• Material Science
• Additive manufacturing

• K. Jatavallabhula, T. Gaonnwe, S. Nginda, and V. R. Veeredhi, “Development and assessment of machine learning models for predicting fatigue response in AA2024” Materials Research Express 12(1), 2025, 016505.

• Pita and T. Gaonnwe, “Experimental Investigation of Effects of Motor Speed on Isothermal Efficiency of Water Cooler Two-Stage Compressor,” Proceedings of 2021 IEEE 12th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2021, pp. 197–200, 2021
• Pita and T. Gaonnwe, “Investigating the Effect of Pressure Head on the Efficiency of Pelton Wheel and Francis Turbine,” 2022 IEEE 13th International Conference on Mechanical and Intelligent Manufacturing Technologies, ICMIMT 2022, pp. 226–229, 2022.
• Gaonnwe, M. Mashinini, and M. Pita, “The effect of cold rolling on mechanical properties and microstructure of aluminium 6082 T6 joint by friction stir welding process,” vol. 03015, 2022
• Lebea and T. Gaonnwe, “Performance Analysis of 3D Printed Pelton Wheel Turbine at Various Pressure Heads,” pp. 328–331, 2023
• Pita and T. Gaonnwe, “Investigation on Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Polystyrene by Fibreglass, LR 30 Epoxy, and Hardener for Solar Car Material,” pp. 220–224, 2024,
• Gaonnwe, PM. Mashinini, and M. Pita, “Investigating the Effect of Various Forge Forces on the Mechanical Properties of Aluminium 6082 T6 Joined by Friction Stir Welding Process,” pp. 181–185, 2024,

Biography

Mr. T. Gaonnwe serves as a Technical Officer in the Department of Mechanical, Bioresources, and Biomedical Engineering. He holds a B-Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Central University of Technology and an MPhil in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Johannesburg. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at UNISA. Mr. Gaonnwe has approximately three years of industry experience in the mining, renewable energy, and manufacturing sectors, along with more than five years of experience in academia.