Najeem Olawale Adelakun

• ND, HND, B.Sc. (in Electrical Electronics Engineering), MBA, M.Sc, FNIFEngM, FIOASD, SMIASED, SMIAC, MNSE, MNIEEE, MNIPES, MIAER, MACM, MNSBE, MIAENG, MWSSET
• Engineer/Researcher at Federal College of Education Iwo

The swift growth of digital technology has led to the adoption of emerging technologies in all human endeavours. Over the years, the rate of smartphone users has increased rapidly which makes so many developed nations adopt online learning as a means of taking education to everyone irrespective of their geographical location. Similarly, the COVID-1...

The rapid growth in semiconductor devices and the need for energy conservation has given rise to the adoption of embedded systems and automation for easy operation of electrical appliances, this prompts many consumers to embrace the technology to ease the usage of electrical appliances and to curb energy wastage. This study deals with the developme...

Renewable energy has emerged as a critical option in Africa, addressing both energy constraints and climate change. This study investigates the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in developing renewable energy projects across the continent. The objectives include evaluating regulatory frameworks, assessing PPP impacts, and identifying polic...

The lack of enthusiasm among students for practical classes is alarming. This prompted the need for an investigation into the issues of engineering education, with a focus on practical content delivery perspectives. An online questionnaire was completed by 325 respondents from tertiary institutions in southwest Nigeria, resulting in responses. This...

Financial decisions are strongly reliant on correct sentiment analysis. Traditional methods frequently fall short of capturing hidden sentiments. A financial market dataset comprising 5,842 reviews was collected for analysis. Among these, 1,852 reviews were positive, 860 were negative, and 3,130 were neutral. After downsampling, the data was divide...

In today's volatile financial markets, investor sentiment plays a crucial role in shaping market dynamics and influencing investment decisions. Traditional analytical methods often fail to capture the subtle emotional cues embedded in vast amounts of unstructured textual data derived from news articles, social media, and financial reports. This stu...

The implementation of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Nigerian higher education faces numerous challenges, including inadequate funding, lack of awareness, and technological barriers. These factors hinder the widespread adoption of OER, which has the potential to enhance both educational access and quality. Despite these challenges, the integra...

This study aims to enhance the employability of engineering graduates by focusing on industry-relevant training and strategic placement. It addresses the significant gap between the skills of engineering graduates in developing nations and the technical needs of industries. Many industries often express dissatisfaction with the readiness of new eng...

Education plays a crucial role in advancing technology and the economy, benefiting both students and non-students. Sustainable development is essential for meeting current needs while ensuring that future generations can meet their own needs. It involves adhering to a national approach to economic management, administration, and policy formulation,...

The increasing fuel costs and environmental issues associated with greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline-powered equipment have necessitated the investigation of sustainable alternatives. This study presents the design and development of a solar-powered lawnmower that uses abundant solar energy as a renewable power source. The design process invol...

Examinations serve as a crucial tool for evaluating the objectives of teaching and learning in schools and assessing how well students have mastered the curriculum. However, students often resort to illicit means to pass exams, resulting in examination malpractices. This study investigates the causes, strategies, and solutions to examination malpra...

Energy systems in built environments often face inefficiencies due to reactive maintenance, leading to unexpected failures, higher operational costs, and energy waste. Traditional methods lack the predictive capabilities needed to optimize energy use, necessitating advanced solutions. Predictive maintenance, powered by deep learning, offers a data-...

Access to reliable energy is a critical challenge in many African countries, particularly in rural areas. Despite abundant renewable resources, Africa's off-grid renewable energy capacity is low compared to global standards, highlighting the need for better resource assessment and utilisation. This study evaluates off-grid renewable energy capaciti...

In the ever-evolving world of financial markets, understanding investor sentiment is crucial for strategic decision-making. Traditional sentiment analysis tools often struggle to capture the complexities of market emotions. This project's motivation arises from the need to employ advanced deep learning algorithms to analyse intricate sentiment patt...

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has profoundly impacted information retrieval systems, shaping how we access, process, and use vast data resources. This study explores the implications of integrating AI in information retrieval, discussing challenges, opportunities, and ethical considerations. It is worth noting that information...

The importance of electrical service design cannot be overstated in any electrical installation. It involves visually depicting various electrical loads, such as lighting, power systems, distribution board schematics, fire prevention measures, public address systems, and CCTV installations. This study introduces an efficient approach to electrical...

