Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone:
868-662-2002 Ext. 82072
Email: Edwin.Ekwue@sta.uwi.edu
Edwin Ikenna Ekwue is a Professor in the Biosystems Programme and former Dean, Faculty of Engineering at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad up to September 30, 2023. Prior to this he was Deputy Dean (Research and Postgraduate Student Matters from August 1, 2015 to July 31, 2018. During this period, he acted as the Dean of Engineering from June 13 to July 24, 2016; July 17 to August 13, 2017 and from June 18 to July 28, 2018. He was Head of the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing from August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2015. Before joining UWI in January 1992, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), and Nigeria. He is a citizen of Nigeria by birth and of Trinidad and Tobago by naturalization since 2004.
Professor Ekwue is the Chairman of the Publication Board and former Associate Editor of the West Indian Journal of Engineering and was an Associate Editor of the Journal of Arid Agriculture in Nigeria. He has completed a number of research projects both at UNIMAID and UWI. His main contribution to knowledge has been increasing the understanding of the influence of organic and other amendments on soil erosion, strength, cultivation, compaction, thermal properties and compression. He has also made inroads into his wider area of specialty (Soil and Water) by conducting research and publishing in the areas of Water Resources, Hydrology and Irrigation. His subsidiary area of specialization is Structures and Environment, in the area of which he has teaching capabilities, has conducted research and published journal papers. He has also published papers dealing with the development and design of simple devices and equipment for use in agricultural technology. In all, he has written or contributed in writing about 108 academic papers, 70 of which have so far appeared in refereed journals. He has also been involved in a number of consultancy and professional activities.
Professor Ekwue was Deputy Dean (Postgraduate Students and Outreach), Faculty of Engineering, UWI in the 2008/9 academic session. He was the Chairman of Continuing Education Committee in the Faculty of Engineering and the Manager of the Engineering Institute, an outreach arm of the Faculty from 2005 to 2009. He served as the Deputy Dean (Undergraduate Student Affairs) in the Faculty of Engineering in 2003. He has been the Head of Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering in acting capacity on five (5) separate occasions. His teaching is multidisciplinary. He teaches introductory Mechanical Engineering courses of Engineering Statics and Strength of Materials which have now been merged into a single course: Statics and Strength of Materials. He also teaches the specialized Biosystems courses of Basic Engineering Infrastructure, Drainage and Irrigation Engineering and Soil and Water Engineering, all of which he re-designed and upgraded from the then existing courses. He is first examiner of Introduction to Engineering; Engineering Fluid Mechanics and Communication Skills. He is a Second Examiner to many courses including Engineering Dynamics and was second examiner to two Biosystems Engineering courses offered by students from the School of Agriculture. He was an external examiner to the University of Trinidad and Tobago.
Professor Ekwue was awarded the Prestigious UWI/Guardian Life of the Caribbean Premium Teaching Award in September 2006. Professor Ekwue participated in the UWI initiative aimed at improving the offerings at the University of Belize and other tertiary Institutions in Belize, as part of a delegation led by UWI’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor E. Nigel Harris to Belize in June 2006. He was nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and was a member of the Academic Board of the UWI Open Campus from December 2008 to January 2011.
Soil and Water Engineering with emphasis on organic amendments as they affect soil strength, erosion, compaction, thermal properties, compressibility, cultivation by mechanical implements as well as plant development and environment. Also interested in Hydrology and Water Resources, Water Supply and Management and Irrigation and Drainage Engineering research as well as computer applications in Water Resources Engineering including computer simulation modeling and analysis of hydrologic data. Currently involved in the evaluation of thermal and electrical conductivities of Trinidadian soils; use of sensors to measure soil moisture content and the development and design of simple devices and equipment for use in agricultural technology.
PROFESSOR EKWUE'S Dec 2023 CV.doc
The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
UWI, St. Augustine
Tel: (868) 662-2002 ext. 82170, 82171
Email: Mechanical.Engineering@sta.uwi.edu
