Curriculum Vitae May 2009

Name: Profession: Nationality: Marital Status: Year of Birth: Prof. Sixtus Kinyua Mwea Associate Professor and Civil Engineer Kenyan Married 1952

Summary of experience
Has an extensive lecturing, research and industrial, experience in Civil Engineering. The teaching areas include geotechnical engineering, pavement design, civil engineering construction and theory of structures. Has published research articles in refereed journals and in proceedings of international conferences with peer-reviewed papers. Has designed and supervised construction a wide range of civil engineering schemes including bridges, roads, buildings and their infrastructure.

Academic qualifications
B.Sc. (Civil Engineering) University of Nairobi (1976) M.Sc. (Foundation Engineering) University of Birmingham (1985) Ph.D. (Civil Engineering) University of Nairobi (2001)

Professional qualifications
Registered Engineer (1982) Registered Consulting Engineer (1993) Corporate Member, Institute of Engineers of Kenya (1982) Member of Engineers Registration Board Civil Sub-panel (1992)

Employment record
Year 2009 to date 2001 2009 1985-2001 1984-1985 1984-1985 1981-1984 1977-1981 1976-1977 Employer University of Nairobi University of Nairobi University of Nairobi University of Nairobi Ministry of Public Works Ministry of Public Works Ministry of Public Works University of Nairobi Position Associate Professor Senior Lecturer Lecturer Part-time Lecturer Superintending Engineer Engineer Assistant Engineer Tutorial Fellow

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SELECTED ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS Undergraduate Teaching

Department of Civil Engineering Geotechnical Engineering I-V Departments of Agricultural Engineering and Surveying Soil Mechanics Departments of Building Economics and Management and Land Development Theory of Structures I-II Civil Engineering Construction Technology

Postgraduate teaching
Department of Civil Engineering Advanced Soil Mechanics Foundation Engineering Flexible Road and Airport Pavement Design Undergraduate project supervision, Department of Civil Engineering Supervised an average of 3 to 4 students in their final year projects in the areas of soil mechanics and pavement engineering every academic year.

Postgraduate project supervision,

Master of Science (Civil Engineering) E Goro, Swelling characteristics of a Nairobi Black Cotton Soil Graduated 1989 J. Ramogi Low cost building blocks Graduated 1991 B. Girma Age hardening of bituminous surfacing and asphalt concrete pavements under Kenya climatic conditions Graduated 1992 M. Wakyendo A study of flexible road performance Graduated 1992 Kalilti J. Laboratory testing of bituminous materials Submitted thesis for examination 2008 PhD (Civil Engineering) Osano S N, Soil Stability Using Vegetation On going 2008 PhD (Geology) Onyancha CK Shoring and underpinning of foundations: A case sturdy of the city of Nairobi

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On going 2008 PhD (Civil Engineering) Karimi JKUAT The use plastic waste as a thin topping to road pavements On going 2009

Other University of Nairobi Assignments

Department of Civil and Construction Engineering Chairman (November 2009 to date) Preparation of structural audit reports:Ambaank House A multistory building owned by the University Pension Scheme which needed structural audit following the recent earth tremors encountered in Nairobi. School of Medicine:An assessment of the buildings housing the School of Medicine at the Kenyatta Hospital with a view of assessing the possibility of making a vertical extension on the buildings School of Computing and Informatics/ICS centre:An assessment of the buildings housing the School of Computing and Informatics/ICS centre at the Chiromo campus with a view of assessing the possibility of making a vertical extension on the building

Appointments Outside the University

Member Board of governors of the Kenya Polytechnic, 2006-2008 Chairman Kenya Urban Roads Authority (2008)

Refereed research publications

Mwea, S. K (2008), The Way forward in Civil Engineering Training 2nd Civil Engineering International Conference on Civil Engineering and Sustainable Development to be held in Mombasa between 25h and 28th September 2008 Osano S N Mwea, S. K (2008 ), The effect of vegetation roots in slope stability, 2 nd Civil Engineering International Conference on Civil Engineering and Sustainable Development to be held in Mombasa between 25h and 28th September 2008 Gitau AN, Gumbe LO, Mwea SK, (2008) Mechanical Behavior of a Hard-Setting Luvisol Soil as Influenced by Soil Water and Effective Confining Stress. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Ejournal LW o7 021 Vol X March 2008 Mulaku G C, Mwea, S. K. and Musembi SN. (2004) GIS for highway engineering in developing countries. Journal of Civil Engineering, research and practice Vol.1 Number 1 PP 75-88, April 2004

