THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND WATER ENGINEERING
Civil & Water Engineering
- to provide a sound academic base for graduate Civil Engineers
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to undertake quality research and consultancy work for the mutual benefit of the University and Industry at a large to foster relations with other institutes of high learning locally and internationally
Our Programmes
Undergraduate
NORMAL ENTRY
At least 3 `A' level passes in Pure/Additional/Mechanical Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry with either Computer Science, Technical Graphics / Drawing or Engineering Drawing.
SPECIAL ENTRY
- a) ND in Civil Engineering or ND Water Resources Engineering plus 2 years post-ND working experience
Or
- b) HND in Civil Engineering or Water Resources Engineering plus 1 year of post-HND working experience.
Our Staff
Eng Kudzai Mushunje: Lecturer
Education
BSc Hons Degree in Civil Engineering (University of Zimbabwe)
MSc Structural Engineering (University of Witwatersrand)
Contact
E-mail: kudzai.mushunje@nust.ac.zw
Telephone: +263 9 282842 ext 2330
Mr Thabisa Mdlongwa: Staff Development Fellow
Education
Contact
E-mail: thabisa.mdlongwa@nust.ac.zw
Telephone: +263 9 282842 ext 2321
EDUCATION
Jan. 2017- Nov.2017: Research Fellow, Creative Drought Project, University of Birmingham, UK
Jul 2011 to Jun. 2013: Research Fellow, Volkswagen Foundation Coordinated by University of Kassel, Germany
2012-2015: Doctor of Agriculture – Water Engineering, University of Kassel, Germany.
2005-2006: MSc Water Resources Engineering and Management, University of Zimbabwe
1999-2003: BScEd (Mathematics and Physics) University of Zimbabwe
Contact
Office EF8, East Wing, NUST Administration Building
E-mail: eugine.makaya@nust.ac.zw
Telephone: +263 9 282842 ext 2324
Mobile: +263 773 208 002
Research Interests
Hydroinformatics (Support Vector Machines, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Hybrid systems)
Flood Risk Assessment and Management (Flood risk assessment, flood statistics, frequency analysis, hydrological design)
Climate Change (Climate policy, weather modelling, climate trend, impact, mitigation and adaptation)
Water Resources Management (Water resources assessment, hydroecology, catchment soil moisture modelling)
Environmental engineering (Water quality, ecosystems, wastewater treatment)
Membership
Member of Institute of Water and Sanitation Development Zimbabwe
Member of Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA).
Member of Southern Africa Climate Change Network (SACCNET)
Member of The Editorial Board of the American Journal of Water Resources
Teaching
Hydrology
Hydraulics
Fluid Mechanics
Environmental Engineering
Refereed works
- Makaya E. Performance based water loss management for Gweru, Zimbabwe. American Journal of Water Resources, 2017, Vol. 5, No. 4, 100-105
- Makaya E., and Tanyanyiwa V. Prevalence of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Blantyre - Malawi. American Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol. 4, no. 3 (2016): 61-66. doi: 10.12691/env-4-3-1.
- Makaya, E. Predictive leakage estimation using the cumulative minimum night flow approach. American Journal of Water Resources, 2017, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1-4
- Makaya, E. Research funding for African Engineers: Challenges and Perceptions American Journal of Educational Research, 2017, Vol. 5, No. 9, 933-938
- Makaya, E., and O. Hensel: Modeling flow dynamics in water distribution networks using Artificial Neural Networks-A leakage detection Technique, International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology Vol.7 No.1 (2015)
- Makaya, E and O. Hensel: The contribution of leakage water to total water loss in Harare, Zimbabwe, International Researcher Volume 3 (3), 2014.
- Makaya, E., and O. Hensel: Water distribution systems efficiency assessment indicators –Concepts and application, International Journal of Science and Research Volume 3(7) July 2014
- Makaya, E. Water Quality Management for Upper Chinyika River in Zimbabwe, Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Volume 9 (3) of 2010 [493-502].
- Makaya, E., Z. Hoko, and W. Parawira: An Assessment of the Biological nutrient removal system at Hatcliffe Sewage treatment works in Zimbabwe, Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Volume 6(10),2007 [2409-2419].
- Svotwa, E, V. Mashavira, O.I. Manyanhaire, P. Chibisa, E. Makaya: Water Allocation Capacity and Drought Contingency Planning in Ruwa-Zimbabwe, Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa , Vol.9 (4), 2007 [297-311]
Non- refereed works
- Makaya, E. and S. Shumba: Operation and Maintenance of Water and Wastewater treatment works. Training Module; Institute of Water and Sanitation Development-Zimbabwe; May 2013.
- Makaya, E. Climate Change Adversity – an elephant’s trumpeting call for water. Proceeding of the 3rd Annual Water, Sanitation and Energy Conference, Bulawayo 22-23 September, 2016
Books
- Makaya, E. Water distribution systems losses-A guide for systems operation and maintenance. Cibew Publishing Company, (2014) ISBN 978-99968-0-269-0
- Makaya, E. Modeling Biological Nitrogen Removal in Activated Sludge Systems. Lambert Academic Publishers, (2015) ISBN 978-3-659-67618-5
- Makaya, E. 365 Principles of success. Amazon Publishing (2016) ISBN-13: 978-1-5302-0316-1
- Makaya, E. Success in Examinations. WriteLab Learning (2016) ISBN 978-0-7974-7151-1
Mrs Sakhile Abigail Ndlovu: Lecturer
Education
Contact
E-mail: ndlovu.sakhile@nust.ac.zw
Telephone: +263 9 282842 ext 2314
Mrs Thulisile Ronney: Secretary
Education
Contact
E-mail: thulisile.ronney@nust.ac.zw
Telephone: +263 9 282842 ext 2322
Education
MSc (Mine Eng Survey.) Moscow
Contact
E-mail: pascal.kamwemba@nust.ac.zw
Telephone: +263 9 282842 ext 2331
Mrs Shiella Nhandara: Staff development fellow
Email: shiella.nhandara@nust .ac.zw
Biography
Shiella Nhandara has been a department member since 2014. Prior to that she was a consultant engineer in structural and geotechnical engineering. She is responsible for convening geotechnical engineering courses, laboratory and field investigations and geotechnical software applications. She is actively involved in the supervision of geotechnical engineering research work.
Research interests
Analysis and modelling of soil structure interactions, ground improvement, cyclic behaviour of soils, slope stability, tunnelling and mine infrastructure stabilisation.
Teaching interests
Shiella’s teaching interest cover many aspects of geotechnical engineering uncluding foundation design, lateral earth pressure support systems, ground improvement techniques, geosynthetics, geomechanics and slope stability analysis. She also teaches civil engineering drawing and computer application in civil Engineering.
BEng - Civil and Water Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe (2010)
MEng - Geotechnical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa (2018)
Miss Diana Makweche
Education
BEng - Civil and Water Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
MEng - Structural Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Contact
E-mail: diana.makweche@nust.ac.zw
Telephone: +263 9 282842 ext 2314