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Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Research Projects

Research Projects in Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

StaffProject TitlePartners/ Funders Role of Makerere Staff
Assoc. Prof. Charles B. Niwagaba Water, Behaviour Change and Environmental Sanitation (WABES): Sustainable Solutions to Research, Knowledge and Professionalization – Integrated Water, Sanitation and Solid Waste Services (INTEGRATE). Swiss Development and Cooperation, through Eawag; SwitzerlandCo-PI
RECLAIM of nutrients - digitalisation of a collaboration game for resource recovery in sanitation. Duration is 2022-2024, worth FORMAS (Swedish Research Council), Sweden Co-PI
Assoc. Prof. Umaru Bagampadde Collaboration for Active Mobility in Africa (CAMA) under the program Partnerships for sustainable solutions in sub-Sahara Africa from 2021 to 2024 worth Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany/ DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) Co-PI
Dr. Robinah Kulabako Sustaining urban low-cost water supplies and sanitation systems in Africa (AfriWatSan Project) University College of London (UK), Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal), University of Nairobi (Kenya), Makerere University (Uganda)/ UK Royal Society - DFID Co-PI
Beyond the networked city: Building innovative delivery systems for water, sanitation and energy in urban Africa (Off Grid Project) University of Bristol (UK), Loughborough University (UK), University of Capetown (South Africa), Sierra Leone Urban Resource Centre (Sierra Leone) & Makerere University (Uganda)/The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Co-PI
Collaborative Research between KCCA and Makerere University, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) to establish and share scalable Models and Technologies for enhancing Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) Services (KCCA-MAK- CWIS Project) Kampala Capital City Authority PI
Development of Zeolite-Based Nanocomposite Filters for Drinking Water Treatment in Uganda Makerere Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF) -Call 3 PI
Development of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles from steel waste for Applications in Drinking Water Treatment Science, Technology and Innovation – Office of the President (STI-OP) PI
Dr. Swaib Semiyaga Transfer of the Delft-based programs and courses in Sanitation as part of the project “Transfer of the New MSc Program in Sanitation to South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa – Global Sanitation Graduate School (GSGS) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. PI