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Cledwyn Mangunda

Cledwyn Mangunda

Stockholm

Summary

Experienced chemical engineer who possesses sound knowledge of hydrometallurgical processes, optimization, waste treatment and valorisation, quality in manufacturing, and mine dust mitigation and control. An intellectually curious person with integrity always seeking new information and driving research forward. Balances classroom, laboratory and practice time to help students develop into knowledgeable, confident professionals. Multi-published researcher in peer reviewed journals and international conferences with history of running successful studies with students. Holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa) in crystallization and precipitation whose focus was on iron laden wastewater treatment.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work history

Research Fellow

Royal Institute of Technology
01.2023 - Current
  • Developing pathways for Vanadium extraction (from the Bayer liquor produced in the Bayer process) that enhance yield, purity, and production rate
  • Evaluate how feed, from upstream project partners, relates to results from synthetic solutions
  • Supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research projects, and involvement in collaborative exploratory work on potential use of the crystallized vanadium as an electrolytic solution for vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB)
  • Project proposal and research grant writing related to resource recovery, present and publish research findings in peer reviewed journals, organize workshops and schools for partners inside and outside of the European Union.

Research Fellow and Lecturer

University of Cape Town
01.2021 - 12.2022
  • Developing and delivering under and postgraduate lectures for hydrometallurgy, heat transfer, and mine dust modules
  • Supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research projects, and designing laboratory equipment, E/OHS
  • Project proposal and research grant writing related to sustainable metal extraction
  • Present and publish research findings in peer reviewed journals and scholarly books
  • Organize, budget, and run networking events of the UKRI GCRF Mine Dust and Health Network and Minerals to Metals (MtM) with private companies, government parastatals, mining houses and institutes (SAIMM)
  • Maintaining, designing, and developing content for the Mine Dust and Health Network website in WordPress.

Lecturer

Helderberg College of Higher Education
09.2019 - 12.2022
  • Lecturing Production and operations management, and Supply and purchase management

Lecturer

NUST, Namibia
03.2021 - 07.2021
  • Lecturing Solid Fluid Mechanical Processes - developing course outlines and marking rubrics, examining, and administering the course content.

Research Officer

University of Cape Town
10.2019 - 12.2020
  • Lecturing and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research projects
  • Laboratory operations management, project proposal and research grant writing
  • Hydrometallurgy journal article screening and reviewing.

Lecturer

NUST - Zimbabwe
03.2009 - 10.2019
  • Lecturing Materials Engineering, Materials and Containment, Transport phenomena, Thermodynamics, and Management, Economics and Optimization
  • Chair - Industrial Liaison, Deputy Departmental Chairperson, Academic Appointments Board Member (Faculty of Industrial Technology)
  • Supporting the department's strategy to deepen and widen the knowledge and application of process engineering
  • Key results included:
  • Industrial partnership projects on waste valorisation in food manufacturing, cement processing, milk processing, leather processing, plastic manufacturing, and precious metal refining leading to journal articles
  • Consulting on environmental gaseous emissions like CO2, NOx, SOx to meet and/or exceed standards
  • Established extensive links with multiple parastatals, transnational companies, and small to medium scale enterprises where students developed research projects whilst placed on one-year internships
  • Reintroduced the industrial energy management module relevant to the energy strained country
  • Designed a new research guideline document and internship evaluation protocol, and improved the first-time throughput in thermodynamics, both from within and without the department
  • Initiated the Chemical engineering departmental prize, secured sponsorship of graduation prizes with industrial partners committing to take the best performing students for graduate learnership programmes
  • Assisted in the establishment of new departments and the restructuring of existing programmes
  • Successfully organized two international conferences (one of which as deputy chair) and secured over US$10 000 in corporate sponsorship for the conferences.

Lecturer

University of Cape Town
07.2018 - 11.2018
  • Lecturing parts of the process control block and administering the course blocks.

Adjunct Lecturer

Solusi University
07.2010 - 11.2011
  • Lecturing biochemistry and mathematics.

Production planner and Assistant Production Manager

Lion Match Pvt (LTD)
11.2008 - 02.2009
  • Preproduction preparations to meet market requirements whilst ensuring high overall efficiency and performance
  • Match stick and razor blade plants
  • Developed and reviewed target production in line with raw materials inflow and market demand to prioritize, plan, and schedule the production operations
  • Engaged in variance analysis and waste minimization strategies from a root cause perspective
  • Helped ensure a safe working culture through SOP's and HACCP development and maintenance
  • Developed a cost centre reallocation system to ensure optimized labour allocation during periods of fluctuating supply of raw materials
  • Evaluated the production progress and provided timeous intervention to ensure that final products conformed to quality standards and customer specifications
  • Communicated with the production manager through submission of production reports, regular updates, citing matters that needed urgent attention and attending the executive management committee (MANCOM).

