Senior Lecturer
Dr Peter Manyere
Qualifications
- Eng, MIEEE(USA), MZweIE
- PhD (UJ, South Africa) – 2011-2015
- MSc (BUAA, P. R. China) – 2005-2008
- MBA (ZOU, Zimbabwe)-2009
- M IT (SAQA EVAL) (RSA)
- BSc (Hon) Electrical Engineering (UZ)- 1995-1999
- Adv Dip in Radar Engineering Technology (PLA Air Force Radar Academy-P.R. china)
- Dip Defence and Security Studies (UZ)- 2004
- Dip Aircraft Engineering (Avionics) (Class 1 Journeyperson) (AFZ)-1989 -1993
- FTC Telecommunication Technicians (City & Guilds of London Institute)-1992
- Certificate: HF Data/Voice Communication Systems (T1285), Siemens, 1994
- Certificate: CHX 210 Communication Equipment, Siemens, 1995
- Certificate: Principles of Computer Aided Design Using AutoCAD, UZ, 1999
- Certificate: Theoretical & Practical Training for Thermal Use of Solar Energy, Austrian Development Cooperation-Soltrain & University of Zimbabwe, 2014
- Certificate: New Way of Understanding Electrical Circuits, Web and Multimedia Integration, University of Zimbabwe, University of British Columbia and Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), 2016.
- Certificate: Solar Cells and LEDs; Theory, Design and Implementation for Sustainable Electricity Generation and Lighting, University of Zimbabwe, University of British Columbia and IEEE, 2017
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Research Interests
- Signal processing.
- Microwave Engineering.
- Radar (Airborne &Ground-based).
- Aircraft Engineering (Avionics) and UAV Technologies
- Communication Engineering
- Control Engineering.
- Remote Sensing
Work Experience
Dr P Manyere is currently with University of Zimbabwe as a senior lecturer in the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department as well as the Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering Department. Dr Manyere has been with the University of Zimbabwe since 2009. He teaches a wide range of Electrical and Electronic topics including Electrical Principles, Advanced Electrical Principles, Electromagnetics, Microwave Engineering, Analogue Electronics, Navigation Systems, Control Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Radar Technology and Communication Skills for Aviation Scientists. He is a member of the Institution for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE- USA). The Senior lecturer has vast lecturing experience at other universities and colleges such as University of Johannesburg (B Tech), WUA (MIS), Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) which was former Polytechnic of Namibia (PON) (B Tech), Zimbabwe National Defence University, School of Academic and Staff Training (SAST-AFZ), School of Technical Training (SOTT-AFZ) and the School of Flying (SOFT-AFZ). The last three AFZ Schools are for Staff Development in the AFZ. Dr P Manyere is an experienced supervisor and mentor to BSc, B Tech, MSc and PhD student research. He has been an external research projects evaluator and examiner for Namibia University of Science and Technology since 2014 and WUA (MIS) in 2013.
Dr Manyere initially trained as an Aircraft Engineer (AFZ) in the field of Avionics (Aircraft Radio and Telecommunications) and qualified in 1993 as a Class 1 Journeyperson. He has therefore worked in various portfolios within the Zimbabwe Defence Forces as an Aircraft Engineer, Engineering Manager, Training Officer, Directing Staff, Research and Development Officer, Officer Commanding Engineering, Staff Officer responsible for Foreign Service, the Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU) Deputy Dean for Faculty of Engineering, and University Senior Proctor. Dr Manyere was instrumental in the establishment of the Aeronautical Engineering Department at University of Zimbabwe and was the inaugural chairperson of the same department in 2017. He chaired the University of Zimbabwe’s Faculty of Engineering Quality Assurance Committee since for three years from 2017 and was also a member of the committee tasked to look into the establishment of the University of Zimbabwe Ethics Committee in 2018.
Dr Manyere was also very instrumental in the establishment of the Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU) as a member of the University Council. A former Zimbabwe Defence College became a University in 2018. Dr Manyere played a key role to establish the Faculty of Engineering and the Aerospace Engineering Department and the Aviation Science Department at the Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU) in 2018.
Dr Manyere has sat on a number of Boards/Councils and Committees including the National Manpower Development Advisory Council (NAMACO), the Tertiary Education Service Council (TESC), National Strategic Research and Development (NSRD), Johane Masowe Chishanu Apostles Trust (Dep Chairperson), Johane Masowe Chishanu Apostles International Relief and Development Foundation (JMCA IRDF) (Dep Chairperson), among others. Dr Manyere is also assisting Johane Masowe Chishanu Apostles Church with professional advice on a number of projects key among them, the establishment of Johane Masowe Chishanu Apostles Church University of Science, Technology and Innovation (JMCA USTI) in Songwe, Tanzania.
Fields of interest for research include Signal Processing, Remote Sensing, Radar Technology, Autonomous Vehicle Design and Development, Microwave Engineering, Aircraft Engineering (Avionics), Communication Engineering, and Control Engineering.
Publications
[1] E Chikuni, M Tobias, O Okoro, S Oti, Peter Manyere, Elisha Mabunda. “Simulated economic evaluation of changing from CFLs to LED lighting”. ACRID'17: Proceedings of the EAI International Conference on Research, Innovation and Development for Africa. Publisher: ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering) April 2018, EAI ISBN 978-1-63190-160-7
[2] Peter Manyere, Edward Chikuni, Joseph Mudare, Emmanuel Rashayi, Thanks Marisa. “Long Duration Linear Frequency Modulated Pulse Based Spotlight Synthetic Aperture Radar Sub-image Reconstruction Error Reduction Technique”. ACRID'17: Proceedings of the EAI International Conference on Research, Innovation and Development for Africa. Publisher: ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering), April 2018, EAI ISBN 978-1-63190-160-7
[3] Liberty Mutauranwa, Thanks Marisa, Peter Manyere, Emmanuel Rashayi. “The development and Application of a Smart Ultrasonic Sensor IP-Core in a Mobile Autonomous Robot. ACRID'17: Proceedings of the EAI International Conference on Research, Innovation and Development for Africa. Publisher: ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, April 2018, EAI ISBN 978-1-63190-160-7
[4] Manyere P, Nel AL. “Image Recovery by 2-D Least Mean Square Adaptive Method’ Proceedings of the IEEE, Africon 2013, ISBN 978-1-4673-5940-5, pp 563-569, Sept 2013.
[5] Manyere P, Nel AL. “Algorithm Performance Indexing through Parallelism” (International Conference on Computing, Communication and Security (ICCCS), Mauritius, IEEE ISBN 978-1-4673-9354-6/15@2015>
[9] Struggle Muponda, Tecla Mlambo, Mukonoweshuro, Tawanda Mushiri, Marvellous Moyo and Peter Manyere, “Towards the design and implementation of an artificial neural network (ANN) model in psychiatric diagnosis: Case of Parirenyatwa Hospital Psychiatric Unit”, SAJET, ISSN: 2026-8955, 2023.
[10] Joseph Tawanda Singadi and Peter Manyere. “Design and Analysis of the behaviour of Sierpinski Fractal Curve Antennas for multiband wireless communication”, JSESD, 2021
