Department/Unit/Section: Agriculture & Biosystem Engineering
Contact Address: 43844-00100 Nairobi
Position: Tutorial Fellow
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Research focus

  1. Power, Machinery and Mechanization engineering
  2. Renewable energy
  3. Conservation agriculture
  4. Wastewater and Solid waste management

Recent Projects and consultancies

  1. Environmental and Social Impact assessment (ESIA) for proposed communmity borehole, agricultural produce marketing shed, and livestock sale yard, Bomet County – Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.May 2020
  2. Environmental and Social Impact assessment (ESIA) for proposed communmity boreholes, Machakos County – Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.March 2020
  3. Environmental and Social Impact assessment (ESIA) for proposed communmity boreholes, Machakos County – Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.February 2020
  4. Feasibility Study, Design, Tender Document Preparation and Supervision of Ndiriti Aguthi Irrigation Scheme in Kieni East Division, Nyeri County. Contract No.: MOALF/SIVAP/T002/2017-2018
  5. Study to develop a fuel economy labelling and feebate programme for motorcycle in Kenya. The study was funded by UNEP and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) 2016
  6. Study to develop a fuel economy labelling and feebate programme for motor vehicles in Kenya. The study was funded by UNEP and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) 2016
  7. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for Rwabura Irrigation Development Project, Kiambu County -National Irrigation Board 2015-2016
  8. Preliminary design of Irrigation systems for Mwea Irrigation Development Project including rehabilitation of dilapidated irrigation and Water infrastructure. 2014-2015
  9. Design and Project supervision of Kiserian Slaughterhouse Waste Water Treatment Systems University of Nairobi - National Water Conservation & Pipeline Corporation(NWCPC) Grant 2014
  10. Design and construction supervision of Sewer treatment plant for Athi View Estate in Syokimau 2013
  11. Design of domestic and flower farms Osmosis water treatment Systems – Naivasha 2013

Conference Presentations

  1. Mechanization Status in Africa: An Overview. In: Pan African Society for Agricultural Engineering Conference in Southern Sun Mayfair Hotel, Nairobi Kenya, 25-28 March 2018.
  2. Optimization of Specific Draft Requirement and Hitch Length for an Animal Drawn Sub-Soiler: A Case of Sandy Clay Loam Soils. Innovation Exposition of Agricultural, Environmental and Biosystems Engineering on 23rd October 2018, -DAAD School of Engineering Conference University of Nairobi
  3. Fungal contaminants and aflatoxins in the maize from lower eastern region in Kenya,The Sixth African Higher Education Week and RUFORUM Biennial Conference, 22-26 October, 2018 KICC.

Recent publications

  1. Gitau, A.N. and Mwangi, S.T. (2019). Mechanization Status in Africa: An Overview. In: Journal of Engineering in Agricultural and the Environment (JEAE) ISSN 1562-6946, Volume 5 No.2. 2019
  2. Mwonga, N.K.,Gitau, A.N., Mutua, J.M. and Mwangi, S.T.(2019) Optimization of Specific Draft Requirement and Hitch Length for an Animal Drawn Sub-Soiler: A Case of Sandy Clay Loam Soils. Open Journal of Optimization, 8, 83-99.https://doi.org/10.4236/ojop.2019.83008
  3. Mwangi, S.T., Gitau, A.N. and Muchiri, G. (2018). Effect of Chisel Ploughing on Physical and Mechanical Soil Properties on a Maize Cropped Field. International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering Website: www.ijetae.com (ISSN 2250-2459, ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal, Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2018)
  4. Gitau, A.N., Wilba, S.N., Mbuge, D.O.and Mwangi, S.T. (2018). Modelling variable cost of Tractors. A case study of ten tractor models in Juba Southern Sudan. AMA Spring 2018 Vol. 49 No. 2. ISSN 0084-5841. Pp 104-111.