Browsing by Author "Alli-Oke, Razak"

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    Exploring the Constructive Alignment of Pedagogical Practices in Science and Engineering Education in Sub- Saharan African Universities: A Nigerian Case Study
    (IJEP, 2021) Obada, David Olubiyi; Adewumi, Olayinka Omowunmi; Yinka-Banjo, Chika; Bajeh, Amos; Alli-Oke, Razak
    Improved pedagogical approaches in teaching science and engineering are crucial to solving the most pressing technological challenges faced in most developing countries especially in Sub-Saharan African Universities. Despite the avalanche of programs to train faculty members to fill this need, there is a need to conceptualize benchmarks for evaluating how teaching should be delivered to students in our institutions. The aim of this paper is to showcase how science and engineering courses can be taught in a more effective manner in our universities, with a pilot deep-dive into a few courses taught in the faculties of science and engineering in selected Nigerian Universities using the backward design approach. Five (5) case studies of undergraduate science and engineering courses were outlined and the backward design approach was used to put them into context. These case studies show how courses can be taught and assessed following three important steps. Distinct recommendations for science and engineering faculty members based on the outcome of this study are: defining clear learning objectives and outcomes, aligning assessment and evaluation methodologies, and constructively aligning all aspects of the curriculum and instructional materials. In addition, learning outcomes can be evaluated real-time in the classroom using the proposed pedagogies.
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    A Robust Kalman Conjecture For First-Order Plants
    (7th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design The International Federation of Automatic Control, 2012) Alli-Oke, Razak; Carrasco, Joaquin; Heath, William P.; Lanzon, Alexander
    A robust Kalman conjecture is defined for the robust Lur’e problem. Specifically, it is conjectured that the nonlinearity’s slope interval for which robust absolute stability is guaranteed corresponds to the robust interval of the uncertain plant. We verify this robust Kalman conjecture for first-order plants perturbed by various norm-bounded unstructured uncertainties. The analysis classifies the appropriate stability multipliers required for verification in these cases. Robust control of Lur’e-type nonlinear systems satisfying this novel conjecture can therefore be designed using linear robust control methods.
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    Themed project case study: quadruple tanks control with PLCs
    (2013) Carrasco, J.; Heath, W. P.; Rodriguez Lin˜an, M. C.; Alli-Oke, Razak; Abdel Kerim, O. A. R.; Rodriguez Gutierrez, S.
    themed project based on the control of a quadruple tank rig using PLCs has been successfully carried out as part of the MSc in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering at the University of Manchester. The themed project involves ten students who address a single multivariable control challenge under the supervision of two academics and four PhD students. As every student is required to write their own MSc dissertation, the key point is the possibility of using different control techniques to be implemented on different hardware platforms.