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    Faculty of Engineering And The Built Environment

    Faculty of Engineering And The Built Environment is a university division specializing in teaching in areas traditionally classified as “engineering” for academic purposes.

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    Engineering And The Built Environment Degrees

    Our mission is to enable our clients and customers to make meaningful engineering contributions

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Centre for Continuing Engineering Education

Background to CCEE

The Centre for Continuing Engineering Education (CCEE) was established in June 2004 by the Faculty of Engineering to keep local and regional engineers up to date with the latest in technology and improvements in the execution of specialised technical tasks and to generate income for the Faculty as well as for the University. All Faculty engineering consultancy programmes, diploma courses and short courses are executed through this Centre.

 The main activity of the Centre since 2004 has been running short courses and training programmes targeted primarily at practising engineering professionals in Zimbabwe and the Southern African region. Since then, CCEE has demonstrated capability to develop and successfully offer customised courses for specific organizational requirements. Such courses have been run at the client’s premises and in some cases, at avenue selected by the client.

 The Centre is also now offering consultancy services in areas such as energy, mining, construction and manufacturing. In addition to this, in the near future, the Centre will be running seminars, symposia, conferences and other activities aimed at enhancing Continuing Engineering Education for the benefit of the engineering fraternity in Zimbabwe and the region.

 In areas of Energy Research and Training, the Centre for Continuing Engineering Education (CCEE) has close cooperation with the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) and other national institutions of higher learning.

Director

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Dr Juliana Useya

Qualifications: Bsc (Hons) Surveying, Msc Geoinformatics, D. Eng. GeoInformation Engineering, Member Survey Institute of Zimbabwe

Contact: +263778120830 or +263 242 303211 ext 17006

Publications

  1. Chen, S., Useya, J. and Mugiyo, H. (2020). Decision-level fusion of Sentinel-1 SAR and Landsat 8 OLI texture features for crop discrimination and classification: case of Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Heliyon. Elsevier Ltd, 6(11), p. e05358. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05358.
  2. Useya, J., Chen, S., Murefu, M., (2019). Cropland Mapping and Change Detection: Towards Zimbabwean Cropland Inventory. IEEE Access 7, 53603–53620. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2912807
  3. Useya, J., Chen, S., (2019). Exploring the Potential of Mapping Cropping Patterns on Smallholder Scale Croplands Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data. Chinese Geographical Science 29, 626–639. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-019-1060-0
  4. Useya, J., Chen, S., (2018). Comparative Performance Evaluation of Pixel-Level and Decision-Level Data Fusion of Landsat 8 OLI, Landsat 7 ETM+ and Sentinel-2 MSI for Crop Ensemble Classification. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 11, 4441–4451. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2870650
  5. Li, J., Chen, S., Qin, W., Useya, J., Zhen, Z., Wang, Y., (2018). A Fast Reprojection Method for MODIS Products with Sinusoidal Projection. Journal of Indian Society for Remote Sensing. 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-018-0794-y
  6. Augustijn, E., Doldersum, T., Useya, J., Augustijn, D., (2016). Agent-based modelling of cholera diffusion. Stochastic Environment Research and Risk Assessment 30, 2079–2095. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-015-1199-x
  7. Useya, J., Togarepi, S., Masarira, T.P.,( 2016). National Spatial Data Infrastructure Readiness: An Evaluation of the Zimbabwean Initiative. Journal of Science and Engineering. Technology 3, 59–65.
  8. Moreblessings, S., Juliana, U., Senderai, L.T., (2013). The Evolution of Geomatics Education in Zimbabwe. Geostatistics An Overview. Evol. Geomatics Educ. Zimbabwe 1–5
  9. Togarepi, S., Useya, J., Masarira, T.P., Murefu, M., (2016). A Free Open Source Software For GIS Driven Prototype Geoportal For Zimbabwe. Journal of Science and Engineering. Technology 3, 39–45
  10. Useya, J., Togarepi, S., Masarira, T.P.,( 2014). Evaluating National Spatial Data Infrastructure Readiness for Zimbabwe. Geostatistics An Overview. Eval. Natl. Spat. Data Infrastruct. Readiness Zimbabwe

