Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability

Dr MP Mubiayi

College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Science
Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability
Senior Lecturer
E-mail: emubiamp@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering Science), University of Johannesburg
  • M.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering Technology), University of Johannesburg
  • B.Eng. (Electro-Mechanical Engineering), University of Lubumbashi

NRF Rating

C3

Fields of academic interests

  • Materials characterisation
  • Engineering
  • Water and wastewater treatment

Field of Specialisation

  • Materials synthesis and characterisation
  • Advanced manufacturing techniques
  • Materials science 

Books

BOOK

MP Mubiayi, ET Akinlabi and ME Makhatha., 2019. “Current Trends in Friction Stir Welding (FSW) and Friction Stir Spot Welding (FSSW): An Overview and Case Studies” (Vol. 6). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

 BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. MP Mubiayi and VV Rao, 2020, “Artificial neural networks (ANNs) for prediction and optimization in friction stir welding process: An overview and future trends”. In Nature-Inspired Optimization in Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Systems by Ganesh M. Kakandikar and Dinesh G. Thakur, pp 37-50, CRC Press.
  2. MP Mubiayi and ET Akinlabi, 2020. Measurement of Residual Stresses in Aluminium to Copper Friction Stir Spot Welds. In Advances in Material Sciences and Engineering (pp. 319-326). Springer, Singapore.
  3. O Agboola , R Sadiku , P Popoola , SE Sanni , PA Alaba , DT Oyekunle, VO Fasiku and MP Mubiayi, 2020. Role and Characterization of Nano-Based Membranes for Environmental Applications. In Membranes for Environmental Applications (pp. 295-352). Springer, Cham.
  4. MP Mubiayi, ET Akinlabi “Microstructural characterisation of friction stir spot welds of aluminium and copper”. In IAENG Transactions on Engineering Sciences: Special Issue for the International Association of Engineers Conferences 2015 (p. 357). World Scientific.

Journal articles

  1. MP Mubiayi, OT Mahlangu and BB Mamba, 2023. “Fabrication, Characterization and Removal of Methyl Orange, Chromium (Cr) and Lead (Pb) in Aqueous Solutions by Low‐Cost Clay/Macadamia Nutshell Powder Ceramic Filters”. ChemistrySelect, 8(25), p.e202204782.
  2. OT Mahlangu, MP Mubiayi, BB Mamba. “A facile approach for the synthesis of ceramic filters for methyl orange, chromium and lead removal from water”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 129, p.103368.
  3. C Tshangana, MP Mubiayi, A Kuvarega, B Mamba and AA Muleja, 2023, “Advanced oxidation processes for pharmaceutical degradation and disinfection of wastewater: peracetic acid and graphene oxide quantum dots”. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, pp.1-18.
  4. MP Mubiayi, AA Muleja and BB Mamba 2021. Data on physicochemical properties of natural clay and natural clay/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composite materials for various applications possibilities. Data in brief, 39, p.107682.
  5. AA Muleja, MP Mubiayi, F Hassard, and BB Mamba, 2021. “Titania containing natural clay doped with carbon nanotubes for enhanced natural photocatalytic discoloration of wastewater”. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 23(4), pp.1-16.
  6. MP Mubiayi, AA Muleja, SK Nzaba and BB Mamba, 2020. “Geochemical and Physicochemical Characteristics of Clay Materials from Congo with Photocatalytic Activity on 4-Nitrophenol in Aqueous Solutions”. 2020, ACS omega, 5(46), pp.29943-29954.
  7. MP Mubiayi and ET Akinlabi, 2016 “Evolving properties of friction stir spot welds between AA1060 and commercially pure copper C11000”. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China 26.7 (2016): pp. 1852-1862.
  8. MP Mubiayi, E.T Akinlabi and M.E Makhatha, M.E., 2017. “Microstructure evolution and statistical analysis of Al/Cu friction-stir spot welds”. Materiali in tehnologije, 51(5), pp.861-869.

Paper presentations

  1. MP Mubiayi and OSI Fayomi, 2021, April. “Characteristics and utilization of Jarosite and fly ash wastes in the construction industry: an overview”. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 1107, No. 1, p. 012080). IOP Publishing.
  2. AA Muleja, MP Mubiayi and BB Mamba, 2019, November. “Fabrication of Natural Clay Based Nanocomposite Materials for Advanced Catalytic Treatment of Organic Pollutants in Wastewater”. In 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting. AIChE.
  3. MP Mubiayi, ME Makhatha and ET Akinlabi, 2018. “Characterization, leachate Characteristics and compressive strength of Jarosite/clay/fly ash bricks”. Materials Today: Proceedings, 5(9), pp.17802-17811. 
  4. MP Mubiayi, ET Akinlabi and ME Makhatha, 2018. “Current state of friction stir spot welding between aluminium and copper”. Materials Today: Proceedings, 5(9), pp.18633-18640.
  5. I Mathoho, ET Akinlabi, MP Mubiayi and C Mbohwa, 2018, October. Effect of milling parameters on microhardness and microstructure during dry and flood milling of Ti-6Al-4V. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 423, No. 1, p. 012161). IOP Publishing.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Member of the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering (SAIMechE)
  • Member of the International association of engineers (IAENG)

Projects

  • Development of cost-effective materials for water and wastewater treatment
  • Characterisation of sustainable materials for various applications
  • Materials characterisation

Other

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aPmJKkMAAAAJ 

ORCHID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9839-245X