Born on 4 April 1983, Tawanda Mushiri is a holder of BSc Mechanical Engineering (UZ), Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems and Operations Management (MSOM) (UZ) a PhD in Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (U.J) of machinery monitoring systems. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe teaching Machine Dynamics, Robotics, Solid Mechanics and Finite Element Analysis. He is also the coordinator of Undergraduate projects and Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems and Operations Management (MSOM). Tawanda has supervised more than 100 students’ undergraduate projects and 1 Masters Student to completion. He has published 2 Academic Textbooks, 3 Chapters in a book, 14 Journals and 84 Conference Papers in highly accredited publishers plus a Patent. He has done a lot of commercial projects at the University of Zimbabwe. He is a reviewer of 4 journals highly accredited. He has been invited as a keynote speaker in workshops and seminars. Beyond work and at a personal level, Tawanda enjoys spending time with family, travelling and watching soccer.
