30/05/2013
Dr Mgangira holds a BSc degree in Civil Engineering, MSc in Engineering and earned his Doctorate at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum in Germany in 1992, with a focus in Geotechnical Engineering.
Dr Mgangira’s career has mostly been with academic and research institutions. For more than 11 years he lectured at the University of Malawi. During this time he held the positions of HOD Civil Engineering, Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Vice Principal at the Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi. In 1997 he took up a senior lecturer position at the then PE Tecknikon in the Civil Engineering department and later got promoted to Principal Lecturer.
Since 2005 he has been working for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He is currently a Principal researcher within the Pavement Design and Construction research group of the Built Environment Unit. His areas of interest are Transport Geotechnics with a focus on geo-material characterisation and Engineering Education. He has published over 25 research papers including journal articles. As adjunct Professor he will collaborate in the delivery of NMMU civil engineering academic programmes and strengthen research activities within the Department