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Quality attributes and impact of poor quality in the public transport industry
(2019-03-26)
Public transportation is a requisite organ that hugely affects the growth and development of the world today. It is considered the backbone of connectivity that ultimately strengthens productivity and global economic growth. ...
Long-life performance of biogas systems for productive applications: The role of R&D and policy
(Elsevier, 2019)
In order to achieve the transformations required to realize sustainable development, the use of modern
renewable energy has to increasingly take primacy. Biogas technology is one of listed modern RETs but
despite its ...
Faecal sludge dewatering and carbonisation for the production of fuel briquettes
(Makerere University, 2019-06)
Globally, there is an increasing demand for energy to support development needs. The challenge of
inadequate energy resources is more pronounced in developing countries/ regions like the Sub Saharan
Africa. The quench ...
Influence of viscosity modifiers on processing temperatures of recycled asphalt mixtures
(Makerere University, 2019-05)
The production process of asphalt mixtures is high energy intensive and the cost of road construction material continues to increase annually. The cost of asphalt mixture production per m³ in Uganda is increasing at a rate ...
Challenges of subsurface drainage of urban roads in low lying areas : A materials perspective
(2019-06-13)
The current pavement design criteria states uniform base course material for both low and high lying areas, which in practice experience different moisture during normal service. However, quite often, low lying areas are ...
Modeling and assessment of large-scale solar PV generation on Uganda's electricity grid
(2019)
Globally, renewable energy sources like Solar PV are being employed more and more to ensure sustainable and cleaner future energy production. Uganda is endowed with abundant solar energy from the sun in Uganda, meaning ...
Effect of Wastewater from Kampala Industrial and Business Park on Bukasa Swamp Water.
(2019-12-18)
Global environmental water changes are caused by proximate human activities. In Uganda, and the whole world at large, water pollution is a frequent outcry demonstrated further by the loss of flora and fauna in water bodies. ...
Design and development of a mobile application system for accessing suspect information using fingerprint recognition.
(2019-12)
The purpose the traffic police serves is to ensure law and order is maintained on the roads in the country. It is therefore vital for the force to have a means to identify traffic offenders and take them off the roads. ...
Project Management and Implementation of Low Volume Roads.
(2019-09-06)
Uganda’s road network comprising about 145,000km of National, Urban, District and Community access roads, provides the dominant mode of freight and passenger transport. Unsealed low volume roads constitute over 90% of the ...
Evaluation of thermal comfort of naturally ventilated residential buildings in the informal settlements in Kampala city, Uganda.
(2019-12-05)
The hot conditions in the tropics where Uganda lies affects the indoor thermal comfort
conditions due to the prevalence of the use of natural ventilation in many residential buildings
to obtain thermal comfort. This ...