The report of the maiden edition of Annual Civil Engineering Student Conference, Ilorin 2015.

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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
30
th
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.

6. 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

7. 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"

8. (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

9. 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.