This study describes an innovative remote control-based home automation system that uses electronic components such as IC TSOP1738, BC 548, IC CD4017, capacitors, diodes IN4007, resistors, and LEDs to boost household convenience. The essential component, zTSOP1738, acts as an infrared receiver, decoding signals from a typical remote control and ena...

The increasing demand for a versatile electronic project board led to the creation of an innovative solution by a dedicated team. This device was meticulously designed to serve the needs of educational institutions, students, and electronics enthusiasts. The existing challenge in this field was the absence of a comprehensive project board capable o...

The significance of learning in achieving academic and career success is a well-established reality affirmed by existing literature. The study investigates the use of e-resources for undergraduate education at the National Open University of Nigeria in Kwara State. Employing a survey research method, the study targeted all undergraduates enrolled a...

The maintenance culture in Nigeria faces persistent challenges, posing a threat to the continuous functioning of critical infrastructure crucial for economic growth. This study seeks to investigate the unique contributions of facilities engineers in establishing and maintaining an effective maintenance culture in Nigeria. The urgency arises from sh...

In Nigeria, facility engineering management faces issues such as limited awareness, professional deficits, and ineffective execution. This study explores the situation of facility engineering management in Nigeria, with a focus on Abuja's Federal Capital Territory as a case study. Data was gathered using standardised questionnaires to assess organi...

A microgrid power system is an independent power system that provides off-grid power or grid backup. It consists of a conventional power system, a renewable power system, power storage, load management, and a control system. However, different microgrid configurations do exist, be it conventional energy sources or hybrid energy configurations, whic...

This study explores the tremendous influence of social media on students’ academic performance in an era dominated by digital globalisation. It looks into the intricate collaboration of challenges and benefits that comes with integrating social media into educational settings. As students surf platforms more frequently, a pertinent issue emerges: t...

Sentiment analysis is a computerised approach for evaluating and interpreting the emotions, attitudes, and views represented in text. It is a robust natural language processing approach that has attracted of a lot of interest in investment decision making. Sentiment analysis provides insights that guide investment decisions by analysing and interpr...

Mentoring is a key determinant for quality assurance and effective performance in every organisation for career growth and job satisfaction for both the mentors and the mentees, which will increase the mentee's academic confidence and boost their writing and publishing skills. It is pertinent to note that the absence of mentoring in higher institut...

Presently, Information and Communication Technology is one of the foremost technologies among the emerging technologies that play an important role in every sphere of human endeavour. It has witnessed a massive transformation over the years which makes teaching and learning easier and more enjoyable, and has changed the ways people live, learn, wor...

It is now a common phenomenon in building services that some builders/clients call for the services of the electrical contractor/technicians to carry out an electrical installation without the provision or availability of standard electrical services drawings, at times due to the negligence of the builder/client about the importance of electrical s...

The swift growth of digital technology has led to the adoption of emerging technologies in all human endeavours. Over the years, the rate of smartphone users has increased rapidly which makes so many developed nations adopt online learning as a means of taking education to everyone irrespective of their geographical location. Similarly, the COVID-1...

Safety is a vital trait that must be ensued in all activities of human life. However, life without electricity will be unimaginable, Similarly, electricity constitutes a larger part of workplace hazard such as electrocution, electric shock, explosions or fire causing burns. So, Electrical Safety requires adequate attention while planning, designing...

It is well known that the pick and place mechanism can take the role of human arms, particularly in industrial settings, and that it is more accurate and faster at performing jobs. The mechanism created in this study is an inexpensive device controlled by sensors that can propel items swiftly. The proposed system simulates the behavior of a human i...

The increase in the number of vehicles and the alarming rate of theft and defaulters daily prompts the need for sophisticated matching technology to curb car theft, reduce traffic offenders, and any other anomalies/irregularities affecting vehicles' smooth operation. This study deals with the design of an automatic license plate reader which automa...

The need for safety equipment that can prevent the wheels of a vehicle from locking up under emergency or harsh braking conditions has prompted the need for the Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS). However, The Anti-Lock Braking System helps the driver to maintain steering ability and also to avoid skidding while braking. This paper proposes an implemen...

Since the privatization of the power sector in Nigeria in November 2013, Nigeria is yet to experience a stable, quality, and adequate supply of electricity. Daily power generation is at best between 3,000-3,500 MW, granted that there is no incidence of power outage. However, grid collapse with resultant widespread power a outage has become so commo...

