Research Areas

• Wood and metal Integration,
• metal production and fabrication,
• Wood Carving and General woodwork
• Design
• Material Integration
• General Research (Especially Research in Art and Design)

Specific areas of research interest

• Best practices in wood and metal integration for production of Art and Design. This also looks at material appropriation in the development of local technologies for some local industries
• Local art forms for product development
• Local caldrons and related cast forms in metal integrated fabrication
• Local technology for contemporary solutions
• Processing and application of local raw materials

Current Research being undertaken

• Local technology for the production of horse driven wagons
• Local technology for the production of horse driven wagons
• local bicycle using appropriate technology
• A student friendly wheel for Disabled students
• Utility pole for an academic work environment
• Local caldron (“dadesen”) in product development
• A compact bench for annealing metal
• The construction of an improved locally manufactured heat sealer
• A mini dual purpose furnace: A reuse approach
• A gas burning de-waxing oven
• Water fountain in iron and aluminium cast utensils