Acknowledgement

As with most events, this was a collaborative effort. Therefore, organizing committee would like to take a moment

to thank the following people for making this valuable conference happen:

Additionally, we would like to thank all the delegates from invited institutions for their participation and

contributions. Special thanks to Dr. A. W. Salami and Dr. A. S. Aremu for their advice, Dr. Olayinka Okeola for his

support and Babatunde Jibril for contributing to this report.

Our sincere gratitude to the NICE Chairman for sponsoring this program, thank you for contributing meaningfully

to the future of emerging engineers.

Moderator

Jogbojogbo Abdulrahman

Tinuoye Olayinka

Keynote Speakers

Engr Oladimeji Olutimehin

Mr Alonge A.Olusola

Oyesomi Tayo

Panelists

Prof Y. A Jimoh

Dr. A. A. Jimoh

Dr. S. A. Raji

1st Edition of the Annual Civil Engineering Students' Conference

ANJORIN, Aanuoluwapo Oluwasemilogo

President

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

KAREEM, Naimat Sikemi LAWAL, Abdul-Azeez Remilekun MAJEBI, Segun John MATANMI, Adetayo Moses OLANIPEKUN, Dolapo Hairat OLATUNJI, Olaide Kabir

OLAYIOYE, Oluwaseun Olalere OLUJIMI, Toyosi Busayo OYEDIRAN, Gbenga Gabriel YAHAYA, Abiodun

ADEWOLA, Jamaldeen Ayobami AJAYI, Adeola Olamide AKANBI, Nafisat A AYENI, Deolami Iyetipe ISSA, Muritala Olamilekan DADA, Damilare Omotunde DADA, Samson Ayobami EFUNTOYE, Tomisin Onabanjo HASSAN, Barakat JOGBOJOGBO, Abdulrahman

ATOLAGBE, Babatunde Aliu

Chairman Organizing Committee

AMUDA, Lateefat Bisola

Vice Chairman Organizing Committee

FAGBEMI, Timilehin

Head, Finance Unit

BARUWA, Ibrahim Babatunde

Head, Publicity and Media Coverage

TOMORI, Mariam Ayobami

Head, Welfare Unit

SAKA, Omolola Haliyah

Treasurer

MEMBERS

LAWAL, Abdulraheem Onimisi

Head, Logistics Unit

THEME : Becoming A Quintessential Emerging Engineer: Roles To Sustainable Development

SUB-THEMES:

Sustainable Development as a driver of innovation, Employment and Economic growth

Nexus between Waste Management and Sustainability

Technological Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure

Roles of Emerging Engineers to Sustainable Development

Resilience and Smart Structures

Intelligent Transportation System

Sustainability and Adequacy of Engineering Services in Infrastructure

Contribution of Leadership and Management to Sustainable Development

OBJECTIVES

This program was designed to add impetus to the

solution of the sedentary development of the

country and to unleash the inspiration for

sustainability that resides within idealistic young

engineers. This day-long event was intended to

bring students together in order to inspire

creativity, ideas, strategies and relationships that

advance the wellbeing of our nation

The first objective of the conference was to

enable listening and learning from experience of

young engineer with the aim of creating stronger

links between these experiences and preparatory

steps to be taken in the context of development

agenda.

This was achieved by placing key leaders in

global development side by side with people

sharing experiences.

The second objective was to demonstrate the

tools that are to be employed in fast-tracking

the nation’s development. This is addressed

effectively by explicitly recognising and

introducing some software to the participants.

THE CONFERENCE

The civil engineering Students conference, which is the first of its kind in the University of Ilorin, was a roaring

success. The highlight of the weeklong event is conference which was held at the prestigious University of Ilorin on

30th April, 2015. The programmes focused on how emerging engineers will integrate into the practical field and

contribute meaningfully to our nation's sustainable development. Many thanks to Nigerian Institution of Civil

Engineers for making this event a reality through the generous donation.

