University of Ilorin To Patent Students’ Inventions – Vice Chancellor

The management of the University of Ilorin says plans are currently underway to perfect and patent some of the inventions of the final year students of the Department of Computer Engineering.

Speaking at the opening exhibition of the projects, the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the university, Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem, applauded the final year students for their project inventions

He advised the students on various ways to perfect the projects while also pledging his support in developing some of them.

On his part, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology in the institution Professor David Ogunniyi, explained that the institution would patent the inventions for commercial purposes.

The exhibition featured over 12 inventions from the students of the Department of Computer Engineering.

Ogunniyi lauded the efforts of the students while advising them to strive harder in developing the projects for commercial purposes so as to enhance their knowledge and further contribute positively to society.

Similarly, the Head of the Department of Computer Engineering, Tajudeen Ajiboye, said that the exhibition was organised so that the authorities could witness the brilliant inventions of the students.

He added that the exhibition was to help the students turn their inventions into products, so as not to rot away.

In his remarks, the Director of Academic Planning, Professor Isaac Adimula, also commended the students for their innovation.

He advised them not to relent on their discoveries while expressing the hope that the knowledge they had gained would make them independent and self-sufficient in the nearest future.

The inventions exhibited include an automated irrigation system, a pilot-free drone, a mater magnetizer system with a cloud-based data storage unit, an electrically enhanced walking stick for the visually impaired and a Voice control for home automation.

Others are electronic keys for residential access control using fingerprint technology; a parking space notification system; an automatic quiz buzzer; and an automatic change-over for three power sources.

They also include a medical parameter measurement system with a cloud-based data storage unit.