Staff Profiles: Mechanical Engineering
Mr Ezekiel Nyoni
Position: Acting Chairperson
Research Interests
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3D Printing and Laser Additive Manufacturing
Circular Economy Engineering and Green Environment Technologies
Product Design and Development
Metallography and Mechanical Characterization
Functionally Graded Materials
Water Engineering
Dr Tawanda Marazani
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Laser Additive Manufacturing
Friction Stir Processing
Friction Stir Welding
Materials Characterization
Jet Impingement Technology (JIT)
Biomedical Engineering
Mr Erasmus Madzudzo
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Product Design and Development
Simulation and Modelling
Maintenance Engineering
Mrs Linia Gedi Marazani
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Development of novel Metal Organic Frameworks
Photocatalytic degradation of emerging pollutants
Cloud Point Extraction (CPE) of antibiotics from biological matrices
Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (DLLME) of antibiotics from biological matrices
Crystallography
Ms Ratidzo Pasipamire
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Hot Water demand Analysis
Optimization of Solar plants
Green energy Utilization
System Power Quality Analysis
Thermo-Economic Modeling for Optimal Thermal Collector Choice and Sizing of Storage Tanks
Engineer Mafuratidze Francis
Position: Lecturer
Research Interests
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Engineering Design
Optimisation Techniques
Simulation and Modelling
Thermodynamic Processes and Heat Transfer
Mr Samuel Mateta
Position: Staff Development Fellow
Research Interests:
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Rapid Prototyping, additive manufacturing, 3D printing
CNC Technology, Adaptive machining/optimization
Machine Design/Mechanical Design Automation/Linear motion
Boyd Chirwa
Position: Chief Technician
Research Interest:
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Computational Design of Mechanical Characters
Manufacturing Systems
Manufacturing Processes
Machine Designs
Renewable Energy