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CURRICULUM VITAE

Contact Information:

Mr. Albert Kenyani Inima
Lecturer
Department of Environmental and Bio-Systems Engineering
University of Nairobi
Kenya


PROFESSIONAL SKILLS SUMMARY

•A proven track record of over twenty years of water engineering training at both undergraduate as well as postgraduate levels .

•Proven track record of doing consultancy projects with the Government and international organizations, such as the United Nations Development Programme, on schedule and on tight budgets.

•An ability to work in multi-disciplinary projects.

•Excellent project report writing skills, and a professional attitude to managing projects independently or as a team member.

•Thoroughly skilled in professional project management methodologies including Project Management Body of Knowledge(PMBOK), Projects in Controlled Environments(PRINCE) and Method 123 Project Management

•Expert in hydrological data analysis including both stochastic and deterministic data modelling.

•Extensive experience of working as a consultant grant writer and project evaluator for many Non-Governmental Organizations(NGOs)

•Stickler to professionalism and work ethic

•Knowledgeable in all major aspects of environmental engineering

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

a) University of Nairobi (1987 to date)

Work as a Lecturer at the Department of Environmental and Bio-Systems Engineering

Courses taught:

•GIS Project Management (MSc course).

•Planning and development of water resource projects (MSc course).

•Water and wastewater treatment (MSc course).

•Waste management (MSc course).

•Hydrology (MSc course).

•Rural water supply (MSc course).

. Fluid mechanics (MSc course)

Groundwater hydrology

•Design of waste management systems (BSc course).

•Environmental engineering (BSc course).

.Soil and Water Conservation Engineering (BSc Course)

Materials and surveying (BSc service course)

Structures and materials (BSc service course)

Workshop techniques (BSc service course)

Introduction to engineering (BSc course)

Mechanical design (BSc course)

•Supervised 4 MSc thesis.

•Involved in coordination of student work experience, workshop practice, educational tours and industrial attachment.

•Supervised over 80 BSc final design projects

•Taken 6 week training on remote sensing in Sweden.

•Represented the university at conferences and workshops.

•Taken short course on climate change

•Done many other duties as assigned by my employer

b) Ministry of Agriculture (2007 to 2008)

•Did a project evaluation consultancy to evaluate the performance of water retention structures in Kitui District

•Wrote an e-book titled “Rainwater Engineering”

c) Ministry of Environment (2000 to 2002)

•Team leader on project to inventory the emissions of Green House Gases (GHGs) from the agriculutural sector of Kenya

•Work formed the official first report of the government of Kenya to the Uniteds Nations

•Work was prepared into a book publication

Author's work cited by NEPAD

d) Ministry of Research (1995 to 1998)

•Team leader on a major project (20 000 000/=) to model the impact of climate change on the water resources of Kenya sponsored by the American Government called the US Country Studies Program

•The studied was extensively cited in a book

e) Ministry of Agriculture (1998)

•Conducted a short course on rainfall data analysis for design engineers in the ministry

f) Institute of Meteorological Research and Training (1997 to 1999)

•Part-time lecturer on an international postgraduate course on hydrological modelling

g) Grants for Information Access in Developing Countries (2004)

•Team leader on this major project funded by Engineering Information Foundation. Worked in collaboration with Pennsylvania State University and Multinational Fund For Development Aid (MUDA)

•Donated computers worth 1 400 000/ = to the School of Engineering, University of Nairobi

h) Department for International Development (DfID)

Team member on the project to study the barriers to research uptake by small scale farmers

i) Drought pattern modelling

. Sponsored by the University of Nairobi (Deans' Committee) to carry a drought modelling study on Kenya

j) Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation Engineer in charge of construction and operation of irrigation schemes in Isiolo District (1984 to 1985)

•Undertook engineering surveys

•Did material cost estimations and procurement

•Supervised the construction of a new irrigation scheme

•Supervised the farming operations

k)National Cereals and Produce Board, Nakuru and Eldoret, 1983.

•Student intern

•Undertook grain storage operations

•Bulk grain storage

•Grain drying operations

l) Mathematics and Physics Teacher (1980 and again 1982)

•Fourth form teacher at Kivagala High School

•Form two teacher at Kivaywa Secondary School

COMMUNITY SERVICE

a)Mainstreaming of HIV/Aids in Engineering Curriculum

Represented the University of nairobi at this UNESCO workshop

b) Consultant Grantwriter, Project Planner and Project Evaluator

Multinational Fund for Development Aid (MUDA)
Kenya Water and Health Organization (KWAHO)
African Climate Network (ACN)
Water Network Africa (WNA)
Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations (KARA)
Nairobi Community Foundation (NACOF)
Community Foundation Western Province (COFWE)
The National Organization for Public Private Partnerships (NOPPP)


Nairobi Community Foundation (NACOF) (2004 to date)

•Member of the Board of Directors

c) Community Foundation Western Province (COFWE) (2008 to date)

