The community is made up of electronic theses and dissertations produced by post graduate students of Botswana International University of Science and Technology( BIUST). The electronic theses and dissertations published here is from class of 2017.
Moyo, Nkosilamandla(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2025-06)
The global demand of base metals has been steadily on the rise since the fourth industrial revolution, and in the past 20 years, the rise has sharply increased, driven by the paradigm energy transition from traditional ...
Shathani, Phenyo(Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), 2025-06)
Natural materials, especially derived from medicinal plant extracts, which are renewable, biodegradable, and highly effective, have been the core subject of research lately due to the growing demand for sustainable and ...
Mamba, Nonduduzo B.(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2024-11)
The coal mining industry plays a crucial role in global energy production, and the need for accurate and updated information about coal deposits is essential for effective resource management. This study focused on the ...
Kablay, Thabang(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2025-09)
This thesis proposes energy-saving strategies for CNC machining to address high energy consumption challenges encountered by manufacturing sectors. A novel energy consumption model for three axis CNC milling machines is ...
Posiyano, Kingsley(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2025-05)
Additive manufacturing specifically laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) also termed selective laser melting (SLM) has revolutionized the implant production landscape and is a pivotal research topic as it offers the perfect ...
Omogbehin, Gbenga Samson(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2025-04)
A critical but often overlooked stage in the remanufacturing of failed industrial components is failure investigation. Failure investigation involves the analysis of failure modes, mechanisms and root causes of failed ...
Seisa, Keolebogile(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2024-11)
Natural fibres have captured the attention of researchers and industries alike, thanks to their renewability, widespread availability, biodegradability, and cost-effectiveness. However, despite these inherent advantages, ...
Ernest, Kyekyere(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2025-09)
The screen plate, a critical component within a ring hammer crusher (also known as a ring granulator or rolling ring crusher), plays a vital role in the secondary crushing of coal. Functioning both as a platform for coal ...
Rathedi, Maemo(Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), 2025-04)
This work evaluates various control algorithms in hydroponics farming, to analyse the
performance of the algorithms with the aim to design an intelligent controller which
can improve resource efficiency and crop yield ...
Jere, Amos Ernest(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2025-05)
This research investigates the premature wear and failure of dozer blade liners (DBLs) on a track dozer operating at the Orapa diamond mine in Botswana, with the aim of identifying the dominant wear mechanisms and proposing ...
Bulayani, Mompati Mpho(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2024-11)
This research explores the beneficiation of low-grade iron ore from Botswana using non-coking coal as a reductant through the process of reduction roasting and subsequent magnetic separation. The increasing global demand ...
A new generalized class of distributions called the Burr-Weibull Power Series (BWPS)
class of distributions is developed and explored. This class of distributions generalizes the
Burr power series and Weibull power series ...
Oluyede, Broderick; Yang, Tiantian; Makubate, Boikanyo(Asian Journal of Mathematics and Applications, 2016)
In this paper, a new class of generalized distribution called the Kumaraswamy
Power Lindley (KPL) distribution is proposed and studied. This class of distributions con-
tains the Kumaraswamy Lindley (KL), exponentiated ...
Tlotleng, Kaloso Mpho(Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), 2025-04)
This work presents two investigations of clustering human behaviors resulting from substance use which are interpreted from graphs created using unsupervised machine learning. These investigations involve two datasets ...
Cancer and cardiovascular disease are the leading causes of death worldwide incurring substantial
medical costs and care and become a potential barrier to average life expectancy. Several treatment
options available have ...
Kamela, Gosego(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2024-10)
This study investigates the simulation, optimization and development of a solar tracking system aimed at enhancing photovoltaic solar energy capture. The optimization process is analysed from two perspectives: the control ...
Weibull distribution and its extended families has been widely studied in lifetime ap-
plications. Based on the Weibull-G family of distributions and the exponentiated Weibull
distribution, we study in detail this new ...
Ponyane, Patience(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2025-03)
Soil aggregate stability and organic carbon (OC) storage are key biogeochemical indicators of soil health, and their ability to function within an ecosystem includes providing sustainable and just media for the transformation ...
Molale, T.L.K.(Botswana International University of Science and Technology, 2025-08)
Geophagy, the deliberate consumption of earth materials including soils, has been widely reported across the globe at different periods of human history. Although widely practiced in Botswana, especially among pregnant ...
This study focuses on the application of the Relativistic Plane Wave Impulse Approximation
(RPWIA) model for the predictions of (⃗p, 2⃗p ) polarization transfer observables and the unpo-
larized triple differential cross ...