Browsing Academic submissions (CEDAT) by Type
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Design and Implementation of a Luganda Text Normalization Module for a Speech Synthesis Software Program
(Makerere University, 2019-06)This report investigates the problem of text normalization; specifically, the normalization of nonstandard words (NSWs) in Luganda. Non-standard words can be defined as those word tokens which do not have a dictionary ... -
Design and Implementation of a Real-time Electronic Voting Machine using GSM
(Makerere University, 2019-06-27)The project was about designing and implementing a voting machine that uses GSM technology. In the methodology; we had to learn C programming language, consulted different groups of people to evaluate people’s preference ... -
Design and implementation of a time-based load management system for police barracks
(Makerere University, 2019-06)The project aims at designing and implementing a low-cost prototype of a time-based automatic load management system in police barracks. A case study of Nsambya Police Barracks, one of the largest police barracks in East ... -
Design and improvement of an intelligent passenger information system for passenger service vehicles
(Makerere University, 2018)This project proposes the design and construction of an Intelligent Bus Stage Name Display and voice Announcement System for public vehicles on Kampala-Northern bypass route. The research seeks to create awareness to public ... -
Design of a community Irrigation scheme to serve five small holder farmers
(Makerere University, 2018-05)There is unreliability of food security in Uganda caused by over reliance on rain fed agriculture by the biggest percentage (97%) of households in Uganda. Prolonged droughts always lead to food scarcity in the country. ... -
Design Of A Net Metered Solar System In Makerere University
(Makerere University, 2018)Uganda is a growing economy and energy particularly electricity is one of the major drivers of this growth. There is however an overdependence on only one source of electricity which is hydropower in Uganda. As a result, ... -
Design of a retractable domestic solar panel system
(2019-06)Electricity is a major factor in the development of a country and can change the spiral of poverty and poor economy. However, extension of power grid lines is costly and time consuming. Unlike ... -
Design of a web based (IoT) battery monitoring system for a power distribution substation
(Makerere University, 2018)Battery management system (BMS) forms a crucial system component in various applications like DC source for power substations, electric vehicles (EV), hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), and uninterrupted power supplies (UPS), ... -
Design of solar lights control and fault detection system
(Makerere University, 2019)The objective of the project is to provide an automatic control and fault detection on street lamps with a remote notification. The street lights monitoring system will always check if the street light has failed to glow ... -
Designing a power saving mode system to monitor and control the power consumption of households for Kanyegaramire solar mini-grid
(Makerere University, 2019-06)Kanyegaramire solar mini-grid is facing deficiency of getting the regular power especially during cloudy weather. Energy stored by the battery banks in this mini-grid does not always meet peak demand requirement resulting ... -
Determination of the main factors responsible for rutting of Bweyogerere-Namanve section of Kampala-Jinja Highway
(Makerere University, 2019-05)Civil and Environmental Engineering is a practical profession, which involves conceiving, designing, building, supervising, operating, constructing, and maintaining infrastructure projects and systems in the public and ... -
Developing a quantity surveying tool for automatically taking off quantities from AUTOCARD into EXCEL
(2019-05)Quantity take-off is a serious and crucial task on every construction projects as it forms a basis for other estimations such as time estimates, cost estimates, etc. and as a result, any delays in this activity affects the ... -
Development and characterisation of carbonized briquettes made from organic waste
(Makerere University, 2018)Woody biomass is used for cooking, production of electricity and heat for industries and production of liquid biofuels all over the world. It accounts for over 10% of all energy supplied annually in the world[1]. In Uganda, ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A CORRELATION BETWEEN BEARING CAPACITY AND DYNAMIC CONE PENETROMETER INDEX
(2019-06-14)Cost and time of geotechnical investigations are important factors in the construction industry and for small scale projects, these have remained high due to the fact that standard methods required for the investigations ... -
Development of a desktop application client software for running ILABS experiments
(2019-06-20)This report is about the development of a desktop application client software for running ilabs experiments. In the past years, internet labs were accessed through web browsers which consume a lot of ram hence some students ... -
Development of a flood early warning system with a mechanized drawbridge
(Makerere University, 2019-06)Climate change occurs when the earth’s climate system results into new unpredictable weather patterns. This change brings about its hazards such as famine, drought, heat waves, landslides and more specifically floods. ... -
Development of activated carbon from waste tires for water treatment
(Makerere University, 2019)Activated carbon has been there with us for centuries. It has wide applications in various industries. in the water-treatment, dye, sugar refining, among others. Therefore, production of activated carbons locally and ... -
Development of composite briquettes from agricultural waste materials
(Makerere University, 2018-02-06)The composite briquettes were developed from ground nut shells, rice husks, coffee husks and cassava binders as sustainable fuels. This is because the above agricultural waste materials can easily be obtained locally since ... -
Effect of client's Project Performance on the contractor's Project delivery
(Makerere University, 2018-05)This report contains information about assessing the effect of client’s project performance on the contractor’s project delivery. It has five chapters. First is the introduction which briefly describes the background of ... -
The Effect of Interest rates on the Supply of Real Estate Finance In Kampala
(Makerere University, 2018-05)The purpose of the study was to portray the effect of interest rate on the supply of real estate finance with a focus on Kampala. The real estate sector being one of the major sectors of the economy in Uganda has been ...