Comments from the Final year Research and Design project proposal presenta on on

19th June, 2025

Ankunda Noble Ruhinda and Mivule Douglas

 What is the issue with the pavement exactly, and what will the coated aggregate solve?
 How will the repair and maintenance of the road be handled eventually?
 Show evidence of the problem.
 Why did you choose Lwera?
 Couldn’t cracking be because of the swamp and not the aggregates?
 What is the essence of volumetric proper es?
 The tle and the methods do not coordinate. Do not use fibre reinforcement in the tle
because that is mechanical reinforcement.
 Consider a plas c with a higher mel ng point than bitumen.
 Look at the op mum blinder content.
 Add a fa gue test and wheel truck test. The indirect tensile test is not enough.
 Specific objec ve 2 is under objec ve 3.
 Schedule your ac vi es be er.
 Presenta on slides are not visible enough.
 Background and introduc on should give general informa on on the subject of the
study.
 To what size will the plas c be shredded, and will it affect the mel ng process during
asphalt mixing?
 Do you let the aggregates cool before mixing bitumen?
 Literature review is done throughout the research dura on, not only for 15 days.
 Your problem statement needs improvement and should present precisely the problem
experienced, the causes of the problem and the solu on.
 What is the jus fica on for the choice of case study area?
 Review the methods and objec ves.

Kasulane Mark and Gak Ngaw

 Is the reinforcement from the fibre?

 How does bamboo fibre and bagasse ash help to minimise or prevent the corrosion
leading to spalling?
 To what size will the bamboo be chopped?
 There is a need to clarify the research scope and case study area.
 Is the concrete for general purposes, or is it for a specific purpose?
 You need a site visit to confirm the problem is there.
  The problem is not clear.
 Understand your concepts.
 Did the bridge fail due to cracks or a different problem? Look at the relevant MoWT
report.
 Reconsider the cita ons.
 How long will it take to achieve objec ve 3
 How are bagasse ash and bamboo fibre going to prevent corrosion?
 What class of concrete, and why are you considering it?
 How will the bamboo fibre be produced?
 If spalling is due to poor workmanship, how will your concrete alter that poor
workmanship?
 Ra onale for using two materials?
 How will you rule out poor workmanship as a cause of the spalling?
 Review the mix design and the report for the bridge.`

Bak Kau Nak

 Will you produce the brick yourself?

 Strength and water absorp on may not be sufficient.
 Widen the scope by finding more tests to do from the previous studies
 An objec ve is needed for the proper es of unfired bricks
 How will you replicate the humid condi ons in the laboratory?
 Improve your methodology
 Why is the tle only covering the manufacture of the bricks?
 Consider some control combina ons of bricks and slag to confirm if the material is what
is causing an improvement
 What is the standard me for drying the brick?
 Consider varying the me to see if that has an effect
 Validate the methods that will be used for the research

Chemtai Emson and Ebai Gooluck

 What is the bio-enzyme? What is it made of?

 How will the bio-enzyme be prepared?
 What exactly is it going to do?
 What happens to the bio enzyme when you sundry the brick?
 How long will it take to make the brick?
 What is the lifespan of the enzyme, considering the temperature and the humidity?
  Research has been done on the bio-enzyme. How is your work different from that of
students?
 How exactly will you ensure consistency in making your bio-enzyme?
 What does stabilisa on of the brick entail?
 How does the bio-enzyme rearrange the soil par cles?
 Do you have an example of a bio-enzyme that works?
 Understand the microbiology in order to plan for your project.
 Consider having preliminary results that will guide the research.
 How are you extrac ng the bamboo fibre?
 What is the ra onale for using both bamboo and bio-enzyme?
 How will you ensure consistency?
 Consider changes in weather condi ons, i.e hot/cold weather.
 Understand the science be er, ie the microbiology.

Babirye Esther and Zozo Jonathan

 There is a need to clearly describe the problem in order to properly define the objec ves
and the methodology to be applied.
 What proper es of the bricks are you interested in?
 What is the problem?
 What is the ra onale for using the proposed materials?
 Are they load-bearing or non-load-bearing walls?

Kayiira Paul and Doku Nelson

 What influenced your choice of parameter?

 What is the exis ng treatment system in place?
 Current problem on the site?
 Review the NEMA effluent discharge standards.
 This is a research and design project and should be structured as such.
 What micro-biological organisms would you be targe ng?
 The budget should be more visible.

Ainebyona Shadrack and Mbonye Dickson

 Hydrated lime affects the viscosity and compac on of concrete. How will this affect the
use of your asphalt?
 What is hydrated lime?
 Why only workability?
 Lweza, being a swampy area, could be the reason the road has issues.
  Could there be other problems with the road other than the workability?
 Is the problem workability or water ingress due to capillary ac on?
 Rephrase the tle.
 What methodology are you using?

