Professor

NDUKWU MACMANUS CHINENYE

NDUKWU MACMANUS CHINENYE

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STAFF NAME NDUKWU MACMANUS CHINENYE

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

Full Professor, HOD Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (OR INTEREST)       : Generally my current research interest involves  energy application in  agriculture (crops, woods, biomass etc)  with focus on machine and equipment development, evaluation, energy and exergy analysis, modelling and numerical simulation of the following renewable energy nexus

  • Solar thermal conversion with energy storage for biomaterial processing
  • Wind powered Solar thermal systems
  • Agro-biomass valorization
  • Solar biomass pyrolysis
  • Storage of processed agricultural products

ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS WON:

  • Listed among top 2% scientist in the world by SCOPUS/Stanford University , 2024
  • Best researcher award 2024 for college of Engineering and Engineering Technology , Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike
  • Top 3 best Researcher Award 2024, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike
  • Listed as top 500 researcher by Elsevier SciVal scopus database, 2024 for Nigeria

Consultancy Service Currently Held:

  • Study on post-harvest mechanization in Nigeria for; giz |Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH GIZ Nigeria Energy Cluster

EXTRACURRICULAR/HOBBIES: Reading; writing

COMMUNITY SERVICE ENGAGEMENTS: Technical committee chairman and Secretary of the 24th and 26th International conference and 44th and 46th annual general meeting of Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineering respectively.

EMAIL ADDRESS: ndukwumcu@mouau.edu.ng                   

PHONE: 08032132924; 07017860451