Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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A Case for Judicial Data Warehousing and Data Mining in Kenya
(2016)This aim of this study was to demonstrate how the Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) process can be utilized to assist the Kenyan Judiciary address challenges of data integration in its operational systems and hence provide ... -
Optimization of the Angle of Frog in Mouldboard Tillage Operations in Sandy Clay Soil
(2015)This paper investigated the effect of three independent variables including: tillage speed (ranges of below 2.5 m/s and between 2.5 m/s and 5 m/s), tillage depth (range of 10 cm from 0 cm to 30 cm) and frog angle (30° 40°, ... -
The digital matatu project: Using cell phones to create an open source data for Nairobi's semi-formal bus system
(Elsevier, 2015)In many of the world's growing cities, semi-formal buses form the basis of public transit systems. However, little open and standardized data exist on these systems. The Digital Matatus project in Nairobi, Kenya set out ... -
A hardware based model for an asset monitoring and tracking system: Case of laptops
(2015)Corporate mobility initiatives and the anytime, anywhere information workers is on the rise. This is mostly fuelled by availability of affordable and more powerful mobile computing devices, especially laptops and tablets. ... -
A Hierarchical Multilayer Service Composition Model for Global Virtual Organizations
(2015)A major benefit of service composition is the ability to support agile global collaborative virtual organizations. However, being global in nature, collaborative virtual organizations can have several virtual industry ... -
Inherent Diversity in Replicated Architectures
(2015)In this paper, we report our ongoing investigations of the inherent non-determinism in contemporary execution environments that can potentially lead to divergence in state of a multi-channel hardware/software system. Our ... -
Numerical Study Of County Solid Waste Management At The Dumpsite
(2015)This study presents the development of one dimensional mathematical model capab le of simulating simultaneous processes of oxygen flow. It is based on some assumptions like the dumpsite ... -
Optimal Under - voltage Load Shedding using Cuckoo Search with Levy Flight Algorithm for Voltage Stability Improvement
(2015)Voltage stability has become a serious threat of modern power system operation nowadays. To tackle this problem properly, load shedding is a countermeasure taken as a last resort. However, its consequences ... -
Review of municipal solid waste management: a case study of Nairobi, Kenya
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The era of the glass skyscraper: Is it an option for the Eastern Africa Climates?
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Design and optimization of a mobile device PCB - PIFL multiband antenna for GSM applications
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)The latest trend in handset design is slim smart phones that require small, thin, light weight and wideband multiband internal antennas. This trend poses two major challenges in designing a mobile device antenna: how to ... -
Earth System Governance in Africa: knowledge and capacity needs
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)Traditional approaches for understanding environmental governance — such as environmental policy analysis or natural resources management — do not adequately address the gamut of human–natural system interactions within ... -
Sorption of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene and tetrachloroethene within an authigenic soil profile: Changes in Koc with soil depth
(University of Nairobi, 1998)The sorption of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene and tetrachloroethene was investigated in a series of well-controlled batch experiments, using authigenic soil materials from a profile extending to 2.5 m below ground surface. Batch ... -
Health care technology in public health institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1998)OBJECTIVE: To highlight the role of technology in the practice of medicine and the delivery of health care in public hospitals, the problems encountered and suggested solutions. DESIGN: The article reviews the process ... -
Response of cross-and tee-shaped concrete column sections to combined flexure and axial loading: technical paper
(2000)Most reinforced concrete columns are square or rectangular in shape. For such, comprehensive design charts and software are available to enable design for combined compression and uniaxial bending. The columns designed to ... -
Efficient shear reinforcement for RC beams - analysis using compression field theory
(1997)It is known that inclined reinforcement is effective in resisting shear in structural concrete beams, but such reinforcement is only specified in design codes to be in the form of bent-up flexural longitudinal reinforcement. ... -
Prediction of failure loads for RC column sections with biaxial bendings: technical paper
(1998)Major reinforced concrete columns are invariably subjected to combined biaxial bending and compression loading. The available design methods for such columns enable an approximate analysis based on symmetric and uniform ...