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Mwea S. K. and Gichaga F. J., (2004), Effect of temperature on properties of bituminous mixtures. East African Journal of Engineering Vol 7 number 1 January 2004 Dar-es-Salaam Mwea S K and Helen N. 2004, Difficulties experienced in the planning of transportation facilities in unplanned settlements. Accepted for presentation in the Conference for Sustainable Building 2004: Africa Stellenbosch, South Africa, 13th to 18 th September 2004. Mwea S K and Gichaga F. J., (2004), Deflection characteristics for flexible road and airport pavements in Kenya. . Accepted for presentation in the 8th Conference on asphalt pavements for Southern Africa Sun City South Africa, 12th to 16th September 2004 Mwea, S. K. and Gichaga F J, (2002). Engineering properties of common sub grade soils below pavement structures in Kenya. Journal of Civil Engineering, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Vol.7 PP 1- 8, March 2002 Mwea, S. K. and Ngware R. (1996). Suitability of the Kipwen River dam basin soils with respect to earth dam construction. Discovery and Innovation Vol.8 Number 2 PP 11-131 , African Academy of Sciences, Nairobi Gichaga, F. J. and Mwea, S. K. (1990) Structural strength condition for some flexible road and aircraft pavements under tropical conditions. Proceedings of 3 rd Int. Conf. On bearing capacity of roads and airfields PP 743-756, Trondeihm, Norway. Mwea S K and Bezabeh G (1994 Effect of Ageing of Bitumen of performance of Asphalt pavements in Tropical Environments, 6th conf. On Asphalt pavements for Southern Africa Oct 1994, Vol. 1 PP 77-95 Cape Town

SELECTED INDUSTRIAL ASSIGNMENTS Bridge Engineer

Involved in planning, geotechnical investigations, preliminary and detailed design together with preparation of bid documents and supervision of many bridges in Kenya. The bridges varied in complex from simple single span bridges to large multispan bridges with simple pad foundations or piled foundations depending on the encountered foundation conditions. A few of the projects include
1977 - 2009- Bridges Engineer

24meter 2 span bridge across river Ulidhi on Rangala Siaya road Large box culverts on Bondo- Luanda-Kotieno and Manywanda-Misori Beach roads 13-metre single span bridge across River Gucha at Ogembo. 40-metre, 3 span bridge across River Gucha at Mochengo Large box culverts on Ogembo Rongo and Kamagambo - Kenyenya Roads Several Bridges along Iten-Kapsowar-Tot road Large box culverts on Iten-Kapsowar-Tot road Bridge across river Kabuon within the Kimira and Oluch irrigation project. Kwa Musenge Bridge on Wote-Makindu Road Bridge across Kiboko River on Wote-Makindu Road Large box culverts on Wote-Makindu Road

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Materials Engineet
2003 - Materials Engineer - Kimira Oluch Scheme Materials engineer for the above irrigation scheme in Nyanza province consisting of several kilometres of irrigation canals and access roads 1990 Laikipia Airbase Detailed pavement condition evaluation of existing airport pavements in various stages of deterioration. The study of the pavement condition together with evaluation of available materials enabled a rational economical design of rehabilitation of the airport pavements. 2000 Failure Of Hatabor Earth Dam In Limuru Investigated the course of failure off a six-meter high earth dam in Limuru. The dam was constructed with little regard to quality control and failed as a result of combination of earthwork erosion and inadequate spillway capacity. 2001- Jogoo Road Extensions. Highways engineer in the technical audit of Jogoo Road extensions comprising of deep earthworks capped with a heavy-duty pavement structure and a bridge across the Nanyuki rail line. The project was dogged with delays and numerous claims from the contractor. The audit team resolved a major impasse, which had resulted due to an inclusion of substandard concrete in the bridgework. The impasse had lasted for nine months and almost grounded this World Bank funded project to a halt. The contractor, client, consultant and the World Bank accepted the audit solution. 2002 Road Inventory and Condition Survey for a Geographical Information System Involved in the technical audit of the above project under Kenya Urban Infrastructure Project (KUTIP). The project involves 26 towns and digital mapping covering 26 towns for KUTIP. 1995 -Project Design/Supervisor Adviser Tana Delta Irrigation Project Consulting advisor to Nippon Koei consulting engineers in the above project. Irrigation Diversion Structures consisting of a large diversion structure across river Tana. The main works for this structure included piling and large gates Rice Mill Complex consisting of large steel structures founded of expansive black cotton soils. The foundations and the superstructures required latest design techniques in order to minimise structural defects associated with foundations on black cotton soils

LANGUAGES
Languages English Kiswahili Written Excellent Good Reading Excellent Good Spoken Excellent Good

Professor Sixtus Kinyua Mwea May 11 2009

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