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CEDAT formally sends off staff that retired in 2023

Staff that retired during the year 2023 were formerly sent off during a luncheon organized in their honor at the CEDAT Conference Hall, December 22nd 2023.  A cross section of staff including teaching, non-teaching and support staff upon reaching the mandatory retirement age exited the University Service. Cross section of staff including teaching, non-teaching and...

Makerere scientists use rice husks, rocky materials to treat water

Scientists from the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT), Makerere University with support from the government Research and Innovations Fund (RIF) have developed two point of use water filtration systems to increase access to safe and clean drinking water. The innovations include a rice husk-based granular activated carbon (Granular Activated Carbon) for point-of-use...

Makerere University to partner with the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST)

Makerere University is set to enter into a partnership with Egypt –Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST).  The collaboration between the two universities to be formalized with the signing of a memorandum of understanding in the near future will see the two universities working together in a number of respects including staff and student...

Apac District gains from CEDAT’s Research on Piloting a Rural Broadband Connectivity Model and Efficacious patient management system

The School of Engineering at the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) shared findings of research that was conducted in Apac Districts through two projects namely Piloting a Rural Broadband Connectivity Model (RCBM) and Efficacious patient management system (EPMS). The findings of the research sponsored by the Government of Uganda through the Makerere...

Ms. Dorah Kasozi successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis

Dorah Kasozi from the Margaret Trowel School of Industrial and Fine Art (MTSIFA), College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) successfully defended her Ph.D. on Friday 3rd November 2023. Kasozi is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Industrial Art and Applied Design (DIAAD). The blended public defense event was held in the CEDAT...

The School of the Built Environment at CEDAT conducts the first ever Ph.D. colloquium

There is need for change in the way graduate students are handled if the University is to realize its Research- led agenda. This was said by The Deputy Principal College of Engineering, Design Art and technology (CEDAT), Assoc. Prof. Kizito Maria Kasule who also called increased attention given to graduate students through whom the university...
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