Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Sustainable Change Management A Case Of Telecommunication Contractors
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Construction firms implement changes within the project or organizational level. The organizational changes are associated with management, technology, and people or cultural and are the focus of our study. This study ... -
Effect of Chisel Ploughing on Physical and Mechanical Soil Properties: Case of a Clay Soil.
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Modal-Shift Strategy For Mitigating Road Traffic Congestion In Nairobi: A Study Of The Nairobi- Syokimau Commuter Rail Corridor
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Kenya aspires to become a prosperous industrializing middle income country (Kenya Vision 2030) and for this vision to be realized, efficient transport infrastructure and services must be developed. A properly planned and ... -
Partial isothermal sections of the copper-rich corner of the al-cu-zn system at 200ºc and 240ºc
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The Al-Cu-Zn alloy system is well-used because it has demonstrated many useful properties. Currently, Al-Cu-Zn alloys are primarily used as shape memory alloys. Other applications are in catalysis, in electronics and in ... -
Application of Web-GIS in Monitoring and Evaluation of Donor Funded Projects Case Study: National Environment Trust Fund
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This study focused on the development of a web-based Geographic Information System Monitoring and Evaluation portal, a data collection application and a mobile navigation application for the National Environment Trust Fund ... -
Carbon Abatement in Wastewater Stabilization Ponds Case Study of Dandora Waste water stabilization Ponds in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) operate on natural processes in removal of Biochemical oxygen Demand (BOD), Oxygen chemical (COD), nutrients organic carbon, and pathogenic microorganisms from wastewater. Wastewater ... -
Managing flooding in residential areas of Nairobi: a case study of south C
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Despite of the fact that flooding is witnessed both in urban and rural areas, its occurrence in urban areas has a unique nature, as the built environment plays a major role in its occurrence in addition to the natural ... -
On-street termini operations of public service vehicles and their relationship to transport performance in Nairobi CBD
(University of Nairobi, 2018)A well performing transportation system is both efficient and effective and is a pre-requisite to economic growth, environmental sustainability and social growth among other things. As such, achieving transport efficiency ... -
Characterization of microstructure and mechanical properties in the HAZ of en24 steel after post weld heat treatment
(University of Nairobi, 2018)EN24 steel is widely used to fabricate components for power transmission in industry due to its high strength to weight ratio. The hardness of this steel in tempered (T) condition, EN24T, is between 265 HV10 and 320HV10 ... -
Performance investigation of solar photo-voltaic water pumping systems; a case study of Abakore borehole water supply system, Wajir County Kenya
(School of Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2018-08)The performance of a directly-coupled solar photovoltaic water pumping system was investigated under field conditions. The objectives of the study were to establish the technical performance indicators of solar photovoltaic ... -
Effect of transition elements on micro-structure and mechanical properties of secondary Al-7si-mg cast aluminium alloy.
(University of Nairobi, 2017-06)A majority of aluminium scrap have differences in chemical composition. Consequently, this makes the quality of recycled cast aluminium alloys to be questionable due to difficulty in chemistry control. This subsquently ... -
Performance characterization of e-band links for wireless back-haul in broadband networks: the case for Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018-01)The demand for high data speeds by users of mobile and fixed data services, telecom operators, data service providers and heavy data application institutions has posed a huge challenge of optimum backhaul solutions. To ... -
An investigation of impact of cash flow management on small and medium enterprise construction firms.
(University of Nairobi, 2018-08)The challenge of cash flow for small contractors is well documented. Besides management related challenges, lack of capital, limited access to credit, payment delays and lack of proper regulatory framework has bedeviled ... -
A hybrid heuristic-based localised area demosaicking technique for panchromatic colour filter arrays.
(University of Nairobi, 2018-07)Images have always been and remain a common and integral mode of human communication. In the 21st century, a two-pronged communications revolution in the form of mobile hand-held devices and social media has led to a higher ... -
Evaluating performance of rainwater harvesting technologies in Mwingi central sub-county, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The purpose of the study was to evaluate the performance of the rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems in the study area. An inventory of existing rainwater harvesting technologies and mapping of key watering points in the ... -
Comparison of three design standards on Nakuru – Nyahururu road of flexible pavements in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018-05)The study road Nakuru – Nyahururu diverts from A109 Highway in Nakuru town passes through mountainous escarpments and small towns like Bahati, Subukia and the seat of Laikipia County (Nyahururu). It covers a total distance ... -
Developing a GIS web based information system for population data management
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The status of population data currently is not up to date and largely based on manual systems. This is so because despite the biggest databank being at the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics custody, a large amount of the ... -
Investigating renewable energy potential for rural electrification in Rwanda: technical and economic viability
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Rwanda is a country with many hills, thus expansion of electricity is expensive. Hence no wonder that at the present, the major energy resource used in Rwanda is fuel wood biomass where the current national electrification ... -
Co-design in the development of effective museums in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)In today’s changing world, attention for people’s time is increasingly growing and museums across the world are crafting means of reaching a wide range of new audiences and repeat visitors to remain relevant in the market. ... -
Mapping of deforestation using mobile phone application: a case study of Uplands, Kinale and Kereita forests in Kiambu county
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Deforestation and forest degradation monitoring is one of the central elements for Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, sustainable management of forest, enhancement of forest carbon stock and ...
