Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Conflicts caused by the presence of informal activities in public urban space the case of Ngara West in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2013)One half to three quarters of non-agricultural employment in developing countries is to be found in the informal sector. Specifically, these figures amount to 48% in the whole of Africa, 51% in Latin America, 65% in Asia, ... -
Promoting Multidisciplinary Teamwork In Project Development In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-11)In today’s construction sector, collaboration between multidisciplinary teams is becoming a standard practice worldwide. However, in Kenya, Architectural, Engineering and Interior Design professionals seldom have a chance ... -
Diesel Engine Emissions and Performance Characteristics under Cape Chestnut Biofuel
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Cape Chestnut oil was procured from Naromoru in central Kenya and processed to biodiesel through transesterification in this study. The purpose of this study was to identify the physical properties and characteristics ... -
Riparian Zone Conservation In A Changing Urban Land Use Environment: A Case Of Nairobi River Basin, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Riparian zones are vegetated strips of land located on each side of a watercourse or adjacent to a stationary water body. Ideally, the attributes of a riparian zone should include among others uninterrupted continuum of ... -
Strategy for Solid Waste Management for the Municipal Council of Embu
(University of Nairobi, 2013)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sustainability of solid waste management practices for the Municipal council of Embu and develop a solid waste management action plan for the local authority. This research ... -
Characterisation of Asphalt Mixtures for Permanent Deformation
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The study used triaxial compression test to characterize asphalt mixtures for permanent deformation. Various factors both structural and environmental that affect the permanent deformation of asphalt mixtures were investigated ... -
Determining convective precipitation using cold cloud top temperatures and it’s impact on aviation industry over western part of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study quantifies satellite infrared 10.8 μm band cold cloud top temperature data with convective rainfall by matching the cold cloud top temperature threshold values less than 255 K 0 (- 18 C 0 ) of the same spatial ... -
Sequencing Batch Reactor In Treatment Of Slaughterhouse Effluent
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Slaughterhouse wastewaters are difficult to treat because of high concentration of organic matter, nutrients and suspended solids. These materials are readily biodegradable in the environment, resulting in degradation ... -
Application of Data Mining in Pharmaceutical Imports in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Data mining which is often referred to as Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) is a subdiscipline of computer science aiming at the automatic interpretation of large datasets. Its end result is the extraction of ... -
Opportunities and barriers to implementing energy efficiency in selected pumping installations in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This project was aimed at evaluating opportunities and barriers to implementing energy efficiency in 5 selected pumping installations-viz Kenya Pipeline Company, Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company, Nzoia Sugar Company, ... -
Gsm Based Datalogging System
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The ability to record data from events and view the results at a place far away from where the event is occurring is very essential and can be applied in many areas such as weather stations to monitor various climatic ... -
Design of a PC Data Acquisition System
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)This report presents the design and implementation of a PC based data acquisition system. The aim of the project is to design a system that takes four analogue inputs and display them in real time on a program running ... -
Design of portable solar rechargeable led lamp
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)Kerosene lamps are widely used in rural areas. They produce toxic smoke and they are expensive, unsafe and do not give enough light. Due to these reasons this project aims at developing a portable solar re-chargeable LED ... -
Control of Dc Motor using four quadrant converter
(University of Nairobi, 2014)For a separately excited Permanent Magnet DC motor, the speed can be controlled by a chopper. The chopper used in this case is a four quadrant converter. The implementation of the four quadrant operation is done by a ... -
Access control network for a complex building
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)The project is aimed at designing a physical access control system(PACS) that will control entry and exit of personnel within a complex building as well as keeping a record of access events to various parts of the building ... -
A Control system to numerically change the power requirements of a complex building
(University of Nairobi, 2014)A programmable logic controller is an electronic device that is used to automate any type of processes. They are widely used in industrial and domestic applications. In the project, the device will be used to control two ... -
Cartographic generalization in multi scale environment Lamu County
(University of Nairobi, 2013-07)Generalization generally depends on the map purpose, extent of area of interest and a desired scale. Survey of Kenya, Kenya’s National Mapping Agency, produces large amounts of different data sets of geospatial data and ... -
Performance evaluation of asphalt concrete pavements in Ethiopia, the application of HDM-4 road deterioration sub-model
(University of Nairobi, 2013-05)Many road performance models have been developed and used as important inputs for design and evaluation of pavements especially in the Post-AASHO Road Test era. The Highway Development and Management model (HDM-4), a ... -
Rent control and residential rental housing investment: A Case study of Meru town
(2002-06)This dissertation begins by pointing out that rent control has to be seen in the context of housing problems especially for the urban poor. Faced by a mass of poor families, most governments adopt rent control policies ... -
Fair market value and its application in the Kenyan valuation practice
(2003-05)Value has different meanings to different people depending on their professions, and terms of reference. To valuers the term value represents the market value that a property would sell at the open market bearing in mind ...
