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Solar home systems in Botswana—Opportunities and constraints
(Elsevier Science Ltd. http://www.elsevier.com/locate/rser, 2009)
Lack of access to electricity grid form the main challenge facing majority of developing regions
particularly in rural communities. The situation is driven mostly by the absence of electricity
infrastructure in most of ...
Designing architect's brief for a Faculty of Engineering
(Trans Tech Publications http://www.scientific.net/AMR.62-64.551, 2009)
A team of academics produced a Design Brief (DB) to assist architects design a scholarly
physical environment for modern engineering education and research. The information gathered from
external and internal sources was ...
Measurement of operating forces in a ram press crushing sunflower seed
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1475-1305, 2009)
This study presents the experimental setup and results of measurement of forces and
moments in a manually operated ram press machine. Tests were conducted on a BP30 ram press
using electrical resistance strain gauges to ...
Spreadsheets: the ideal tool for distance learning in Engineering education
(Wiley Periodicals Inc. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0542, 2009)
Formal Engineering Education has traditionally been delivered using the low
technology—high touch lecturing method, in which the lecturer and student meet face to face.
Distance education in this field has been quite ...
Acceptance of blackboard technology by mechanical engineering students at the University of Botswana
(Tempus Publications, 2009)
Technology-based teaching and learning is entering academic life at an amazing rate. It comes whether invited or not. Students and lecturers are confronted with new technologies. There are new teaching methods to accompany ...
Introduction to general education courses to engineering programmes at the University of Botswana
(Tempus Publications http://www.ijee.ie/, 2009)
Complementary studies are fundamental for accreditation of engineering programmes in line with the Washington Accord. This paper presents the experiences of the University of Botswana in introducing General Education Courses ...
Energy losses in a ram press machine for vegetable oil expression
(Dalhousie University, 2009)
Coupled buckling design of steel laced columns
(University of Botswana, 2009)
A new design developed by the authors that gives an opportunity to account for the interaction of different modes of buckling is presented.Eurocode 3 model is used as the reference model, an equivalent geometric imperfection ...