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Biomedical Engineering students to get access to Duke University Online Resources

Students of Biomedical Engineering at Makerere University will get a chance to access online resources from Duke University in the US, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions. This was agreed upon in a meeting on Thursday May 14, 2015. The delegation from Duke University was accompanied by a team...

Proposals on ACEs supported by World Bank

The World Bank is about to call for proposals on developing African Centres of Excellence (ACEs). The Support totalling USD 150 m is directed towards funding ACEs with emphasis on the following; STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics): Energy, Value addition, Infrastructure, Urban Design and Construction, ICT, Product Design and manufacturing, Disaster analysis and Management, Water...

MAK partners with UNICEF in WASH project

Makerere University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNICEF to collaborate in the area of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) at an event held on 9th May 2014. The event also involved a launch of a three year project code-named Unicef-Academia-Private Sector Partnership (UNAPP) WASH Innovations Project, at the College of Engineering, Design, Art...

Students create innovative WASH solutions to local problems in Acholi sub-region

Students and researchers from Makerere, Aalto and Helsinki Universities are developing innovations jointly with school children to address Water, sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) challenges in select schools in the Acholi sub-region of Northern Uganda, under the UniWASH project. The project involves researcher from CEDAT who include; Dr Venny Nakazibwe, Dr. Michael Lubwama, Dr Richard Kabiito,...

CEDAT receives delegation from University of Gezira

The College on Wednesday April 28th 2015 hosted a delegation from University of Gezira – Sudan as part of an implementation process for the Mou the university signed with Makerere University. The two universities signed a Memorandum of Understanding in July 2014 to foster cooperation in the fields of research and higher education. The Sudanese delegation was...

Abubaker Waswa Matovu’s paper wins “Best Paper Award”

Mr Abubaker Waswa Matovu , an assistant lecturer in the Department of Electrical and computer Engineering, won  “The Best Paper Award” during a conference held on 25-26 April, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His paper “Design and Implementation of a GSM based Fuel Leakage Monitoring System on Trucks in Transit” was chosen best during the 3rd International...
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