OKEREKE ARU-EZE

Dr. Okereke Aru-Eze (B.Eng.,M.Eng., Ph.D., RCOREN, MCPN)

Rank: Senior Lecturer

Email: aru.eze@mouau.edu.ng

 

EDUCATION BACKGROUND:

PRIMARY SCHOOL:               1985:           Ihe Central School, Ihechiowa,  

                                                                   Arochukwu L.G.A., Abia State.                                                                                                        First School Leaving Certificate

SECONDARY SCHOOL:         1994:           Coronta Secondary School,                                                                          Asaga, Ohafia.             S.S.C.E

UNIVERSITY  (B.ENG.) :         2005:          University of Uyo                                                                                                   B. ENG.-Computer Engineering

                                                                   (Second Class Upper) 

              

UNIVERSITY  (M.ENG.):          2010:          Federal University of Technology, Owerri

                                                                    M.Eng – Computer/Electronics Engineering

 

UNIVERSITY  (Ph.D):               2017           Federal University of Technology, Owerri

                                                                   Ph.D – Computer Engineering

 

AWARDS:

• 2003:            The best SIWES Award in the Department of                                    Computer/E.E.E., University of Uyo.
• 2004:           The best project student Award, Faculty of Engineering,

                    University of Uyo.

 

• 2004:          The best graduating student of the Department of Computer   

                    Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Uyo.

• 2016/2017:  Honorary Merit Award by the National Association of Computer  

                    Engineering Students (NACOMES) as the most Distinguished  

                    Lecturer of the Department of Computer Engineering.          

 

 

WORKING EXPERIENCE WITH DATE:

Dollarnet Computers and Telecoms  

Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES)                       2003

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist the Coordinator for computer repairs and utility equipment.
• Provide information for computer spare parts for effective operations.
• Responsible for all kind of Hard/Software maintenance

 

Takum Local Government Council

National Youth Services Corps (NYSC)                                               2006

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Transferring of information in hard copies to soft copies.
• Community Development Programs
• Hardware/Software Maintenance
• Training of other staff on basic Computer appreciation

 

Jomez Perfect Trainers:                                                                      2007

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Teaching computer and electronics for the trainees.
• Software development with a team of other professionals

 

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike:                  2012 To Date

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

5. Teaching Undergraduate and Postgraduate Computer Engineering Courses
6. Supervision of Undergraduate projects
7. Conducting of Undergraduate practical related to my area of specialty
8. Course Advisory to students
9. Departmental Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) Coordinator from 2015 to 2017
10. Staff Adviser to the National Association of Computer Engineering Students (NACOMES), 2018
11. Pioneer Postgraduate Program Coordinator for the department of Computer Engineering. 2018

LIST OF ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS:

THESIS:

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM (AUTODOC) FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS.

A Masters in Engineering (M.Eng.) Thesis submitted to the Department of Electrical Electronics Engineering (Computer Engineering Option), Federal University of Technology, Owerri-Imo State, Nigeria.        2010

 

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEURO-FUZZY NETWORK BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ADMISSION INTO NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

A Ph.D in Engineering Thesis submitted to the Department of Electrical Electronics Engineering (Computer Engineering Option), Federal University of Technology, Owerri-Imo State, Nigeria.        2017

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

1. An expert system (Autodoc) for diagnosing diseases and prescribing medication using visual basic.net

Information Technology Research Journal Vol. 2(2), pp. 20 – 24, November 2012.  ISSN: 2026-6715 ©2012 International Research Journals

 *Aru Okereke Eze and Opara F.K

2. Design and Construction of a Mobile Security Surveillance System with Wireless Data Transmission

IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSRJCE)

ISSN: 2278-0661, ISBN: 2278-8727Volume 8, Issue 2 (Nov. – Dec. 2012), PP 41-45. www.iosrjournals.org, www.iosrjournals.org 41 | Page

1 Aru, Okereke Eze , 2 Obia, Uchechukwu Stanley and 3 Ihekweaba, Gozie

 

3. Exploring a Microcontroller Based Hearing Aid with an Output Level Indicator

International Journal Of Computational Engineering Research (ijceronline.com) Vol. 2 Issue. 8 ||Issn 2250-3005(online)|| ||December||2012|| Page 253

1 Aru Okereke Eze, Eng. 2 Dr. Gozie Ihekweaba and 3  Ngwu Rosemary Chinyere

4. Facial Verification Technology for Use In Atm Transactions

American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER)

e-ISSN : 2320-0847 p-ISSN : 2320-0936 Volume-02, Issue-05, pp-188-193

www.ajer.us

Aru Okereke Eze, Ihekweaba Gozie and Opara F.K.

