• Maintenance management.
• Strength of materials.

• Composite material
• Additive manufacturing
• Welding processes techniques
• Corrosion inhibition
• Material processing

• Theoretical Model of Nanomaterial Heat Content (Energy) During Grain Refinement by Accumulative Roll-Bonding (ARB).
• Design and manufacture of solar – powered wheelchair.
• Modelling and designing of a turbofan engine with more enhanced overall engine efficiency during operation.
• Fracture, Fatigue and Failure analysis on elongation in nanocrystalline material deformed by ARB process.
• The effect of different brands of welding electrode on the Mechanical properties of welded joints in mild steel.

• An Approach to Integrate skills development in open distance learning (ODL) Environment.
• Integrating 5S principles as a strategy for improving clothing manufacture.
• Design of solar powered grass trimmer.
• Selection of computerized maintenance management system for Mechanical and Industrial Lab Equipment of University of South Africa.
• Enhancing of aluminium alloy 1050-H4 tensile strength by accumulative roll bonding process.
• Experimental study on the performance of a vertical plate packing cooling tower at various air flow rates.
• Simulation and theoretical Analyses of the Impact of Velocity, Pressure and Kinetic Energy during Damping in a Shock absorber.
• Stochastic Effect of Fracture Toughness and Toughening Mechanism on Nanocrystalline materials Size Variants Produced by Accumulative Roll-Bonding.
• The effect of surface temperature and particle size on mechanical properties during accumulative roll bonding of Al 1050-H4 aluminium alloy.

• Implementation of 5s principles in Mechanical Engineering laboratories of University of South Africa.

• Evaluation of computerized tomographic scanner preventive maintenance: A case study

• Designing and Simulation a Centrifugal Pump Shaft with enhanced Mechanical Properties During Backpressure.

• Simulating and Optimizing the Stress Distribution on a Centrifugal Pump Shaft due to Varying Backpressure Intensity.
• Experimental Investigation of effects of motor speed on Isothermal efficiency of water cooler two-stage compressor.
• Experimental Investigation of TH 150 mini gas turbine power plant efficiency at different gas generator speeds.

• Registered Technologist , Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
• Chair of Lab commercialization and collaboration.
• Merseta project coordinator.

• Design and fabrication of Mini Baja car.
• Design and fabrication of solar powered grass trimmer.
• Design and fabrication of two roller rolling machine.
• Design and fabrication of solar powered wheelchair.
• Design and fabrication of manual wheelchairs.
• Design and fabrication of solar powered car.
• Design and fabrication of sanitizer stands.

Biography:

Mothibeli Pita completed his Doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering with University of Johannesburg (UJ) in 2020.  He has more than 10 years’ experience in academic space. His primary research areas are material science, maintenance engineering and design and manufacturing. He has knowledge of material testing, designing and manufacturing as well as maintenance management from his previous works which involve hospital maintenance management, accumulative roll bonding process and machine design and successfully  fabricated. He is self-motivated, energetic, organized and good communicator. He is all ways will to learn and has ability to adapt quickly to new challenges and environment. He is got an experience in ImageJ software, Origin software, EMCO dura vision hardness tester, I-STIR PaR System Technology FSW machine, 10KN Instron electro-mechanical controlled testing machine. rolling machines.