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Senior Lecturer
Name: Forbes Chiromo
Location: 7244 John Orr Building Doornfontein Campus
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology Staff, FEBE Senior Lecturers Staff Members
Contact Details:
Tel: 011 559 6447
Email: fchiromo@uj.ac.za
About Dr Forbes Chiromo
Academic Profile
Forbes chiromo has worked for more than 16 years in the academic field and has taught Applied Mechanics, Mechanics of Machines, Production Technology, and Quality Assurance, Information Systems and supply Chain Processes.
Qualification(s)
DPhil Engineering (Supply Chain Management), MSc in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical and Production Engineering, Postgraduate Diploma in Research Supervision, City and Guilds Certificate – Quality Assurance, The Welding Institute Certificate – Welding and Joining Technology
Publications
Research Interests
Supply chain management, quality management, lean manufacturing, data science
Biography
Forbes Chiromo is a graduate with a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering from The University of Zimbabwe (1992), Masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from The Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK (1995), DPhil Engineering (Supply Chain Management) from the University of Johannesburg (2018), Postgraduate Diploma in Research Supervision from the University of Johannesburg (2020). Forbes joined the University of Johannesburg in 2008, and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology. Before joining the University of Johannesburg, Forbes worked in Zimbabwe at Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company, The Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre, UNIDO, National Printing and Packaging and at Harare Institute of Technology.