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Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
School of Engineering and Built Environment - SEBE (MMUST)
P.O. Box 190-50100
Kakamega, KENYA
Office no. LBB Block Room 304
Kakamega-Webuye Road
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3075-5298
ResearcherID: AAK-9164-2021

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             Willis Awandu

Willis Awandu holds an MSc. Water Resources Engineering and Management and a BSc. Civil and Structural Engineering. My areas of academic and research interest are water and sanitation, urban water management, Hydraulic structures, river engineering and integrated flood protection, water resources management with special interest in ground water protection and contaminated sites remediation. My major scholarly contribution was conducting a subsurface remediation experiment that provided viable results that are currently being adopted by the VEGAS institute of subsurface remediation (Stuttgart – Germany) in the design and implementation of remediation of contaminated sites. I am currently working at Masinde Muliro University, department of Civil and Structural Engineering as a Tutorial Fellow. I am also the department’s ICT /Website liaison officer. I also serve as the contact person of the second-years students taking Bachelor of Building Technology.

Some of the key published works include: -

1. Willis Awandu, Edwin Kimutai Kanda & Susan Namaemba Kimokoti.The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Kenya: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies—A Review Published in The Water, Climate, and Food Nexus on 29th Feb 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50962-9_4
2. Edwin Kimutai Kanda, Minyade K. Avulala, Emmy Olendo, Micah M. Mukolwe, Willis Awandu, Valery O. Lutta, Basil Ong'or (T), Alex W. Khaemba. Assessment of groundwater quality in Vihiga County, Kenya. published on 17th March 2023 in Progress in Sustainable Development. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99207-7.00010-5
3. Willis Awandu, Robin Ruff,Jens-Uwe Wiesemann,Boris Lehmann. Status of Micro-Hydrokinetic River Technology Turbines Application for Rural Electrification in Africa.Published: 28 November 2022 in MDPI Energy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15239004
4. W. Awandu; O. Trötschler. Effects of organic carbon content on in situ remediation time using steam–air injection. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua jws2021108. DOI:https://doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2021.108.
5. Oliver Trötschler, Willis Awandu, Hans-Peter Koschitzky, Claus Haslauer. Thermally Enhanced InSitu Remediation Using Steam-Air Injection – Background and Improvements of the “DLI-DESIGNTOOL” Software for Remedial Design. Advances in remediation technologies, thermal techniques Physical, thermal and stabilization techniques. Conference proceedings presentation during the AquaConsoil 2019 in Antwerp - Belgium
6. Awandu, W and Trötschler, O. (2021). Effects of Organic Carbon Content on In-situ Remediation Time using Steam – air Injection. WATER RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONS IN DIGITAL ERA. Conference proceedings presentation during the 12th Eastern European Young Water Professionals Conference – IWA YWP in Riga – Latvia. 31st March – 2 nd April 2021: https://iwa-ywp.eu/ ISBN: 978-9934-22-618-2 (pdf) - (pp 208 – 209).

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