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  • Design and construction of a water purification system to remove mercury from stream water : 
    Muruhura, Nickson (Busitema University, 2022)
    This paper begins with an overview of the origin, magnitude, geographical distribution and health consequences of consumption of mercury contaminated water around the world and further zeroed down to Manye Village, Tira ...
  • Design and construction of a motorized cassava peels grating machine : 
    Chesang, Calvin (Busitema University, 2022)
    Uganda is one of the top producers of cassava in Africa. Uganda’s annual cassava production is 3.5 million tons, grown on an estimated 0.4milion hectares (www.fao.org, Article by Kalyango Ronald), and that it is the second ...
  • Design and construction of a low cost power inverter with an output voltage range from 220v – 240v. 
    Paala, Abubakar; Nakabazzi, Kitooke Ziporah (Busitema University, 2022)
    Power inverter is an electrical appliance that can be used with DC battery as an alternative source of energy supply in the event of power failures and energy crisis. It is cheap, clean, very conducive and silent when ...
  • Design and construction of an evaporative cooler for citrus fruits. 
    Bagalana, Fastino (Busitema University, 2022)
    A Solar Powered and Temperature Controlled Evaporative Cooler of 45 kg capacity was designed and constructed to increase the shelf life of fresh citrus fruits. The cooler was tested using green freshly harvested lemon ...
  • Development of an Arduino controlled refractance window dryer : 
    Jakony, Jeremy (Busitema University, 2022)
    Reliance on low-level post-harvest handling technology in Uganda, is one of the key constraints to reducing postharvest losses and producing high value processed products that can fetch good prices not only locally but ...
  • GIS/RS based investigation and design of a managed aquifer recharge system in Lyantonde district. 
    Muhindo, Andrew (Busitema University, 2022)
    Survival and ecological development on earth depends on water as an essential natural resource. All countries especially arid and semi- arid regions, face ground and surface water problems which include; ground and surface ...
  • Insulative nonwoven from recycled medical face masks and pineapple leaf fibres. 
    Makande, Eric (Busitema University, 2022-03)
    Recycling is a way to process, the used materials (waste) into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials. Textile waste recycling becomes more important phenomenon, bearing in mind the limited ...
  • Redesigning and reconstruction of a cylindrical water tank cleaning system : 
    Bwire, Halon Oscar (Busitema University, 2022)
    This paper proposes to redesign and develop a machinery for cleaning cylindrical water tanks (plastic, steel and concrete). Storage of water offers a reliable water supply system in resident places, commercial, industrial, ...
  • Development of a motorized cowpea threshing and winnowing machine. 
    Okurut, Joseph (Busitema University, 2022-03)
    Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata) is the third most important legume crop in Uganda after common bean and groundnut. It is tolerant to dry season and is a short season crop with most varieties maturing in a range of 72 to 90 days. ...
  • Investigation of optimum temperature for accelerated domestic wastewater treatment process : 
    Mulumba, Mathias (Busitema University, 2022)
    The purpose of this study is to investigate the optimum temperature for accelerated clarification of effluent from the biological wastewater treatment phase. The parameters that were investigated in this study are color ...
  • Automated highway power generation system. 
    Nekesa, Catherine; Sasiira, Phillip (Busitema University, 2022)
    Energy is crucial to the economic growth and social development of any country. In the present world, every country is giving important place on energy, security and sustainable development hence role of renewable energy ...
  • An indoor air quality monitoring system. 
    Chelangat, Job Chemorput (Busitema University, 2022)
    Worldwide, most modern populations tend to spend approximately 90% of their time in different indoor environments. Along with the penetration of outside air pollutants, contaminants are produced in indoor environments due ...
  • Real time feedback : 
    Omara, Jonathan (Busitema University, 2022)
    Uganda is one of the countries in Africa which has an agro-based economy that feeds the population and other foreign countries through exports. Proper crop disease diagnosing tools and information about agricultural ...
  • An automatic fire detector and intimation system. 
    Komakech, Marvin; Nnaamala, Edith (Busitema University, 2022-03)
    This report describes designing and implementing an Automatic Fire detection and intimation system for Njuki hostel which is located in Busitema University main campus-Busia District, Uganda. The Institutes hostels uses ...
  • Electric doorbell with light. 
    Owori, Jimmy; Odongo, Ivan Joe (Busitema University, 2022)
    To cleanly understand the word information technology and communication which is the life blood of all human activities, the assimilation of communication technology is of great important. The development of communication ...
  • Design and construction of an electric and biomass powered small scale incinerator toilet : 
    Mudondo, Lubba (Busitema University, 2022)
    Recent estimates suggest that approximately 40% of the world’s population does not have access to an adequate sanitation system. The development of technology in the emergency sanitation sector has not been emphasized ...
  • The effect of using rice husk ash and wood ash as partial replacements of cement in concrete blocks. 
    Mugombesya, Nicholas (Busitema University, 2022-03)
    With increasing agriculture, the large extent of agricultural by-products (wastes) is accumulated, leading to environmental pollution. So, this study focuses on the safe and economical reduction of these wastes. Wood Ash ...
  • Design and fabrication of a pedle operated sweet potato slicing machine. 
    Aodi, Naboth (Busitema University, 2022-03)
    Sweet potato which is ranked the 7th among foods consumed in the world, is one of the major food crops in Teso region. During periods of harvest surplus of the sweet potatoes needs to be persevered and consumed at later ...
  • Smartphone agro-IoT application for smallholder farmers. 
    Inyangat, Francis Xavier (Busitema University, 2022)
    Smartphone Agro IoT Application for small holder farmers is an intelligent system designed purposely for small holder farmers to ease irrigation scheduling and monitoring of soil moisture conditions in the field based on ...
  • Design and construction of a water melon seed shelling machine using locally available materials 
    Musana, Deogracious (Busitema University, 2022)
    Watermelon is one of the most common economic and productive fruits grown in the eastern part of Uganda. Water Melon processing in the industry generates large quantities of by-products that are usually discarded (Mansouri, ...

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