 

5. Design Exploration of a Microcontroller Based RF Remote Control 13amps Wall Socket

IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE)

e-ISSN: 2278-0661, p- ISSN: 2278-8727Volume 11, Issue 1 (May. – Jun. 2013), PP 56-60

www.iosrjournals.org,  www.iosrjournals.org 56 | Page

Aru Okereke Eze ,Ihekweaba Gozie, Opara, F.K.

 

6. Real Time Video Prosecution Unit

International Journal of Engineering Inventions e-ISSN: 2278-7461, p-ISSN: 2319-6491 Volume 3, Issue 2 (September 2013) PP: 47-49

*Aru Okereke Eze, **Opara F.K.

 

7. INNOVATIVE  IMPROVEMENT OF DATA STORAGE  USING ERROR   CORRECTION CODES

International Journal of Engineering Inventions

e-ISSN: 2278-7461, p-ISSN: 2319-6491 Volume 3, Issue 3 (October 2013) PP: 38-42

**   Aru Okereke Eze, Emole Chukwuemeka Enoch, Enyenihi Henry Johnson

 

8. FUNDAMENTALS OF VSAT INSTALLATION

International Journal of Engineering Research and Development

e-ISSN: 2278-067X, p-ISSN: 2278-800X, www.ijerd.com

Volume 8, Issue 11 (October 2013), PP. 34-39

**Omosun Yerima, Aru Okereke Eze, Ihekweaba Gozie

 

9. THE COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASEDTRANSISTOR TESTER WITH A LOGIC DISPLAY

International Journal of Engineering Research and Development

e-ISSN: 2278-067X, p-ISSN: 2278-800X, www.ijerd.com

Volume 9, Issue 2 (November 2013), PP. 22-29

**Aru Okereke Eze, Opara, F.K.

10.   ANALYSIS OF DATA SECURITY APPROACH FOR DIGITAL COMPUTERS

International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) www.ijmer.com Vol. 3, Issue. 6, Nov – Dec. 2013 pp-3449-3451 ISSN: 2249-6645  

** Aru Okereke Eze, Iroegbu Chibuisi, Enyenihi Henry Johnson

11.   Design and Construction of a Simple but Efficient and Cost Effective Amplitude Modulated Transmitter Using Locally Available Materials

International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT) – Volume 8 Number 7- Feb 2014. ISSN: 2231-5381 http://www.ijettjournal.org Page 411

*** Aru Okereke Eze, Anorue Esther and Nwaokafor Nwachukwu Ken C.

12. Peripheral Review and Analysis of Internet Network Security

International Journal of Research in Engineering and Science (IJRES) ISSN (Online): 2320-9364, ISSN (Print): 2320-9356 www.ijres.org Volume 2 Issue 3 ǁ March. 2014 ǁ PP.06-09 www.ijres.org 6 | Page

**Aru Okereke Eze and Okonba Brown

 

13. Microcontroller-Based Fault Tolerant Data Acquisition System For Air Quality Monitoring And Control Of Environmental Pollution

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH VOLUME 4, ISSUE 08, AUGUST 2015 ISSN 2277-8616 178 IJSTR©2015 www.ijstr.org

*****Tochukwu Chiagunye, Eze Aru Okereke, Ilo Somtoochukwu

 

14.   MARKOV CHAIN AGENT BASED MODELING FOR MAN POWER SCHEDULING AND CONTROL.

International Journal of Electrical Electronics & Computer Science Engineering. Volume 2, Issue 2 (April, 2015), ISSN : 2348-2273. Pages 53-58. Available Online at www.ijeecse.com.

****Tochukwu Chiagunye, Eze Aru Okereke and Tochukwu Obidiwe

 

15.  Generic Model of an Agent Belief for Job Shop Scheduling and Control of a Manufacturing System

International Journal of Advanced and Innovative Research (2278-7844) / # 72 / Volume 4 issue 8

*****Tochukwu Chiagunye, Eze Aru Okereke, Ilo Somtoochukwu

 

16.   Designing a Microcontroller-Based Low-Pass, High-Pass and Band-Pass Digital Filter with Op-Amp

Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST) ISSN: 3159-0040, Vol. 2 Issue 5, May – 2015, www.jmest.org, pages 1029-1037

Tochukwu Chiagunye, Ilo Somtoochukw and Eze Aru Okereke

 

17. Agent Intention Model for Shop Floor Scheduling and Control of Processes in a complex Manufacturing operation using Markov Chain.

