Staff Profiles: Applied Physics and Telecommunications
Dr Action Nechibvute
Position: Executive Dean
Research Interests:
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Energy systems & wireless sensor networks, particularly
Energy sources for ambient intelligence & Energy harvesting using smart piezoelectric materials
Energy sufficient wireless Instrumentation, WSNs, & industrial automation
FEM modeling using Multiphysics platforms
Microcontroller electronics
Dr Valentine Gora
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Semiconductor device micro-fabrication, particularly
Characterization of Schottky contacts
Defects in semiconductor Devices
Thin Film Physics & Material Characterization
Mr Prosper Mbire
Position: Lecturer
Research Areas:
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Embedded Systems for Satellite communications
Systems Security
Real Time Systems
Mr Kudakwashe P Dzingirai
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Instrumentation and Control systems
SCADA &Industrial Remote Control
Industrial communication networks
Industrial Automation
Mr Lewis T Dube
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Cloud computing (AWS,Azure)
Big Data and Data analytics
Software defined networking and network slicing technology
Wireless sensor networking and ad hoc networks
Mr Harry Mafukidze
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Radar Systems
Digital Signal Processing
Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms
Embedded Systems Design and Development
Mr Victor Mazheke
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Electromagnetic Wave theory and thin film physics
Numerical Electromagnetics
Antenna Engineering
Preparation, Deposition and Characterisation of thin films
Mr Bernard Siachingoma
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Exploration geophysics and applied electromagnetics, particularly
Geophysical techniques for platinum group metals
Seismography
The geophysics of the great dyke
Mr Sibanda Nkululeko
Position: Temporary Full Time Lecturer
Research Interest:
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5G Network slicing and Security;
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT);
AI-Based networking (AI, IoT and 5G convergence);
Cloud Computing Services - IaaS
Mr Felix Mazunga
Position: Temporary Fulltime Lecturer
Research Interests:
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Optical communication devices and wireless communications, particularly
Materials for applications in fibre optic devices
Wireless positioning systems
Semiconductor device physics
Mr Farai Nhunge
Position: Technician
Research Interests
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Distributed Control Systems
Industrial Process Control Systems
Programmable Logic Controllers
Visualization (Human Machine Interface & Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
Industrial Instrumentation and Control