Teaching Assistant

NUST
10.2007 - 10.2008
  • Tasked with providing research project assistance, tutoring, assignments and exam script marking
  • Managed to quickly assume full lecturing responsibilities after the departure of critical teaching staff
  • Initiated teaching load restructuring under a constrained environment without compromising on quality.

Intern Production Process Engineer

Nestle Zimbabwe LTD
07.2005 - 07.2006
  • The duties focused on hands on learning of the production operations of the business concern
  • Managed daily production records, capturing and reconciling production data, conducting root cause analysis of variances, and preparing production reports for the production manager
  • Proposed process improvement projects like dust management during spray drying, modification of the process lines, confined spaces and their impact on safe operations and other ad-hoc investigations
  • Carried out scheduled practical training on all workstations along the milks and cereals processing lines
  • Trained on all Nestle quality systems and software packages.

Education

PhD - Chemical Engineering

University of Cape Town
2019

Diploma - Higher Education

NUST
2014

M.Eng - Manufacturing Systems and Operations Management

NUST
2010

B.Eng (Hon) - Chemical Engineering

NUST
2007

Additional Skills -

University of Cape Town

Skills

  • Co-authoring research grants
  • Data gathering, analysis and synthesis
  • Thermodynamic modelling
  • Root cause analysis
  • Leadership
  • Process variance analysis
  • Process energy management
  • Process and equipment design
  • Teamwork
  • GMP, CCP, KPIs and 5S
  • Critical thinking/Creative Problem Solving
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Time management

Accomplishments

  • Reviewer - reviewed articles in extractive metallurgy
  • Event speaker (SAIMM Hydrometallurgy colloquium, 2019) - Crystallization and precipitation within hydrometallurgy
  • Special events coordinator (CPU) - I planned and coordinated events for showcasing the research of CPU
  • Mentor Chemical Engineering Society -Trained and supported new undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students
  • Church Elder - Participating in committees that plan and execute church programs at all levels.

Affiliations

Member - American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Member - Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers (ZIE) Academic Member - Water Institute of South Africa (WISA) Member - Golden Key Academy (GKA) Awards and Achievements Awarded RÅC-2023 International Summer School Participant (2023) Golden Key International Top PhD Achiever Honour (2020) SAMMRI Workshop best presentation (2017) 4th EBE Expo Prize for best Chemical Engineering project (2017) Incoming International Student Scholarship Award (2016) Best Pilot Plant Design (2015) Vice Chancellor's Prize (2014) NUST Book Prize (2014) Best Graduating Student in Environmental Process Engineering (2007) Leadership Award (2001) Published Research (click here for list) Activities BIWIC 2023 organizing committee member, VALORE Project 2024 Summer School Committee Member Journal Reviewer - Hydrometallurgy Journal, and Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy NUST Chemical Engineering Alumni Prize Fundraising Coordinator Chair - MtM Research Exhibition Committee Board of Trustees Member - Somerset Links Estate (2021-2022) IMPC 2020

Interests

Extramural Activities - Travelling, Wildlife/game viewing, Jogging, Reading inspiring literature

Languages

English
Fluent
Shona
Fluent

Work availability

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Timeline

Research Fellow

Royal Institute of Technology
01.2023 - Current

Lecturer

NUST, Namibia
03.2021 - 07.2021

Research Fellow and Lecturer

University of Cape Town
01.2021 - 12.2022

Research Officer

University of Cape Town
10.2019 - 12.2020

Lecturer

Helderberg College of Higher Education
09.2019 - 12.2022

Lecturer

University of Cape Town
07.2018 - 11.2018

Adjunct Lecturer

Solusi University
07.2010 - 11.2011

Lecturer

NUST - Zimbabwe
03.2009 - 10.2019

Production planner and Assistant Production Manager

Lion Match Pvt (LTD)
11.2008 - 02.2009

Teaching Assistant

NUST
10.2007 - 10.2008

Intern Production Process Engineer

Nestle Zimbabwe LTD
07.2005 - 07.2006

PhD - Chemical Engineering

University of Cape Town

Diploma - Higher Education

NUST

M.Eng - Manufacturing Systems and Operations Management

NUST

B.Eng (Hon) - Chemical Engineering

NUST

Additional Skills -

University of Cape Town
Cledwyn Mangunda