Professor Christian Amaechi Bolu
Professor of Mechatronics Engineering & Chairman, Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology of Nigerian Universities
PhD(Swansea, 1982), M.Eng(Toronto, 1979), B.Sc(Nigeria, 1976)
College
Department
Research Interests
Robotics in Healthcare
Additive Manufacturing and Rapid Prototyping
Digital Assets Management
Cutting Stock Optimisation
Enterprise Resource Planning
Industrial Systems Modelling and Simulations
Fibre Optics network optimisation
Mechatronics Systems Design
Industrial Engineering
Engineering Modeling and Simulations
Artificial Neural Networks
CAD/CAM/CAE
Awards & Honours
Executive Committee Member, Global Engineering Deans Council
Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Engineering
Fellow, Nigerian Society of Engineers
Fellow, Nigeria Institute of Engineers
Meritorious Award, Nigerian Society of Engineers
Ambassador of the Kingdom, Assemblies of God Nigeria
SAP Technology Consultant
Teaching Areas
- Mechatronics Systems Design
- Signals & Systems
- Sensors and Actuators
- Rapid Prototyping
- Engineering Mathematics
- Numerical Methods
- Engineering Management
- Introduction to Mechatronics
- Modeling and Simulation in Mechanical Engineering
- Industrial Computing Systems
- CAD/CAM
- Engineering Graphics
- Tero-technology
- Reliability Engineering
- Advanced Engineering Mathematics
- Dynamic Modeling and Control
Current Postgraduate Supervision
Additive Manufacturing in Foundry Technology
Development of Aluminium Matrix Composites
Business Intelligence in Engineering Production Systems
Mechatronics Systems Design
Automatic Gauge Control in Rolling Mills
Selected Publications (25)
3. The Development of Molecular-Based Materials for Electrical and Electronic Applications
[ Download 802.52 kB ]4. Implementing Central Library Virtual Library Systems
[ Download 392.71 kB ]6. Managing a Sustainable Institutional Repository: The Covenant University Experience
[ Download 106.67 kB ]7. The Engineering Challenge for Cost Effective Steel Scrap Recovery in Nigeria
[ Download 1.68 MB ]8. Technological Forecast of Aluminium in Food Production: Preliminary Results
[ Download 624.39 kB ]9. Resource Conservation Though Preventive Maintenance in the Nigerian Aluminium Metal Forming Plants
[ Download 616.79 kB ]10. On the Issues of Cooperation of ECOWAS Countries in Sourcing Aluminium Raw Materials
[ Download 988.30 kB ]11. NDDC Computer Training Syllabus-Level 1-5
[ Download 3.79 MB ]12. Issues on the Planning of the Nigerian Aluminium Industry
[ Download 938.00 kB ]14. Forecasting Nigerian Aluminium Demand
[ Download 1.11 MB ]18. Large Scale Document Management System: Creating Effective Public Sector Knowledge Management System
[ Download 192.04 kB ]20. Fine-tuning Central Banks Web Communications: Usability Tests & Content Management
[ Download 1.18 MB ]21. Achieving Access to Knowledge through E-Learning: A Case Study
[ Download 676.62 kB ]23. Development of Aluminium Matrix Composites: A review
[ Download 884.76 kB ]25. University Optical Fibre Network Access Optimisation: A Case Study
[ Download 574.49 kB ]Collaboration/Linkages
Global Engineering Deans Council
Conferences Attended
Summary of Profile
Prof Bolu, a professor of Mechatronics Engineering and Fellow of both the Nigerian Society of Engineers and Nigerian Institution of Industrial Engineers is a practicing engineer with engineering industry work experience spanning over 27 years. He ran several multi-national engineering companies in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya at top technical and management levels. He was instrumental to setting up of the first CNC wire-cutting machine in Nigeria, in the late 1980s as well as the first automated powder coating plant in Nigeria. He was the developer of one of the early Enterprise Resource Planning solutions used in engineering manufacturing plants in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. He has consulted for a couple of World-Bank assisted industrial projects in Nigeria.
