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Dr Francis Kunzi Tekweme

Senior Lecturer
Name: Francis Kunzi Tekweme
Location: 7231 John Orr Building Doornfontein Campus
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology Staff, FEBE Lecturers  Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: 011 559 6692

Email: ftekweme@uj.ac.za

About Dr Francis Kunzi Tekweme

Academic Profile
Francis Kunzi Tekweme started his professional career at Complex Scolaire Avenir as Mathematics and Physical Sciences teacher. In 2005, he joined the University of Johannesburg as part-time lecturer and as full-time lecturer in 2011. He was promoted Senior Lecturer in 2019

​Biography

Francis Kunzi Tekweme was born on 10 February 1965 and attained his BEng in Mechanical Engineering in 1998 from the University of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He subsequently pursued a postgraduate Magister Technologiae (MTech) Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Johannesburg and graduated in 2010. In 2005 the University of Johannesburg welcomed Francis as a part time lecturer. He was appointed full time lecturer in 2011.

Qualification(s)

BEng in Mechanical Engineering, MTech in Mechanical Engineering and DIng in Mechanical Engineering.

Research Interests

Modeling of robot manipulators with flexible links and joints, Nonlinear control with applications to robotics and Neural network control with applications to robotics

List of publications

PARAMETRIC STUDY OF SUITABLE ORTHOGONALITY CONDITIONS FOR PLANAR MULTILINK FLEXIBLE ROBOTS