Staff Profile

Qualifications:

• MEng Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering (National University of Science and Technology), ZIM
• BEng Honours Chemical and Processing Engineering (Midlands State University), ZIM

Research interests: 

• Corrosion and Materials Protection
• Bioenergy Production
• Predictive Modeling
• Environmental remediation

Publications:

• Mungwari CP, Obadele BA, King’ondu CK. Phytochemicals as green and sustainable corrosion inhibitors for mild steel and aluminium: Review. Results in Surfaces and Interfaces. 2024;100374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsurfi.2024.100374.
• Chipangura, W., Masauli, B., Mungwari, C. P., Nyamunda, B. C., Madziwa, T. N., Nyathi, L., Tom, H. T., & Chigondo, M. (2024). Fabrication of briquettes from charcoal fines using tannin formaldehyde resin as a binder. European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, 8(1), em0249. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/14125
• Nicolle Zindi, S., Chipangura, W., Madziwa, T. N., Simende, C. K., Mungwari, C. P., & Nyadenga, D. (2024). Evaluation of the production of biogas from the codigestion of jatropha press cake and chicken manure. Asian Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 08(01), 92–104. https://doi.org/10.38177/ajast.2024.8108
• Mungwari, C., Chipangura, W., B. Ndlovu, N.Madziwa, T., K. Simende, C., Nyenyayi, K., & C. Chewu, C. (2024). Kinetic and Equilibrium Modelling of Lead, Zinc and Copper Ions Sorption from Aqueous Solution Using Charcoal Fines. Asian Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 08(01), 14–32. https://doi.org/10.38177/ajast.2024.8102

Conferences attended:

• Chakanaka P. Mungwari. Optimization of Maceration Technique for Extraction and Characterization of Mimosa Wattle (Acacia mearnsii) Tree Bark Constituents. SACI Inorganic and Carman Chemistry Conference. Champagne Sports Resort, Central Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2 to 6 June 2024.

Membership to professional bodies  

• Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers (ZIE)