Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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A Comparative Analysis Of Cemeteries In Nairobi
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Stability Of Tcp/ip Protocols
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The internet is emerging to be the basic need of our times impacting our social lives, the way companies do business, the education sector and even government. There has hence been a huge almost exponential rise in the ... -
Interference Cancellation In Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Systems
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Maximizing the efficiency of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems is one of the main challenges in application domains, such as logistics and supply chain management, where the undesired effect of interference ... -
Conversion of analogue to digital transmission converter
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In the analog technology, information is translated into electric pulses of varying amplitude while in digital technology; translation of information is into binary format (zero or one) where each bit is representative of ... -
Room Occupancy Monitoring And Counting Device
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Monitoring and counting of people is very popular in many commercial and non-commercial scenarios. The number of people entering and leaving shops, the occupancy of office buildings, companies, museums or libraries provides ... -
Energy saving opportunities at a food factory
(2015)A study on energy conservation and recovery measures was conducted at Premier Food Industries to identify opportunities which would cut down on the overall energy cost. This was guided by evaluation of energy cost ... -
Assessment of Use of GIS Technology in Fire Control Case Study: Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Fire control services are critical services in every society which aim at protecting life and property. Kenya has experienced fire breakouts in recent years, where property worth millions of shillings was destroyed and ... -
Temperature profiles in a floor heated brooder
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Brooding is critical to the development of chicks in poultry farming. The main aim of brooding is to efficiently and economically provide a comfortable and healthy environment to chicks. Farmers provide chicks with the ... -
Analysis of Energy Cost Savings by Substituting HFO with Biomass for a Pozzolana Dryer A Case Study of Bamburi Cement, Athi River
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)Pozzolana drying increases the energy per tonne of cement produced. This is due to the energy required to reduce the moisture content to about two to three percent. This energy is obtained from heavy fuel oil. High and ... -
Emerging urban forms in Eastleigh,city of Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The study on emerging urban forms in Eastleigh was conceived in the context of the rapid unprecedented growth of cities especially in the developing world. Nairobi the capital of Kenya has undergone transformations. Some ... -
Urban housing affordability in Kenya: a case study of the mortgage housing sector in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Over 70 % of urban households in Kenya experience severe housing affordability challenges. Affordability problems are manifested in the high levels of homelessness, poor human settlement conditions, high price of housing ... -
The urban block as a tool for urban design
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The urban block is the link between city user’s everyday lives and the urban space. This study calls for this urban component to be treated as an essential element of the city when new urban plans and models are developed. The ... -
A Bayesian Approach To Aircraft Identification By Outline Shape Using Invariant Image Moments
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The outline shape is one of the most important attributes in the classification or identification of an object. It is used in human visual perception although the exact processes are yet to be understood. In computer ... -
Settlements in transformation: impacts of the emerging housing typologies on slums in Nairobi, a case of Mukuru Kwa Njenga settlement
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Informal settlements change over space and time and the number of people living in such housing areas has been growing worldwide. The reasons for this dynamical behavior are manifold. Nevertheless, informal settlements ... -
An investigation into the challenges facing implementation of slum upgrading programmes in Kenya: a case study of Manyatta, Kisumu county
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The proliferation of slums has become evident in developing countries as the rate of urbanization increase. This is coupled by the rapid population growth in these countries. However their economies are not growing in ... -
Groundwater Management Practice in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)Nairobi County falls in the greater Athi River Catchment. Its groundwater resources lie in the Nairobi Aquifer Suite (NAS) which is a group of multi-layered aquifers in the volcanic flows rising from the southern Aberdares, ... -
Investigating habitation of public open spaces in the city of Kisumu - case study of Jomo Kenyatta sports ground
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Design of urban open spaces needs insight into the needs of the users. Public open spaces in the city of Kisumu are not well documented forcing whoever is searching for information on these spaces to rely on resource ... -
Intelligent multi-coloured lighting system design with fuzzy logic controller
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This thesis is about design of an intelligent energy efficient lighting system based on fuzzy logic controller that uses multi-colour LEDs to produce light of the required luminance level and appropriate colour in a ... -
A web-based spatial management information system for institutions of justice in Nairobi City County
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05)The manner in which geographic data is acquired, processed and applied continues to change with advancing technology. This study focused on the development of a web-based spatial management information system for the justice ...