The College of Engineering, Design, Art, and Technology (CEDAT) is engaged in research that will lead to the development of ‘green steel ‘from Uganda’s iron ore. This initiative aims to produce steel without the harmful carbon emissions associated with traditional fossil fuel methods. This research housed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering is supported by the Science Technology and Innovation Secretariat under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Office of the President, and the Danish International Development Agency (Danida), in collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark. The support also includes: (i) establishment of a laboratory unit to demonstrate the use of ammonia and/or hydrogen in iron production from iron ore in addition to developing a prototype reduction unit suitable for local adoption.(ii) Funding of 3 PhD students – one working on optimizing iron ore reduction, another focusing on developing electrodes for local hydrogen production, and the third focusing on optimizing the production of alloying elements, particularly metallurgical-grade carbon from biomass.
