Simon Thuku Mwangi
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Department/Unit/Section: Agriculture & Biosystem Engineering Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Research focus
- Power, Machinery and Mechanization engineering
- Renewable energy
- Conservation agriculture
- Wastewater and Solid waste management
Recent Projects and consultancies
- 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
- Environmental and Social Impact assessment (ESIA) for proposed communmity boreholes, Machakos County – Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.March 2020
- Environmental and Social Impact assessment (ESIA) for proposed communmity boreholes, Machakos County – Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.February 2020
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for Rwabura Irrigation Development Project, Kiambu County -National Irrigation Board 2015-2016
- Preliminary design of Irrigation systems for Mwea Irrigation Development Project including rehabilitation of dilapidated irrigation and Water infrastructure. 2014-2015
- Design and Project supervision of Kiserian Slaughterhouse Waste Water Treatment Systems University of Nairobi - National Water Conservation & Pipeline Corporation(NWCPC) Grant 2014
- Design and construction supervision of Sewer treatment plant for Athi View Estate in Syokimau 2013
- Design of domestic and flower farms Osmosis water treatment Systems – Naivasha 2013
Conference Presentations
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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.