1. TEACHING AND EO RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA (UNZA) ENOCH SAKALA (PHD), JACKSON PHIRI (PHD) and MOSES N CHISOLA (MSc) March 2016, Windhoek, Namibia
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2. Introduction THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA Mission
To provide relevant Higher Education Through Teaching, Research and Community Service.
The University has 10 schools/faculties – Agricultural Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Social sciences, Law, Medicine, Mines, Veterinary medicine, Graduate School of Bussiness, Natural Sciences.
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3. EO work being done at the University
Teaching in EO
EO work being done at the University
Teaching GIS and Remote sensing courses in the following programs
BSc in Environment and Natural Resources Management
Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Geomatic Engineering
BSc in Computer Science
MSc in Environment and Natural Resources Management
MSc in Spatial planning
MSc in Integrated Water Resources Management Centre
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4. Research in EO Selected EO Research
Mapping storage capacities of small reservoirs
Hydrological modelling using SWAT
Forest condition assessment
Remote sensing estimation of spatial and temporal variability of actual ET using SEBS
Vulnerability mapping and assessment
Development of regional MSc in GIS and EO
UNZA is interested in all services .i.e. Agriculture, Drought, Flood & Wildfire
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5. Others Hosted the National Training workshop for Zambia in July 2015.
Others – MESA related
Hosted the National Training workshop for Zambia in July 2015.
MESA-SADC provided and installed the MESA university satellite station in 2015
Now attending the MESA university regional training workshop here at NUST – to have capacity
Provided students to support the fire service validation exercise in Zambia
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6. Collaboration
Potential areas of collaboration between MESA SADC THEMA :
Teaching - MESA to provide more training, materials, tools and methods. UNZA to incorporate materials in student practicals at undergraduate and postgraduate level. UNZA to offer short courses to NFPs and stakeholders in Zambia
Research – Early warming mobile apps based on MESA data for different services. MESA development team can avail us gaps/suggestions for future research in respective services
Product validation – UNZA interested in validating products for Agriculture, drought and floods.
Curriculum development – UNZA to include the MESA services in the curriculum (long run)
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7. Universities Collaboration
Other
Propose a SADC Universities research network to share ideas, experiences and to foster collaborative research.
Possibilities of a university MOU?
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8. THANK YOU
This presentation has been prepared with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents are the sole responsibility of MESA SADC THEMA and can under no circumstance be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union
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