Makerere University

🎓 #University;

Keywords: HTC, Pilot Plant, MSW, Solid Fuel

🔗 https://www.mak.ac.ug/

📧 Charles Buregeya Niwagaba – cbniwagaba@gmail.com

🔬 Overview

Dr. Charles B. NIWAGABA is a Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Science (FUNAS). He is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Makerere University. He holds BSc. and MSc. in Civil Engineering from Makerere University; a PhD in Environmental Technology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden; and a Postgraduate Diploma in Data Science and Business Analytics from the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, USA. He has 26 years of experience in research, teaching and consultancy. Dr. Niwagaba has extensive knowledge in research and development of innovative practices in sanitation improvement (from Engineering, social marketing to financing); solid waste management with emphasis on circular economy principles incorporating composting, waste valorization by the larvae of the black soldier fly; treatment of source-separated faeces and urine for plant nutrient recycling and soil improvement, grey water treatment and use, design and construction of biogas systems, application of faecal sludge in industrial kilns and boilers, design of faecal sludge treatment plants etc. Dr. Niwagaba has experience in conducting environmental impact assessments of projects in the water and sanitation sector, hydropower dams, port infrastructure, roads and faecal sludge management. Dr. Niwagaba’s research interests include low-cost technologies for faecal sludge management; and plant nutrient recycling sanitation systems to achieve safely managed sanitation. He has contributed to more than 140 publications.