Department/Unit/Section: Agriculture & Biosystem Engineering

Title/Qualification: PhD (Mechanical Engineering -ongoing)

Contact Address: 43844-00100 Nairobi
Position: 
Tutorial Fellow

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Area of Specialization: 

  • Power, Machinery and Mechanization engineering
  • Refrigeration
  • Renewable Energy

Research Interests:

  • Refrigeration systems
  • Supercritical CO2 cycle
  • Renewable Energy
  • Hybrid Renewable System
  • Power, Machinery and Mechanization engineering
  • Wastewater and Solid waste management

Referred Journals

  • 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.

Conference Papers

  • 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.