Research Laboratory

Materials Engineering and Structural Integrity Laboratory

Overview

To develop advanced engineering materials and evaluate their performance for sustainable manufacturing and infrastructure applications.

Research projects

Ongoing project

Development and Optimisation of Aluminium Composites Reinforced with Locally Available Ugandan Agro-Waste for Sustainable Engineering Applications

Uganda generates substantial agricultural waste, including rice husk, banana stem, coffee husk, maize residues, and eucalyptus biomass, which is largely underu…

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A delegation visit with cultural representatives

Ongoing project

Development and Performance Characterisation of Standard Automotive Brake Pads using Locally Available Uganda Raw Materials

| Uganda largely depends on imported automotive brake pads despite abundant agricultural and mineral resources that could serve as friction-material constituen…

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Ongoing project

Development of a Smart Waste-Heat Recovery and Thermal-Energy Storage System for Industrial Energy Efficiency

Industries such as breweries, food-processing plants, foundries, cement and agro-processing facilities release significant amounts of recoverable heat from exh…

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Ongoing project

Development of Low-Cost Thermal Insulation Materials from Locally Available Ugandan Agro-Waste for Building, Cold-Chain and Industrial Applications

Uganda generates substantial quantities of agricultural residues, including rice husk, banana fibre and stem, coffee husk, maize cobs, sugarcane bagasse, and e…

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Research team

Researcher

Assoc. Prof. Stephen Ndubuisi Nnamchi

Team lead of the Materials Engineering and Structural Integrity Laboratory and the Sustainable Energy Systems and Thermal Engineering Laboratory in t…