PhD Students
Manyama Majogoro
Manyama Majogoro is a Ph.D candidate in the faculty of Architectural and Arts of Hasselt University, Belgium. He has a B.Sc. degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Ardhi University, Tanzania and a Master's degree in engineering (Projects) management from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
PhD topic: The application of digital technologies in participatory land use planning and conflict resolution in planned urban settlements.
Promotor UHasselt: Prof. Oswald Devisch
Promotor ARU: Dr. Fredrick Bwire Magina
Gasper Kabendela
Gasper Kabendela is an Assistant Lecturer and Town Planner working with the Environmental Planning Department at the Institute of Rural Development Planning (IRDP). He formally worked with Kongwa District Council and Iringa Municipality. As a Town Planner, he has been working with communities in planning their settlements and environment, resolving land conflicts, planning guidelines interpretation, and implementing and monitoring development plans with communities and stakeholders.
PhD topic: Participatory Planning and Land Conflict Management in Informal Settlements. A case of Ubungo Municipality in Dar Es Salaam.
Poster
Promoter UHasselt : Prof. Dr. Liesbeth Huybrechts
Promoter ARU : Dr. Frederick Bwire Magina
Deogratius Amedeus Marenge
Deogratius Amedeus Marenge is an assistant lecturer in the School of Engineering and Environmental Studies (SEES) in the civil and environmental engineering department.
He holds a BSc. degree in Civil engineering from Ardhi University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and MSc. Degree in Civil/Structural Engineering from Gujarat Technological University; in Ahmedabad, India. He has 7 years of experience in teaching the design of reinforced concrete, timber and steel structures, and civil engineering drawings and also has experience in the provision of consultancy services related to civil engineering projects.
PhD topic: The Development of Innovative and Sustainable building blocks by using Bio briquettes Ashes based on Sanitary sludge.
Promoter UHasselt: Prof. Dr. Ir. Elke Knapen
Promoter ARU: Dr. Shadrack Sabai
Emmanuel Nsekela
Emmanuel Nsekela is an Assistant Research Fellow at Ardhi University's Institute of Human Settlements Studies (IHSS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Currently, he is enrolled in a PhD in Engineering Technology at Hasselt University in Belgium, and a PhD in Environmental Technology and Management (ETM) at Ardhi University in Tanzania.
PhD topic: The investigation of the use of anaerobic digestion to convert waste to energy.
Promoter UHasselt : Prof. Wim Deferme
Promoter ARU : Dr. Nyangi Chacha
Latifa Rashid Litwe
Latifa Rashid Litwe is currently employed at Ardhi University (ARU) as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Geospatial Sciences and Technology. She is an expert in Geographic Information Systems and remote sensing. She holds MSc. Geomatics (specialized in Geoinformatics) and Bsc. Geoinformatics both from Ardhi University
PhD topic: Urban food system resilience in the rapidly urbanizing cities of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Promoter KU Leuven: Prof. Dr. Anton Van Rompaey
Promoter ARU : Dr. Makarius Mdemu
Yusuf Marwa
Yusuf, Marwa P. is an economist and statistician who works in the capacity of assistant lecturer at the department of economics of the University of Dodoma, Tanzania. He has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) degree in economics and statistics from the University of Dodoma; a Master of Science (MSc.) degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Hohenheim, Germany. His research interests include applied econometrics, food security and climate change, survival analysis, economic growth and development, agriculture, macroeconomics and renewable energy systems.
Promoters:
Prof. Steven Van Passel-University of Antwerp
Prof. Filip De Beule- KU Leuven University
PhD topic: Agri-food Business models and their implications on the Urban and Peri-Urban Farming households in Tanzania.
Katondo Nambiza
Katondo Nambiza is a Civil Engineer of Ardhi University (2014) with about seven years of experience in bus operations at the Dar Rapid Transit (DART) Agency. He holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Sciences of Hasselt University (2020) with specialization in traffic safety. He uses his experience and expertise in transportation sciences in implementing operational activities at the Agency to improve public transport services to commuters using the DART system.
PhD topic: developing the Behavioral Change Techniques (BCTs) to improve the traffic Safety of Motorcyclists in Developing Countries by changing their risk behaviors to safe driving behaviors.
Promotor UHasselt: prof. dr. An Neven
Promotor ARU: dr. Wilfred Kazaura
Alphonce Carol Behitsa
Alphonce is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, Department of Structure and Construction Engineering in the College of Engineering and Technology teaching in the Architecture Degree Programme. Alphonce holds a bachelor degree in Landscape Architecture and masters degree in Architecture both from Ardhi University. He has experience in teaching in academia and the Tanzanian construction industry of over seven years.
PhD topic: the preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage through Construction Craftsmanship, with a focus on the Bagamoyo case.
Promotor UHasselt: Prof. Koenraad Van Cleempoel
Promotor ARU: Arch. Dr. Godfrey Ayubu Severe, Arch. Dr. Simon Mpyanga