Lecturer: Dr E.T Kapuya
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Qualifications
- PhD
- MSc in Integrated Circuit System Design
- BSc Honours in Electrical Engineering
Work experience
Dr Kapuya is a lecturer in the department. He has vast work experience and has worked for several organisations such as;
- PROTEA MEDICAL SERVICES – COMPUTER SYSTEMS DIVISION: February 1982 to August 1983.
- POSITION: Computer Engineer
- SIRTECH INVESTMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED: April 2006 to February 2007 STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNIT: SLATE (Science Laboratory and Teaching Equipment)
- POSITION: Production Manager
- SCIENTIFIC, INDUSTRIAL, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, SIRDC: March 2007 to 2013
- POSITION: Institute Director
- UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE: March 1985 to March 2006
DEPARTMENT: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES:
- Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department from 1995 to 1998, and also January 2005 to March 2006.
- Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering in 1994 and again from June 2005 to March 2006.
- CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN ZIMBABWE: March 1999 to December 2003 (Part Time)
DEPARTMENT: Business Management and Information Technology
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES:
- Chairman of the department and was the examinations officer for the whole university.
- CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: March 2012 to March 2024
DEPARTMENT: Mechatronics Department
- RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ZIMBABWE: March 2012 to February 2013
OTHER USEFUL SKILLS
- Use of CAD packages to design Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) using Smartwork, Tango and Eagle.
- Can program in PASCAL, C.
- Can program in Assembly language for the following microprocessors and microcontrollers:
- Motorola MC6800, MC6809, MC68HC11, the Microchip PICs (PIC16F84, PIC16F877 etc) and the Intel 80x86 range. Can write mixed programs where assembly language instructions are embedded within a high level language. Arduino C programming. Atmel ATmega328 assembly language programming.
SHORT COURSES CONDUCTED
- The Motorola MC68HC11 one week short course for practitioners, August and September 1998.
- Embedded Control Systems Design, September 2001
- Solar PV design and installation course. October 2013, November 2015, February 2016, April 2016 and November 2016.
Research Interests
- Electronic, Microprocessors & Microcontrollers
- Mechatronics
- High Level and Assembly Lang age Programming
- Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAS)
- Industrial Process Controllers (PLCs)
Publications
Research Work, Publications & Conference papers
The main research activities undertaken were undertaken in the field of Microprocessors and Microcontrollers.
Conference and Symposium Presentations:
[1] E T Kapuya, R K Appiah, S M Kundishora, “A Microprocessor Based Sequence Controller”, Cutting Edge Technologies and Microcomputer Applications for Developing Countries”, 1988, Routlege
[2] E T Kapuya, “An MC6809 Microprocessor Based Flexible EPROM programmer”, Research Council of Zimbabwe’s Sixth Symposium on Science and Technology, 3 – 5 August 1999 pp 102 to 103.
[3] E T Kapuya, “A C cross-compiler for the MC68HC11 microcontroller”, Research Council of Zimbabwe’s Sixth Symposium on Science and Technology, August 1999, pp 103 to 104.
[4] E T Kapuya, “An MC68HC11 microcontroller based turret lathe controller”, Research Council of Zimbabwe’s Sixth Symposium on Science and Technology, 3-5 August 1999 page 104-105
[5] E T Kapuya, M D Edwards, “Microcode / Microarchitecture generation from VHDL”, Fifth IFIP workshop on Automatic Logic Synthesis in Grenoble France, September 1992.
[6] Mawire M, Kapuya ET, Harlen RM, Dube I. “Demand side management: ‘a Zimbabwean perspective’’. Paper presented at the domestic use of energy conference, Cape Technikon; 1998.
[7] E T Kapuya, “A Robust Communication Protocol for a Stadium Turnstile Counting System”, Research Council of Zimbabwe Symposium, February 2013.
[8] E T Kapuya, “A Microcontroller Teaching tool”, Research Council of Zimbabwe Symposium, February 2015.
[9] E T Kapuya, “A 2 Kilowatt Ferrite Core Transformer Based Inverter”, February 2017, Research Council of Zimbabwe Symposium.
[10] Masheka, M., Musademba, D., Kapuya, E. and Chinyuku, M. 2022. The design of an automated CO emission control system for automobiles using activated carbon. Journal of Technological Sciences. 1, 1 (Aug. 2022).
