KAYODE JOSHUA SIMONYAN

STAFF NAME KAYODE JOSHUA SIMONYAN

STAFF RANK, CURRENT OFFICE(S) HELD, AND PERSONALITY.

Full Professor; Director, Directorate of University Research Administration, Erudite Scholar; Chairman, MOUAU Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit    

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PATENTS: One          

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (OR INTEREST) :

Postharvest Engineering, Renewable Energy, Machinery Development and Optimization

ACHIEVEM ENTS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS WON:

1. Postgraduate Scholarship Award of the Kogi State Government (1992/93)
   b.  Postgraduate Scholarship Award of the Federal Government of Nigeria             (1994/95)
               c. Research Grant, Development of Kerosene Fired Incubator with Temperature             Controller. Sponsored by the Division of Agricultural Colleges Board of Research             (1997)
               d.  Netherlands Fellowship Award (2000)
               e.  Research Grant, Development and Performance Evaluation of a Motorized             Ginger Splitting Machine (EIT /08/01) (2010)
               f.  Research Grant, Development of Irvingia Nut Cracking Machine. Funded by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) (2011).
               g. Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of Biosystems Engineering. Auburn             University, United States of America. Sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust             Fund (TETFUND) (2012)
2. Research Grant, Development, and Performance Evaluation of an Improved Endogenously Designed Ginger Juice Expression Machine for Value Addition.             Sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) (2018)
3. i. Cited in Marquis Who‘s Who in the World. 22nd Edition 2005 (Published in November 2004)
               MOUAU Management Commendation as Chairman, Committee on Alleged             Misappropriation and Mismanagement of SSANU Multipurpose Cooperative             Society Ltd       (2014)
               K. MOUAU Council Commendation as Member, MOUAU Contingent that won             Best Exhibitor, Best Innovation Technology, High Local Content, and Early      Bird in the 2nd Nigerian Raw Materials Expo (NIRAM) (2014)

POSITIONS HELD/STATE OR NATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

1. Head of Department, Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering Department (2008-2010),
2. Deputy Dean, CEET (2012-2016),

• Dean, CEET (2018-2021),

1. Resource person to NUC Accreditation Exercises.
2. Returning Officer during the National Election

EXTRACURRICULAR/HOBBIES: Reading; Humanitarian Services

COMMUNITY SERVICE ENGAGEMENTS:

1. Programme Leader/Head of Department, Agricultural Engineering Technology Programme,Ahmadu Bello  University, Zaria (2003-2008)
2. Publicity Secretary, Farm Management Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State Chapter (1997-1999)

• Public Relation Officer, Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers, North West Region (2003 – 2008)

1. Programme Leader, Engineering and Information Technology, Michael Okpara       University of     Agriculture, Umudike (2008-2010)
2. Chairman, Caretaker Committee for the University ALUMNI Association, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (2014)
3. Initiated Prof U.G.N. Anazodo Memorial Lecture (2009)

• Got approval for changing the name of the Department of Agricultural Engineering to the Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering (2010).
• Got FULL COREN accreditation as Head of Department (2010)

1. As Caretaker refurbished the Central Workshop Equipment in collaboration with Mechanical Engineering Department staff, CEET/MOUAU (2010)
2. Developed the Postgraduate Curriculum for Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering. The first Department in CEET to develop a Postgraduate Curriculum (2010)
3. Organized the Maiden Research and Innovation Fair/Conference

• Organized Second Research and Innovation Fair/Conference
• Pioneer Editor–in–Chief, Umudike Journal of Engineering and Technology (UJET) (2013 to 2021). As Editor-in-Chief, the UJET was approved by the College Board and the University Senate. The name also was registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).           

EMAIL ADDRESS: simonyan.kayode@mouau.edu.ng            

PHONE: 07036915162; 08053303987