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Authors in Mechanical Engineering chapter

Name: Eng. Godfrey Marambe
Designation: Director and Principal Engineer
Company: Energy Intelligence Africa Ltd

Godfrey holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc. Degree in Energy Management both from the University of Nairobi and an executive MBA from USIU- Africa. He is a licensed energy auditor Class A, a licensed solar water heating and photovoltaic engineer with the Energy Regulatory Commission. A registered professional engineer with the Engineer’s Board of Kenya (A3369) and a corporate member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (M.5243). Among these Godfrey is also a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Water and energy savings Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP), Certified Water Efficiency Professional (CWEP) all by Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) and a Project Management Professional (PMP) by Project Management Institute (PMI). He is also a green buildings with Greenstar AP by Green building council of South Africa.

Areas of specialization
• Energy efficiency
• M&E building services and Green buildings
• Renewable energy

With a wide experience in the Construction and energy industry, Godfrey has been involved in more than 100 energy efficiency surveys and several renewable energy projects. His expertise ranges from renewable energy, comprehensive energy audits, feasibility studies, utilities management and capacity training. Some of his previous audits include Banks, Education facilities, Church facilities, Flower farms, Steel Mills, Office and retail buildings, Airports, sugar industries, plastic factories among others. Godfrey has wide experience in Electrical and mechanical systems and is an expert in Motors and drives, compressed air systems, air conditioning and refrigeration, chilled water systems, pumping systems, boilers and steam distribution. He serves as a lead energy auditor and principal engineer at.

Researches undertaken 
• Factors influencing green building concepts in commercial buildings
• Determination of green building impact on energy efficiency- case study of garden city mall in Nairobi, Kenya

• Development of A Materials Selection Process In Engineering Design And Manufacturing

     

Name: Eng. Moshe M. O. Ojanga

Designation: Technical Director

Company: Moshe Mitchell Solutions

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

MBA in Strategic Management (JKUAT)

Diploma in Management -Total Quality Management (KIM)

BSc. Mechatronic Engineering (JKUAT)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

      a)      Professional Engineer (Engineers Board of Kenya)

      b)      Member Institute of Engineers of Kenya

      c)      Corporate Member (Association of Energy Professionals - East Africa)

      d)     Technical Committee Member - TC88 (Kenya Bureau of Standards)

      e)      Electrician A-1 (Energy and Petroleum Regulation Authority)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

      ·         Power Generation and Transmission

      ·         Energy Management

      ·         Automation (DCS, SCADA & PLC)

      ·         Total Quality Management

      ·         Strategy Formulation and Implementation

RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN

      ·         The effect of Total Productive Maintenance on Manufacturing Performance

      ·         Attainment of Key Success Factors in New Product Development

      ·         Use of Short Message Service in remote-controlled applications

Name:               Harrison K. Keter

Designation:     Chief Engineer

Department:     Operation and Maintenance of Power Plants

Affiliation:        Registered graduate engineer

An experienced engineering professional who has gained a wealth of experience in all aspects of Electromechanical engineering projects, project management, with specialization in development, operation and maintenance of power plants and renewable energy technology, 
particularly in Geothermal, hydropower, and solar energy.

Areas of specialization

▪          Mechanical Engineering

▪          Project management

▪          Geothermal Exploration and Utilization

▪          Power Plants Management (O&M)

▪          Renewable Energy Technologies

Major Projects undertaken

▪          Installation & Commissioning of Olkaria V Geothermal Power Plant (172MW)

▪          O&M, Alignment of Olkaria 1 geothermal Power Plant (45MW)

▪          Rehabilitation of Turkwel Hydropower Plant (105MW)

Research Interests

1)            Optimization of Geothermal Pipeline route selection

2)            Design of Optimized re-injection line for Olkaria 1 geothermal Power Plant

3)            Development of renewable energy technologies

Name:              Luke Toroitich Rottok

Designation:    Lecturer

Department:   Electrical and Control Engineering

Affiliation:      Registered graduate engineer (EBK, IEK)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

MSc Computer Systems (JKUAT)

BSc Mechatronic Engineering (JKUAT)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Registered graduate engineer (EBK)

Registered graduate member (IEK)

Member, Advocacy sub committee, IEK South Rift Branch

Member,  National Quality Institute (NQI)

Lead Auditor, Environmental Management System (ISO 14001)

Auditor, Quality Management System (ISO 9001)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

·         Machine vision

·         Image retrieval from digital databases

·         Human-machine Interfacing

RESEARCHES UNDERTAKEN

·            Lead selenium solar cells

·            Colour detection and recognition

·            Upgrade of mechanical readout to SCADA read out

·            Automation of industrial processes using Embedded systems

RESEARCH INTERESTS

    1)    CAD/CAM 

    2)    SCADA, PLC, Embedded systems

    3)    Human Machine Interfacing   

    4)    Information sharing through research and publication