Computers & Electrical Engineering presented Certificate of Reviewing to NAJEEM OLAWALE ADELAKUN in recognition of the review contributed to the journal

Effective curriculum is a key determining factor to the growth of the education system in any meaningful societies or nations. It is worthy of note that technology keeps evolving which prompts the need for concurrent review of the curriculum. Presently, there are still outdated topics that ought to have been phased out from the curriculum, it is al...

The intermittent power supply in the country has given rise to the use of direct current (DC) source as a substitute, however, most devices such as LED lamps, refrigerators, television, and radios are available in DC nowadays and cannot be connected to the conventional mains supply without the help of other devices like AC to DC converters. This pr...

The quality assurance of curriculum delivery in any engineering course is largely dependent on the effective delivery of the practical content, which aims to equip the engineering students with the ability to solve practical problems related to their field of study and also gives the students a better understanding of the theoretical content taught...

The Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a planned and supervised training intervention geared towards bridging the gap between knowledge acquired in the school and the relevant practical skills required in workplaces. As good and innovative as the programme is, it is appalling that several problems curb it from attaining its set...

The data describe the present state of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. As of April 2021, there were 44 Federal universities in Nigeria, with 52 State universities, Private universities were 99, which made the total number of universities in Nigeria to 195. Similarly, there were 38 Federal Polytechnics, 48 State Polytechnics, 61 Private Polytechni...

The existing low voltage distribution systems have various single and three phase loads with dynamic characteristics. Voltage disturbance is one of the most important threats to power systems. There is need to ascertain the condition of distribution in the three phase power network. The voltage unbalance arising at the point of common coupling...

Wastage of water has been a common phenomenon in several public locations such as event centre, restaurants, malls, mosque, churches, and also at home due to negligence of tap user or due to sophisticated tap used that visitors may not know how to operate, to curb wastage and prevention of damage to the wash hand basin. A solar-powered automatic wa...

At the core of any meaningful economic activity is electric power. Absence or inadequacy of it in a nation stalls development in that nation. In Nigeria, there is a wide gap between forecast power and actual power generation needed for productive endeavours. For instance in July 2017, the generation peak load forecast was 14190MW while the actua...

The number of youths drifting to Okada motorcycle business in Nigeria is increasing every year with no immediate solution to curb the trend as it portends danger to the socio-security of the nation. This lingering challenge has equally led to a shortage of middle-level manpower over the years, hence this paper examined the possibility of the nation...

Installation of electrical works in a building requires a proper investigation about the building, the purpose which the structure will serve, the soil resistance, and the type of installation required by competent personnel. However, inadequate study leads to several domestic accidents such as fire outbreak, burns, and electrical shock etc. Effect...

Research and Innovation Through Academia-Industry Synergy: Panacea for Technological and National Development in Post COVID-19 Era, Nigerian Society of Engineer, Ilaro Branch, November 2020.

The Internet has become one of the greatest inventions of mankind for learning and sharing of useful information through electronic means. For some years now, the developed nations have adopted the use of the e-learning system. Presently, the COVID-19 outbreak has given rise to the adoption of the e-learning system by many countries of the world be...

The need for clean and stable electricity has given rise to renewable energy globally. Currently, Wind Energy generation is one the leading renewable energy sources and DFIG-based wind turbine are invariably the best approach to generate a multi-megawatts power at variable speed with less fluctuation in output power, ability to control its generate...

Researcher Academy Certificate of Excellence in Certified Peer Reviewer Course (ELSEVIER)

Graduated from the Publons Academy practical Peer Review course.

Progressively, the unique mobile internet users keep increasing with each passing day globally; this prompts the need for a responsive website, Similarly, a responsive website is the site that has been designed to respond, or adapts, based on the technology and type of computing device used by the visitor to display the site. This paper presents an...

The energy efficient load is considered as an important tool for efficient management of available electrical energy in Nigeria because it allows electricity utility to meet the power demand of many consumers with little or no increase in power supply generation. This paper discusses the technical and economic benefit of using energy efficient load...

Robots play important roles in day to day activities of human endeavour and can perform complex tasks speedily and accurately. Robots are employed to imitate human behaviours and then apply these behaviours to the skills that lead to achieving a certain task in solving the challenges faced by impaired people in society. This robotic arm was achieve...

The Persistent power outage in the country due to faults has become alarming to the government and the body responsible for electricity generation in the country. It also creates a major problem for electricity consumers in Nigeria, there must be an improvement in the reliability of the transmission system in Nigeria. This research work is predomin...