Conference Proceedings

  1. Useya J. “Exploring the Potential of Mapping Cropping Patterns Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data on Smallholder Farming Croplands.” Presented at The 4th International Conference of Resources, Environment and Regional Sustainable Development in Northeast Asia, Changchun, China. 27-29 June 2018
  2. Useya J. “Decision-level fusion of Sentinel-1 and Landsat 8 OLI Texture Features for Crop Discrimination: Case of Masvingo District, Zimbabwe.” Poster presentation at International Professionals for the Advancement of Chinese Earth Sciences (IPACES), Changchun, China. 29-31 May 2019
  3. Useya. J., Togarepi,S., Masarira, T.P., (2014), Evaluating National Spatial Data Infrastructure readiness for Zimbabwe, Proceedings of the Second AfricaGEO Conference, 1-3 July 2014, Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa, http://africageoproceedings.co.za/test/?page_id=411
  4. Augustijn-Beckers, E.-W., Useya, J., Zurita-Milla, R., Osei, F., (2011). Simulation of Cholera Diffusion to Compare Transmission Mechanisms, in: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on GeoComputation. UCL, London, UK, pp. 39–42.

SAE2Net

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The Southern Africa Engineering Education Network (SAE2Net) is an association of Engineering Institutions of Higher Learning in Southern Africa, established to forge a strong, demand driven and sustainable network of universities, research institutions and industry in Engineering Education and Practice, leveraging on expertise from UK partners.

 

Partnerships

SAE2Net comprises of 8 Engineering Institutions of Higher Learning in Southern Africa and the University of Leicester (UK partner) (Inner Ring), anchored by supporting partners from industry, regulatory bodies and policy makers (Outer Ring)

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Sources of Funding

Since inception in 2012 and through the inaugural Enriching Engineering Education Program (EEEP), the Royal Academy of Engineering provided a grant of £140,000 for the period 2013 - 2015. Through the interactions and engagements with industry, the Zimbabwe Platinum Mines provided a fully funded Professorial Chair in Mining Engineering while various industry partners provided support in the provision of places for secondment of engineering academics and technicians. In March 2019, the Royal Academy of Engineering provided a £10,000 sustainability fund that enabled the development of a proposal that was awarded a further £100,000 grant for a 2-year period up to 2021 under the expanded Higher Education Partnerships for Sub-Saharan Africa (HEP SSA). More industry players have come on board and continue to support the initiative for secondment of engineering academics to gain exposure and access to modern technology and equipment. SINET Africa, a Solar Energy and Environmental Monitoring company provided USD 10,000 for renewable energy equipment. SAE2Net aims to expand the funding basket and sustain its activities through the offering of CPD courses to practising engineers, royalties from innovative projects supported to commercialisation as well as consultancy services and spin-off companies from Industrial Based Project (IBPs) from industry.

Vision

SAE2Net seeks to pool and share complementary resources among its members as well as strengthening ties and bridging the gap between industry and academia using Systems Engineering for capacity building and sustainability through research, innovation, creativity, industrialisation, entrepreneurship and commercialisation.

Mission

SAE2Net coordinates its activities through the network to promote and enhance engineering practice in the region in line with rapid and dynamic trends in engineering technology and in line with the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Expected Outputs and Impact

SAE2Net’s aims and objectives dovetail with the Government of Zimbabwe’s new thrust for Education 5.0 that now includes Industrialisation and Innovation in addition to the traditional University Teaching, Research and Community Service. There is an inherent need to produce appropriate engineering skills to handle dynamic changes in technology in this 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) and even more so, prepare the human resources required for the Digital Ecosystem (Industry 5.0). The collaboration envisages the empowering of engineering academics as well as improving linkages between industry and academia, bolstered by the establishment of Innovation Hubs (Incubation and Product Development) and Industrial Parks (Commercialisation) at various universities in the region. The project is in line with the UN Millennium Development Goal #8 (Global Partnerships for Development) and the UN Sustainable Development Goal #17 (Partnerships for Sustainable Development) and seeks to address more specifically the Sustainable Development Goals such as SDG #7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and SDG #9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure). In line with these aims and objectives, the following outcomes and impact are anticipated:

  1. Bridging the gap between industry and academia.
  2. Appropriate engineering skills imparted and matching industry needs.
  3. Confident and well-grounded engineering academics.
  4. Promotion of a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
  5. Pooling and sharing of resources among network members through CoEs and DTCs
  6. Leveraging on expertise from the industrialised world.
  7. Dissemination and sharing of knowledge through conferences and the regional journal.
  8. CPD for practising engineers and engineering academics.
  9. Community service in the provision of services such as water, power and communication.
  10. Spin-off companies to provide consultancy services to local communities.
Domicilium Citandi et Executandi

SAE2Net is domiciled in Zimbabwe, with the Secretariat hosted by and based at the University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Engineering, with CoEs in South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique.

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