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  • Gas leakage detection, warning and stoppage system. 
    Ejoku, Benard. (Busitema University., 2020-12)
    Butane gas is highly inflammable and can burn even at some distance from the source of leakage. One of the preventive methods to stop accident associated with the gas leakage is to install a gas leakage detection kit at a ...
  • Automobile traffic management system for T-junction 
    Abaliwano, Francis (Busitema University, 2020-02-16)
    Traffic management is one of the most prioritized processes that both developing and developed countries can’t do away without. Proper traffic management can help to reduce time wasting, accidents, and increase workers’ ...
  • A dumpster monitoring system basing on IOT. 
    Hamba, Yusufu. (Busitema University., 2021-01)
    Uganda is facing rapid urbanization of over 6.8% per annum, leading to overcrowding and the development of slums and informal settlements with poor waste management practices as result, the dustbins in those areas and towns ...
  • Design & Construction of a four row tractor drawn Irish potato harvester 
    Wanundu, Cedrick, Keith (Busitema University, 2020-02-16)
    Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum) is one of the most important a root vegetable grown in Uganda. It is a rich source of carbohydrate, used all over the country. Harvesting is one of the most important operations in Irish ...
  • IOT based irrigation system. 
    Nahaima, Musa. (Busitema University., 2021-02)
    After hundreds of years of irrigation, a lot of irrigation water has been misused and over watering on irrigation farms. This leaves us wasting water in the times where irrigation is carried out without predicting the ...
  • Design and construction of a motorised Rice husk Char Briquetting Machine 
    Kayongo, John, Paul (Busitema University, 2020-02-16)
    The decreasing availability of fuel wood, coupled with the ever-rising prices of charcoal, kerosene and cooking gas in Uganda draws attention to consider alternative sources of energy for both domestic and industrial ...
  • Prediction of air permeability and GSM of a knitted fabric using response surface methodology 
    Namirembe, Suzan (Busitema University, 2020-02-16)
    The usage of knitted fabrics in textile industry has expanded worldwide and the producers and wearers are becoming more sensitive to their comfort performance in addition to the aesthetic demands. The end use and the ...
  • Flood detection and alert system on roads 
    Mahande, Xavier M. (Busitema University, 2020-02-16)
    Floods have been catastrophic on the entire globe. They have led to massive loss of lives and destruction of various infrastructure including roads. These floods are caused by factors such as the growing occupation of ...
  • Design and fabrication of an improved forage chopper. 
    Adong, Diana. (Busitema University., 2020-12)
    Uganda is an agricultural country and its livestock sector contributes about 30% of the national Agriculture Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the form of milk and meat and is a source of livelihood to about 4.5 million ...
  • A child speech development and walking aid system. 
    Nagasha, Elizabeth. (Busitema University., 2021-01)
    A Child Speech Development and Aid System was designed, developed and tested to reduce in children developmental delays that is; improve walking and speech development even in the absence of care takers. The system is ...
  • Design and Construction of a physical Soybean oil Refinery on a small scale 
    Kasirivu, Moses A. (Busitema University, 2020-02-16)
    Soybean oil is the common name for the oil obtained from the beans of the plant, (Glycerine max (L) Merr, ranked as the number one most edible oil in the world, which is 85% unsaturated. This project was designed and ...
  • Infant milk testing feeding bottle. 
    Mulepu, Pollycap. (Busitema University., 2020-12)
    Milk is a multi-nutrient fluid and it is the primary source of nutrition for infants. It consists of 82% of proteins. The protein in the milk is classified into casein and whey protein. Milk protein consists of 82% of ...
  • Investigating the potential of electrocoagulation as part of treatment process for removing blue green algae from raw water. 
    Kame, Patrick A (Busitema University, 2020-02-16)
    Inner Murchison Bay which is a catchment area for Gabba water treatment plant is esthetically affected by algal bloom growth, and this is attributed to effluents from industries and residential homes upstream the catchment ...
  • Design and construction of an air-cooled jacketed wine fermentation tank. 
    Ocican, Christopher. (Busitema University., 2020-12)
    Fermentation in winemaking is an exothermic process which turns grape juice or juice from other tropical fruits into an alcoholic beverage where, yeast consumes the sugar in the juice and converts it to ethanol, carbon ...
  • Design and construction of automated solar panel cleaning system for removal of dust. 
    Maisaba, Francis. (Busitema University., 2021-02)
    Energy is one of the major issues that the world is facing today, the supply of energy has been one of the major problems for both urban and rural households. About 60% to 70% of the energy demand of the most countries in ...
  • Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using hoslundia opposita aqueous leaf extract 
    Birungi, Eva K. (Busitema University, 2020-01-16)
    Nanotechnology provides an environmentally friendly green technique for synthesizing AgNPs using various parts of the plant. In this research, aqueous leaf extract of the H.opposita plant was used. 1mM AgNO3 solution was ...
  • Design of street/compus lighting using a photosensitive switch. 
    Achomo, Prisca; Wanyama, Brian; Agoya, Francis (Busitema University., 2021-02)
    The street lighting system designed is used to minimize manual switching on and off of streetlights during night and day respectively. The system also reduces on the high power cost incurred due to wastage by streetlights ...
  • Modelling the influence of evaporation on residual chlorine in water storage tanks using CFD : 
    Tulirinya, John (Busitema University, 2021-01-16)
    Water storage tanks are usually utilized in water distribution systems (WDS) to meet the water demand fluctuations. Long residence periods experienced in these tanks can cause immoderate loss of the disinfectant residual ...
  • Impact of Uganda’s National Agricultural Advisory Services Program 
    Benin, Samuel; Nkonya, Ephraim; Okecho, Geresom; Randriamamonjy, Josée; Kato, Edward; Lubadde, Geofrey; Kyotalimye, Miriam; Byekwaso, Francis (International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011)
    The importance of agricultural extension in agricultural and rural development is widely known, so it is not surprising that agricultural extension has attracted substantial investment of public resources since the 1950s, ...
  • Secondary school head teachers’ leadership styles and teachers’ organizational commitment in Tororo municipality. 
    Obbo, Richard Josel. (Busitema University., 2017-09)
    Employees are the most important resource to any organization. To utilize their potential maximally, their commitment in accelerating the organizations’ vision, goals, and values to critical levels should be enhanced by ...

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