The Persistent power outage in the country due to faults has become alarming to the government and the body responsible for electricity generation in the country. It also creates a major problem for electricity consumers in Nigeria, there must be an improvement in the reliability of the transmission system in Nigeria. This research work is predomin...

Presently, there is rapid growth in Technology advancement. Developed countries are searching for new alternative energy sources to minimize the pressure on natural sources like gas, uranium, oil, coal, etc. However, natural sources of energy are inadequate and expensive, which also contributed heavily to greenhouse gas emissions. Developing countr...

Electricity exists in a form that is useful to exploit, however, it will also be important to install electricity as efficiently as possible, and design of the power distribution system should be convenient so as to minimize power losses. This paper analyses the electrical service design of a Storey building using the lumen method for the lighting...

Presently, there is rapid growth in Technology advancement. Developed countries are searching for new alternative energy sources to minimize the pressure on natural sources like gas, uranium, oil, coal, etc. However, natural sources of energy are inadequate and expensive, which also contributed heavily to greenhouse gas emissions. Developing countr...

The Persistent power outage in the country due to faults has become alarming to the government and the body responsible for electricity generation in the country. It also creates a major problem for electricity consumers in Nigeria, there must be an improvement in the reliability of the transmission system in Nigeria. This research work is predomin...

Electricity exists in a form that is useful to exploit, however, it will also be important to install electricity as efficiently as possible, and design of the power distribution system should be convenient so as to minimize power losses. This paper analyses the electrical service design of a Storey building using the lumen method for the lighting...

The Internet has become one of the greatest inventions of mankind for learning and sharing of useful information through electronic means. For some years now, the developed nations have adopted the use of the e-learning system. Presently, the COVID-19 outbreak has given rise to the adoption of the e-learning system by many countries of the world be...

Progressively, the unique mobile internet users keep increasing with each passing day globally; this prompts the need for a responsive website, Similarly, a responsive website is the site that has been designed to respond, or adapts, based on the technology and type of computing device used by the visitor to display the site. This paper presents an...

Solar Energy is the prime important source of energy, and it has continued to gain popularity globally. As of 2018, about 486 GW of solar PV was installed worldwide. One of the key requirements for socioeconomic improvement in any nation of the world is the provision of dependable electricity supply systems. Recently, there is a massive growth in a...

Nigeria is facing an acute shortage of electric power that drives economic activities. Consequently, all sectors of the economy are facing a retrogression in productivity. Besides, even much of the power made available either from the grid or self-generation is wasted due to poor installation design and use of inefficient devices and equipment such...

Experts are varied in estimating the amount of power needed for national development. One expert estimated 297,900 MW by the year 2030 using a 13 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Power Sector Road Map's aspiration is 40,000 MW by the year 2020 while the preferred Vision 20:2020 target is 40GW (40,000 MW) available capacity. Vision 20:2020...

Electricity exists in a form that is useful to exploit, however, it will also be important to install electricity as efficiently as possible, and design of the power distribution system should be convenient so as to minimize power losses. This paper analyses the electrical service design for a four-bedroom duplex using the lumen method for the ligh...

4th National Conference on Growing the National Economy through Technological Advancement, Engineering, Innovation and Application.

Experts are varied in estimating the amount of power needed for national development. One expert estimated 297,900 MW by the year 2030 using a 13 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Power Sector Road Map's aspiration is 40,000 MW by the year 2020 while the preferred Vision 20:2020 target is 40GW (40,000 MW) available capacity. Vision 20:2020...

Nigeria is facing an acute shortage of electric power that drives economic activities. Consequently, all sectors of the economy are facing a retrogression in productivity. Besides, even much of the power made available either from the grid or self-generation is wasted due to poor installation design and use of inefficient devices and equipment such...

Energy supply for economic activities has been a major problem in Nigeria such that it does appear that solution to stable, reliable power supply is not yet in sight. Consequently, consumers (industrial, residential and commercial) have all resorted to self-generation to complement whatever supply (if any) that comes from the very unreliable nation...

Energy supply for economic activities has been a major problem in Nigeria such that it does appear that solution to stable, reliable power supply is not yet in sight. Consequently, consumers (industrial, residential and commercial) have all resorted to self-generation to complement whatever supply (if any) that comes from the very unreliable nation...

Every electrical installation must be preceded by good electrical service design, electrical service design is the graphical representation of various electrical loads such as lighting, power, distribution board schematics, fire prevention design, public address system, CCTV installation design, etc. This work presents a suitable approach to electr...