HIGHLIGHT

Monday 27th April – 1st May 2015

DAY 1 Games Day – Chess, Scrabble, Monopoly, Ludo, Whot, PES etc

DAY 2 Quiz Competition

DAY 3 Software Exposition

DAY 4 Civil Engineering Students Conference

DAY 5 Picnic

Overview

From April 27 to 1st of May, it was celebration

galore at the civil engineering department,

University of Ilorin. The conference, organized by

the Anjorin Aanuoluwapo-led administration,

comprised of the games day, an inter-level quiz

competition and a software exposition. The

conference week rounded up with a fun-filled

picnic on Friday the 1st of May.

The inter-level quiz competition came up on

Tuesday, with participants from all levels in the

department. Two Representatives from NICE and a

lecturer, Mrs Olanlokun O. K., were present at the

event. At the end, students from 100l came 3rd,

300l came 2nd and 400l students emerged winners

and took the trophy donated by NICE. Certificates

and Cash prize were presented to the participants

Mr Alonge, from Yolas Consultants Abuja,

encouraged civil engineering students to be smart

and focused on the third day of the conference in

his career talk.

The software exposition includes introduction to

Autodesk Infraworks, Autodesk BIM, Civil 3D, Max

3D,Prokon among others

The highpoint of the events was the conference

day. Students from Obafemi Awolowo University

(OAU), Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), University

of Ibadan (UI) and Federal University of Agriculture,

Abeokuta (FUNAAB) participated in the conference.

In attendance was also Engr. Olutimehin Oladimeji,

the interim CEO of Engineers Without Borders,

Nigeria. The conference held at the Engineering

Lecture theatre and was well attended by students,

staff and the general public.

Following the academic events of the previous

days, was the picnic at Bekadims Hotel, Tanke. A

social and fun-filled event witnessed a large turnout

of students from the department. The atmosphere

was relaxed and good music filled the air. There

were acrobatic displays, short performances, and

students ate to their heart satisfaction.

SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES

Oladimeji Olutimehin is the interim CEO of Engineers without Borders Nigeria and a

former Board member of Engineers Without Borders International based in Washington DC

USA. He has served as consultant to the Ondo state Auditor General and He is now

practicing Human-Centered Designer and Innovative Problem Solving Expert. He also serve as CEO of Innovative

Design Academy, Nigeria’s foremost driver of Innovation. He is a prolific reader and writer.

Born on the 1st of January, 1990, Olusola attended Oyemekun Staff School Akure,

Ondo State for his Primary school education and further had his secondary education at Idris

Premier College, Akure in 2007.

In 2013, he graduated with a Second Class Degree Upper in Civil Engineering from University of Ilorin and was

employed as a Graduate Engineer in Yolas Consultants Ltd. Abuja prior to his National Youth Service. He served with

the same firm during the NYSC and now a Graduate Design/CAD Engineer. He has executed top class infrastructure

design within the FCT, provided structural design for buildings as well as ensuring quality control on site. He has a vast

knowledge in the following softwares; AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D (GIS), Autodesk Infraworks,

Autodesk 3ds Max design, BIM technology, Orion, Building Design Suite, Prokon, LinPro, Geo5 to mention a few.

He is the CEO of “HEZZY CONSULT. He has facilitated trainings in leading Civil Consulting firms in Ilorin, Abuja and Kano

as well as executed a 3D design visualization for the Survey Department SETRACO NIG and others.

He is associated with the following professional bodies:

Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers March 2013

Student Member, Institution of Civil Engineers December 2012

Graduate Member, Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers July 2013

Associate Member, National Society of Black Engineers March 2010

Graduate Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers 2014

Engr. OLADIMEJI OLUTIMEHIN CEO, EWB Nigeria

ALONGE OLUSOLA ABIODUN Graduate Design/CAD Engineer

Yolas Consultants Ltd. Abuja

SESSION 1

Engineer Oladimeji Olutimehin enlightened the

audience on how young engineers can solve

problems innovatively. He emphasized that the

greatest skill a quintessential emerging engineer

needs in the 21st century is the ability to

innovatively solve problems.

Innovative solution is the intersection between

what is desirable to people, what is possible with

technology and what is viable in the market place.

Innovation endows resources with the ability to

create wealth. Which means anytime engineers

provide innovative solutions to problems, wealth

will always be created.

