The immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Emenike Ejiogu, has said that the Faculty has been repositioned to generate more revenue internally for seamless running of its affairs.
Ejiogu made the disclosure in Nsukka at the weekend during the valedictory Board Meeting and handover ceremony to Prof. Ikechukwu Christian-Ezema as the new Dean of the Faculty.
He said that the Faculty has upgraded and expanded its auto mechanic workshop to serve as a revenue-generating organ, as well as the faculty’s Journal which he said has been classed in one of the top three journal-indexing bodies in the world, adding that they would help to shore up the revenue base of the Faculty."
"To the glory of God, our faculty has been repositioned to generate more money internally for the smooth running of the faculty.
"The faculty workshop has been expanded and refurbished to serve as a source of generating revenue for the faculty.
"Our faculty journal is now indexed in Scopus Scimago, many articles will be coming from all over the world for publication in the journal because it is now regarded as a high-impact academic journal," he said.
Speaking further, Ejiogu who is also the Director, Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development (ACE-SPED), said "Our NLNG Laboratory which the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company donated to us has the equipment the faculty can use to engage in commercial testing and characterization of materials for industries.
"During my tenure, the faculty board passed a resolution to establish a Consultancy Unit in the faculty where all the departments will partner to offer consultancy services to clients, this will also another source of income for the faculty.
"With all these sources of revenues, if well-utilized the Dean of the Faculty will find it easier to run the activities of the faculty unlike in the past.
"Also, the faculty's 20th Herbert Macaulay Memorial Lecture (HMML) attracted a Regional Centre for Artificial Intelligence and also a Centre for Digital Twins.
"On international collaboration, the Faculty under my watch initiated and anchored several MOUs among which is the MOU on Aerospace Engineering, with OKB Fifth Generation of Russian. This collaboration is expected to foster research and innovation at UNN in the area of Aerospace Space Engineering, with applications in satellite communication systems, weather focasting, etc,” Ejiogu said.
He also disclosed that among other achievements of his tenure was adding another three new departments with the approval of UNN management to the existing eight departments, now the faculty has eleven departments
He commended the Associate Dean of the faculty, Dr Sunday Ezeoha, and the faculty officer, Mrs. Blessing Phil-Eze as well as other members of the faculty for their positive contribution to the achievements recorded during his tenure.
In a remark, the new Dean of the Faculty, Prof Ezema, pledged to remain committed to consolidating the achievements of his predecessors.
He applauded Ejiogu's performance in the last two years as the Dean of the faculty and solicited for support of staff and students of the faculty.
The new dean pledged to run an open-door policy and assured that every faculty member would carry everybody along and be given a sense of belonging.
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