Mrs Beatha Nakamela

Biography

Beatha earned her Bachelor's degree in Civil engineering at the then Polytechnic of Namibia (now NUST) and a Master of Engineering (CIVIL) with distinction at Aachen University of Applied Sciences (FH Aachen) in Germany. She joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2017 as a part-time lecturer and became a permanent staff in 2019. She acted as the sector head for the transportation and geotechnical engineering section from 2020-current. In 2020 she embarked on her Post Graduate Certificate: Higher Education, NQF 8 studies at Namibia University of Science and Technology, and graduated in April 2022.

Brief Career Summary

• 2019+ Junior Lecturer/Transportation Engineering, DCEE, NUST, Namibia
• 2019+ Part-time Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, NUST, Namibia
• 2017 – 2019 Project Manager/Supervisor, ENI Consulting Engineers, Namibia
• 2015 – 2018 Civil/structural Engineer, ENI Consulting Engineers, Namibia

Professional Affiliations 

• PE 2015-103TR
• Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)
• Namibia Association for Women Science (NAAWIS) 

Research Focus Areas

• Urban Mobility
• Gravel Roads Quality Assessment
• Telemetry-based Road Condition Assessment

Courses Currently Teaching

Undergraduate

• Geometric Design of Roads
• Geometric Design of Transport Infrastructure
• Documentation
• Construction Site Equipment
• Building Construction Scheduling
• Construction Materials Technology

Community Development Activities

• Green Well Matongo Block C
• Namutuni Primary School's Repairs
• Girls in STEM Youth Camp