Staff Information


Engr. Bobby Shekarau Luka
  • Name: Engr. Bobby Shekarau Luka
  • Rank: Lecturer I
  • Department: Agricultural Engineering
  • Email: lukabobby@fuwukari.edu.ng; bobbylukas5@gmail.com
  • Responsibility: Departmental SIWES Coordinator
  • Phone Number: +2348066828448
  • Office Address: Room 01, Ground Floor, Faculty of Engineering
  • Research Interest: Computational fluid dynamics, computational intelligence modeling, physics-based modeling, Drying, non-invasive measurements, physic-informed machine learning modeling in food processing
  • Specialization: Food Process Engineering

List of Publications


  1. Bobby Shekarau Luka, Taitiya Kenneth Yuguda, Meriem Adnouni, Zakka Riyang, Ibrahim Bako Abdulhamid, Bumbyerga Garboa Gargea(2022). Drying temperature-dependent profile of bioactive compounds and prediction of antioxidant capacity of cashew apple pomace using coupled Gaussian Process Regression and Support Vector Regression (GPR-SVR) model,Heliyon 8, e10461, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10461

  2. Taitiya Kenneth Yuguda, Sunday Adiyoh Imanche, Tian Ze, Tosin Yinka Akintunde, Bobby Shekarau Luka(2022). Hydropower development, policy and partnership in the 21st century: A China-Nigeria outlook,Energy & Environment 1- 35, -

  3. Taitiya K. Yuguda, Yi Li, Bobby Shekarau Luka(2020). Incorporating Reservoir Greenhouse Gas Emissions into Carbon Footprint of Sugar Produced from Irrigated Sugarcane in Northeastern Nigeria,Sustainability 12, 10380, -

  4. Bobby Luka Skekarau, Riyang Zakka, Tswenma Tsokwa, Taitiya Yuguda Kenneth, Paul Udom Okon(2020). Mathematical modeling of thin layer drying kinetics of cashew apple pomace in hot air oven dryer,Acta Periodica Technologica 51, 1-206, -

  5. Bobby Shekarau Luka, Robinson Ichakpa Ejilah, Sampson Chisa Owhor, Joseph Ajiya Japhet, Tanimu Kogi Ibrahim, Paul Okon Udom(2020). Effect of Diesel Fuel Blend on Flame and Emission Characteristics of Used Engine Oil as Heating Fuel Using Swirl Waste Oil Burner,Environmental and Climate Technologies 24 (1), 545-561, -

  6. Luka, B. S., Vihikwagh, Q. M., Ngabea, S. A., Mactony, M. J., Zakka, R., Yuguda, T. K., & Adnouni, M.(2023). Convective and microwave drying kinetics of white cabbage (Brassica oleracae var capitata L.): Mathematical modelling, thermodynamic properties, energy consumption and reconstitution kinetics,Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 12 (April), 100605, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100605