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Staff Profiles

Dr Polokano Sekonopo

PhD Engineering (Product innovation)

Msc Mechanical Design and Theory

B.ED Design and Technology

I am a product design engineer currently working as a lecture at the 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû. I joined the UniversityÌý of Botswana in 2009 after completion of my Masters Degree. Prior to that i had been working as a Design and Technology teacher in a government school.My desire for this field stems from the intrigue by designed products that i had from a young age. this made me to setÌý out to seek "how do they do that". I have been engaged with theÌýfield of product Design from middle school as a student of Design and Technology to today as an Industrial Design lecturer.ÌýÌýI keep my skills honed by interacting with both electrical and mechanical products.

Workshop Technology (Materials processing)

Product Design

Computer Aided Design and Manufacture

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Product innovation

Inclusive design

Renewable energy

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P. Sekonopo (2020), Chapter 21, Design and development of a solar powered wheelchair, in "Disability is not inability: A quest for inclusion and participation of people with disability in society". Mzuni press, Mzuzu, Malawi, ISBN: 978-99960-60-81-4Ìý

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In pursuit of academic excellence