ASRIC Journal of Engineering Sciences 2025 v6-i1
ISSN: 2795-3556
EISSN: 2795-3556
Current Issue
ASRIC Journal of Engineering Sciences 2025 v6-i1
Published: 2025-12-31
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Cost-effective Resilient Rural Bridges –A Case Study of Masonry Stone Arch Bridges in Kasese District, Western Uganda
Richard Baluku*, Allan Ray Okodi, Apollo Buregyeya
Climate change poses an increasing threat to Uganda’s road infrastructure, with frequent flooding and bridge washouts making replacement and new constructions costly. This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness and climate resilience of stone arch bridges compared to reinforced concrete alternatives. Using a case study approach comprising site visits, stakeholder interviews, structural, constructi
Efficient Water Exchange System in Fish Ponds or Tanks for Improved Fish Productivity
G.K. Byaruhanga*, G. Atukunda, C. Aruho, M. Aanyu
In addition to providing foreign exchange to Uganda, fish is one of the commodities that can provide the best proteins to improve nutrition especially in children and pregnant women and hence support food security. Efforts have been made to enhance the production of fish by encouraging aquaculture to bridge the gap of the declining capture fisheries, targeting 1,000,000 tons of fish production fro
Bridging the Skills Gap: Rethinking Project-Based Training in Technical and Vocational Education in Uganda
Nsiimire Annet
This paper investigated skills gap in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in Uganda, based on assessment of six TVETs from five national examination series (November 2023 - May 2025). Evidence from on-site inspections, interviews, and photographs highlighted weak project-based learning marked by recycled projects, suboptimal learning conditions, material shortage, l
Disruptive Technology in Pharmaceutical Education and Practice: Curriculum Reforms Imperative for Africa
Michael U. Adikwu
Disruptive technology can be defined as one that displaces an established technology and shakes up the industry or a ground-breaking product that creates a completely new industry. Globally there are developments in various areas of advanced technology which are popularly known as disruptive technology. This has affected many areas of pharmaceutical education and practice such that if the curricul
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