About Our Department
Our Vision
To achieve and sustain self-sufficiency in food and fibre through engineering.
Our Mission
To provide education in the application of basic engineering principles for the production, design and utilization of agricultural and natural resources for self-sufficiency.
Department Overview
The Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering was founded in 1972, and has played a leading role in the development of the Faculty of Technology as well as the University. Our graduates at B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels are working in various sections of the Nigerian economy where they have all been contributing positively.
Staff members are involved in teaching, research and community service (consultancy) in areas such as farm machinery, power engineering, biofuels, irrigation and drainage, waste utilization, farm structures and environment, agricultural processing and storage, energy studies, system modelling and robotics in agriculture, environmental control and Greenhouse engineering, to mention but a few. The Department is well equipped to train the manpower required for transforming the agro-allied sector.
Our Core Areas
- Agricultural Machinery and Equipment
- Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
- Post-Harvest Technology
- Food Process Engineering
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Waste Management Systems
- Water Quality Management
- Renewable Energy Applications