Staff Profiles: Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES - staff profiles

Mr Chinemba Samundengu

Department: Food Science and Technology

1. Name: (Title ,First, Last Names)	Mr Chinemba Samundengu
2. Tertiary Qualifications (High to Low) Note: Acronyms to be written out in full	MEng (Food Process Engineering), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 2001. B.Eng (Hons), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 2000. BEng (Agric. Engineering), University of Zambia, 1993.
3. Current Position	Lecturer
4. Campus Address (Postal, Room No, Block/Unit)	Neudamm Campus, Windhoek Food Science Building, Room 101
5. Office Phone, Fax & Cell phone (optional)	+264 61 206 4118, Fax : +264 61 2063013
6. Email Address	csamundengu@unam.na
7. Short Biography (maximum 150 words)	Mr Samundengu has over eleven years of work experience that covers both academic area and industrial area. The industrial experience includes over four years work in engineering management and plant maintenance in agro processing environment. He has been involved in teaching undergraduate courses in the fields of food technology, food engineering as well as agricultural engineering. He has been engaged in several research and consultancy efforts mainly targeted at promotion of value addition in Namibia as well as enhancing market linkages, food safety practice and association development in the meat, seafood and poultry sectors of Namibia.
8. Resume/Vita	Post resume/vita document and insert a link
9. Recently Taught Courses (last 2 years- include course codes)	Food Processing Technology (FSF 3311) Principles of Food Engineering (FSP 3312) Workshop Technology (FSC 3342) Applied Food Engineering (FSC 3441) Farm Mechanization (AEN 3321)
10. Academic interest/ expertise	Value addition to local agricultural materials Food dehydration Refrigeration and freezing Extrusion technology Quality and Environmental management Process control Materials handling engineering and technology management
11. Research and Publications List of references/citations: Title, year, place& publisher (includes links to abstracts& UNAM Press) Note: Acronyms to be written out in full	Samundengu C. & Landman J.J. “Sun drying and mechanical drying of Paprika (Capsicum Annuum L.) of the Papriqueen variety”. South African Institute of Agricultural Engineers Journal. 2000. Samundengu C. “Evaluation of the contribution of the Windhoek Municipality SME incubation centre to SME development in Windhoek”. P.G.D.B.A. Mini thesis. University of Namibia.
12. Recent Professional Activities (last 2 years): Training, Presentations, University Committees, Community Outreach, Professional Associations, Bodies &Public Lectures Note: Acronyms to be written out in full	Consultancy Project: National Programme for Food Security (FAO) (2007- 2008) development of bankable project proposals for agro processing sector. Partnership for Food Industry Development (Meat, seafood and poultry (USAID- RCSA) (2007) project coordination, workshop organization and drafting of concept papers. Collaboration: Kuiseb Fishing Enterprises and Food Science & Technology Department (UNAM). (2007 -2008) development of value added food product from low value fish. Technical Booklet Review for Namibian Agronomic Board, published in Windhoek, Namibia. “The Basic Economics of DAP use in crop production; includes HIV/AIDS, Gender and Environmental Issues”. Chigariro, J., Sheehama, E. & Chiremba, W. 2008.