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Research projects
Discover ongoing, planned, and completed FAST research and innovation projects.
Ongoing project
a Smart Mobile Solar-Battery Energy Hub for Rural Health Facilities and Underserved Communities in Southwestern Uganda
Rural health facilities and outreach programmes often face unreliable or inadequate electricity supply, limiting access to lighting, communication, ICT and other essential low-power service…
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A Smart Standalone Solar-Powered EV and E-Motorcycle Charging Research Hub at MUST Kihumuro Campus
The project will provide an integrated research and practical training platform for students to gain hands-on experience in robotics, embedded systems, artificial intelligence, computer vis…
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Advanced Characterisation and Digital Diagnosis of Drilling-Fluid Filter Cake, Mineral Scale and Wellbore Damage Mechanisms under Uganda’s Reservoir Conditions
Analzyisng drilling fluid is one of the critical components of assesing the properties of the mud to withstand borehole formation conditions. This research focuses on developing state-of-th…
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AI-Enabled Engineering Learning & Assessment TooL
The increasing use of generative AI in engineering education creates opportunities to support teaching, learning, and assessment while raising questions about the authentic development of e…
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AISS: Development of an AI-Powered Traffic and Infrastructure Analysis Platform for Urban Mobility and Road Geometric Design in Uganda
Road geometric designs are usually gotten wrong in Uganda,due the wrong pre-design data that is manually collected . The repurcussions of poor geometric designs in Uganda have led to numero…
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An Integrated Smart Manufacturing and Industrial Automation Demonstration Platform for Automated Material Handling and Sorting
Industrial automation education often faces a gap between theoretical classroom instruction and the practical automation systems encountered in industry. Students may learn PLC programming,…
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An IoT-Enabled Modular Biogas and Biofertilizer Production System from Agricultural and Organic Waste in Southwestern Uganda
Large quantities of agricultural, livestock, and food wastes in Southwestern Uganda remain poorly utilized, contributing to environmental pollution while households and institutions continu…
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