Martin Aluga

Martin Aluga
Copperbelt University · Civil Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy
Sonochemical processes optimisation in COMSOL Multiphysics...

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November 2019 - present
Copperbelt University
Position
  • PhD Student
April 2015 - May 2016
Copperbelt University
Position
  • Researcher

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The world and Kenya face a potential pandemic as the respiratory virus Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects world populations. Nations have been forced to intervene and issue directions under executive orders to ensure the pandemic is contained. Kenya has reported 110 confirmed COVID-19 cases (as at 2nd April, 2020), three persons have succu...
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Outcome based education (OBE) is critical in achieving the quality of engineering education and tertiary institution–industry collaboration is a vehicle for its actualization. When tertiary institution-industry collaboration decreases, it affects students, faculties and all the stakeholders, in terms of the major components of engineering education...
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Food by its nature begins to spoil the moment it is harvested. Processing, preservation and packaging of foods is undertaken to prevent spoilage by microorganisms (bacteria, yeast, and moulds), as well as enzymes, temperature, and biochemical changes and impart a keeping quality or shelf-life to foods. Packaging being an integral part of the proces...
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Cement and lime are widely used in soil stabilisation during road construction. However, the production, transportation and the stabilisation process using these materials leads to the release of significant amounts of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). The cost of production of Portland cement, including the energy consumption...
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Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are changing the way tasks are accomplished. CHATGPT is a well-known conversational artificial intelligence (AI) system based on the generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) architecture, launched by OpenAI. CHATGPT is trained through reinforcement learning based on human f...
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Lignocellulosic bio-pozzolans (LBPs) are either produced by open-air incineration or as industrial byproducts and can be used for soil stabilization and in making concrete for road construction. The preparation of the LPBs involves the collection of raw materials/wastes, drying, incineration, grinding, and sieving to a required size before utilizat...
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Approximately 20 to 30 million people globally engage in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM); women make up 10-50% of small-scale miners. Women’s participation in ASM varies by country and the type of mineral/s, but women often undertake lower-paid, lower-value activities, and their engagement reduces as mechanisation increases. Thus, women’s ro...
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The global rapid population growth is leading to accelerated food production thus accelerating the generation of agricultural wastes (AWs). Among the AWs management strategies is the valorisation of the AWs into useful products such as the production of silica nanoparticles (SNPs) which are useful in the road construction sector. Production of usef...
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Currently, there are a lot of discussions on the production of sustainable cement for construction purposes, unlike the conventional ordinary Portland cement (OPC), as its production, transportation, and application contribute to the generation of greenhouse gases, hence, climate change. Consequently, limestone, the primary material used to produce...
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Globally, approximately 1,906,000,000 tonnes of fresh fruits and vegetables are produced annually while Africa produces about 187,708,319 tonnes according to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) data. Fruits and vegetable (FV) production is increasing in Africa due to demand globally. However, almost one-third of the produced FV is lost before b...

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The academic environment is rapidly evolving.
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We get powder diffraction pattern with diffractometers, but one of our primary concerns is to identify the contents (oxides) of our sample and quantify them.
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Sometimes a PhD Thesis is very voluminous and detailed. Rather than being shelved in the research institution, Is it possible to turn the PhD thesis into a book? Has any researcher done a similar thing?
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We know, some theses can be extensive researches so that it is not possible to present the findings in a single study. So, is it ethical to split the thesis into several articles and publish them in journals? Does it fall under salami publication?
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Most journals require author(s) to pay for the article to be published. Looking unpredatory journals that publish Covid-19 related articles free of charge.

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