OKORO, KALU CHRISTOPHER

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PART A

PERSONAL DATA

Name: Engr. Dr. Okoro Kalu Christopher

State of Origin: Abia

Nationality: Nigerian

Present Post: Lecturer II

Previous Post: Graduate Assistant

Marital Status: Married

 

PART B

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Primary School: Umuwaya Road Primary School, Umuahia Abia State 1991-1996

Secondary School: Ibeku High School, Umuahia Abia State                   1996-2002

Universities Attended:

·   Madonna University,Okija                                        October,2003-August,2008

·   University of Lagos, Akoka                              September, 2010- January, 2014

·   Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike   July, 2014-October, 2017  

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS WITH DATES:

·   Ph.D., Electrical Power and Machines (Control of Drives) October, 2017

·   M.Sc , Electrical/Electronic Engineering(Control Option) June, 2014

·   B.Eng,Electrical/Electronic Engineering(Instrumentation and Control Option) August, 2008

·   West African Senior School Certificate                                                       2002

·   First School Leaving Certificate                                                      1996

 

ACADEMIC HONOURS:

·   Third Best  Chemistry Student(JETS Competition)            2001

·   Best Graduating Student, Faculty of Engineering Madonna University 2008

·   Scholar, NNPC/EXXON Mobil Tertiary Scholarship Award   2012/2013

 

PART C

EMPLOYMENT, TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCES

FULL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY WITH DATES:

·   Lecturer II                                                                                        2014-Date

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike

·   Graduate Assistant                                                                          2013-2014

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike

·   Techical Officer                                                                               2011-2013

    Jof-Adran Technologies,Lagos                                                      

·   Vice Principal (Admin)                                                                    2010-2011

    BrightVille College                                                                        

·   National Youth Service                                                                   2009-2010

   Govt.Sci. Tech.College Potiskum           

 

TEACHING HISTORY WITH DATES:

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (2013-Date):

·   Graduate(M.Eng) Theory and modelling of Electrical Machines    (2017-Date)

·   Graduate (M.Eng) Digital Electronics                     (2017-Date)

·   Graduate (M.Eng) Advanced  Control Systems Engineering         (2017-Date)

·   Undergraduate(B.Eng) Electric Motor Drives                    (2014-Date)

·   Undergraduate (B.Eng) Control systems Engineering I/II (2013-Date)

·   Undergraduate (B.Eng) Electrical Machines I & II                                                                        (2013-Date)

·   Undergraduate (B.Eng) Basic Electrical/Electronics Engineering (2014-Date)

·   Undergraduate (B.Eng) Circuit Theory I/II  (2015-Date)

·   Undergraduate (B.Eng) Engineering Analysis (2015-Date)

 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY:

·         Co-Ordinator, Diploma Programme, MOUAU                                       (2014-2016)

·         Staff Adviser, Centre for continuing Education,MOUAU                      (2015-2016)

·         Staff Adviser, Association for Electrical/Electronics Engineering Students (2016-Date)

·         Business Manager, Umudike Journal of Engineering and Engineering Technology (2016-2018)

·         Staff Adviser, Abia state Student’s Association,MOUAU (2016-Date)

·         General Secretary, Idima Abam Development Union (2017-Date)

 

 

PART D

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

DISSERTATIONS AND THESIS:

·         Design and Construction of fire Alarm system using thermistor as sensor, B.Eng Thesis, Madonna University, 2008.

·         Application of DC-DC Chopper to the speed control of DC Motor, M.Sc Thesis, University of Lagos, 2013.

·         Dynamic modelling of an inverse parallel fed n-phase induction motor controller for improved performance.

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

·   Okoro, C.K., Omosun Yerima and Irokwe V.N “Modelling an inverse parallel five phase asynchronous motor controller with Simulink: A pedagogical approach” International Journal of Trend in Research (IJTRD),Vol 5,Issue 5 July-August 2018.

 

·   Omosun Yerima, Okoro, C.K and Irokwe V.N “Design and implementation of field effect transistor (FET) and bipolar junction transistor (BJT) trainer” International Journal of Trend in Research (IJTRD),Vol 5,Issue 5 July-August 2018.

