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BRIAN ALLAN CHIZOBE NYIRENDA
Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences,
Private Bag 303, Chichiri Blantyre 3.
Email; bnyirenda@poly.ac.mw /chizobe7@gmail.com
Phone: +265 (0) 885 653 386 (0) 994 021 948
PERSONAL DETAILS
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 28 February 1989
Marital status: Married
Home District: Blantyre
Nationality: Malawian
Language: Fluent in English, Tumbuka and Chichewa
PROFILE
I am a self-starter, with a high sense of responsibility. I have passion for excellence and very eager
to learn new things in different practical and theoretical grounds. Seeking a career with a progressive
organization that provides an opportunity to capitalize my technical skills & abilities in the field of
Engineering.

GOAL
To actively contribute to the success of private and public institutions in Malawi and the world at
large.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
• BSc (Hons) Biomedical Engineering Second Class- University of Malawi, The
Polytechnic (2021)
• Malawi School Certificate of Education – Robert Blake Secondary School (2014)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Database systems-MySQL
• Microsoft Office i.e., Excel
• SolidWorks MATLAB, Multisim, Ki CAD, Autodesk
• Proficient in C++, Java, and Python
• Trained in SPSS for applying quantitative and statistical data analysis
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PERSONAL SKILLS
• Interpersonal communication skills
• Strong capacity to write analytical reports based on project’s outcomes.
• Team player and able to work independently
• Excellent leadership skills and ability to motivate
WORK EXPERIENCE
➢ 2022 August up to date- Skills Lab Manager Malawi University of Business and
Applied Sciences, Blantyre.
Duties:
• Manage Inventory
• Manage User Tracking Systems
• Train Skills Lab members on high-level equipment
• Train Skills Lab Student Assistants on equipment
• Support Lab members with their projects
• Develop Skills Lab programming
• Work on one primary project with the goal of implementing a pilot trial
• Perform regular maintenance on equipment as needed
• Support the Skills Lab Technician(s) as needed
• Work with faculty to develop programming for courses
• Holding workshops to demonstrate the use of software and equipment
• Supervise and coordinate final year engineering students
▪ Joined Mubas Marketing Department.
▪ Doing research on Point‐of‐care tests/technology for detecting high viral load
in people living with HIV attending healthcare facilities
➢ 2022 March up to 2022 July – Face Shield Production Assistants with Malawi
University of Business and Applied Sciences (Blantyre)
Duties:
• Fixing and maintaining of the laser cutter machines
• Undertake face shields manufacturing and assembly activities
• Package manufactured face shields as needed
• Operate, maintain, and clean manufacturing equipment in accordance with guideline.
• Perform routine monitoring/cleaning required in the production environments
• Conduct in-process inspections to assure products meet quality specifications
• Clean and sterilize glassware and production materials as needed
• Correctly identify all abnormal components and notify the superior
• Operate and maintain automated production equipment.
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➢ 2021 October up to 2022 February – Engineer (volunteer) with Mzimba District Office
(Mzimba)
Duties:
• Maintenance/Creating Innovating projects
• Providing teachings on environmental technical presentations
• Conducting safety, health, and environmental inspection
• Regulating and Monitoring mining and processing activities
• Project management (designing, planning and implementation i.e., WASH,
Constructions, and Innovations)
• Monitoring the performance of biomedical equipment
• Calibration, Maintenance and installation of biomedical equipment, haematology,
and biochemistry equipment
➢ 2020 March up to 2020 July –
• Designed and tested a low-cost ventilator in response to Covid-19 alongside with 7
Biomedical engineers under a Malawi Government initiative through Malawi
University of Business and Applied Sciences
• Designed and flew drones using locally available materials in the design studio along
a group of final year engineering students.
➢ 2019 October up to 2020 January – Biomedical Engineer with Queens Elizabeth
Central Hospital (Blantyre)
Duties:
• Carried out installation, calibration, and testing of medical equipment
• Designed and manufactured artificial limbs and other supporting devices
• Conducted medical device user trainings to the nurses and the use of liquid oxygen.
• Carried out maintenance of medical/hospital equipment, ECG, Oxygen
Concentrators, Oxygen plant, Nebulizers, Light Microscope, Suction Machine,
Sterilizers, BP machines, Monitoring machines, Ultrasound devices, X-Ray
machines and film processor, Lab Equipment.
• Updated the Computerized Equipment Inventory and Management Software
Monitored and managed the hospital oxygen plant.
• Learnt how drone technology deliver medicinal and drug samples
➢ 2016 January up to 2021 May – Teacher at St Patricia and Daxy Secondary School,
and Mzimba Secondary part time.
Duties:
• Teaching Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology
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➢ AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
• 2022 – Awarded a New Essentials Solutions Technology Certificate
• 2021 – Designed and developed an Automated Liquid Filler machine as a final year
project
• 2021- Organized and spear-headed the final year students engineering symposium
• 2019 - Attended Innovation and Entrepreneurship training by Doug Sanyahumbi
(Innovation Management Consultant) at MUST and awarded a Certificate of
Completion
• 2018 - An overflow detecting device project mounted on an aspirator won to compete
with other Biomedical Engineering projects under African Biomedical Engineers
Consortium (ABEC) abecafrica.org.
• 2018 - Developed an overflow detection device mounted on an aspirator
• 2014 - Received an accolade (first prize) in science subjects at secondary school,
District level
➢ RESEARCH FOCUS/ DESIGN PROJECT.
Title: Medical Device Development
• Focus: Design of a low-cost electronic sound muffler mounted on noisy oxygen
concentrators Designing a ventilator (respirator) with the locally available resources
in response to the Covid-19 virus pandemic currently underway at the Polytechnic
Design studio.
• Certificate of Training Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Certificate of Training, Industrial Attachments (PAM)
➢ PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
• Registered with the Medical Council of Malawi and Malawi Engineers Institute
(MEI)
• Polytechnic Design Studio, University of Malawi now Mubas
REFEREES
Will Moyo, University of Stanford, PhD
Student Engineering Innovation and Design Studio Manager for Mubas and MUST.
Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Private Bag 303, Chichiri Blantyre 3.
+263788066222
willmoyo@stanford.edu
Dr Rabson Mgawi, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences
Head of Department, Technical and Technology Education & Coordinator for ODeL
+265993953098
rmgawi@mubas.ac.mw