BETTY NABUUMA LECTURER

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1 MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BETTY NABUUMA LECTURER DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DESIGN ART AND TECHNOLOGY

2 AREAS OF INTEREST Teaching Energy: (Thermodynamics, biogas technology ) Operations management: Logistics, management of maintenance outsourcing operations Experience Maintenance Operations Management for petroleum product dispensing and auxiliary equipment Petro services Limited University Teaching- Makerere University University Teaching Loughborough university (UK)

3 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Most diverse/versatile of all engineering disciplines Manufacturing Energy Construction Medical Maintenance Materials science Management of service operations

4 WHY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING? For ease of human work Machines are a must Materials for machines and products need to be identified, developed, and tested Multiple stage processing requires proper management of material flow and production scheduling Most machinery require power input or heat transfer- power has to be generated and energy for power generation has to be supplied All these benefit from knowledge and skills acquired in mechanical engineering courses

5 MECHANICAL ENGINEER S ROLES Problem analysis Design of machine elements and systems Development of prototypes and scaling Design of manufacturing processes System installation Testing devices and systems Performance monitoring Systems modification Quality assurance

6 MANUFACTURING Use mechanical engineering principles to design and improve products and manufacturing processes Manufacturing process optimisationplant layout planning, efficiency improvements Systems operations: supervision of manufacturing operations, energy generation systems, equipment maintenance

7 MATERIALS SCIENCE Research, specification, design and development of materialsfor use as raw materials Ceramics Plastics Glass Metals Rubber Textiles Composites Biomass Microstructures of ceramic materials produced by firing under different temperatures- in an effort to make porcelain products Microstructures of iron ore deposits in MUKO Uganda

8 THERMOSCIENCE Application of mechanical engineering principles to solve problems associated with heating and all aspects of thermodynamics Heating: design heat transfer systems and high temperature industrial processes Ventilation/Air conditioning Refrigeration

9 FLUIDS AND MASS TRANSFER Design of fluid carrying systems and modelling of fluid flow distributions Drilling and transportation( oil and water) Pump design and performance analysis Gas compression and flow Mass transfer processes in packed and unpacked beds(pollution control and fluid separation processes-)

10 ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION Develop and/or adapt renewable energy technologies Design of new engine technology : for both fossil, renewable energy and dual fuels(fuel blends) Develop efficient combustion technology Pollution control

11 QUALITY ASSURANCE Destructive and non-destructive analysis of products/ systems Developing and evaluating theoretical designs through simulations and application of relevant software's to determine impact of loads and constraints on system performance Modification of systems/ system components to improve efficiency, safety and quality

12 PROJECT AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Projects management based on sound engineering principles Design manufacturing and service delivery processes bearing in mind constraints such as time, cost and safety Supervising production and service processes(routing and scheduling)

13 CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES Employment in Uganda s existing manufacturing/ processing firms Manage projects based on sound engineering principles Development of products that solve real community problems and are bankable Research in new materials for use in product design, cost reduction opportunities for service and manufacturing operations

14 KEY STRENGTHS/ SKILLS REQUIRED OR THAT NEED TO BE DEVELOPED Ability to identify problems that need to be solved Ability to marry different mechanical engineering principles and use the knowledge to solve real life problems through analysis of requirements and development of solutions Ability to recognise the role of other engineering disciplines in designing and developing state of the art machinery and materials- most systems are now electro-mechanical and the mechanical engineer can no longer neglect electrical and electronics engineering Ability to communicate mechanical engineering principles to nonmechanical engineering audiences Ability to work in teams

15 MAKERERE UNIVERSITY THANK YOU