 

·   Ifeagwu, E. N., Alor, M., Obi, P. I., Ejiofor, H. C., Okoro, K. C. “Improving Signal Reception in Cdma 20001 X Network using Antenna Diversity Technique.” International Journal on Engineering and Innovative Technology (IJEIT). Vol. 4, Issue 11, pp 56-59, May 2015.

 

·   Ifeagwu, E. N., Ejiofor, H. C., Obi, P. I., Okafor, C. S., Okoro, K. C. “Bit Error Rate Reduction in Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 20001X Mobile Communication Network using Antenna Diversity Technique” International Journal on Engineering and Innovative Technology (IJEIT). Vol. 4, Issue 11, pp 5-9, May 2015.

 

·   Ifeagwu, E. N., Obi, P. I., Ejiofor, H. C., Okoro, K. C. “Analysis of Base Station Adaptive Antenna Array Performance in CDMA 20001 X Mobile Radio Network” International Journal of Computer Science Trends and Technology (IJCST). Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp114-122, May- June 2015.

 

·   Ekwe, O.A.,Anorue,E.N. and Okoro,K.C., “Evaluating Multiple Antenna Diversity Techniques for Transmission over fading channels”, International Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR). Vol.13, Issue 8,pp 77-82, August,2014.

 

·   Ekwe, A.O.,Iroegbu C and Okoro,C.K., “Performance Evaluation of Convolutional Encoders with different constraint Rates”,International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology(IJRASET). Vol.2, Issue VIII, pp56-63, August 2014.

 

·   Ekwe,O.A.,Anorue E.N. and Okoro,K.C. “Evaluating the Enhancing Capacity of Multiple Carrier Code Division Multiple Access(Mc-CDMA) using power controls”,International Journal of Scientific Research Publications(IJSRP),Vol. 4,Issue 8,pp 1-5,August,2014.

 

·   Ekwe,O.A.,Abioye,A.E.,Oluwe,M.O. and Okoro,K.C., “Effective Fading Reduction Techniques in Wireless Communication System”, Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering(IOSR-JECE),Vol.9,Issue 4,pp 35-43,July,2014.

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

 

·   Okoro, K.C., Onah,A.J. and Ekwe,O.A.,(2014) “Design and Construction of the firing circuit for a thyristor controlled DC-DC Chopper”, Proceedings of the Maiden Engineering Conference CEET MOUAU,(EDMANS 2014),pp 376-382.

 

·   Okoro, C.K.,Okoro,O.I. and Obi,P,I. “Effect Of Variation Of Moment Of Inertia On  the Dynamic Performance Of Three And Five Phase Induction Motor”  Proceedings of the NSE Conference, Abuja 2017.

 

·   Okoro, C.K.,Okoro,O.I. and Obi,P,I. “Dynamic modelling of the performance of three and five phase AC controllers under R-L loads”  Proceedings of the NSE Conference, Abuja 2017.

 

·   Okoro, C.K., Obi, P.I. and Akwukwaegbu D.I. “Proceedings of the ICEPT Conference, Port Harcourt 2018.

 

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS:

 

·   Okoro, C.K., Emelike Ukeje and Udaya Collins (2015), “Introductory University Mathematics-A Simplified Approach” CPN Prints, 100 Owerri Road Okigwe Imo State, ISBN-978-978-219736-X.

 

·   Okoro, C.K., Emelike Ukeje and Udaya Collins (2015), “Introductory University Mathematics II-Calculus” CPN Prints, 100 Owerri Road Okigwe Imo State, ISBN-978-978-218463-X.

 

OTHERS

Current Research Interest: Dynamic modelling/Application of DC and Induction motor drives, Automation of modern control systems (Robotics), Smart Sensors and electronic controllers.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

·         Council for the Regulation of Engineering (COREN)              2016

·         Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE)                                          2015

·         Institute of Electrical/Electronic Engineers (IEEE)                  2013

·         Accounting Computing Machinery (ACM)                              2014

·         Member Nigeria Institute of Elect/Elect Engineers(NIEEE)    2018

 

 

AFFIRMATION:

I wish to affirm that the content of this Curriculum Vitae is correct to the best of my knowledge

 

Signature:

 

Name: Engr. Dr. Okoro, Christopher Kalu

 

Designation/Rank: Lecturer II/Step 5

 

Date: 3rd September, 2018.