Title: Effects of the Sintering Process on Properties of Triaxial Electrical Porcelain from Ugandan Ceramic Minerals Authors: Peter W. Olupot, Stefan Jonsson, and Joseph K. Byaruhanga Keywords: Dwell time, Microstructure, Porcelain, Strength Issue Date: September 2013 Abstract: Porcelain specimens were fired at 6°C/min to 1250°C (dwell time 0.5-3h) and cooled at 6°C/min to room temperature. Additionally, three different slower...Read More

Title: Pathogen and indicator inactivation in source-separated human urine heated by the sun Authors: Annika Nordin, Charles Niwagaba, Hakan Jonsson and Bjorn Vinneras Keywords: inactivation, pathogen, sanitisation, source-separation, temperature, urine Issue Date: February 2013 Abstract: Source-separation of urine enables energy-efficient recycling of large quantities of high quality plant nutrients from the wastewater system to food...Read More

Title: Towards The Improvement of Salt Extraction At Lake Katwe Authors: John Baptist Kirabira, Hillary Kasedde, Dominic Semukuuttu Keywords: Lake Katwe, Brine, salt extraction, Evaporate, Uganda, solar ponds, rock salt. Issue Date: January 2013 Abstract: The occurrence of Lake Katwe salt deposit in Western Uganda is well-known through the East African region. Production of salt...Read More

Title: Tunable RF Modules with Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) Based Capacitors for Adaptive Electronics Authors: Professor T.S. Kalkur Keywords: RF electronics, power splitters, phase shifters Issue Date: Abstract: Recently, there is increasing interest in implementing adaptive RF electronics blocks such as, tunable impedance matching networks, voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs), tunable power splitters, phase shifters tunable band...Read More

Title: Exploratory Characterization of Volcanic Ash sourced from Uganda as a Pozzolanic Material in Portland cement Concrete. Authors: Apollo Buregyeya1, George Quercia2,3, Przemek Spiesz2, Miruna V. A. Florea2, Ruth Nassingwa4 Keywords: Characterization, Portland pozzolana cement, volcanic ash, natural pozzolana, Uganda Issue Date: Abstract: The need for alternative cementing materials to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) has...Read More