Wilberforce and Peter

 What exactly do you want to remove from the water? This is what will determine the
treatment method to use.
 There are no APHS standards.
 Cite the source of the informa on.
 What is the problem with the shallow well?
 Are you sure the shallow wells have E coli?
 Is the water polluted or not?
 What is your problem?
 You have an answer, but no problem
 What is the exact issue you wish to solve?
 Carry out a site visit to iden fy the problem before providing a solu on.
 Increase the content scope of your study to differen ate your work from the people's
research.
 The slides are too crowded and not well organised.
 What data do you want to get from the locals?
 What is the research going to add to the exis ng body of knowledge?
 Which species of avocado?
 Viability of the research?
 What are you removing from the water?
 How will you collect the samples?

Nimusiima Editor and Okaali Emmanuel

 Your research lacks experimental designs.

 What is iron-coated quartz silica sand, and why are you using it?
 Where is the problem?
 What is the difference between silica sand and quartz silica sand?
 What is the quality of the grey water?
 Do not assume the quality of the grey water.
 What is the distance from the school to the river, and what ecological environment is
there between the school and the river?
 The main pollutants of the river are from upstream, but not that close.
  Could your solu on introduce excess iron into the water?
 Which filtra on mechanism are you looking at specifically, given that you have grey
water?
 What is the source of phosphates in the grey water?
 Consider that most soaps no longer have phosphates.
 Is the treatment system feasible or not?
 Carry out a site visit.
 What does grey water mean as wastewater?
 Are you reusing the water for a certain purpose, which could make the treatment more
feasible?
 The tle should be consistent with the work being done.
 Why quartzite sand, and what is the purpose?

Asonya John and Gamukama Micheal

 Specific objec ve 3 should be rephrased because it involves other tests.

 How will you ensure there is even dispersion of nano clay in the asphalt during mixing?
 How will you consider the sensi vity to wheel tracking?
 What is the availability of MMT?
 How will the MMT be prepared to get the quality you want?
 Could the problem be due to heavy traffic rather than the asphalt?
 Will you carry out a traffic study?
 How will you ensure homogeneous dispersion of nano clay?

Bwire Paul Wafula and Lokwang Dominic

 How will you fill the knowledge gap?

 What method will be used to determine pore size distribu on?
 Visit the ATC centre to look at their ceramic pot technology.
 Ceramic pot technology has been researched extensively.
 You do not have a problem.
 There is no faecal contamina on in the spring.
 You have a solu on but not a problem.
 Could there be seasonal varia on in the levels of faecal contamina on?
 Check the quality of the spring water over me in order to find a be er way of trea ng
the water.
 How did you sample, and how was the transpor ng done in a way that avoided
contamina on?
  Engage the public health officer of Nakawa Division to find out if they have results over a
prolonged me.
 What is the intended use of the water a er treatment?
 How will pore size distribu on be determined?
 Where will tes ng for pore size distribu on be done?

Oketa Johnson and Ayesigye Dafson

 Rewrite the objec ves.

 What do you mean by experimental inves ga on?
 Your problem sounds like a maintenance problem rather than a researchable problem.
 What is a cleanser column?
 The methodology does not address the problems you iden fied.
 Your work looks like it was done with AI.
 Mismatch between the objec ves and methodology.
 What exactly is the problem?

Weere Jonathan

 Where will you get the fly ash?

 What is the problem with laterite soils?
 What is the purpose of adding sand?
 Adding sand creates other problems in terms of permeability.
 The objec ves stop at tes ng proper es.
 Visit the MoWT General specifica ons to determine if cement can be used to stabilise
the soil.
 Why are you using 3 different materials?
 The soils cannot be from a borrow pit.
 How will you choose the mix propor ons?

Lubulwa Ivan Joseph and Mukiza Octave

 The slides are too congested.

 What is the ‘engineered’ part of the zaps?
 Revise the tle.
 Where are all the contaminants coming from?
 The presence of all those contaminants means that water should not be used for human
consump on.
 What will the sand zaps be absorbing?
 Consider acidifying the precipitates.
  Read the water chemistry and compare it with what you're proposing as zaps.
 Share a copy of the publica on.

Kalema Enoson and Wambi Laston

 What are you replacing?

 Where will the volcanic turf be obtained? Is it a rock?
 How will the thickness of the coa ng be controlled?
 What is the total cost of the study? Will it be feasible?
 What is the intended purpose of the concrete?
 Where is the problem? You need an end use of the concrete to inform the target
strength.
 How available are the materials?
 Consider the bonding of aggregates that have plas c on them in concrete.

Auma Angella and Jairus

 Why did you choose pyrolysis?

 Understand the process of pyrolysis?
 Which lab will these tests be done in?

A m Prisca Enabu

 How will you know that the bamboo is durable enough a er many years?
 What is the ra o of epoxy to fibres?
 Which code will you use to measure fungal and termite resistance?
 Aspect ra o of fibre.
 How are the exis ng roofs deteriora ng?