International Journal of Trend in Research and Development, Volume 2(5), ISSN 2394-9333 IJTRD | Sep – Oct 2015. pages 341-347. Available Online@www.ijtrd.com

Chiagunye Tochukwu, Chioma Oleka and Eze Aru Okereke

 

18.. Microcontroller-based solar energy tracker system with single axis orientation

  International Journal of Research in Advanced Engineering and Technology

ISSN: 2455-0876, Impact Factor: RJIF 5.44.  www.engineeringresearchjournal.com

Volume 2; Issue 5; May 2016; Page No. 79-86

****Chiagunye Tochukwu, Somtoochukwu Ilo, Eze Aru Okereke

 

19.   The simulation and modeling of active filters

International Journal of Research in Advanced Engineering and Technology

ISSN: 2455-0876; Impact Factor: RJIF 5.44

www.engineeringresearchjournal.com,Volume 2; Issue 3; May 2016; Page No. 150-156

Chiagunye Tochukwu, Okereke Eze Aru, Udeani Henrietta

 

20..  Exploration of the Adaptive Neuro – Fuzzy Inference System Architecture and its Applications.

American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER) 2016

e-ISSN: 2320-0847 p-ISSN : 2320-0936, Volume-5, Issue-9, pp-181-188

www.ajer.org

*Okereke Eze Aru, Ifeyinwa E. Achumba, Felix K. Opara*

 

21. .  EXPLOITING THE CORE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION PARAMETERS USING NEURO-FUZZY MODEL

American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER), e-ISSN: 2320-0847 p-ISSN : 2320-0936

Volume-6, Issue-6, pp-232-245. www.ajer.org

Okereke Eze Aru, Nkwachukwu Chukwuchekwa and  F.K. Opara

 

22. .  DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTERISED ENGINEERING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE INCUBATION SYSTEM IN POULTRY FARMS

Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, 2017, Volume-4, Issue 6:pp-109-119

Available online www.jsaer.com. ISSN: 2394-2630 CODEN (USA): JSERBR

Okereke Eze Aru

 

23. REVIEW OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK: AN EMERGING PROBLEM SOLVING TOOL IN COMPUTING.

American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER) 2018

e-ISSN: 2320-0847 p-ISSN : 2320-0936

Volume-7, Issue-5, pp-152-161

Okereke Eze Aru.

 

24. .  Big Data: An Innovative Tool for Improving Cyber Security Issues.

Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, 2018, 5(5):586-597

ISSN: 2394-2630. CODEN(USA): JSERBR, Pages 586-597. www.jsaer.com

Aru Okereke Eze, Amadi Christopher C.

 

25..  Malware Analysis and Mitigation in Information Preservation

IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE)

e-ISSN: 2278-0661,p-ISSN: 2278-8727, Volume 20, Issue 4, Ver. I (Jul – Aug 2018), PP 53-62

www.iosrjournals.org

Aru Okereke Eze and Chiaghana Chukwunonso E.

 

26. Detailed Examination of Information Hiding Techniques for Copyright Protection of Text Documents

IOSR Journal of Scientific Research (IOSR-JAC)

e-ISSN: 2278-5736.Volume 11, Issue 12 Ver. I (December. 2018), PP 21-30

www.iosrjournals.org . DOI: 10.9790/5736-1112012130 www.iosrjournals.org

Aru, Okereke Eze and Ananaba, Chianalamoke Ephraim

 

27.   Development of an Improved Intelligent Gas Leak Monitor Incoporating an Automatic Leak Notification System

 The International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES) || Volume || 8 || Issue || 3 Series I|| Pages || PP 25-35 || 2019 || ISSN (e): 2319 – 1813 ISSN (p): 23-19 – 1805

DOI:10.9790/1813-0803012535 www.theijes.com Page 25-35

Aru Okereke Eze

 

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

1. Development of an Intelligent Audit Trail as a Watch Dog to Monitor Academic Activities in Nigerian Universities.

The 2015 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing”, Les Vegas, USA. 27th-30th July, 201

The 2015 International Conference on Security and Management

http://sam.udmercy.edu/sam15/ (July 27-30, 2015, Las Vegas, USA)

**** Aru Okereke Eze, Ihekweaba Gozie, Ihekweaba Linda Ogechi****

 

2. .   Assessment of the Admission Criteria that Predict Students’     Academic Performance in Undergraduate Years in a Nigerian University.

