About Us

History

The Department of Food Engineering was established during the 2014/2015 academic session from the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. It is the tenth department in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. The pioneer students admitted to 100 level were forty-five (45) in number. The department has successfully graduated five (5) sets as of 2022/2023 academic session. The pioneer Head of Department (HOD) was Dr. J. O. Olaoye (now a Professor), and was succeeded by Dr. M. O. Sunmonu (now a Professor) and then Dr. M. M. Odewole. The current HOD is Dr. M.S. Sanusi. The Food Engineering programme is designed to capture the essential features of both food science and engineering education. The programme is structured to specifically advance food equipment development, innovate and assess novel food products, as well as design and assessment of manufacturing processes and systems specific to food production and other related activities.