devices for microwave generation. Antenna: definitions of elementary parameters, introduction to antennas and operative antennae and the related design parameters; introduction to antennae arrays. Radiowave propagation: propagation in the ionosphere, troposphere and instratified media; principles of scatter propagation; applications in general broadcast, television and satellite communication systems. Radar systems, nature of radar equations, composition of a radar system, application of different types of radars. ^Go Top
EEE 536 ANTENNA THEORY AND RADAR SYSTEM (3 Units)
Concept of antenna radiation patterns, radiation resistance, gain, effective area, reciprocity. Traveling wave and HF antenna. Analysis, design and evaluation of antenna, small and large HF types, Special microwave antennas. Principle of range and direction finding by means of radio echoes. Requirements and limitation of radar, Modulation and microwave components of radar.
EEE 538: BROADCASTING (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: EEE 533
Elements of broadcasting system; studio equipment, microphones, sound, disc, magnetic tape recording. Radio transmitter power amplifier, FM system, radiation antenna, Television camera, synchronization circuits, video amplifiers, scanning. TV standards. Channel allocation. Color television. concept of Digital broadcasting-,High definition TV, coding
EEE 543: OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTER SIMULATION (3 Units)
The use of object-oriented programming (OOP) to develop computer simulations of engineering problems. Programming with the C++ amd MATLAB languages. (OOP) concepts including classes, inheritance and polymorphism. Programming with class libraries. Eventdriven simulation techniques in an object-oriented environment. Programming projects will include the development of a simulator for an engineering application.
EEE 541: NETWORK PRINCIPLE (3 Units)
Communication within computer, addressing and database. CPU memory – I/O device communications. Communication between system. Host/host versus host/slave relationships. Handshaking protocols and synchronization. Serial versus parallel communications. Hardware elements of network design-terminals, models, multiplexers and concentrators- Message and control processors. Communication equipment and carriers. Software elements of computer networks, host operating systems message and packet switching structure of computer networks. Star, ring and hierarchical networks. Decentralized networks.
EEE 534: DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: EEE 431
Digital signals and characters. Serial and parallel data transmission systems. The ISO-OSI layered architecture, packet switching and circuit switching, error detection and recovery (ARQ) protocols, bridges and routers, basic queueing theory, telephone switches, Erlang-B and Erlang-C blocking formulae, TCP/IP, X.25, signaling (Signaling System 7), Personal Communication Services (PCS) networks, Broadband Networks. Modulated carrier signals: Binary modulation (ASK, PSK, FSK), Spread Spectrum. ^Go Top
EEE 547: MICROCOMPUTER TECHNOLOGY (3 Units)
Definition, functional parts, memory, input/output devices, software and instruction execution of a microcomputer. A close study of one of the commonly used 8-bit and 16-bit micro-processors, microcomputer interface. Input/output mapping, memory mapping, interrupts and direct memory access. Interfacing to peripheral devices- keyboard, interface, priviter interface, display interface interface (LED RCRT), teletypewriter, serial input/output control. Interfacing to analog devices, micrcomputer-based A/D and D/A converters. System development faculities. Design, construction, programming and testing of microprocessor control system e.g. bylit control real time clocks, function generation and monitoring, etc. ^Go Top
EEE 551: POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING I (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: EEE 451
Representation of power system, power system equation and analysis, load flow studies. Gauss-Seidel & Newton Ralphson iteration methods. Load forecasting, economic operation of power, voltage and frequency control of power system. Symmetrical components, symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults, stability studies, steady state and transient stability. Switch gear and
circuit breaker.

EEE 552: POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING II (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: EEE 523
Power system protection, principles of fault detection, discrimination and clearance. Various types of relays used in power systems. Over-voltage and insulation coordination. Transients, lightning, switching. Breakdown mechanisms in solids, liquid and gaseous media. High voltage busings, terms in h.v. technology. Switch gear and circuit breaker.
EEE 553: POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND APPLICATION (3 Units)
Switching characteristics of diodes, transistors, thyristors, etc, Application of thyristors and other SCR devices. Analysis of diode circuit with reactive loads, analysis of circuits using transistors as switches, power control circuits, ac-dc converters, characteristics of switching transformers, power semi-conductor device protection ,inverters, dc-dc converter examples of power electronic circuits, solar devices. Micro-processor and microcomputer- based systems. Concept of Flexible alternating current Control System
EEE 554: ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: EEE 451.
Electromechanical energy conversion, sources of motive power. Waste heat recovery. Solar energy, and other sources of renewable energy: Wind, geothermal, pumps energy storage; primary and secondary cells, car and heavy vehicle batteries. Testing, fault diagnosis, repairs. Effect of environmental factors on battery life.
EEE 555: ELECRICAL SERVICE DESIGN (3 Units)
Lighting installation, Basic power installation, Power supply and distribution systems; regulations, IEE, NEC, Nigerian standards, choice of cables and conductors, wire systems and accessories, outdoor low voltage lines and cables, protection of low voltage installation, design of electrical installation - domestic, industrial and commercial. Earthling and testing of electric installation, illumination, proposals, contract document preparation. Use of AUTO CARD
EEE 556: MACHINE APPLICATIONS AND PROTECTION (3 Units)
Pre-requisite: EEE 352
Review of DC, AC and Synchronous machines, power factor correction, method of starting machines – DC and AC. Speed Control , Governor, Synchronous machines stability and Synchronation. Machines protections, stepper motor and servomotor, power transmission, traction. Transformer design, application and protectioon Application of thyristors and other SCR devices. Transducers and their application in sensing light, voltage, pressure, motion, current, temperature, etc. Electrometrical relays, solid state relays. Remote control concept in instrumentation. Micro-processor and microcomputer-based systems. Fire alarms, burglar alarm and general home and industrial instrumentations. Concept of Flexible alternating current Control System. ^Go Top
EEE 558: COMPUTER APPLICATION IN CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AND INDUSTRY (3 Units)
Fundamental of Embedded systems; microprocessors for control and scheduling functions; buses and processors in entertainment devices; industrial transducers, controllers and monitoring systems.
EEE 571: STUDENT PROJECT (3 Units)
Original and individual student project related to a prescribed Electrical and Electronic Engineering problem.
EEE 572: STUDENT PROJECT (3 Units)
Second phase of investigation involving the fabrication of the designed mode, calibration, testing, data collection and analysis and presentation of a written report of the investigations.
EEE 582: RELIABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY OF SYSTEMS (3 Units)
Introduction to reliability. Elementary reliability theory. Application to power systems and electronic components. Test characteristics of electrical and electronic components. Types of faults. Designing for higher reliability. Packing, mounting, ventilation. Protection from humidity, dust. ^Go Top
EEE 584: SEMINAR (1 Unit)
Each student must present one seminar and be present at all engineering seminars.

 
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