Male, Ugandan
Highest Qualification: Bsc. Telecommunication Engineering
2010-Date: Teaching Assistant
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
School of Engineering (Formerly: Faculty of Technology)
College of Engineering Design, Art and Technology
Email: gmkagarura@cedat.mak.ac.ug
Contact: +256712930408
Research Interests
Wireless Networks, Cognitive radio, Information Communications Technology (ICT), Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering
Courses Taught
Course | Engineering Programs Offered |
Physical Electronics | Electrical, Telecom |
Electrical Materials I | Electrical, Telecom (Not Currently Offered) |
Electrical Materials II | Electrical, Telecom (Not Currently Offered) |
Electrical Materials | Electrical, Telecom |
Electricity and Magnetism | Computer |
Applied Analog Electronics | Electrical, Telecom, Computer |
Intelligent Systems | Electrical, Telecom, Computer |
CISCO IT Essentials 4.0 | All (Not Currently Offered) |
Final Year Project | Electrical, Telecom, Computer(Supervision) |
Other Major Roles
Role | Title / theme of Conference | Date and Location | Name and address of Organisers | Name and address of co- Organisers |
Secretariat of Academic Conference(Roseline N AkolConference Chair) | 2nd National Communications Conference (NCC) 2012Theme: Exploring Technology for National Development.http://cedat.mak.ac.ug/ncc/ | 10th-11th September 2012, Kampala, Uganda | CEDAT, Engineering, Makerere | Uganda Communications Commission, UCC (main sponsors) |
Secretariat of Academic Conference(Roseline N AkolConference Chair) | 1st National Communications Conference (NCC) NCC 2011Theme: Advancing locally relevant solutions in communications | 5-6th September 2011, Kampala, Uganda | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Makerere | Uganda Communications Commission, UCC (main sponsors) |
Selected Collaborations
Project/Program Title | Major Funding Agency | Leading Institution | Name of Principal Researcher/Team leader and contact address | Start and End Dates |
(Community Wireless Resource Centre (CWRC) Under CEDAT)CWRC research abroad Experience | CWRC through the Millennium Science Initiative (UNCST) | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa | Dr. Dorothy Okello (Makerere University)Dr. Ntsibane Ntlapapa (CSIR)/ Prof. Fisseha Mekuria(CSIR | 13 November-16 December 2011 |
UIRI-Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering- Joint Training and Resaerch | UIRI (equipment)/Self/ Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering | Makerere University, Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) | Under MoU Instrumentation Unit, UIRI | June/July 2011-May 2012 |
Publications
- Kagarura, G. M; Okello, Dorothy K.; Akol, Roseline N., “Evaluation of Spectrum Occupancy: A Case for Cognitive Radio in Uganda,” Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN), 2013 IEEE Ninth International Conference on , vol., no., pp.167,174, 11-13 Dec. 2013, doi: 10.1109/MSN.2013.66
URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6726326&isnumber=6726286 ,URL 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MSN.2013.66
- Dlodlo, N, Mofolo, M and Kagarura, GM. 2012. “Potential applications of the Internet of Things in sustainable rural development in South Africa,” In: International Conference of Information Science and Computer Applications (ICISCA), Bali, Indonesia, 19-20 November 2012. URL: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/258446246_Potential_applications_of_the_Internet_of_Things_in_sustainable_rural_development_in_South_Africa
- Kagarura, G. M; “Design of a Reduced Complexity Channel Model for MIMO Based 4G Systems”, Undergraduate Project Report, (Unpublished), Department of Electrical Engineering, Makerere University, July 2010.
Attachments
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Geoffrey Mark Kagarura | DOC | PS |