OPUTA OSITA

Personal data

Name:                                                  OPUTA OSITA

State of Origin:                                   Rivers State.

Nationality:                                         Nigerian

Present Post:                                       Lecturer I

Previous Post:                                     Lecturer II

Marital status:                                     Married

 

PART B

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Schools attended                                             Educational QualificatioN                                                      Date

Esedo Primary School Warri.                        First School Leaving Certificate.                                           1986 – 1990

 

Sancta Maria High School Omoku.                West Africa Senior School Certificate.                                  1992 – 1997

 

University of Port Harcourt.                           Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng)

                                                                     (2nd class lower division)

                                                                 Electrical/Electronics Engineering.                                        1999 – 2004

 

University of Port Harcourt.               Master of Engineering (M.Eng)                     

                                                            (Power systems engineering and

 Electrical Machines).                          2007-2010

 

PART C

EMPLOYEMENT, TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCES

 

TEACHING experience                                                                                                         

1. Employer                               Position Held                                                   Date

Michael Okpara University.                Lecturer I                                             March 2013-Date

Of Agriculture, Umudike,                 

Umuahia, Abia State.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

v  Course Lecturer on courses related to power system engineering at both Undergraduate and Master degree level.

v  Supervision of Undergraduate Projects.

 

Working experience

 

1. Employer                               Position Held                                                  Date

Azu Inspection/Engineering.              Field Engineer/                                    Nov 2007-Mar 2013

Services, Limited.                                         

Km 23 East-West Road,

Rumuosi, Akpor,

Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

v  Inspection, testing and certification of lifting equipment, cranes, e.t.c.

v  Inspection, testing and certification of boilers, pressure vessels, e.t.c.

v  Inspection of flow path of gases and steam in power plants.

v  Installation of electrical equipments and industrial wiring.

v  Electrical design

v  Calibration of various tests, measuring and commissioning tools and equipments e.g pressure gauges, digital multi meters, e.t.c.

v  Calibration of pressure safety valves (PSVs)

v  Inspection/condition monitoring of power transformers (oil test analysis, tap changer inspection, e.t.c)

v  Inspection of switch gears and complex breakers.

 

2. Employer                               Position Held                                                  Date

Alfay Nig. Ltd                                    Trainee Engineer                                 Oct 2006-Oct 2007

Plot 144 Trans Amadi Industrial

Layout, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.

 

Duties and Responsibilities

v  Testing of heavy duty generators and motors.

v  Installation and maintenance of heavy duty generators and motors.

v  Electrical/Electronics design.

v  Installation and maintenance of electrical control panels and protective systems for generators, motors, and compressors.

v  Installation, trouble shooting and maintenance of equipments.

v  Design and installation of protective systems/circuit for equipments, (e.g over-voltage and over-current protection, over-heat protection, e.t.c.) 

 

3. Employer                               Position Held                                                  Date

Power Holding Company of               Electrical Engineer/                             Sep 2005-Aug 2006

Nigeria (P.H.C.N). Umuahia              Youth Corper

Business Unit (Distribution

Department).

Duties and Responsibilities

v  Maintenance of 11KV and 33KV distribution lines.

v  Testing, Installation and Maintenance of transformers.

v  Power system and technical Analysis/Planning.

v  High voltage engineering and switch gear.

v  High voltage and high current measurement.

v  Maintenance of switching systems, over voltage, over current and other and protective systems.

v  Control room duties (monitoring of distribution lines and                            

            power management in control room).

 

 

PART D

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

 

S/N	TYPE OF PUBLICATION	NAME OF JOURNAL/DATE	TITLE
1	Journal	Scientia Africana. Vol 10, No 1, pp 34 – 40. (June 2011).	Nigerian electric power supply quality improvement
2	Journal	IEEE African Journal of Computing and ICT. Vol 8, No 3, pp 135 – 142. (2015).	Model Formulation for fixing of two-part for bulk sale of energy using declining tariff method.
3	Journal	American Journal of Engineering Research. Vol 4, Issue 11, pp 128 – 134. (2015).	Minimizing corona on power lines using optimization by graphical method
4	Journal	Umudike Journal of Engineering and technology (UJET). Vol 1, No 2, pp 158 – 163. (2015)	Ascending two part tariff model for bulk sale of electric energy
5	Journal	ISOR Journal of Engineering (ISORJEN). Vol 05, Issue 10. Pp 51 – 55. (Oct 2015)	Solving voltage dip problems of an inter-connected transmission system using RPBs and SLFEs
6	Journal	International journal of Engineering and Computer Science. Vol 4. Issue 7, pp 13169 – 13175. (2015)	Running cost minimization of an electric power sector
7	Conference	International Conference on Electric Power Engineering (ICEPENG). PP 160 – 166. (Oct 2015)	Current transformer optimal performance using burden rating
8	Journal	Umudike Journal of Engineering and technology (UJET). Vol 1, No 1, pp 91 – 97. (June 2015)	Performance comparison of the cage and cageless self exciting two-phase reluctance generator
9	Journal	Umudike Journal of Engineering and technology (UJET). Vol. 2, No. 1, (June 22, 2016)	Power flow analysis of electric power transmission system in Nigerian southern region
10	Journal	American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER), Vol 5, Issue 1, pp 42 – 48. (2016)	Two Part Model Formulation for Bulk sale of Energy by Depreciating the Plant by Declining Value Method.
11	Journal	EJERS, European Journal of Engineering Research and Science Vol. 2, No. 7, pp 1 – 7 (July 2017)	Induction Motor Starting Analysis and Start Aided Device Comparison Using ETAP
12	Conference	Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering Adaptation and Policy Reforms (ICEAPR 2017) pp 134 – 139.	Differential protection of power transformer-case study of Ubakala 7.5mva injection substation.
13	Conference	2017 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Electro-Technology for National Development (NIGERCO) pp (921 – 924)	Dynamic Modeling of Circuit Breaker Transient Recovery Voltage
14	Journal	NIEEE Journal of research and innovative technology Vol. 1, No. 1, pp  64 – 71 (April 2018)	Comparative cost analysis of a fueled power generator and a fuel-less power generator
15	Journal	International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, Volume 7, Issue 4, pp 22 – 28 (April-2018) ISSN 2278-7763	A conventional single-phase full bridge current Source inverter with load variation
16	Journal	Nigerian Research Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences 3(1) pp. 148 – 153 (2018)	Evaluating protective system’s reliability using current Transformer burden rating
17	Journal	EJECE, European Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering Vol. 2, No. 5, pp 8 – 13 (July 2018)	Quantitative Comparison of Direct Current Shunt and Series Motors Speed Control Methods
18	Journal	NIEEE Journal of research and innovative technology Vol. 1, No. 1, pp  143 – 149 (April 2018)	Modeling and assessment of a power system reliability using wind-solar power plant

 

 

RESEARCH INTEREST:              Power System Analysis, Protection and Optimization

 

POST GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION

PGD                                                    5

 

CERTIFICATION/PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP                                     DATE

      Institute of Electrical/Electronic Engineers (IEEE)                                        August 2014.

      International Association of Engineers (IAENG)                                          June 2014.

      Council For The Regulation Of Engineering

in Nigeria (COREN). (R.21534)                                                                     September 2011.

      American Association for Quality (ASQ). (64242827)                                  November 2011.

      Certified calibration technician.                                                                      June 2012.