Research interests

• Advanced Manufacturing
• Material characterisation
• Laser Cladding
• Supply chain management
• Lean Service and Lean Manufacturing
• Productivity Optimisation

• Advanced manufacturing
• Material characterisation of laser metal deposition
• Laser cladding
• Supply chain management
• Lean Service and Lean Manufacturing
• Productivity and process optimisation

• Ndivhuwo, N., and A.T. Akinlabi. "The Microstructure, Hardness and Corrosion behavior of TI64l4V/W Deposited by the Laser Metal Deposition Procedure." in IAENG Transactions on Engineering Sciences: Special Issue for the International Association of Engineers Conferences 2016, vol. 2, p. 250. World Scientific, 2017.

• Ndou, N. and F. Masithulela, 2014, Development and Implementations of Lean Manufacturing guidelines in power industry, International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology. 10(3): p. 11-22.
• Ndivhuwo Ndou and Esther T. Akinlabi, 2018, Microstructures, wear resistance and microhardness of W particle strengthened, Journal of Material and Technology (MIT), vol. 3, p. 269.

• 6 conference proceedings

• Pro Tech Eng. - Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
• MSAIIE – South Africa Institute for Industrial Engineering

• Productivity improvement and capacity planning
• Calculation of Production speed
• Assist in analysing production processes to determine areas for improvement
• Developing routings and production times for new products
• Facilitate projects to alleviate bottlenecks in the production process.
• Develop key project indicators and deliverables.
• Evaluate and monitor project progress against deliverables.
• Facilitate and maintain client satisfaction.
• Corrosion Testing of Titanium grade 5 with Tungsten
• Wear Testing of Titanium grade 5 with Tungsten

Publications

• Ndou, N., T.E. Akinlabi and S. Pityana, (2016), Microstructure of Ti6Al4V reinforced by coating W particles through laser metal deposition, world congress on engineering and computer science, 19-21 October 2016, Berkeley, USA published By IAENG ISBN:978-988-14047-1-8

• Ndou, N., T.E. Akinlabi and S. Pityana, (2016), Influence of laser power on the deposition Ti64l4V/W composite, world congress on engineering and computer science, 19-21 October 2016, Berkeley, USA published By IAENG ISBN:978-988-14047-1-8

• Ndou, N., (2019), Microstructure and Corrosion Behaviour Ti6Al4V + W Composites in 3.5 wt% NaCl Solution of Laser Metal Deposition, world congress on engineering and computer science, 22-24 October 2019, Berkeley, USA published By IAENG ISBN:978-988-14047-1-8.

• Ndou, N., (2019) Influence of laser power on the deposition Ti64l4V/W composite, world congress on engineering and computer science, 22-24 October 2019, Berkeley, USA published By IAENG ISBN:978-988-14047-1-8.

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Biography:

Dr Ndivhuwo Ndou is the Chair of Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of South Africa. He has published articles in various journals, including the Materials Science and Engineering and presented a paper at the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science.

Dr Ndou studied at the University of Johannesburg, where he obtained his master’s degree in industrial engineering. He also obtained his master’s in industrial engineering and PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of Johannesburg.

He is currently responsible for the Industrial Engineering programme in the department and actively supervises and co-supervises a number of postgraduate students.