In Case You Missed It

  Built Environment recognizes gurus
February 6, 2019, Hazviperi Mbizi
Built Environment recognizes gurus

Featured Biography

P.E M'banga
Rev P.E M'banga - Chaplain

Calling for applications, PhD: Applied Sciences – Public Health Engineering

Announcement   Registrar   October 3, 2017

Water Defluoridation Technologies Optimization and Intensification

A Public Health Intervention in High Fluoride Areas of Malawi

The Faculty of Applied Sciences hereby invites interested qualified applicants for enrolment into PhD – Applied Sciences (Public Health Engineering) focusing on Optimisation and intensification of water defluoridation technologies as a public health intervention in high fluoride areas of Malawi.

Requirements:

A Masters / an MPhil. Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Public Health Engineering, Environmental Health or Public Health from a recognized University.

Tenable at:

Polytechnic, University of Malawi with periodic visits to University of Nairobi

Broad Research Area:

Water defluoridation technologies optimization & intensification. 

Supervisors:

Prof. Bernard Thole (UNIMA) & Prof. David Kariuki (University of Nairobi)

Mode:

Full-time research candidate 

Duration of the research degree:

3 years with possible extension of 1 year.

Resources available:

Supervisors, laboratories & office space, measurement & testing equipment, design & fabrication workshops and partial funding for research.

Fees payable:

Tuition US$10,000 Research: US$10,000 (Guideline value) for the whole programme. 

Application procedure:

Send a complete curriculum vitae and a research concept (5-pages max.) related to Water defluoridation technologies optimization & intensification by email to the following address;

The Registrar – registrar@poly.ac.mw cc: bthole@poly.ac.mw & kkariuki@uonbi.ac.ke Polytechnic, Private Bag 303, Blantyre 3, Malawi. Att: Principal Researcher: Water Defluoridation for Public Health [WD4PH] (Dr. B Thole). 

Deadline for receipt of applications is


Also in the news

Ethics and governance centre launched
September 11, 2019, Hazviperi Mbizi
Ethics and governance centre launched
The University of Malawi (UNIMA) and its constituent colleges on Monday, September 9, 2019, launched a multi disciplinary Centre of Excellence in Ethics and Governance (CEEG) at the Sunbird Capital Hotel in Lilongwe.