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Michelle Chikakano Excels in NESAC 2018 Finals

Michelle Chikakano of the Polymer Technology and Engineering department won the First Prize Shield and $350 after coming first in the poster presentations at the 2018 National Engineering Students Award Competition (NESAC) Finals held at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) on Friday 28 September 2018.

Michelle presented a project entitled "Value Addition to Post-Consumer Pet Bottles to Produce 100% Non-weave Polyester Fibres for the Zimbabwe Textile Industry – A case of Petrocozim P/L". It was the first time that the Polymer Technology and Engineering department participated in this competition since its establishment in 2013.

Tanyaradzwa Masaire from the same department emerged fifth in the oral presentations with her project "Designing and fabrication of a fibre re-inforced plastics lap desk for poorly funded primary schools" while Mayibongwe Sibanda, a Chemical and Process Systems Engineering student was on the eighth position with her project entitled "Production of 15 TPD Cement from Water Treatment Sludge and limestone for Construction of Roads and Pavements." Tansley Kanembira of the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering came eleventh in the poster presentations with his project "Development of an automated water hyacinth composting machine for organic fertilizer production."

The First and Second prize oral presentations were won by the University of Zimbabwe and Manicaland State University respectively.

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