The 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence

    (ICAI’16: July 25-28, 2016, Las Vegas, USA)

    http://worldcomp.org/events/2016/conferences/icai201

****Okereke Eze Aru, Ifeyinwa E. Achumba, Felix K. Opara****

 

 

OTHERS:

5. Member, College of Engineering, MOUA Committee on Environment                   2018
6. Chairman, Department of Computer Engineering Disciplinary Committee.                                                                                 2017
7. Chairman, Department of Computer Engineering Accreditation Committee                                                                                     2018  
8. College of Engineering Representative in College of Management Sciences, MOUAU.                                                                2015 – 2018

 

GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISIONS:

MASTERS DEGREE

1. DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMIZED INTELLIGENT MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH IN FOREX TRADING, A MASTERS IN ENGINEERING THESIS.

 

STUDENT: OKECHUKWU CORNELIUS

STATUS:  ONGOING

2. MODELLING OF AN ADAPTIVE CHANNEL ALLOCATION SCHEME FOR GSM NETWORKS USING COGNITIVE RADIO TECHNOLOGY

 

STUDENT: OKAFOR BRIAN

STATUS:  ONGOING

3. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNET FILE EXCHANGE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH MULTI-LAYER SECURITY SYSTEM.

 

STUDENT: NNAMDI HENRY

STATUS:  ONGOING

 

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA

1. DESIGN OF AN INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM APPLYING ANT MOVEMENT MECHANISM, A PGD THESIS.

 

STUDENT: NWEKE CHISOM BRIGHT

STATUS: IN PROGRESS

 

CURRENT RESEARCH INTEREST:

1. COMPUTATIONAL \ MACHINE INTELLIGENCE
2. EXPERT SYSTEMS, ARIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
3. ROBOTICS
4. MICROPROCESSORS\MICROCONTROLLER AND EMBDED SYSTEMS

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

5. Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers (R 29063)

 

5. Member, Computer Professional Council of Nigeria (R 0040812013)

 

5. Member, COREN (R 26898)

 

5. Member, Editorial team of a Community Magazine (The Ihechiowa Voice)   

 

 

NATIONAL ASSIGNMENT:

National Youth Service Corp. Youth Corper at Takum Local Government Headquaters in Taraba State in the year 2006

Collation office in Ohafial LGA, Abia State during 2015 General Election in Nigeria.

 

  CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

• Software Development and Website Deign Training Organized by Dollarnet Computers and Telecoms in Lagos, 2010
• Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) Postgraduate Workshop Training/Workshop on Technical Paper Writing and Presentation, 2013
• Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) Postgraduate Workshop Training/Workshop on Technical Paper Writing and Presentation, 2014

 

• 21st Engineering Assembly of the Council For The Regulation  of  Engineering in Nigeria, International Conference Centre, Abuja,  4th – 5th September, 2012

 

THEME: “Engineering Capacity, Integrity and National Transformation.

• The Nigerian Society of Engineers 45th National Engineering Conference and Annual General Meeting tagged “HARMONY 2012”. Ilorin,Kwara State, from 3rd to 7th December, 2012.

 

Theme:  “Strategies for Promotion of Sustainable Technology-Based and Production-Driven Economy in Nigeria”.

• The 2013 Information Technology professionals’ Assembly and 19th Annual General Meeting of the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Abuja, 18th – 20th June, 2013.

 

Theme: “Opportunities in Information Technology for Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation”.

 

• The Nigerian Society of Engineers 46th International Engineering Conference, Exhibition and Annual General Meeting, Abuja, from 9th-13th December, 2013.

 

Theme: “Strategies for Transforming Agriculture and Water Resources Sectors of the Nigerian Economy”.

• The World Engineering Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure (WECSII 2014) hosted by the Nigerian Society of Engineers ((NSE)) in association with the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), Abuja,  2–7 November 2014.

 

 

Theme: Development of Sustainable Infrastructure in Africa

• 23rd Engineering Assembly of the Council For The Regulation  of  Engineering in Nigeria, International Conference Centre, Abuja,  Monday 18th – Wednesday 20th August, 2014

 

THEME: “Commercializing Engineering: An Imperative for National Development

• The 2016 IT Professionals’ Assembly with the theme, “Towards a Dependable and Sustainable National IT Infrastructure” held in Kaduna, Kaduna State from Wednesday 8th – Thursday 9th June, 2016 –