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Faculty of Environmental Sciences Research Collaborations and Innovations
Faculty of Environmental Sciences: Research Collaborations and Innovations Bala MUHAMMAD*
Today the academic environment is constrained by uncertainty, increased competition, and rapidly evolving technology. Smart and sustainable education is key to this era, just as health and comfort is key to life. The world is facing energy crises, environmental sustainability and resource depletion, so the Higher Educational Institutions that will remain relevant in this century must adopt best practices and rational ways of managing and conserving the environment to deliver the future. To this end, researchers and practitioners in different fields use high tech applications including BIM, 3D Geoinformatics to carry out varieties of spatial analysis. The Faculty of Environmental Sciences (FES) at Baze University is working towards industrial collaboration and benchmarking to improve and support smart education, optimum performance and excellence. The Faculty is ever determined to make BAZE University a living Lab where companies and researchers can be better connected, to collaborate, create and commercialize innovative urban solutions in live-mix environment. This renewed focus offers more flexibility and huge difference in resetting our experiences to keep pace with the dynamics of times, and indeed the ever changing expectations and evolving environmental concerns. There are six Departments in the Faculty: Architecture, Building, Estate Management, Quantity Surveying, Surveying & Geo-informatics and Urban & Regional Planning. The faculty currently has extensive human resources including seasoned Professors and Lecturers with vast academic and technical experience to seamlessly deliver all the course content at the undergraduate land postgraduate level. All academic staff in the faculty are registered with respective national and international statutory bodies such as Nigerian Institute of Architects [NIA], Council of Registered Builders [CORBON], Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors [NIESV], Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors [NIQS], Surveyors Council of Nigeria [SURCON], Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria [TPRCN], Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria [COREN], Malaysian Society for Engineering and Technology [MSET], etc. The faculty has obtained full accreditation from the National Universities Commission [NUC] and relevant professional bodies including the Architect Registration Council of Nigeria [ARCON], Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria [ESVARBON] and the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria [QSRBN]. Below are outcomes of students projects and feedbacks in various programmes:
Department of Architecture-
Architectural Design: Ahmad Abba Kabir (BU/19A/ENV/3632), a 400-level student of the Department of Architec ture, presented a magnificent design of the proposed Baze University ‘Senate Building’. The design is a unique integration of the principles of passive cooling for indoor air quality preva lent in institutional buildings in Abuja. Fantastic Presentations: Arsene Koumnomani Boumani (BU/19A/ENV/3517) a foreign student in the Department of Architecture was offered a ‘right at the spot’ employment after an interesting presentation to Internal and External Jurors. One External Juror was so impressed by the presentation that he offered Arsene a full-time job in his private company; Nina Briggs & Associates. Intelligent Performance: Khadija Abubakar (BU/19C/ENV/3936) a student in the Department of Architecture received a special commendation from a place of deployment during the Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES). She received a wonderful gift at the end service from the Management of Urban Shelter Abuja in March 2022.
Department of Quantity SurveyingSustainability:
A 500 level student of this Department conducted a study on the assessment of sustainable waste management in the Nigeria construction industry. The study revealed ‘recycling’ as one of the best sustainable waste management methods.
Information Technology:
Another 500 level student conducted a study on the factors affecting the adoption of ICT in material management on construction projects in Nigeria. The result of the study showed that
“a one-step improvement in the quality of ICT tools” will result in a one-step gain in labour productivity.
Staff & students of the Department of Quantity Surveying on Collaboration Visit to URBAN SHELTER
Department of Building -
The Department of Building is a service point to all other Departments in the Faculty and teaches everything on ‘Materials’, ‘Construction’, ‘Structural Analysis’ and ‘Structural Design’. Recently the Department launched an ‘all information pamphlet’ targeting prospective Applicants from the international community including sister African countries and beyond.