Innovation is an intentional commitment to

designing solutions for real problems. It is the

commercialization of creativity to solve problem

innovatively, you need to embrace design. Design

is what links creativity and innovation. It shapes

ideas to become practical and attractive

propositions for people. To innovate means to

renew: introduce something new, make changes.

To create is to cause something to come into

being as something unique.

Design is not just how a solution looks like and

feels like but how it works. You cannot design

good solution if you do not understand people. It

must harmonize with human being’s strength,

dimensions, senses, behaviors, way of life, habits

and understanding.

TYPES OF DESIGNERS

(a) Anthropologist

Bring new insights to problem solving by

observing human behavior and developing a deep

understanding of how people interact physically

and emotionally with products and services.

(b) The Experimenter

Prototypes new ideas continuously, learning by a

process of enlightened trial and error. The love to

play, to try different ideas and approaches.

(c) The Cross-Bllinator

Explores other industries and cultures, then

translates those findings to fit the unique needs of

your organization. The copy or steal to adapt.

(d) The Hindler

Knows the path to innovation is strewn with

obstacles and develops a knack for overcoming or

outsmarting those road blocks.

(e) The Collaborators

Values the team over the individual and often

leads from the middle of the pack to create new

combinations and multi-disciplinary solutions.

(f) The Directors

No only gathers together a talented cast and crew,

but also helps to spark their creative talents.

(g) The Experience Architect

Designs compelling experiences that go beyond

mere functionality to connect at a deeper level

with customers’ talent or expressed needs.

(h) The set Designer

Creates a stage on which innovation team

members can do their best work, transforming

physical environments into powerful tools to

influence behavior and attitude.

"The best way to

dominate the future is

to design it"

(i) The storyteller

Builds both internal morale and external

awareness through compelling narrates that

communicate a fundamental human value or

reinforce a specific cultural trait.

Summarily, design is the means by which the

engineer either creates new wealth. Producing

resources with enhanced potential for creating

wealth. Design that end ups as innovation must be

human-centered. This is why we are introducing

the innovative problem solving and innovative

Design course. Engineers create products,

systems, and process to solve problems and meet

social needs.

SESSION 2

Roles of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Infrastructural Develpoment:

Addressing Nigeria’s Infrastructure Challenges with Collaboration and Technology.

By ALONGE, Olusola Abiodun, Graduate Design/ CAD Engineer at Yolas

Consultants Abuja

Roles of Emerging Engineers to Sustainable Development

A paper presented by OBEKPA, Daniel, a delegate from Afe Babalola University, Ado

Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Intelligent Transportation Systems

A paper presented by KEHINDE-ABAJO, O. John, a delegate from Obafemi Awolowo

University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

Smart Roads, Smart Nations.

A paper presented by BABATUNDE, Jibril Temitope, Civil Engineering Department,

University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

CONCLUSION

As a forum with participation from five institutions, the conference generated many

messages around future sustainability and the efforts that are making or will make a

difference.

SESSION 3

Career Development and Social Media Opportunities

By Oyesomi Tayo, Team Lead, Royals Inc.

National Security: Structural Engineers’ Contribution through Blast Resistant

Structures

A paper presented by OKPALA, Ifeanyi Udodilim SM.ASCE, a delegate from Federal

University Of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

EMBEDDED DATA COLLECTOR Sensors and MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL

Dampers; Making Smart and Resilient Structures for Sustainable Development

A paper presented by KADRI, Olatunde Sheriff and OGUNGBOYEGA, Sulaiman

Adekunle, delegates from University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State.

CLOSING SESSION

Goodwill Address by the National Coordinator at The Annual Civil Engineering Students'

Conference of Nigerian Institution Of Civil Engineers, Students Affilliate (NICE-

SA),delivered by OKPALA, Ifeanyi Udodil, NICE-SA Southwest Coordinator.

General remark by the Chairman Organizing Committee, ATOLAGBE, Babatunde Aliu

Presentation of Awards by Dr. S. A. Raji and Dr. A.A. Jimoh

Closing remark and Votes of thanks by NICE-SAUnilorin's President – ANJORIN

Aanuoluwapo O.