Raphael Muli Wambua

Broschiertes Buch

Soil and Water Management. An Introductory Textbook

Beschreibung

Document from the year 2020 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Geology, Mineralogy, Soil Science, Egerton University (FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY), course: AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING, language: English, abstract: Soil and Water Management is a text book intended for students and instructors in University or higher education for Certificate, Diploma and Degree students in a number of courses such as General Agriculture, Agricultural Education and Extension, Horticulture and other allied professions.The content of the text book has been presented in a coherent format, arranged in an explicit style that adheres to University and higher education curriculum. The textbook is partitioned into section A and section B with Review questions at the end to explicitly help the trainees comprehend the topics. This makes the book suitable for easy reading. For the calculations, worked examples have been solved in a way of illustration and details are presented. Each chapter of the book has worked examples for the readers to expound on subject knowledge.

Autor

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Raphael M. Wambua completed his Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Agricultural Engineering from Egerton University, specializing in Soil and Water Resources Engineering. in addition, he holds a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Engineering. He had his short experience as a trainee with FMD East Africa (ltd), a Company that deals with Farm Machinery. He started teaching as a Tutorial and Research Fellow and later as a Lecturer at Egerton University and South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU). Dr. Raphael M. Wambua has taught courses such as Research Methods, Water Resources Engineering, Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Soil and Water Management, Hydraulic structures and water Management, Fam Structures, Farm Mechanization, Engineering survey and Water Resources Development, Fluid Mechanics. He has also been involved in training Engineering Practice, development and implementation of community based projects, training farmers, organizing and co-coordinating seminars and conferences. He has in addition been involved in University administration currently he is the Head of the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Egerton University, and previously led the departmental office of examinations and time tabling coordinator. Raphael M. Wambua joined South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU) in 2009, where he was involved in teaching and development of the University academic programmes. At SEKU he had been the ag-Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, Chairman of Department of Agricultural Engineering and Time-tabling co-coordinator. He has conducted research and published a number of journal and book articles. He is an international Member of Institution of Agricultural Engineers (MIAgrE), Registered Graduate Engineer with Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK), Graduate Member in the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK), and a member of World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWC).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: GRIN Verlag
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 253g
• ISBN-13: 9783346243980
• ISBN-10: 3346243982
• Artikelnr.: 60136165