Over the years in pre-colonial Africa, Blacksmiths’ ingenuity was ubiquitous in many communities in Africa and they socially, economically, and politically transformed most livelihoods. However, similar to other parts of the world, the industrial revolution that is said to have begun in the 1700s to the 1800s greatly impacted this long history of creativity, artistry...Read More

The Grants Administration and Management Support Unit (GAMSU) has been asked to provide early-career support and mentorship in order to support the upcoming researchers participate actively in the search and acquisition of grants. GAMSU was also urged to take into consideration the needs of specific colleges in order to spread out the opportunities for accessing...Read More

Figure 1 Prof. Peter Lenny (c) flanked with Dr. VennyNakazibwe, Deputy Principal (L) and Prof. John Mango (R)) with CEDAT leaders. Prof. Peter Lennie, Executive Director World Wide Universities Network (WUN) on Monday 21st March 2022 visited the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology where he held discussions with the Faculty about the possible...Read More

Effort is on to enhance collaboration between Makerere University College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) and Strathmore University in the area of renewable energy. During a meeting held between the College management and Prof Izael Pereira Da Silva from Strathmore University on Monday 13th December in the College Boardroom, the two institutions agreed...Read More

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has been found to be a viable and usable technology for capturing data needed to undertake compensation for projects. The UAVs were found to be cost effective since they use half of the cost in terms of time and resources compared to the traditional valuation processes. This and...Read More

On Tuesday, 23rd April 2019 the Department of Geomatics and Land Management hosted Prof. Sridhar Bhaskar from Texas Southern University in the USA for a public lecture. Prof. Bhaskar’s lecture was on Geospatial Analysis for Environmental Health and Management. His presentation started at 2:30pm – 4:00pm and was held at the CEDAT Conference Hall At...Read More

This afternoon, members of the CEDAT and CNS administration, together with representation from Makerere University’s Directorate of Internal Audit witnessed the handover of the CEDAT / CNS procurement office. The office, manned by Mr. Stephen Byaruhanga has been officially handed over to Mr. Deo Ibanda. Mr. Ibanda was formerly procurement officer in CEES / School...Read More

The African Centre of Excellence in Materials Product Development and Nanotechnology (MAPRONANO ACE) Makerere University, in partnership with the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Uganda Virus Research Institute and Ben Gurion University, Israel will be conducting a short course training in Bioinformatics and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). The course will take place on Monday 5th...Read More

The First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni has launched the Eastern & Southern Africa Higher Education   Centres of Excellence(ACEII- Uganda Chapter). Uganda participated in the grant proposals calls and won four (4) Centres. Makerere University won two $12 million USD World Bank Grants for the Centre of Excellence in...Read More

L-R: Prof. Nawangwe, Prof. Bazeyo, Mr. Sanyu and Dr. Nakayiwa during the meeting The Vice Chancellor Makerere University, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe yesterday held a meeting with staff of CEDAT. The Vice Chancellor was accompanied by members of Management who included the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration, Prof. William Bazeyo, the Director...Read More