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Department of Agricultural Mechanization
Phone Number : +250788519447
E-mail : fmugwaneza2012@gmail.com or f.mugwaneza@ur.ac.rw
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Specialisation in Technology of Machine Construction, Peoples Friendship University Patrice Lumumba Moscou - Russia
Interested in Manufacturing Processes and Design of Agricultural Machinery

Research /consultancies/Community service

Research

o Team member of the project on the Design of e-Tractor to be used in Rwanda with IPRC, CST and Volkswagen Group in South Africa, 2020-2021.
o Project on the Development of Technical Drawings and Bill of Quantities for Seed Potato Advancement Consortium (SPAC) related to two seed potato storage Warehouses to be built in IPRC Musanse and U-CAVM supported by SAED, May 2021.

Community service
o Visited one Apiary cooperative at Kamonyi District and discussed on the appropriate design of the beehives that can be used to increase the honey production.
o Preparation of Agreement Cooperation between Rwanda students’ association of Irrigation and Drainage (RSAID) in UR-Nyagatare campus and MUVUMBA P8 Cooperative NYAGATARE-RWANDA. The Agreement was accepted, signed and put in execution.
Publications
J.D.D Iyakaremye, H. Leonce, D. Deepak, Mugwaneza Francois, N. Jean Bosco, “Evaluation and comparison of the performance characteristics of improved firewood stove for rural households of Rwanda”, East African Journal of Science and Technology, 9 (1), 1-18, 2019.
J.D.D Iyakaremye, H. Leonce, D. Deepak, Mugwaneza Francois, N. Jean Bosco, “Prediction of electric energy consumption in small scale farming systems of Rwanda”, East African Journal of Science and Technology 77 (1), 69-80, 2017.