•Member of the Board of Directors

d)Career talks

Given career talks on the engineering profession in many schools

e) National Secretariat on HIV/Aids (2003)

Secretary of Kenya Civil Society on HIV/Aids, Malaria and TB

EDUCATION

i) University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: MSc, Water Resources Engineering, 1991

Sponsored by African Network of Scientific Instutions (ANSTI), DAAD and International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Thesis:

Hydrological aspects of logging in the East Usambara Mountains

The thesis was extensively cited in a book titled:
Forest conservation in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
authored by Alan Charles Hamilton,and Robert Bensted-Smith, IUCN , 1989

Main subjects studied at MSc include:

•Hydrological modeling (Analysis of rainfall and runoff data using statistical and other software)

•Groundwater hydrology( Groundwater prospecting, drilling and borehole testing)

•Surface water hydrology (Hydrological floods and droughts,hydraulic structures such as dams and hydropower stations)

•Hydrometry (Hydrological instrumentation installations and calibrations)

ii) University of Nairobi, BSc (First Class Honours), Agricultural Engineering, 1984

Design project:

A village level grain moisture meter

Main subject studied at BSc:

•Soil and water conservation

•irrigation and drainage

•Fluid mechanics

iii) St, Patrick's High School

Physics.........A
Chemistry.....A
Mathematics...A
Further Mathematics....B+

iv) Nyang'ori Secondary School

Division One (7 Points)
v) Gisambai Primary School

Mathematics ........A
English...........A
Sciences........A

COMPUTER SKILLS

A large user of the Internet since 1995. Use e-learning platforms. Proficient in desktop an cloud computing packages including MS Office and Google Documents. Large user of web based applications including libraries, environmental modelling software and statistical packages.

Consultant trainer on Project Management Professional software.

User of computer aided project planning and proposal writing software.

PUBLICATIONS

a)Rainwater engineering. 90 page electronic book published by Lulu Publications, 2009

b)First National Communications of Kenya to the United Nations Panel on Climate Change. Contributed one chapter in the book on “Green House Emissions on the agricultural sector of Kenya”.

c)United States Country Studies Program. Contributed to the book chapter on “Impact of climate change on the water resources of Kenya”.

d) Forest conservation in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.Authored by Alan Charles Hamilton,and Robert Bensted-Smith, IUCN , 1989. The book has extensively cited Mr Inima’s MSc thesis.

d) Hydrological impacts of logging in the East Usambara mountains. MSc thesis submitted to the University of Dar Es Salaam, 1991

e) Design of a village level grain moisture meter. Bsc final year project that was published in the journal of “Food engineering research”.

f) J.O. Odhiambo, G.O. Wayumba, A.K.Inima, and C.T.
Omuto, Predicting and Mapping Biomass using
Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Case of Sugar-
cane in Mumias Kenya. A paper presented at a FAO
Experts Workshop on Potentialities and Limitations
in the use of Remote Sensing for Detecting and Moni-
toring Environmental Change in the Horn of Africa,
Held in Holiday Inn, Nairobi, Kenya, 12–13 June, 2008

g) Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) of the World Bank, 2007.
Lead consultant on the Citizen Report Card Project.

A Citizen Report Card (CRC) was undertaken in the year 2006 to obtain the opinions of the residents of the city of Nairobi on the quality of water supply, sanitation and solid waste services.

This customer satifaction survey sought to measure the quality of service with regard to sanitation, solid waste management and complaint management.

The findings have since been published into a book:

UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS and OTHER DOCUMENTS

Lecture Notes
Many articles in Internet based forums

COMMENDATIONS, CITATIONS AND AWARDS

a) Gandhi Smarak Best First Year Award ( 3000/=),1980
b) Voted best lecturer by students many times
c) Best student commendation (many times)
d) MSc thesis extensively cited in a book
e) Cited by NEPAD in who-is-who in climate change research in Africa

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Kenya Society of Agricultural Engineering
Kenya Meteorological Society



LANGUAGES

English

Swahili

Maragoli

BIO-SKETCH

•Borne on 21 June 1959

•Married

•Three sons and one daughter

•Live in Nairobi with family

•Likes travelling, reading, community service and business.


INTERNET RESOURCES

a)Rainwater Engineering

Mr. Albert Kenyani Inima has authored an e-Book titled:

"Rainwater Engineering: Indigenous water retention structures".

The 90-page e-book outlines the engineering aspects of 4 types of indigenous water harvesting systems used in East Africa. These structures are the Berkad tank, the sand dam, the Charco dam and the Fanya chini retention ditches.

You can preview and order a copy of the book from the publishers at:



c) University of Nairobi Enterprise Services (UNES) Short Course



d) Information Access in Developing Countries



e) Impacts of Global Change on the NEPAD Agenda


f) Fifth international course on remote sensing education for university lecturers

www.flickr.com/photos/25153780@N07/3751096455/

g) FAO workshop on rural oil processing

www.flickr.com/photos/25153780@N07/3756617475/



Signed-------------------------------- Date 10 September 2009